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"You take my breath away"
Dec. 9th, 2003 02:23 amWow.
I am so blown away by the positive response that my latest chapter got. You know that scene in Moulin Rouge, where Christian is first singing to Satine, and she gets this stunned look on her face and then they're off dancing in the stars and clouds above Paris--yeah, that's me. I was positively giddy today--I skipped down the hall, much to the chagrin and bafflement of my more mature classmates (maybe I should go into peds, I'd fit right in there with the kids). I was checking my email every few minutes just to see if there were more nice things in my inbox. It felt like Christmas and my birthday and every other magical day there is.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I honestly wasn't expecting anything like that. I really expected a rather lukewarm reaction, "damned with faint praise" at best. It's probably not wise to trust my own judgments, especially since I had been staring at the same scene every day for about three months.
But it's nice to be proven wrong too.
And I tell you, flattery is the best medicine for a ill muse--she perked right up and I had about a dozen brain whirl-winds this afternoon about the next couple of chapters. I'm sketching the ideas, working them in and I'm really excited.
( Response to AvidTVFan's fabulous review )
You know, I've been thinking about it... I had been pretty bummed that I was getting so little feedback on my stories. But you know, I'd rather have these few, wonderful, incredible reviews than a thousand of the "update! update!" Maybe I was in need of a change in perspective too.
I am so blown away by the positive response that my latest chapter got. You know that scene in Moulin Rouge, where Christian is first singing to Satine, and she gets this stunned look on her face and then they're off dancing in the stars and clouds above Paris--yeah, that's me. I was positively giddy today--I skipped down the hall, much to the chagrin and bafflement of my more mature classmates (maybe I should go into peds, I'd fit right in there with the kids). I was checking my email every few minutes just to see if there were more nice things in my inbox. It felt like Christmas and my birthday and every other magical day there is.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I honestly wasn't expecting anything like that. I really expected a rather lukewarm reaction, "damned with faint praise" at best. It's probably not wise to trust my own judgments, especially since I had been staring at the same scene every day for about three months.
But it's nice to be proven wrong too.
And I tell you, flattery is the best medicine for a ill muse--she perked right up and I had about a dozen brain whirl-winds this afternoon about the next couple of chapters. I'm sketching the ideas, working them in and I'm really excited.
( Response to AvidTVFan's fabulous review )You know, I've been thinking about it... I had been pretty bummed that I was getting so little feedback on my stories. But you know, I'd rather have these few, wonderful, incredible reviews than a thousand of the "update! update!" Maybe I was in need of a change in perspective too.
