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Reviewer: Marzee Doats Signed [Report This]
Date: 08 Mar 2009 9:42:18 PM Title: Living By Firelight

Penny,

As you know, I love how you did this story, from the choice to tell it in present tense to purposely avoiding naming names.  Definitely great devices that made me sit up and take notice from the first time I read it back when. 

I may have suggested the pairing, but you're the one that convinced me of its plausibility. This is a story I can't quite get out of my head, and which I find myself complelled to read again and again.  And you said so much in 1500 words too!  (I will confess to being a litte jealous of THAT!)

Wonderful job. :-)



Author's Response:

Thanks Marzee!

Of course I have you to thank for suggesting this pairing and getting my imagination working on it. I was surprised by it, and being surprised has been one of my favourite parts of writing this series.

Thanks so much for your kind words!

Reviewer: SandraDee Signed [Report This]
Date: 08 Mar 2009 1:07:14 PM Title: Living By Firelight

I never would have thought to put these two together, but the way you write lends credibility to this pairing.  I would never buy them as a grand love affair, but relying on one another for comfort and security?  You bet.

I liked the parallelism you used with the points-of-view.  It was interesting to see how each character perceived the same action/event.  I also liked how you never did use the characters' names, rather letting us use context clues to figure out the identities.  In a way, I think having them remain nameless worked out better than if you had used the names.  By doing this, you remove the knee jerk reactions that reader may have upon seeing the names associated with each other. 

I'm curious to see what else you have in store for us in this series. :)



Author's Response:

Thanks Sandra!

I really did enjoy writing this story, and surprised myself with it. It worked in a way I didn't expect it to, and I think you're right about the names. I didn't want to hit anyone over the head to begin with, so it had to be a gradual reveal, of who these characters were and what their relationship is.

Thanks for reading, and reviewing!

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