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One mark of a good story is the nit-picking that it will engender! (Ask Cole for a confirmation of this.)
I do enjoy it, honestly. :) I'm not afraid to admit that I'm sometimes starved for attention!
If Silas is the Navigator, it seems like there ought to be a comparable kind of name for Brady and his role in all of this. Something like "the Philosopher."
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Brady does have a title coming up. Someone will call him "The Soul" later, but I won't say any more on the matter. :)
I'm just loving it. It is totally different from Cynus's normal writing and totally captivating, can't wait to see how it will all come together,
I really felt good about writing this story. It was nice to break away from fantasy and to try writing a novel that is set in our real world. I don't know what the reaction will be when we get to the end, but I'll keep my fingers crossed that everyone will still be so generous with their comments.
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Meanwhile, reasons why both Silas and Ian were better off to hit the road:
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2009/01/05/680293/-Trapped-in-a-Mormon-Gulag
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That was one of the most horrific things I have ever read. I grew up Mormon and certainly didn't have it this bad, and although I knew there was plenty of corruption in the church I would have never dreamed that it was this serious. I'm going to be reeling from this for a long time.
I think it would be good for the characters, in some way, to at least acknowledge the coincidence, even if they can't explain it. Answers could lie in how Ian ended up in that town. Maybe comparable factors were at work in both cases. Maybe something about that diner served to draw both of them toward it. Or maybe Rod Serling is going to step out of a doorway at any moment.
Nobody seemed to question how Ilsa could have ended up in Rick's café (except Rick himself). But it was kind of a Mecca for lost souls and people passing through.
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I suppose we'll just have to see if it's addressed well enough in later chapters. :) The story is finished, and I don't intend to go back and change anything that I've already submitted to Mike, so whatever answers are written are the answers that will be received. I'm glad that people seem to be getting deep into the story though.
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You guys are great. Without your support, I'd probably have stopped some time ago. Can't tell you how much it means to me.
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Wouldn't say it if it weren't true. This story inspired me. As did EleCivil's Laika. Where the hell is he anyway?
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So, did Silas actually know who he was going to run into in Crow's Lake, or was this one of the more amazing coincidences in modern history?
Or is that what "navigator" is all about, in some spooky sense?
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Hopefully the coincidence factor doesn't take too much away from the story.
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This is quite interesting to me. My timeline is all sorts of messed up now, as I swear I remember being part of AwesomeDude when this story was posting, but yet I didn't join until the end of 2013 and this story was posted in 2012... Was there really that large of a gap? This was one of the stories that really inspired me and made me want to write more, and it shocks me that there could be that much time between this story and me starting at AD.
Either way, this actually one of my favorites. It's in my top three for Cole Parker stories. -
That's beautiful.
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I wouldn't think rubbing alcohol would burn hot enough to boil water.
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I actually have one of those stoves made with a pop can and rubbing alcohol myself. It take awhile but it definitely works. :)
Edit: The rubbing alcohol must be at least 90% or higher.
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Chapter 2 is up. Enjoy. :)
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None of the above, actually. :) It's non-fantasy, non sci-fi, and not my normal fare. Thank you everyone for your kind words thus far.
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I recognize all of them except Eriko, and they're pretty much exclusive to the African-American culture(Except Rand which does show up as a nickname for Randall as already mentioned). If this is about inner-city Chicago which has a large African-American population then I'm not surprised in the slightest.
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You're very welcome. :)
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Since it's a blog post I'm not sure this is the proper place for this, but...
http://tenthousandplaces.org/2015/04/01/bake-for-them-two/ -
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Always loved "Tim", but both Duck Duck Goose and Distorted Perspectives beat it out for me. I also loved Doing Something.
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Thanks, James! I think my Dad has at least two of those books.
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I have a novel that I intend to submit to a publisher at the end of the month, and I've been going through it line by line in an attempt to smooth it out. It's been an agonizing process, and a humbling one.
I first started the novel eleven months ago, I wrote it over two months, and then I submitted it to my editors for review. I revised it several times under their direction, and then let it sit on the shelf for a while without doing anything with it. I knew it needed a few more changes but I just wasn't in the mood.
Last Sunday I finally was able to work on it again and it has been every bit as grueling as I had anticipated it to be. I've learned so much as a writer since it was initially written that I've changed almost every paragraph in order to improve the flow of the writing. I've noticed inconsistencies and had to rewrite several sections entirely. It's been worth it, but it's been tiring and stressful at the whole time.
This story is my child, and it feels like I'm having to discipline it because it's done something wrong. I don't know how many of you have felt this way before when going through your own work, but if you have, how do you make the process more bearable? Have you been forced to just soldier through it or do you have a different perspective? -
I loved this piece the first time, and it set me up to read and enjoy Cy-kun's other work. I love these characters.
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Always happy to provide more. ;)
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Don't worry, they're not done yet. :) There are still a few more on their way. though who knows what ideas those new stories will create.
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This is a very funny video that I recommend watching to the end.
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Wow! Never, ever expected that! Thanks, Samuel!
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It is I who should be thanking you. There are not many stories that I can say truly changed my life, but this one did. :)
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This is the story that broke me...
It's the story that made me realize I was lying to myself, that made me decide to come out.
There is only one story here at AD that has touched me more than this one, and I am very glad to see that it's been brought out and shown off again. It's positively wonderful; brilliant in so many ways...
Though it certainly makes me wish that Kevin was still around.
If you've never read this story, do so. It is among the greatest stories I have ever read. If you have read this story, read it again. Always something new to get from it. -
Although I am not a fan of either Obama or the republican party, I can say without any hesitation that I agree with his analogy. I've been comparing Islamic radicalism to the crusades for nearly a decade now, and I've always gotten dirty looks for it. Just one more case of people not wanting to see the truth even if it's staring them in the face.
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