On Thu, 22 Aug 1996 09:12:23 -0500 Richard Lawson said:
: <sigh> I can't tell you how much I appreciate getting these from you.
: I get a little thrill when I see your name next to "C&C".
Wheee! Fame and fortune are mine. Watch out, world - here comes
Sebastian, Fanfic critic at large!
: Sebastian Weinberg wrote:
:
: > : She picked one rose and put it in her hair before walking outside
: > : again. She looked up at the overcast sky. Somehow, it matched
: > : her mood. She felt a storm coming.
: >
: > Angus: Awww, no! Is she lapsing back *already*?
: >
: > Sebastian: Heh heh heh, I feel a plot point coming on.
:
: Wow, you picked up on it this early? I was *so* trying to be sly. Then
: again, the name of the 'fic kinda gives away how important the rose is.
Well, There were only two colours to choose from, and letting her
choose the red one was what *I* would have done. It was fairly
easy to spot that way.
: > Angus: I hear "Miyabi" is all the rage, these days.
:
: I almost did use "Miyabi", but I wasn't sure if Kun-chan would be
: flattered or offended. I've gone ahead and named her Mikanma, the
: "Orange Horse" of my previous list. Like I said, combines Akane's
: "color" with Ranma's "horse". She'll also wear Chinese shirts just like
: her father's, but orange instead of red. (If you're inferring from this
: that I've begun writing other stories far into the future, you're
: right.
Oh well. Those will get another book of their own, then. :) The
current one has already grown to 400+ pages, now that I switched
it to A5 format (100+ A4 sheets, since I'll fit four pages on a
sheet). Quite a work you've got there. :)
: They won't see the light of day for a long time, I think...
: possibly not until next year.)
Awwwwwww.
: > Angus: Is it just me, or did her soliloquy take quite long?
: >
: > Sebastian: Hmm, yes, a bit. Ranma must have become more patient
: > than we expected. Still, I wouldn't want to miss any
: > part of her speech. Perhaps Richard could interject a
: > few reaction shots of Ranma in-between.
:
: Hmm. Perhaps you're right. I do tend to get on the soapbox sometimes.
I've always got to restrain myself, not to do the same thing. I
re-read my texts and time the speeches the characters give - then
I decide if somebody could talk coherently and uninterrupted for
that long in real life. :)
Sebastian