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Reviews For Where Shadows Go
Author's Response: Thanks, this one made me cry too, writing it! I guess that's a good thing, considering this was a tragic novel towards the end. But if you read the others in this series, you will find mostly happy endings.
Thanks Author's Response: me too! My best friends mom died of it back in the 90's and I was there when she was going through it, plus I also did a lot of research on it afterwards. I suffer from fibromyalgia and that's another one where you can look perfectly fine and yet feel like utter crap on some days. And people think you're a hypocondriac. It has some of the same symptoms as lupus too only you can't die from it. I'm glad you've recovered from yours and again thank you!
Keep on writing Snapegirl. I want to read more. Thanks xx Author's Response: Thanks so much! This was a tough one for me to write, I don't usually go in for good character deaths, only bad ones. But unfortunately, Lily does die in this series, though she does at least get a chance to love Severus and have a family with him before she dies.
Author's Response: Aww, thanks! This was a difficult story for me to write on a lot of levels, it brought back some sad memories, but I felt that Lily and Sev's story needed to be told, as it rounds out the series. I'm glad you enjoyed it, even if it did make you cry.
Author's Response: Yes, and be warned, this is a tearjerker!
Author's Response: Aww thanks! And here's your chocolate! Enjoy!
I'm so relived that Severus and Harry will continue to love in their life, heartbroken though they are with Lily's passing. That was almost too sad to read! Lord, I held in there for most of it, but when Sev completely broke down after snapping at Harry, and then Harry came and they grieved and tried to comfort each other, well my eyes watered-up. Wonderful work, there were laughs and tears throughout the story, which is why I loved reading it so much. Now, I plan on reading one of your happier stories the next time I have some free time :) Author's Response: Great, this one was one of the hardest to write becaus eof all the emotional impact going on at the end. I felt like I was Nicholas Sparks, because it had a sad ending where one of the main characters died. I'm sure people will hate me over at FF.net when they ge tto the end, before I post up Never Again or the small happy sequels and Growing Pains. But I felt that you needed to have Sev and Lily's story to really appreciate what comes after that. This was the tear-jerker.
This was utterly heartbreaking and beautifully written. Oddly enough, I feel okay after finishing this. The other night when I had gotten as far as chapter 28 (I think?) and I couldn't finish it until tonight... the whole time I was off and on haunted by what was to come. Strange, huh? But, now that it's happened, it's like a burden being lifted. Lol, listen to me write as though I think they are real people... Bah, but I you know exactly what I mean! Your response to my last review really touched me. Thank you. I'm sorry you had to experience such heartache. I know how that feels. Much of these last few chapters brought back some horrible memories for me, but in a bittersweet way, if you know what I mean. Okay, this review is getting long, again. Thank you SO much for writing these wonderful stories. Author's Response: You're welcome and in a way writing this helped me work through my grief over Susan, now that I look back on it. She had been sick for so long, I suppose in a way it must have been a relief for her to rest forever. Though, of course, you always hope that a miracle will occur, until all hope is gone. But then, that is how life is sometimes. I think perhaps I should dedicate this story to her, as I did another one, it seems fitting. If you want a really happy story there's another in this series called harry Potter Dogsitter you could read it or read The Christmas Cobra by wellyuthink, that's a good one. And I know what you mean by the characters seeming real, they are real to me too while I'm writing. Thanks again for reviewing. Have a Happy New Year.
This is the first of your chapters that made tears actually fall. They were threatening the whole chapter, but the first journal entry did me in. I stopped reading right before the second journal entry, because (of all wonderful things) there was a rerun of Daniel Radcliffe on Conan O'Brien on and I wanted to watch. I laughed and was happy for 10 minutes and within ten seconds of starting up the chapter again, I was crying harder than I was before, and I wouldn't stop. Okay, enough of my sob-story (no pun intended). This chapter was gut-wrenching and sad and sweet and made me feel awful all in one, and you did a marvelous job. I'm so afraid to read the rest of the story now. Silly, huh? But, knowing what's coming, I don't know if I'm strong enough to handle it tonight, lol. It's well after midnight and my poor heart has suffered so much, lol. (Speaking of which, your stories have literally put my life on hold for the last week, aside from work and eating and sleeping! I keep wishing there was an audiobook so I could listen while working) Ugh, I think I need to finish it tomorrow. I don't think I can take anymore heartache tonight. You are an AMAZING author, which makes it THAT MUCH HARDER. Darn you ;) Author's Response: You know, this chapter STILL makes me cry every time I re-read it. And I'm not saying it just because I wrote it, either. That's why I kept posting the Kleenex warnings on these last few chapters, because I could barely see my computer while I wrote. I am honored that you feel so strongly about my work, I try very hard to make my readers feel what my characters do, as i feel when I write about them. I always have Sev whispering in my ear or Harry or Lily, telling me this is how it should sound. Speaking of that, I sometimes read aloud parts of my work to myself to see if I have the tone and phrasing down, and I read aloud some of my stories to my nephews, they like when I do all the different voices. So an audiobook would probably be a good idea, LOL. And yes, there will be some major sad parts coming up, so I'd say just get yourself the extra large box of Kleenex or several dozen handkerchiefs and a large mug of hot chocolate, which is what I did when I wrote those last scenes. I also wrote the last chapter listening to My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dione, another tear-jerker song. I call this work my Nicholas Sparks novel, because one of the major characters dies in it and it's so heart-wrenching. Thank you for being so interested in my work and enjoying it, i have several original works that I am shopping around for an agent to look at, hopefully someone will contact me soon.
Author's Response: This story was very hard for me to write, I don't usually write tragedy and I can't stand sad endings. But this one had to be written this way and I used a lot of my own experiences when my best friend died of ovarian cancer last year as the basis for Lily's struggle with lupus. I also had a friend in college whose mother died of lupus and I asked for her input as well. I try and use real life situations as emotional impetus for my stories, that's probably why they seem so real. But this story, especially the end chapters, was very difficult to write, I kept having to stop and get tissues to wipe my eyes and it took me a long time to get up the nerve to write the final chapters. But I felt that Lily and Sev's story needed to be told, and so I did it. I'm glad you like it, though it may be the only one of it's kind I write for a long time. |
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