another update

[owlmoose]

Eleven is up.

I really sweated over parts of this one (although some sections actually came very easily). I hope it paid off.

I'm going to take a bit of a breather now, I think. Not to work on anything else, just to let what I've already done settle and to give my coauthors time to catch up to and/or get ahead of me a bit. That's the plan, anyway...

Comments

I

[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I entreat you not to think you must keep to this self-imposed schedule. If you feel the nip of inspiration, write! I promise I can stay ahead and you are giving me so much insight I am loathe to lose it even for a day.

They - Paine and Nooj - are so much alike. They may seem to be coming from different directions but they share so much internally, both being stubborn and proud, damaged in unfathomable ways and coping as best they can.

I think we are going to have to let them speak openly to one another at least once before the end. Do you agree?

Re: I

[kjswritinglog.livejournal.com]

Fair enough -- I'll see how it goes. Who knows, our fourth member may appear with a burst of productivity and make all this discussion moot!

Our pair really are a lot alike. I think Paine at least recognizes that in some ways; Nooj, however, seems to have put Paine on an impossibly high pedestal.

Thanks for the review! Your backstory question regarding Paine's enormous trust issues is a good one. I'd like to answer it in the story if I can find a natural way to work it in, but so far nothing has presented itself.

I'm starting to agree with you that the two of them will need to have a frank conversation where they put everything on the table. By the time she gets to where you are writing, I think that Paine would be willing to admit the true depth of her feelings to Nooj if she thought he would respond in kind, or at least not blow her off. But he's already betrayed her trust once, in the fallout from the sand-bear incident. She's working past that, but if he hurts her again that might well be it. So she hesitates.

Anyway, so yes. They should speak openly at least once, and you can work that in at any time. If there's anything you need from me to make the conversation work, let me know.