Thanks again :-)
Apr. 19th, 2004 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalNow that I've had a bit of time to let the emotions and shock settle ;-) I just wanted to say thank you again for the challenge and all the warm birthday wishes. I've had so many posts and e-mails in various accounts that I'm already behind, but they have all been much appreciated. *HUGS*
I am looking forward to reading every single one of the fics(and then re-reading and re-reading...), and am so moved by the efforts of the authors (and artists!). The time and effort you put into writing such wonderful stories to surprise me and make me happy is absolutely incredible. Thank you to all of you. And thank you to all the beta-readers. And thank you to all the others who posted their good intentions and support for the challenge on list, but just didn't have the time to write something. Believe me, I know that feeling all too well. So no one should feel guilty- and everyone should go and enjoy all the fics that are up now! heehee! :-) I do promise to reply to everyone about each story... just might take a few days. It's rather overwhelming!!
I was, obviously, completely blown away this morning when the links were sent and stories were posted. I would have liked to have dug right in then and there but it was already 6:30 by the time I fell asleep for the night :-) Truly, words still cannot express how much it touched me that you were all thinking of me- let alone months in advance. I couldn't have imagined a better way to wake up this morning on my birthday- knowing I had so many lovely stories waiting for me to read.
Thank you to all the people involved- even lurkers who joined the group to watch the progress. Thank you to all the authors and artists, of course. And a special thank you to those few who posted stories for the first time. That moved me to tears more than anything (other than the general shock of it existing, that is). Really, that means a lot to me. Thank you to Annalisa for fueling the concept and organizing *HUGS* And a BIG thank you to girlwithtulips for everything you did. How happy am I that you delurked?!!!! *G* Everything, from the group to the organizing to the beautiful site to the stories to the icons *drool* You really made my birthday so much better. I'm so incredibly touched by the sentiment behind it, and all the work you put into it. *HUGS* The challenge, and all the caring behind it, is really going to be something I treasure forever. I told my boyfriend about it tonight when he took me out to dinner. His words were something like "Well there's no way I could ever top that! I'm not even going to try!" LOL But, really, it's such a fantastic idea.
It moves me greatly to know that I've helped inspire you all- because you all inspire me. I remember spending hours as a kid and young adult writing hurt/comfort stories... and realizing that almost everything I wrote involved that sort of theme... and realizing that it probably wasn't normal for someone to concentrate so much on those themes. I remember reassuring myself by remembering my favorite episodes of shows or parts in movies with sick guys and thinking that I couldn't possibly be that strange, because other people wrote this kind of stuff, too. I'd just never known anyone who did. Lots of people talk about how they felt that they were the only one, or how they felt weird for so long until they found sneeze fetish sites on the internet. And while I certainly did feel like the only one to a large extent, I also felt that it really wasn't all that weird- people sneeze on tv shows all the time. I felt a little strange to like it so much, and would never admit the extent to others. But I just never knew others felt so much as I did about these sorts of things. The number of stories I wrote but would never show anyone for fear they'd realize that I had sick characters or hurt characters in nearly everything I wrote, however major or minor the role, was huge. I remember being glad that people couldn't read my mind or the bits of stories I'd put down beside history notes in class. They made me happy to write... but I'd never dreamed of sharing them with people, let alone people who understood what the heck it meant to me to be able to inflict something like that on a character I loved and then nurse him back to health... let alone people who wrote similar things. So... yeah... this is just my very roundabout way of saying I thank you for all the kind words you've left me in e-mails and author notes and in posts and feedback- not just today but ever since I started posting my stories. The encouragement is so fantastic, but just knowing that my stories are read and that I can help bring others of you to create and share... that means so much more to me than you'll ever know.
Yep. Crying again. LOL Thank you all, again. Immensely. Now that boyfriend has skipped town for the whole week to go to job interviews up north, I've nothing to do but take my time in enjoying and savoring them all. And practice not crying every time I read the intro on the main archive or Yahoo group :-)
HUGE HUGS to you all!!! Oh, and one last thing... thank you thank you thank you thank you for getting my name right. I know it sounds silly but spelling it right- and not capitalizing *deep sigh* Thank you :-)
(Oh, and sorry for the cross-posting of this!)
I am looking forward to reading every single one of the fics(and then re-reading and re-reading...), and am so moved by the efforts of the authors (and artists!). The time and effort you put into writing such wonderful stories to surprise me and make me happy is absolutely incredible. Thank you to all of you. And thank you to all the beta-readers. And thank you to all the others who posted their good intentions and support for the challenge on list, but just didn't have the time to write something. Believe me, I know that feeling all too well. So no one should feel guilty- and everyone should go and enjoy all the fics that are up now! heehee! :-) I do promise to reply to everyone about each story... just might take a few days. It's rather overwhelming!!
I was, obviously, completely blown away this morning when the links were sent and stories were posted. I would have liked to have dug right in then and there but it was already 6:30 by the time I fell asleep for the night :-) Truly, words still cannot express how much it touched me that you were all thinking of me- let alone months in advance. I couldn't have imagined a better way to wake up this morning on my birthday- knowing I had so many lovely stories waiting for me to read.
Thank you to all the people involved- even lurkers who joined the group to watch the progress. Thank you to all the authors and artists, of course. And a special thank you to those few who posted stories for the first time. That moved me to tears more than anything (other than the general shock of it existing, that is). Really, that means a lot to me. Thank you to Annalisa for fueling the concept and organizing *HUGS* And a BIG thank you to girlwithtulips for everything you did. How happy am I that you delurked?!!!! *G* Everything, from the group to the organizing to the beautiful site to the stories to the icons *drool* You really made my birthday so much better. I'm so incredibly touched by the sentiment behind it, and all the work you put into it. *HUGS* The challenge, and all the caring behind it, is really going to be something I treasure forever. I told my boyfriend about it tonight when he took me out to dinner. His words were something like "Well there's no way I could ever top that! I'm not even going to try!" LOL But, really, it's such a fantastic idea.
It moves me greatly to know that I've helped inspire you all- because you all inspire me. I remember spending hours as a kid and young adult writing hurt/comfort stories... and realizing that almost everything I wrote involved that sort of theme... and realizing that it probably wasn't normal for someone to concentrate so much on those themes. I remember reassuring myself by remembering my favorite episodes of shows or parts in movies with sick guys and thinking that I couldn't possibly be that strange, because other people wrote this kind of stuff, too. I'd just never known anyone who did. Lots of people talk about how they felt that they were the only one, or how they felt weird for so long until they found sneeze fetish sites on the internet. And while I certainly did feel like the only one to a large extent, I also felt that it really wasn't all that weird- people sneeze on tv shows all the time. I felt a little strange to like it so much, and would never admit the extent to others. But I just never knew others felt so much as I did about these sorts of things. The number of stories I wrote but would never show anyone for fear they'd realize that I had sick characters or hurt characters in nearly everything I wrote, however major or minor the role, was huge. I remember being glad that people couldn't read my mind or the bits of stories I'd put down beside history notes in class. They made me happy to write... but I'd never dreamed of sharing them with people, let alone people who understood what the heck it meant to me to be able to inflict something like that on a character I loved and then nurse him back to health... let alone people who wrote similar things. So... yeah... this is just my very roundabout way of saying I thank you for all the kind words you've left me in e-mails and author notes and in posts and feedback- not just today but ever since I started posting my stories. The encouragement is so fantastic, but just knowing that my stories are read and that I can help bring others of you to create and share... that means so much more to me than you'll ever know.
Yep. Crying again. LOL Thank you all, again. Immensely. Now that boyfriend has skipped town for the whole week to go to job interviews up north, I've nothing to do but take my time in enjoying and savoring them all. And practice not crying every time I read the intro on the main archive or Yahoo group :-)
HUGE HUGS to you all!!! Oh, and one last thing... thank you thank you thank you thank you for getting my name right. I know it sounds silly but spelling it right- and not capitalizing *deep sigh* Thank you :-)
(Oh, and sorry for the cross-posting of this!)
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Date: 2004-04-20 04:36 am (UTC)I've sent a revised version to the kind and wonderful girlwithtulips, that one's your birthday present. This one was broken and had to be returned. :) Best not to hurt your eyes.
Hehe.
-c
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Date: 2004-04-20 05:57 am (UTC)I'll go fix...
--VG
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Date: 2004-04-20 10:43 am (UTC)But no worries- I hadn't reached yours yet. You can drop me a note when they're updated... or I'll hold off for a couple of days at least.
Really, though, I'm still in that thrill stage with all the new fics, and I'm not noticing any problems or anything. SO I wouldn't worry.
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Date: 2004-04-20 11:25 am (UTC)What would they give you back? I nice "piece of mind" gift card? Or a new box with promised revisions made?
"What's wrong with it?"
"Ugh... the ending's all wrong."
"Well, we'll just make note of that and send it through the editing machine. Take a number and we'll call you when it's ready. Might take a while, the authors inside the machine haven't had much sleep."
I would think the harder part would be erasing it from memory, as though it hadn't been read. Because if you're not careful and have absolutely no memory of it, you might accidentally read it again.
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Date: 2004-04-22 09:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-20 10:33 am (UTC)It actually (in a very, very lose sort of way) inspired me to write another Obi fic last night. It'll be posted within an hour or so. But oohhhhhh your story was delightful from beginning to end. But I'll get better feedback to you about it after another read or two.. ohhh YAY! Another read or two!
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Date: 2004-04-20 11:31 am (UTC)Yeah, see, I totally shouldn't be one to point out people's typos. LOL
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Date: 2004-04-20 04:45 am (UTC)