Date: 01/25/13 07:46 pm Title: Journey through the fog
i love the ending ot had me like o my god
Author's Response: I'm so glad and thanks for letting me know!
Date: 11/23/12 01:30 pm Title: Journey through the fog
You know.... I just re-read this story and I really think you could add another to the series.... Tom and Andrej's story perhaps...
Author's Response: Hi there, writinggirl! I'm so glad you let me know that this was a second read-through for you - what a compliment! And that you want more? I'm sincerely flattered. I loved writing this and in fact, just recently re-read the stories myself (same with Delusions of Narcissus, which is why it's back up on recent stories - had to fix some misspellings I caught. They drive me crazy!). I loved the tiny bit of Andrej's character I got to play with, and this selfish Tom was a lot of fun, too. It's reviews like this, asking for more, that help me keep ideas in mind. Although I feel the story is complete, I will think about an off-shoot of Tom and Andrej. The story I'm working on now is far from complete, though, and I have some ideas for a couple of others, but I will keep your suggestion in mind!
Date: 09/23/12 02:16 pm Title: Journey through the fog
This was really great, as was its predecessor. I have to say I hate that Tom was never told about the babies, but ending the story with his POV and having him finally know about them makes it a little better. Even if it is really, really sad. Sigh..
Great job. Great stories!!
Author's Response: Thank you so, so much for letting me know you read and enjoyed these two! I had a lot of fun with them (and all the interaction with readers made it a thousand times better!). Tom not being told about the babies - that was really hard, but imagine what a jerk he would have been! That would have been sadder for everyone, I think. Thanks again for dropping me a line!
Date: 05/08/12 12:15 am Title: Journey through the fog
I don't have a whole lot to say right now, but I wanted to take a moment to thank you for writing such an enjoyable fic (that goes especially for the one that this is a sequel for!) ^_^ I loved it! Good job on the relationships!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for letting me know you read them! And for taking a few minutes to say that you liked them, too! :D
Date: 04/25/12 01:02 am Title: Journey through the fog
LOL, very ironic ending. loved it though.
Author's Response: thank you!
Date: 04/05/12 09:26 pm Title: Journey through the fog
you are wonderful and amazing!!!
"I watched him walk away with our sons"
i'm still crying. This was just an amazingly well written, sexy, romantic, witty and clever story (both parts). Thanks for being so brilliant to end with Tom's POV. and then the andrej end, pure genius. Thank you so much. coco
Author's Response: Totally crying right now. Thank you for such wonderful words, for taking the time to let me know that my writing affected you like this. It really means a lot to me, and keeps me wanting to improve and keep writing!
Date: 04/04/12 12:59 pm Title: Journey through the fog
Well, thank you so much! It was a perfect ending: Bill and Anis are happy together with his twins. If only Bill could have Anis' babies...
And Tom with his baby and... Andrej?
Thanks for your Bilshidos, I can't wait for more, I need more! ¡Te mando un beso!
Author's Response: Mwah mwah mwah! There ya go, hermanita! rnI think Bill and Bushido have enough on their plates with 2 babies. It would be cute though if they could have a little girl a few years down the road, wouldn't it? rnYou're welcome for all the Billshidos! Got another one coming up, as soon as I get a few chapters written, I'll start posting. Thanks for all your great reviews!
Date: 04/04/12 04:50 am Title: Chapter 1: The fog comes in on little cat feet
BTW I really loved authors who finishes their stories everytime and they post and update regularly till the end...thank you for being one of them so keep it up and goodluck...^_~
Author's Response: I'm so glad you pointed that out. I agree completely - I hate hate hate starting a fantastic story that never gets finished. I try so hard to stick only to completed ones (doesn't always work, I'm reading Mirror Images right now, and I'm thinking I will be destroyed at the last chapter because she only adds one every...oh, DECADE! and it's such an amazing story I can't stop myself). I promised myself to never be one of those authors who has 15 stories: 2 complete long ones, 5 one-shots, 2 G-rated (those don't count) and six unfinished ones. I write one, and it's going to get finished! Thanks for letting me know you feel the same appreciation for that that I do!
Date: 04/04/12 04:44 am Title: Chapter 1: The fog comes in on little cat feet
Oh my gosh this is really lovely. I can't believe you end up Bill and Bushido together as what is to be expected but I thought you would give a little bit of Tomshido here but guess it's impossible. Anyways you can't really change old habits to renovation, lol. Once a player is always a player, once an asshole is always an asshole I really stick to that lol. I can't wait for your next story pairing Andrej and Tom and what would be Bushido's reaction to that. I hope you can start another story about this. You really had a wonderful mind. Add your stories to my faves and as well as you, you really convince me now that you are a writer with a great sense of mind. Well read from you soon again.....^_~
Author's Response: Thank you! I think an Andrej/Tom pairing would be a lot of fun to write, and to throw in Bushido....well, that could be a whoooole lotta fun. I'm extremely flattered to be in your fave's list! Thanks for letting me know!
Date: 04/03/12 12:06 pm Title: Journey through the fog
Aaww what a great way to finish up the story! I'm so glad for Bill, that he has found happiness, has two wonderful sons and a loving husband.
And with Tom's POV at the end, I saw how miserable and sad he has become, since he realized that he let the opportunity pass up with Bill and that he fucked up. I was sad for him. But then he meets Andrej at the end (which I found very funny!) and I hope he won't fuck up this time! I bet Andrej has a stronger personality than Bill, so Tom's little antics won't work so well on him, plus Tom has understood some very fundamental things that will make him want to change.
I have to tell you, often I do not like the endings, or feel like there is something missing to them. For some people, they are probably the most difficult part to write. But you handled it very well, I felt like this ending was satisfactory. :)
Author's Response: You know, you made a good point about Andrej being able to handle Tom better than Bill could! Really liking that idea....Thanks for letting me know you liked the story, especially the ending, I'm glad it came across like I'd hoped. And thanks for taking the time to review!rnrn
Date: 04/02/12 11:21 am Title: Journey through the fog
Ok. Review part 2.
I think this Tom only has a limited amount of space in his heart for love. Now that Bill is gone, he could love his daughter.
Dont even get me started about the comparison between Aniss hurt when he didnt have Bill and Toms hurt after he lost him.
And it was a big dissapointment when Tom realised that the twins were his and didnt even acknowledge it to Bill.
You know how I was worried he or his father will want them or will somehow fight Bill over them. He seems to not have space for too many persons to love, in his heart, in his life.
So shallow, Tomi!
Its not even hard for Anis to be liked, he doesnt even have to work THAT hard, its not that there is too much competition in Tom... You did that again, you tend to have a favourite character in all your stories, its not fair to them, either we dont know too much about them, either they have not so good traits.
Anyway, the whole story was a royal treat, I got to like Bushido, which was an absolute first for me, I got to fuss over Bill getting mature, all in all made it almost my favourite story on this site.
Awaiting for your next one, thank you, good work and I still love you.
Author's Response: Ok, response part 2.rnMaybe you're right about Tom having a limited capability to love. I think that's a definite mark of a serious player. Tom is shallow. Not that he CAN'T love. He loved Bill. But he doesn't love WELL. Or, maybe he loved enough to let go. If Bill didn't want him to be the dad, that's a pretty big blow. That's how MUCH Bill didn't want Tom in his life, and maybe Tom could accept that. As far as Anis, and how he felt when he didn't have Bill, I felt bad for him. He was so lonely. I know I always have very sympathetic characters in my stories, but I try to go more along the lines of how people really can be. In this one, Anis really is a good guy, but not without his flaws. He was admittedly a bad boyfriend to Andrej, but that self-awareness made him want to improve. He also had fallen into an emotional funk after Andrej left him, staying depressed and alone for 2 YEARS. He'd been pretty selfish in his relationship with Andrej, if you ask me, considering how much he'd supposedly loved him. rnAs for not knowing too much about my favorite characters, sorry - I will try to add more depth in future stories. You can always point out which ones in the past seemed kind of flat (Silent Bill, well, I rushed that one a bit, I'm aware of it, sorry). If that's a flaw in my writing, I would love to know, and I'd definitely work toward improvement, because, as the adage goes, there's always room for it. rnI'm thrilled that you still enjoyed the story so much, that you liked this Bushido (next one is going to be soooo different. But still a good guy, for the most part. I just can't seem to abuse him in my stories, too many people like to make him a plot monster), and that it's your "almost favourite"....I feel faint. rnThank you so much for reading, for thinking, and for sharing.
Date: 04/02/12 10:38 am Title: Journey through the fog
I will not insist on the fact that the last chapter was too fast compared to all the others. At first I was not pleased, but now I take it very well, as a welcomed change of pace. What I was not expecting was that we do not get to see Anis at all in this chapter.
And I am very grateful for Toms POV.
I know I was asking for it and I was waiting for it.
So Tom settled in a relationship with someone he doesnt love and who doesnt love him back. Its just a convenient arrangement for two people who have a child in common and different interests.
I must say I am impressed of how he fell in love with his daughter and of how he cares for her, but im not going overboard. He had to have something human in him.
but the way he gave up Bill... I must say, its like he handed Bill to Anis, because a monogamous love, no matter how big and important, was to hard to handle.
Hes like: Okay, then, just take him but take good care of him, hes nice.
Hes a player. He plays father to his daughter and then hands her back to her mother, he plays with the hotels his uncle gave him...
Author's Response: Hi, Lynn! Okay, lots of thought went into your review, so I will try to give it a worthy response. First, I know the 2nd to last chapter was fast.I did that for several reasons - 1)needed to get it moved to a certain time 2) no big plots going on between those time periods 3) although there were no big scenes, there was still a LOT of change going on and I wanted to cover it all 4) which is why I tried to put a lot of detail into one single chapter 5) and also because I wanted to wrap up what was going on with Bill/Anis, so everyone could see all the final little steps that added up to their "happily ever after." rnYou have a lot of good insight about Tom. He had been a bit one-dimensional for most of the story for a few reasons, namely because there ARE people who don't have a lot of depth, and he's edging on that type of personality. But I wanted to humanize him a little. He's not necessarily a BAD person, he's very, very self-centered and not extremely compassionate. I think that part of his reason for not trying to get the twins is because, once he'd completely given up on Bill, even to the point where it wasn't an ego issue, he didn't feel the need to add any complications to his life. Bill wasn't his, Tom, as much as he loved him in his own way, really had let him go, and so he didn't feel an attachment to them. He is definitely a player. He is that type of guy, we've all known a few.
Date: 04/01/12 03:59 pm Title: Journey through the fog
now i definitely want to read one story about Tom/Andrej(damaged,tough,gangsta Tom and naive,kind,gorgeous Andrej) muahhhaaahaaaa *evil grin* with a lot of drama in it
i really enjoyed this story ,more to come
Author's Response: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that a T/A bug is going to be buzzing in my brain for a while...rnThanks! Working on a newbie!
Date: 04/01/12 03:12 pm Title: Chapter 1: The fog comes in on little cat feet
I know you were wanting to finish this and start a new project so I'm surprised you're considering a Tom/Andrej spin off, but as I am mad for that pretty blond guy (I actually have one of his earlier pictures as my desktop wallpaper) I would love to see more of him with Tom. Maybe do something else first,, though and then see how you feel about writing more of the same characters.
Date: 04/01/12 02:44 pm Title: Chapter 1: The fog comes in on little cat feet
Yay!!!
Author's Response: (*clapping and jumping up and down with you*)
Date: 04/01/12 09:55 am Title: Chapter 1: The fog comes in on little cat feet
Loved it. Thank you for this story and also for maligni Tom understand in the end, even if his story with Jasmine seems to be a dead-end. I loved the last bit with Andrej appearing.
Author's Response: Grazie, Fiamme! Andrej c'e carino, no? Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!
Date: 03/31/12 10:58 am Title: Chapter 1: The fog comes in on little cat feet
I loved the fact that we finally had a part of Tom`s POV, it was a great way to end the story because now we know how he feels about the whole situation.He isn`t the bad guy i thought he was, he s just really twisted in a way.I really loved your story, actually I loved them all.Oh and Tom and Andrej will definitely make a sexy couple ;)I love that pairing!
Author's Response: I love the Tom/Andrej potential, myself! And Tom is just a bit ....yeah, we'll go with twisted. A bit damaged. Probably didn't get any attention from his mother. Saw Senior with lots of women. Etc, etc. I'm so glad you liked all my stories! Thank you for letting me know that! And thanks for all your reviews, look forward to seeing them on the next story (oh, I'm already having so much fun with it and I have no idea where it's going!)
Date: 03/31/12 12:58 am Title: Journey through the fog
Ahhhh, I was wondering if we'd ever get to actually see Andrej in either of these. This pleases me.
Wonderful work, I love that we saw a little peek into Tom's head, and life after Bill. I totally get the laughs you had at y slutty ho face comment. Let us hope she does not turn out like her parents and be a slutty ho face.
It was really kinda heart wrenching, knowing Tom really did care for Bill, in his own twisted sort of way. Hopefully he will learn from the mistakes he made with Bill, and nt make them again.
So... is there gonna be a third part to this series? r maybe side thing with Tom and Andrej? Even if there isn't I can't wait to see what you bring us next! Wonderful work! *snuggles*
Author's Response: I'm thinking about the Tom/Andrej thing. rnThank you for your reviews (glad you mentioned the "slutty ho" comment....omg I wanted to die when I'd read that last review from you. Now you know. Hopefully her parents don't teach her all the wrong ways to be in a relationship. Doubt that's going to happen though). I'd love to see Tom/Andrej together. When I first started writing the story, I liked Andrej/Bushido so much, I fought with myself about having Andrej come back and leave Bill with Tom. But Bill really did want true love, and had to get over his shallow attachment to Tom's money. Not that he didn't love Tom, but not the way he does Anis in the story. So, I'm thinking, Happily Ever After!
Date: 03/30/12 09:56 pm Title: Journey through the fog
Just one thing: I´m happy for Tom :)
Date: 03/30/12 09:52 pm Title: Journey through the fog
Okay you're good...you're way too good. For some reason I've waited until the end of this journey to review the entire story. This story was beyond beyond if you know what I mean. The pace of chapter 7 was brutal, but it was still so packed with little details that never left me feeling like the story was slighted in the least. Now this final chapter is what is to be a gifted writer. I think on some level all of us readers wanted Tom to find out that the children were his, but the way you did it was so effortless and fitting. I think you redeemed Tom in this last chapter a bit. And just when I think you've put a nice little button on everything to wrap up the story, enters one Mr. Andrej. I so did not see that coming; however it left me feeling so unsettled. Talk about six degrees.... I can't wait for more of any and everything you give us the privilege of reading. Thank You.
Author's Response: Okay, you made me want to cry. This was a review to end all reviews. Thank you. You let me know what you liked and why. (I'm so glad you mentioned the 2nd to last chapter - I was really concerned about rushing it, but that you noticed all the details.... huge rush of relief! Thank you for mentioning that!). And I'm so glad to hear that everything came across as natural. I've really been pushing to finish this one (getting far too excited about the next story, sorry)...that I didn't take any time to really do any re-writes, but your review let me know that it didn't show. I loved writing this story, it was so much fun. And reviews like this make it a thousand times more so.rnrnI understand about not reviewing til the last, that's how I usually do it, too, then I write half a page ;)rnrnI am thinking of a small story about Tom and Andrej from the end of this story, we'll see. I do hope to read more reviews from you, good/bad/indifferent, you put a lot of thought into it and that is very appreciated!