User talk:Fadingsilverstar16

Gigi's first archive!

Second archive FTW!

I usually wait a little longer... My others are like 150,000 whatevers. My current one is about 100,000. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 02:33, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

You can blame me, if you like (if "blame" is the right word). My verbosity is a big part of the reason you had to archive so quickly. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 02:41, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

I used my word processing software to do a couple of word counts, and discovered that my correspondence accounts for nearly half (45%) of your new archive. We haven't really had much direct contact in the last couple of months, but I pretty much monopolized your talk page in March and April, talking about things like writing style, LAL, and TDI-G&S.

Speaking of which, have you been reading TDI-G&S? You expressed a great deal of interest before it launched, and you were pretty effusive in your opinion of the G&S playlist I put together for LAL. In like vein, what did you think of my recent previews? Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 04:21, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

Presumably, you mean Chapter 16. Here's hoping I'll be able to add something to the playlist. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--

Polls
I would want to know how to make poll options without spacings.

like this: http://totaldramaislandfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:TDISeriesFan/The_Next_COW,_Week_4

would you tell me please?TDISeriesFan 17:39, July 19, 2010 (UTC)

Gigi, I need you to see my blog please. I have an announcement.I love you when you dance when you're freestyling trance  So pure such an expression  20:44, August 1, 2010 (UTC)

Help!
I need help

TDWP82

Co-host
Can you co-host my fan-fic

-Tdwp82

Aw, man. You always send it to me at the worst times. XD I have a busy day, tomorrow, but I'll try to edit, sometime, tomorrow. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 02:40, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

I sent my edit list. :) Hopefully it's clear, and you can find the errors I picked out easily, as it was harder to describe where they were without those black bar thingies where scenes change. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 00:10, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

As matters stand now, I think I'll have two Chapter 16 references for the LAL-G&S playlist. Not the original two, though--one of the possibilities I originally envisioned crashed and burned when I discovered that the verse was already on the playlist for an earlier scene. Curiously, one of my currently planned additions fits an incidental point--Wilshire's defense of his decision to run off with Rose. That was just one or two lines in the story, but the playlist item is 24 lines of verse. (That happened a lot when I was compiling TDI-G&S.) On a related note, do you mind if I advertise (i.e. link to) the playlist from LAL's talk page? It is, after all, directly related to the story. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 04:43, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

I rather thought you'd be pleased, but sometimes it's best to do these things by the book. On an unrelated note, don't miss the September newsletter, which will have, among other things, my Featured User interview. Do I really need to tell you that it will be as unique as I? Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 05:15, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

Believe me, I know--perhaps better than anyone else here--the travails of editing very large pages. TDI-G&S had become so large (currently almost 25 percent larger than anything else on the wiki, and more than 3 times larger than LAL) that editing the top level is a nightmare. Fortunately, all the headings are already in place, so I can usually edit sections; but if I need to edit the top level for any reason, processing even a minor edit can take 20 minutes or more, assuming the process doesn't simply crash. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  03:17, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, Gigi. Who were the people who preformed on the episode of AGT you attended? Who is your favorite on (assuming you watch)? Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 19:48, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

I've been a fan of it lately. Futurefunk is still in. The sideshow/circus act was on this week, but didn't make it through. I didn't watch what they did... ever. :P The impressionist also made it to Las Vegas, and so did the cheerleaders, but they didn't advance. Neither did the circus act you saw. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 20:02, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

I didn't know what episode to watch for you in, so I didn't. :( Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 20:16, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

I think it is season 5. You should go support FutureFunk in Nad's blog about AGT. 8D Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 20:47, August 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Chatango Gigi? -- Webkinz Mania  Talk  15:42, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Gigi (I hope you don't mind if I call you that?). I was wondering if I could be added to your friends list, as you said all you had to do was ask, and I'd like to think we get along well enough. UltimateTORINOR And the quest for the Ultimate continues... 16:07, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Images
Hey, Gigi, I'd want to know how to make the images without the "square" around it like this: http://totaldramaisland.wikia.com/wiki/Boat_of_Losers thank you You know you wanna...  ...click here! KatiexNoah 4Ever!!! 16:28, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

It's okay, thanks anyway! You know you wanna... ...click here! KatiexNoah 4Ever!!! 16:43, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Can I be on your friends list? -- Now the party  don't start   'til Koops   logs in! 

When I saw this article, I thought of your little (er, big) fanfic, as it reminded me of the backstory you gave for the Organization's founder, so I thought you might be interested. (Yes, the wiki is taking over my life. In like vein, I can't even see the word "ravioli" without thinking of Sunshine.) By the bye, did you know that I am likely to pass your edit count in the near future? Never thought I'd see the day, given that you had something like 1200 edits when I joined back in February. Given the narrow scope of my original plans here, I never dreamed that I would be averaging 200+ edits a month. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 20:53, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

Although my TDI-G&S support work accounts for a big chunk of my edit count, the real reason I've risen to a Top 20 ranking is that I wound up being far more active on things like talk pages and blog discussions than I originally expected to be.

Speaking of wiki activity, we were discussing music a while back, and you mentioned that you like instrumentals. On that note (pun not intended, but I'll take it), have you been reading my Courtney story? I built two chapters of that story around certain classical pieces, an old author's adage being, "write about what you know", and included links to YouTube videos of the pieces in question. So, if you haven't been reading the story, there's added incentive. As I have noted elsewhere, I know the Tchaikovsky piece particularly well, having performed it both in high school (where it was considered "B team" material--the program was that good) and in college. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 22:29, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

This seemed a little too self-promoting for your blog discussion, so I'll say it here. Since you've decided to start giving your Seal to anything you like, and not just LAL-related stuff, don't forget one for Legacy. (You've never commented on the story's talk page, although you've commented elsewhere.) I mention it specifically because it was written several months ago, and so might not have come to mind unbidden when you are handing out Seals. Besides, LAL might end up owing something to my story, albeit indirectly. As we discussed before, Legacy may well be the standard-setter for how much violience is acceptable in a PG-13 story. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  04:19, September 22, 2010 (UTC)

Check on the Life After Lies talk page, at the very bottom. I left you a little something. He ate my heart, he a-a-ate my heart. All the single ladies! (All the single ladies!) You make me feel like I&#39;m livin&#39; a teenage dream! *Crystal continues mindlessly playing music and dances randomly in her room* 23:59, November 8, 2010 (UTC)

I sent you a docX of the file you sent me, where I just made corrections. That seemed easier than what I normally do. *why didn't I think of doing it that way sooner XD* Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 00:50, November 9, 2010 (UTC)

In the middle? XD It's fine. Just leave it how it is. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 03:12, November 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hello, again! I'm almost done revising and finishing that story for you, but I just wanted to talk about LAL for a moment. First off, Ch. 17 was awesome, like the rest of the story; especially that cliffhanger ending. We don't know if she shot Noah or her boss. Anyway, in Ch. 4, with that "Now, when I start, you have to scream, and you have to scream <emloudly " quote, what was the <emloudly standing for? I never really heard of it. He ate my heart, he a-a-ate my heart. All the single ladies! (All the single ladies!) You make me feel like I&#39;m livin&#39; a teenage dream! *Crystal continues mindlessly playing music and dances randomly in her room* 21:47, November 15, 2010 (UTC)

Ello! I've finally finished the story I mentioned to you about a little while ago. The story title? /*cue drumroll/* Auroral Nights! I hope you find it enjoyable; it sorta has this dark plot and epic emotion like Life After Lies does, except yours is extremely better written. Even though I do not ask for any review or critique because I will soon eventually post a blog giving myself a self-critique about what I think of my story, you can leave something in the disscussion page about what you thought about the story. PS, I nominated this story for FS, so I hope you read it and understand why. Thanks! He ate my heart, he a-a-ate my heart. All the single ladies! (All the single ladies!) You make me feel like I&#39;m livin&#39; a teenage dream! *Crystal continues mindlessly playing music and dances randomly in her room* 00:50, November 19, 2010 (UTC)

I sent a reply, so you know. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 18:10, November 19, 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if you are reading Auroral Nights right now. Skipping that topic, I do have an edit suggestion for Chapter 4 in LAL. The chapter should be called Leniency instead of Rancid like Chapter 3. Just thought I'd say that. He ate my heart, he a-a-ate my heart. All the single ladies! (All the single ladies!) You make me feel like I&#39;m livin&#39; a teenage dream! *Crystal continues mindlessly playing music and dances randomly in her room* 17:10, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Well, I'm glad that you liked it. It may be well written, but like I said, it doesn't compare to Life After Lies. And yes, I understand that the ending was sad (I hope I didn't make you cry.), but remember the epilogue with the ending word, Someday? Well, that someday will come by pretty soon because I am planning on writting a sequel called Secrets and, well, who knows? I don't want to spoil anything, but there is a possibility about someone revealed to be alive... /*wink wink/* I was originally planning on writting two sequels, but the second sequel, to me, sounded too much like horror drama rather than crime drama. So I'll just stick with writting one sequel. Anyway, like I said, I'll be posting a blog soon about me self-reviewing my story and I'll eventually post the first chapter.

I'm also soon hoping to ask Sunshine to read Auroral Nights and draw the scene where Alejandro is holding a lifeless Bridgette in his arms and, of course, sobbing. The reason why is because I saw those 2 drawings she made for you and I hope for her to do the same for me one day. Well, that's all I have to say about AN.

One last thing I want to ask, can you please put me on your friends list since your on mine? Thanks!

He ate my heart, he a-a-ate my heart. All the single ladies! (All the single ladies!) You make me feel like I&#39;m livin&#39; a teenage dream! *Crystal continues mindlessly playing music and dances randomly in her room* 17:31, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

I mentioned on the LAL talk page that my patterning LTDI after The 1,001 Nights will manifest in several ways, and I thought you might like to know some of these. In addition to the cliffhanger aspect, using 1001N as a model is my reason for using a frame story with a storyteller and a listener. Indeed, through most of the story, the interaction between Brett and his mother will somewhat parallel the interaction between King Sharyar and his wife Shahrazad in 1001N. Another influence is that, although 1001N is a prose story, some of its component tales have a fair amount of poetry in them. LTDI will therefore incorporate several (mostly famous) poems in various places where they fit the narrative, and one of these poems will actually have a challenge built around it.

On a related note, you have seen that my stories tend to incorporate references to various literary and/or historical sources. TDI-G&amp;S, of course, is all about that, but such references also appear in both of my short stories. Well, LTDI is going to be chock full of such references, not least of which are the poems I mentioned.

Speaking of my short stories, have you ever had a chance to read Violin of Despair or my Izzy story? The latter, being part of the Fake Souls anthology, is essentially a one-shot; and it's very unusual in that it depicts Izzy as a tragic character, even a pitiable one. (An Izzy fan who read it told me that she cried her eyes out.) Violin of Despair is also a quick read, as none of the chapters are more than two pages long and the whole story is only about 11 pages equivalent (i.e. ~5,000 words, or about half the length of Legacy). Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 04:39, November 27, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, Gigi! Umm, sorry I couldn't really talk to you much, but I was working on one of my stories called Ultimate, and it's a sequel to Auroral Nights. Anyways, I also wrote my blog post on that self-review. Anyways, how's LAL doing for you? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 03:21, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

Well, actually, I found this pic online and it was this fangirl kissing Noah (much to his surprise) and I thought it was blinkin' adorable! XD I saved the pic onto my laptop and since I wanted something other than a smiling star cookie, I thought that I could try this pic. Anyways, I hope you like the first 2 chapters of Ultimate; it picks right back up after the epilogue. Feel free to leave a comment on the disscussion page. Also, how do I get the word out about Ultimate? I want more people to check it out. &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 22:35, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I figured you would feel worse for Izzy, since my Izzy story was designed to be something of a tearjerker. I have an idea for a companion piece (working title: "One Of Our Agents Is Missing") which I might flesh out and post one of these days. As for LTDI's references to other things, those references will include modern, pop culture-type stuff as well as the giants of old. There will be a number of Star Trek references, for example. (It bears mention that ST also made many such references, most notably to Shakespeare.) Indeed, you may recall that my first LTDI preview scene, which I posted as part of my 1,000th Edit special, had a ST reference, i.e. the TDI interns dressing like Capt. Kirk's security personnel because they have similar life expectancies. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 22:57, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

I came across an article that might interest you. It's about the first fiction writer's guide, published in 1895, and how much of it is still relevant today. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  06:03, December 3, 2010 (UTC)

Hello again! I came across that HeatherNoah pic you drew for LAL. It is not bad, I actually think it's good. A lot better than what I'd draw. XD &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 15:21, December 13, 2010 (UTC)

Why take it off? It's a lot better than the drawings I draw. Umm, have you seen the Toy Story movies? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 16:04, December 13, 2010 (UTC)

I honestly LOVE Toy Story, especially Toy Story 3. So sad! Anyways, the reason I asked is because, well on Christmas Day, I'll do this Christmas blog post with shout-outs to most people on here (i.e. you! :D) and I'll be putting up this link to a fanfiction that I'm writting about TS and it takes place a year after TS3. Do you sound interested? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 16:31, December 13, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The story's called Alive not just because lives will be on the line, but because I was listening to this song called Time of Dying by Three Days Grace, and in the lyric, I will not die, I'll wait here for you/I feel alive when you're beside me I just instantly thought of a good story idea. Would you like me to tell you the premise? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 16:48, December 13, 2010 (UTC)

A tidbit that might interest you
In case you haven't been following TDI-G&S, I've added a tidbit that immediately made me think of you, in light of your status as a self-described Disney nerd. I found a video for the TDI-G&amp;S theme song. The visual is a montage of stills from various animated Disney features, so the video is billed (somewhat misleadingly) as "The Disney Princesses sing Gilbert and Sullivan". Let me know what you think. On a related note, you may have noticed that I have started posting videos for the LAL-G&S playlist. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 03:58, December 16, 2010 (UTC)

Hey Gigi, can you help me decide a title for my new story? It's almost done and I can send you a copy through DocX on ff.net. I would've gone to my normal title person, but that would be Emmy, who is long gone from the wiki. I'd like to hear back soon if you don't mind, because Life After Lies is a great title.I know you little libertine.  I know you're a cannonball  23:05, December 16, 2010 (UTC)

The LAL-G&S playlist has only two videos so far, and one of those is a converted audio recording. The latter just shows the lyrics karaoke-style instead of a proper video, although that beats the MIDI file. I am hoping to add several more videos in coming weeks. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 04:21, December 17, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, LAL sounds like the mental light at the end of Heather's mental tunnel to me. I'll upload the document to ff.net, and I'll try to send it to you via Document Manager, though i'm pretty sure you need to approve me or something. Also, I changed my penname, I'm now Demon Something-I know you little libertine.  I know you're a cannonball  20:50, December 17, 2010 (UTC)

Document sent. You get the first look at the first hcapter. If you notice any errors or just have some comments, do tell me.I know you <font color="DarkKhaki">little libertine.  <font color="SteelBlue">I know you're a cannonball  01:43, December 18, 2010 (UTC)

Gigi, as you may have noticed, I switched two documetns by mistake. That was a parody fic of imitators of this one decent sci-fi crossover. I'll send the actual document... sometime when I think I can do without any mistakes.<font color="Lawn Green">I know you <font color="DarkKhaki">little libertine.  <font color="SteelBlue">I know you're a cannonball  20:32, December 18, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to bug you, but with my errors and all, did you get my story? Just concerned and wondering just exactly how I might be able to mess up the response to my mistake's. XD-<font color="Lawn Green">I know you <font color="DarkKhaki">little libertine.  <font color="SteelBlue">I know you're a cannonball  04:33, December 19, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, girl! Umm, there was this rumor going around that ch. 18 would be done this Christmas. Is that true? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 14:36, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, it's okay. Don't feel sad; I just thought I read a comment on your blog post saying ch. 18'll be done by Christmas. Still, how is ch. 18 doing for ya? Is it pulling your heartstrings and rattling up suspense? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 17:00, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Err, okay then. Is Heather applying much leniency on Noah again? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 17:09, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry. :) I'm one of those girls that love to read the ending of the book before begining it. One of those girls that love spoilers, but I understand. Also, I'm doing good on my Toy Story fic. &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 17:16, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Belated Merry Christmas, Gigi. I've added several music videos to the LAL-G&S playlist. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 05:36, December 27, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I'd just like to know the status of the corrections, as I haven't heard back from you, so... yeah. XD<font color="Lawn Green">I know you <font color="DarkKhaki">little libertine.  <font color="SteelBlue">I know you're a cannonball  18:40, December 28, 2010 (UTC)

JAN (Just a note), I mentioned you in my latest blog post. Just thought I'd tell you that. &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 23:05, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad you liked that shout-out about you on the blog post. Quick random question, though, have you ever seen Big Time Rush? &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 04:48, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

Well, to tell ya the flat-out truth, I've never really liked BTR either, but for some inane reason, I'm drafting out this sort of thriller fic about BTR. &quot; You&#39;re 30% arrogant, 30% ignorant, and 40% idiot!&quot; &quot; Yep, she soo has a crush on me.&quot; Nickelodeon has the best lines. XD 16:00, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

My latest LTDI preview is posted. I announced it on LTDI's talk page, but I don't know if you have LTDI on your "Following" list yet. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  04:26, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

I noticed while reading LAL (for the 33,000th time xD) that your quotation marks look a lot different that just ". How do you do that? Barbie... eat your heart out.♥ 23:29, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

Formatting headaches
I was on Crystal's talk page and I saw that you complained (not for the first time) about formatting problems with LAL. If I may ask, what sort of problems have you been having? If it's something that I've encountered, maybe I can help. On a related note, my LAL-G&S playlist has recently developed a serious formatting problem, seemingly spontaneously. Specifically, the markup isn't working anymore, so most of the verses are now Walls of Text. (Indented verses don't seem to have this problem, and I'm not sure they need the poem markup at all.) I don't know what the problem is, but it may have to do with the fact that blog pages don't support of of the formatting options that article pages do. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 06:03, January 15, 2011 (UTC)

Lies after lies!
Um i dont get the end....who did she shoot..... Noah or Rhodes or the woman its confusing!

I don't currently have a presence on ff.net, although I have been toying with the idea of getting an account to get a wider audience for my stories. In the meantime, would it work if you e-mailed me your file and I ran it through my word processor? I use MS Word. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 22:47, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

I have your e-mail. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 04:13, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

Hey Gigi! Even though I'm suppose to be on hiatus due to schoolwork right now, I noticed that you loved the movie Tangled so... I wrote this blog post that had the link to a Tangled fic I wrote and I hope that you read it and leave a comment about it. It can either be on my blog post, or the comment box underneath the fic, or even on my talkpage, but I hope you comment about it; that would be much appriciated! Barbie... eat your heart out.♥ 20:18, January 30, 2011 (UTC)

I've read the chapter and pasted it into a Word file, but I haven't had a chance to prepare my critique yet. I should be able to do that this weekend. In terms of spelling and grammar, your chapter is actually pretty clean. (One error I noticed was "hem" instead of "them", so a spell checker wouldn't have picked that up.)

My critique will be confined to technical points, because the story's talk page is a more fitting place to give my thoughts on the story's events. (Praise publicly, criticize privately.) I have a couple of technical points that you may wish to incorporate. I think you could add them fairly easily, because they don't change the essential character of the relevant scenes. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 17:11, February 12, 2011 (UTC)

Reading Chapter 18, it turns out that I will have quite a few suggestions to make. Most won't be corrections, per se, but rather suggestions for improving word choices or phrasing. Note that I am taking pains to suggest changes that I think will improve the narrative without altering the essential character of your writing style. After all, LAL is your story, not mine.

I won't actually make these changes myself, for a couple of reasons. First, a lot of these suggestions will be matters of opinion as much as anything, and there is every possiblity that you might choose to incorporate some but not others. Second, you'll learn more effectively if you approve and make any changes yourself than if I spoonfeed them to you. (This, incidentally, is how I work with Spenny on his Pokemon story.) Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 05:35, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

I have now started in earnest with my chapter 18 commentary. I have more to say about the first part of the chapter than about the latter part, so please don't be alarmed or discouraged at the way I pick apart some of the first few paragraphs. My purpose is to not merely review, but also to teach (since you seem more than willing to learn) so most of my suggested changes will come with fairly detailed explanations as to why I think the changes will improve your story. On a related note, since my commentary will be fairly extensive, do you prefer to get it piecemeal, or would you rather get it all at once? Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 05:41, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

I've just e-mailed you the first installment. Let me know if it doesn't arrive in a timely manner. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 06:33, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

I've just sent you another installment. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 04:49, February 17, 2011 (UTC)

Hey, uhh, Gigi? Can I ask you something? Great, umm, an error occured on my talk page and only one part of the page is formatted correctly. And, well, I want to get the incorrectly formatted text on my talk page archived. How do I do that? PS, I believe the exact word count of LAL right now is 42,828. Barbie... eat your heart out.♥ 04:19, February 19, 2011 (UTC)

Gigi, I'm sorry I wasn't able to make any further progress over the weekend on the chapter 18 proofing. It's that time of year, and I had commitments related to my sports photography. I'm hoping to have something for you on Monday. On an unrelated note, I've posted the "acceptance speech" for my recent FS win, in case you missed it and had any interest in it.

Hey, Gigi? I saw the blog about you writing your own story and I clicked on the link, but I couldn't find The Final Fifteen Days; it always leads me to something else. Barbie... eat your heart out.♥ 21:44, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

After three weeks, I've finally finished my critique of chapter 18. I hope you found it worth the wait. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  04:23, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hi! Now, I know we've chatted a lot on the LAL talk page, but this is something that was more chat-related: you heard me talking about Carrie, right? Well, did you see the movie for it or read the novel that started it all? Barbie... eat your heart out.♥ 19:27, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

Oh, well, the reason why I asked is because I'm planning on writing not one, barely two, but three Carrie fics -- the first one about a modern-day girl who is related to Carrie and inherits her telekinesis, the second this extended version of the infamous prom scene, and the third this crossover with a fanfic a friend wrote. Barbie... eat your heart out.♥ 19:45, March 25, 2011 (UTC)