I just found your story...

[strangetomato]

Is there anything nicer than getting one of those surprise comments on the first chapter of your long-running story (that hasn't updated in dog's ages), saying the poster just discovered it and is enjoying it?

Just wanted to share the warm fuzzies and thank you for reading. ^_^ (That's you specifically, Anon, but also a you in general for readers. Readers are love.)

Comments

[naughtydolphin.livejournal.com]

Oh I love that. Or when they're a couple of chapters in and tell you they're working through it and they're on the edge of their seats and can't wait to finish.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's just so exciting. I get to re-live my initial excitement I felt while writing it through them.

[naughtydolphin.livejournal.com]

I warn them that it's a bit of roller coaster, but I don't want to give things away. It's hard though!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'd be impossible to talk about it at all without giving it away. I understand.

[fallingrain757.livejournal.com]

Hi there,

I wasn't sure whether or not I should post this as I didn't know if you would look back to the first few posts of your story, but I also recently discovered SHWC and I think it's amazing. I literally sat for about 3 hours, reading over the whole thing. It was like a book that you just can't put down.

Anyway, I just thought I should let you know how much I enjoyed it. If you continue it, I will most definitely be reading. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! I really appreciate it. I'm glad you've enjoyed what you read so far. I do plan to continue, but life has been rather busy lately (in a good way). I do get a couple of weeks off for the holidays, though, so an update might be in order. ^_^

Thanks for reading!

[sounddecision.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear this, because I caught up today. Totally blew off laundry, and I should be asleep, but whatevs, I'm caught up!

And I know how that goes, I put my own on hiatus for almost two years...but I'm back at it myself. Glad to hear that it's a good way that life is busy. :)

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

Or how about- "I just started re-reading your story and totally overlooked that tiny detail! That was awesome."

(Yes, I have re-read S,HWC about 3 times already. :P)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Three times? Wow, I feel so honoured! It makes me happy to know you enjoy it enough to re-read it. ^_^

Did you notice I'd been planting the seeds for some of the later developments from a very early point in the story? Some of the hints are fairly opaque, so I'm not surprised it took re-reading it to see them. Others are pretty obvious, though. :P

[oojijay.livejournal.com]

Hey! Two things: I just wanted to say that I'm currently re-reading your story and it's still just as awesome as when I started reading over 2 years ago, so thank you so much for putting the time and effort into all this. It really is amazing :) Secondly, I remember when I read your story the first time round you put a video up of your sister's (in law's?) band's music video, and I fell in love with that song but I've changed computer now and lost it! I've tried looking through your archive but I can't remember when you posted it and, heh, there are a lot of posts. Would you be able to give me the link again?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

.Here it is! You might also like this one. Great song and it has a great stop motion animated video. Check out the album these come from, if you dig it. It's well worth a listen!

Also, thanks for the kind words on the story. ^_^ I'm glad you're enjoying it again the second time around.

[oojijay.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you so much! You have no idea how much I love to dance around making a fool of myself to this song. I'll check out the others as well, thanks for the link!

[rosaconiglia.livejournal.com]

I'm one of them! I've started reading your story few days ago, I'm now at chapter 26th and I just want to read more and more. I have it on my iPhone so it's like having an actual book on hand: I just go for it whenever I can: on the bus, in the subway...
I'm loving it and it always make my day, thank you for sharing!