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Confronting the Abyss

Oct 25, 2011 17:41

Title: Confronting the Abyss
Author: lbc
Artist: Roven
Archive to Pros Lib:Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 32,472
Warnings none

Summary: An old friend from Bodie’s merc days has re-entered his life much to the detriment of his partnership with Ray Doyle.
Notes: Thanks to all the authors and artists who contributed to ( Read more... )

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sc_fossil October 25 2011, 22:07:27 UTC

Congratulations on your posting! I shall dive into your story very soon. Thank you, longstrt.

The art is so nice! I want it! LOL! I always want the lads. Thanks, roven!

Thanks longstrt October 27 2011, 13:56:10 UTC

I hope you like the story. Roven did a wonderful job on the art. I'm hoping that I can figure out what I did wrong on AO3 so that I can post there as well. Thanks again for the note.

Re: Thanks sc_fossil October 27 2011, 18:22:11 UTC

If you need help posting the art to AO3, drop me an email. In a nutshell, you need to upload your art to some place that provides the html code. I used photobucket. Then copy and paste the code in the place you wish the art to appear directly into your story file, preview, then post.

Re: Thanks longstrt October 28 2011, 13:15:47 UTC

Roven was able to post her art on AO3 wonderfully; it was stupid me who couldn't post my story to AO3. Hopefully with the instructions I've been given, I can do so in the next couple of days.

Thanks for the offer of help.

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roven75 October 25 2011, 22:08:04 UTC

Congratulations on getting your story online! :D

So yeah, we did it, and after tackling LJ for the better part of the day I think you deserve a nice and quiet evening now :)

Your art really was great longstrt October 27 2011, 14:03:53 UTC

Thanks for doing the art. I know it couldn't have been easy, and I definitely think you shouldn't take up crochet because your art was very good. Thanks again.

Re: Your art really was great roven75 October 27 2011, 16:54:30 UTC

Ah, thanks, C, I'm not totally pleased with it but I'm glad I got it done! And I won't take up chrochet, I have too many hobbies as it is ;) I need to practice them!

krisserci5 October 26 2011, 00:51:03 UTC

Looking forward to the story; Love the art.

Thank You longstrt October 27 2011, 14:02:23 UTC

I hope the story meets your expectations. Roven did a great job. Love Ray in his purple robe. Thanks for writing.

roven75 October 27 2011, 16:56:03 UTC

Thank you :)

merentha13 October 26 2011, 00:56:54 UTC

Wow! This was quite an emotional ride! You did the lads reactions well, from Bodie's withdrawal to Ray's anger and hurt, they stayed in character. I liked the way you used scenes from canon to illustrate how and why they felt like they did. I really enjoyed this!

The artwork was gorgeous. The individual portraits are stunning. (I'm particularly fond of the purple robe! *g*)

Well done to both of you! Enjoy the feeling of being done! *g*

What nice things to say. longstrt October 27 2011, 14:05:21 UTC

You're right that the art was gorgeous. The purple robe is always one of my favorites. I like to use canon episodes if I can and I thought some of the scenes fit the story very well. Thanks for reading the story.

roven75 October 27 2011, 16:57:52 UTC

Yes, the purple robe was an image I couldn't get out of my head after reading lbc's story. I really wanted to paint it, although it took me four tries to get something halfway passable, and it could be so much better still. Ah well, might give it a try again! For now I enjoy the feeling of being done, like you said :)

draycevixen October 26 2011, 02:44:58 UTC

Congratulations on getting it posted. With that many LJ posts I know it must have been a bear. Now you can sit back and relax. :D

Thanks longstrt October 27 2011, 14:06:45 UTC

It was a bear to post 7 chapters, but I had such trouble with AO3 that I figured I better get it on lj or it wouldn't get posted. I'm going to relax because I feel drained, but I hope to figure out what I did wrong so I can put it on AO3.

Re: Thanks draycevixen October 27 2011, 14:32:28 UTC

I don't know if you usually post your stories to LJ in the Rich Text or the HTML window.

I just ask because a common problem first time posters seem to have with AO3 is that the HTML window is obvious but the tag for the Rich Text window is right above it.

If you have a word document where you used the word program's automatic italicizing, etc., without adding the HTML tags your easiest posting option is to click on the Rich Text window and then click on the Word symbol within that window. A clip board window will pop up. If you copy your document in to that window it will load in exactly the same fashion as your word document.

Thank you again longstrt October 27 2011, 16:39:01 UTC

I don't know how to thank you. That's exactly what my problem was and with your explanation, I think I can do it. I posted a story to another fandom on AO3 quite awhile ago and didn't have any problem so I really wasn't aware of what I was doing wrong.

Thanks again.

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