Prologue
Los Angeles, Midsummer's Day, 2000
Alex held her small body as closely as he could, pulling her against his kneeling lap. Balancing as best he could against the weight she held in her arms, against the furl of her body around the person in whose hair her face was buried. Against the way she was rocking them both.
His hands trembling, he
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I'm also fascinated by the names you've changed. I like them all, and if you ever have a few moments, I'd love to know how you went about making the decisions of which ones to use. You seem to me the type of person who would be very deliberate with each choice, have a reason for each one.
Keen is so unexpected, but I think I'm really going to like it. Though I don't know how yet what his real name is, and I honestly think the one name change I'm going to have the most problem with is Will. Little Spike/Keen just is Will to me now. But I'm sure you'll come up with an appropriate one that I'll quickly get used to. Also, because of that insightful explanation of the meanings of all ( ... )
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So I probably won't be complaining. ;)
I think I will end up liking Ransom/Ran. I love the name's meaning, and I already love the character so much that I think it'll take me just a little time to get used to and then it will work for me.
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I love the poem too- but, then, I love Auden, perhaps more than any other poet. The clanging irony of his poems- especially his love poems- and riding astride it, some of the most tender, appealing words in all of poetry.
And when were you going to post your fic?
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I adore Auden, too. Though I probably wouldn't list him as my favorite (that would probably be Donne), he would definitely be on my top ten list. Or perhaps top five. And his love poetry is so unique. I love it, too.
Oh, well. My fic? Interesting story, that. I started writing it, just plugging along, and then it got long. Ridiculously long. And I hadn't written a multi-chapter fic in probably four or five years. And back when I was younger, I tended to abandon them half-way through. And I did not want to do that this time (you know). So I'm trying to get further along into it before I start posting. I want the end to at least be in sight ( ... )
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