tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946729182455679682024-03-14T03:39:24.142-04:00TaraLeigh's FF PlaygroundTaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-54565571254361394262011-01-28T00:27:00.000-05:002011-01-28T00:27:41.331-05:00TD Vid<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="youtube-player" frameborder="0" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9nAhCM2XvBc?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Mercy.<br />
Just....MERCY.TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-60933069422736837982010-12-14T20:54:00.000-05:002010-12-14T20:54:24.951-05:00Pirates are BACK!<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="324" width="576"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf"></param><param name="flashVars" value="vid=23481062&"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed width="576" height="324" allowFullScreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=23481062&"></embed></object><br />
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I just loooooooooooove me some Captain Jack!<br />
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!</div>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-42002163272863030372010-11-28T19:40:00.000-05:002010-11-28T19:40:59.362-05:00Holidays = Tessa and JonCome visit me and the girls on the Fan Fictionista's Thanksgiving Blog: <a href="http://pornucopiafic.blogspot.com/2010/11/little-dessert_28.html">Pornucopia</a>.<br />
We all wrote a little biscuit in honor of the season revisiting some of our favorite characters.<br />
I, of course, had to do a Jon and Tessa story.<br />
This one is in it's entirety. Just a little biscuit.<br />
Man, I just love writing these two.<br />
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<a href="http://pornucopiafic.blogspot.com/2010/11/home-miami-thanksgiving.html">Home: A Miami Thanksgiving</a>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-37816362772080249642010-11-08T10:21:00.000-05:002010-11-08T10:21:08.061-05:00HiatusI didn't intend on taking a month long hiatus, but that's what it's looking like.<br />
Just wanted to give everyone a head's up.<br />
*sigh*<br />
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I was just going to take care of NaNo and still write on the other stories, but moving into a new house AND doing all this? It's just not gonna happen.<br />
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I'll be back in December.<br />
I'm hoping my readers will still be there.TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-18171659772280787442010-08-25T12:52:00.000-04:002010-08-25T12:52:26.354-04:00Home for the Holidays - FINALLYYep, I know it's been a LONG while, but all these cute family pix that surfaced gave me the final push to get the Christmas story done. a few more chapters and it'll be done. Couldn't quite stay away from them.<br />
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next part: <a href="http://home-xmas09ff.blogspot.com/2010/08/christmas-eve-448-pm.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Christmas Eve 4:48</span></a>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-35198106448256667622010-08-19T07:50:00.000-04:002010-08-19T07:50:53.500-04:00DevotionDevotion's got a new chapter up, finally. ;)<br />
It's a non angsty one for once! Imagine that? Enjoy a little brother/sister love.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">DEV: </span><a href="http://devotionff.blogspot.com/2010/08/nineteen.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">NINETEEN</span></a>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-7791527829484820402010-08-09T21:17:00.000-04:002010-08-09T21:17:34.522-04:00New ShortI wrote this awhile ago, but a friend reminded me of it and I realized I'd never posted it publicly.<br />
Soo...<br />
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You can find <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://taraleigh-notebook.blogspot.com/2010/08/dark-corner.html">The Dark Corner</a></span> posted on my FF Notebook page. Enjoy. ;)TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-73770102905582916992010-07-05T12:18:00.000-04:002010-07-05T12:18:17.434-04:00Short updatedThe FF Notebook's been updated.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://taraleigh-notebook.blogspot.com/2010/07/fly-by-night-3.html">Part 3 of Fly By Night is up.</a></span><br />
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YES...next post is Dev. I'm about 75% done with the chapter. ;)<br />
More Richie/Steph goodness.TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-32527761002409894252010-07-01T16:43:00.000-04:002010-07-01T16:43:25.587-04:00New BlogSo...every once in awhile I need to write a short story and sometimes it's just easier to lock 'em all up in one spot. And since I'm obsessed with notebooks, it seemed like a natural progression for me to create a FF notebook for myself.<br />
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If you're interested, give it a look. <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://taraleigh-notebook.blogspot.com/">The FF Notebook</a></span><br />
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The first story is just a small one. A little Jon smut biscuit that's about 4 chapters long. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://taraleigh-notebook.blogspot.com/2010/06/fly-by-night-intro.html">Fly By Night</a></span>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-76232258564159530472010-06-27T11:31:00.000-04:002010-06-27T11:31:44.806-04:00It's Hard Letting You GoOh yeah...this girl has whined, cried, and sighed through the setlists over at the O2 for the last 12 shows, but nothing comes close to what this song did to me. Hell, he hasn't played it in over 15 years.<br />
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Here's to bringing these crazy setlists over to the US.<br />
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We deserve them just as much.<br />
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I've been concentrating on my non-FF writing for the last few weeks--trying to get something ready to submit this summer. I was hoping for this week actually, but as usual, I can't shut up. LOL It's taking more words to get my point across--gee, I don't know where else that could have happened? *-*<br />
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But, because all I can think of is Jovi...I did manage to get a few chapters of Devotion ready for posting. First one is up now. My Jamie and Jon...*sigh* How they do love to screw with my readers...er, I mean, my head. LOL<br />
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See Chapter <a href="http://devotionff.blogspot.com/2010/05/ten.html">TEN</a> for more details. ELEVEN will be ready tomorrow. <br />
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More Jovi fun in the blog on its way. The 3 of us will probably be blogging a lot of details about our trip--whether you care or not. LOL!TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-6571444389268071492010-04-04T02:57:00.001-04:002010-04-04T02:59:34.529-04:00YT is Evil pt 2How's a girl supposed to survive a YT like this?<br />
GOD, I wish I'd been at this show.<br />
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You guys in the midwest, I hope you understand just what kind of amazing gift you got with this show. HOLY HANNA!!<br />
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It was good to do, but OMFG am I broken. <br />
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So, to make myself feel better I kinda lost myself in YT. <br />
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The look, the dirty little laugh? Yep. I should have been at this damn show.<br />
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One of my ALL TIME faves--and so rarely performed.<br />
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I should have been at this show, dammit.<br />
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But what about the character you have to design from scratch? What about the protagonist, or the heroine, or even the bad guy? How do you find that note of creativity and believability when you don't have an established RL character to work from?<br />
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A lot of us in the FF realm will make the heroine in our stories a little too close to our own image. And that's great--for our first story. Write what you know, right? But what about when you have a cache of stories and your heroine is starting to sound the same every time?<br />
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How do you change it up?<br />
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How do you make people care about your character? It's an important question and one that you should think about before you start writing a story. Far too often (ESPECIALLY ME) I start a story with an idea, but I don't think far enough ahead about what the story will become and the story starts to stagnate, to drift into that boring sort of static character that no one gives a crap about.<br />
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So tell me writers...how do you make your heroine stand up to the men we write about. This could be the Jovi Fiction that I'm most familiar with, or even another band--a TV show--whatever. When you've got a living, breathing character like the lead singer of a band, or the lead guitarist, how do you create a female counterpoint that can hold up?<br />
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Discussion anyone?TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-38268935172851448352010-03-25T10:13:00.000-04:002010-03-25T10:13:47.157-04:00Life Lessons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wA_K4BFZ8rw/S6tsxpXBHZI/AAAAAAAAAis/3GOW7r0bEJk/s1600/TreeRainbow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" nt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wA_K4BFZ8rw/S6tsxpXBHZI/AAAAAAAAAis/3GOW7r0bEJk/s400/TreeRainbow.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A friend sent this to me at work. It suited what's been going on in my life for the last 4 mos. Life lessons really suck, but they're lessons for a reason. As a writer, I know to put them in my story to make my characters grow, as a person--you prefer not to have to learn them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My mom was one of those amazing people that should have been on this earth far longer than I had her. How could she leave before everyone knew just how amazing she was? But when I was standing there in the receiving line for the wake, I realized that there were SO many people out there that knew. I can't express how much easier that made things for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, I cried when I saw certain people. Yes, the pain was unspeakable. Yes, I wouldn't wish this kind of thing on anyone, but the only good thing that came out of this were the lessons learned. My mom was one of those amazing people that never had a bad word for anyone. I saw that, but the number of people that came up to me and told it to me gave me a lot of peace. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She left a legacy that I hope to live up to.</div>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-51327080775696636022010-03-10T11:28:00.000-05:002010-03-10T11:28:18.701-05:00Wordless Wed<img src="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c362/TaraBJ/071906Giants/Picture672.jpg" />TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-82246730910053980052010-02-09T21:57:00.000-05:002010-02-09T21:57:42.544-05:00And the Sunshine goes to...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wA_K4BFZ8rw/S3IaVfWnlqI/AAAAAAAAAhk/OCKcKn_5kmY/s1600-h/sunshineblogaward.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="609" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wA_K4BFZ8rw/S3IaVfWnlqI/AAAAAAAAAhk/OCKcKn_5kmY/s320/sunshineblogaward.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Me! LOL THANK YOU <a href="http://jovibits.blogspot.com/" linkindex="610">BECKY</a>!<br />
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She bestowed this lovely award unto me! And it's time to pass things along--Pay It Forward if you will. ;)<br />
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These are the rules: <br />
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1. Put the logo on your blog or within the post.<br />
2. Pass the award onto 12 bloggers whose blogs you enjoy the most.<br />
3. Link the nominees and their award-winning blogs within your post.<br />
4. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.<br />
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1. The Goddess Hathor, <a href="http://www.thegoddesshathor.blogspot.com/" linkindex="611">The Goddess Hathor</a><br />
2. SoulGirl, <a href="http://a-little-bit-of-soul.blogspot.com/" linkindex="612">A Little Bit of Soul</a><br />
3. Hath & Friends, <a href="http://hath-circle-tour.blogspot.com/" linkindex="613">Bon Jovi: The Circle Tour</a><br />
4. Big Apple Jovi Girl, <a href="http://jovijunction.blogspot.com/" linkindex="614">It's My (Bon Jovi) Life</a> <br />
5. Queenie, <a href="http://stephjustmebeingme.blogspot.com/" linkindex="615">Queenie's Corner</a><br />
6. <a href="http://hath-circle-tour.blogspot.com/" linkindex="616"></a>FM, <a href="http://thefictionmistress.blogspot.com/" linkindex="617">The Fiction Mistress</a><br />
7. Becky, <a href="http://jovibits.blogspot.com/" linkindex="618">Jovi Bits</a><br />
8. Tre, <a href="http://tresfantasyzone.blogspot.com/" linkindex="619">Tre's Fantasy Zone</a><br />
9. Liz, <a href="http://norwichliz.blogspot.com/" linkindex="620">Liz's Lair</a><br />
10. Kiwi, <a href="http://life-as-we-know-it-kiwigoddess.blogspot.com/" linkindex="621">Life As We Know It</a><br />
11. Catte, <a href="http://cattehouse.blogspot.com/" linkindex="622">Catte's House</a><br />
12. Sunstreaked: <a href="http://sunstreaked-mainpage.blogspot.com/" linkindex="623">Sunstreak's Corner</a><br />
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This was fun. I think I'll put it up for my regular writer sites too. ;) Thanks, Becky!TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-53424855697912641272010-01-10T20:53:00.000-05:002010-01-10T20:53:49.527-05:00My Continued Absence...I know my writing has been less than steady lately, and I wanted to give you guys a head's up as to what's happening.<br />
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Right around Thanksgiving we received some rather scary news about my mom. Some of you know that my dad passed away from cancer about 7 years ago now...well, looks like the fates decided that our family would get one more challenge. Mom has Stage 4 colon cancer that's moved into her lungs.<br />
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Thankfully my mom's a fighter, and we're looking at our options. Thursday night we had a terrible scare with a seizure. As if the colon and lungs weren't bad enough, the mets have now moved into her brain. Right now, the only option we have is to fight the brain tumors-yes, multiples-and see where we go from there.<br />
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I'm not posting for sympathy, though I will take prayers from anywhere I can. But writing is and will always continue to be an outlet for me. With all that's happening, it just might not be a very steady outlet. I know you guys will understand, but I did want to at least give you a head's up as to why I'm absent from time to time.TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-56544712411054107432009-12-15T00:40:00.000-05:002009-12-15T00:40:06.122-05:00Christmas is ComingAnd I'm soooo not ready!!<br />
But, of course, the muse has its own timetable.<br />
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So, Tessa and Jon wanted to come out and play.<br />
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<a href="http://home-xmas09ff.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-23-2009.html" linkindex="20">Home for the Holidays</a> is up for your enjoyment--just a short story to revisit Jon and Tessa. It'll only be a few posts long.TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-14230333593828196142009-11-01T13:15:00.000-05:002009-11-01T13:15:24.909-05:00Jovi SOTD: Learn To Love<object align="middle" height="50" width="150"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://muzicons.com/musicon_v_srv_new.swf" width="150" height="50" menu="false" quality="high" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&nomuz=muzicon%20unavailable&site=http://muzicons.com/&icon_pic=13.png&music_file=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/9/19/2105598/12-bon_jovi-learn_to_love.mp3&bg_color=800000&type_of_clip=simple_text&text_color=FFFFFF&text_message=Learn+2+Love&buy_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fsearch%3Fie%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dmuzicocommusi-20%26index%3Ddigital-music%26linkCode%3Dur2%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325" wmode="transparent" menu="false" quality="high"></embed></object><br />
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*sigh* I reaaaaaaaally love this song. I tend to listen to this one over and over again--They really know how to rip your guts out, then leave you wanting only more pain. LOL LTL is definitely going to be on my keepers shelf. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.<br />
And it's officially the first ringtone on my phone. ;) Thank you Verizon for having such cool RT's. Halle Halle!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LEARN TO LOVE</b></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have run from the truth<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Since the days of my misspend youth<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was hungry for kindness<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was lost in life's blindness<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When you're born without wings<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All you dream of, all you want<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Is that feeling of flying<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Of rising and climbing<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle, we're one breath away<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">halle, halle, from our judgement day<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Leave it all on the table<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you lose all you win<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You've got to learn to love the world you're living in<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Always thought I'd die young<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In these hands I've held the gun<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But it's too late for dying<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now there's nothing worth hiding<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've lost love, lived with shame<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was humbled by my fall from grace<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the steps of decision<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's revenge or forgiveness<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle, we're one breath away<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle, from our judgment day<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Leave it all on the table<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you lose all you win<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You've got to learn to love the world you're living in<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle, we're one breath away<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle, from our judgement day<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Leave it all on the table<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you lose all you win<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You've got to learn to love the world you're living in<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle, and that's how it is<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You've got to learn to love the world you're living in<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halle, halle<br />
</div>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-86199355563847299392009-10-29T18:59:00.002-04:002009-10-29T19:04:41.721-04:00Today's Jovi SOTD<object align="middle" height="50" width="150"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://muzicons.com/musicon_v_srv_new.swf" width="150" height="50" menu="false" quality="high" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&nomuz=muzicon%20unavailable&site=http://muzicons.com/&icon_pic=11.png&music_file=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/9/19/2105598/04-bon_jovi-superman_tonight.mp3&bg_color=000080&type_of_clip=simple_text&text_color=FFFFFF&text_message=Superman&buy_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fsearch%3Fie%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dmuzicocommusi-20%26index%3Ddigital-music%26linkCode%3Dur2%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325" wmode="transparent" menu="false" quality="high"></embed></object><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">TRACK: 4</span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">SONG: Superman Tonight</span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ARTIST: Bon Jovi</span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ALBUM: The Circle</span><br />
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Well, considering I haven't listened to ANYTHING else---are you surprised it's a Jovi song? LOL<br />
Yeah, that's what I thought. LOL<br />
Superman was among the only 'clips' that I liked that were released.<br />
Big thank you to my GF for writing up the words. *sigh* <br />
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<div style="color: black; font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><div>There's something about you<br />
I wanna rescue<br />
I don't even know you<br />
So what does that mean<br />
Maybe I'm cynical<br />
Painfully logical<br />
You're tragic & beautiful<br />
and that's good enough for me.<br />
You're looking for a hero<br />
but it's just my old tattoo<br />
Tonight I swear I'd sell my soul<br />
to be a hero for you<br />
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Who's gonna save you <br />
when the stars fall from your sky<br />
and who's gonna pull you in<br />
when the tide gets too high<br />
Who's gonna hold you<br />
when you turn out the lights<br />
I won't lie<br />
I wish that I<br />
Could be your Superman tonight<br />
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If somebody sent you<br />
An angel to save you<br />
What would you tell him<br />
to turn him away<br />
<div style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That your heart don't break</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That your lips don't kiss</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That life is just a lie</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That heaven don't exist</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">*SIIIIIIGH---favorite part*</span> <br />
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Who's gonna save you <br />
when the stars fall from your sky<br />
and who's gonna pull you in<br />
when the tide gets too high<br />
Who's gonna hold you<br />
when you turn out the lights<br />
I won't lie<br />
I wish that I<br />
Could be your Superman tonight<br />
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Who's gonna fix you the next time you break down<br />
Stranded alone by the side of the road<br />
It's your baggage that's dragging you down<br />
Don't look back<br />
Let it go<br />
oh-oh oh-o-oh<br />
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Who's gonna save you <br />
when the stars fall from your sky<br />
and who's gonna pull you in<br />
when the tide gets too high<br />
Who's gonna hold you<br />
when you turn out the lights<br />
I won't lie<br />
I wish that I was that Superman<br />
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Who's gonna save you <br />
when the stars fall from your sky<br />
and who's gonna pull you in<br />
when the tide gets too high<br />
Who's gonna hold you<br />
when you turn out the lights<br />
I won't lie<br />
I wish that I <br />
Could be your Superman tonight<br />
</div></div>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-10830018323224164372009-10-28T18:30:00.004-04:002009-10-28T18:46:40.704-04:00My Current Obsession...<object width="150" height="50" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://muzicons.com/musicon_v_srv_new.swf" width="150" height="50" menu="false" quality="high" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&nomuz=muzicon%20unavailable&site=http://muzicons.com/&icon_pic=12.png&music_file=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/9/19/2105598/06-bon_jovi-thorn_in_my_side.mp3&bg_color=800000&type_of_clip=simple_text&text_color=FFFFFF&text_message=TIMS&buy_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fsearch%3Fie%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dmuzicocommusi-20%26index%3Ddigital-music%26linkCode%3Dur2%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325" wmode="transparent" menu="false" quality="high"></embed></object><br />
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Track: SIX<br />
SONG: Thorn In My Side<br />
ALBUM: The Circle<br />
ARTIST: Bon Jovi<br />
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Yeah, so I'm totally obsessed with this song. I just can't help it!<br />
The grit, the growls, the clenched teeth I can hear in my head as JBJ's singing some of the lyrics.<br />
THE GUITARS!<br />
*sigh*<br />
New Jovi makes me VERY happy.TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-23445351737279721692009-10-19T03:33:00.000-04:002009-10-19T03:33:37.364-04:00Devotion<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those of you that don't know, I did start a new story: Devotion.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's a Puppy tale to start. Young guys, starting in 1986...right at the cusp of the explosion. It's a Jon and Richie centric story.<br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://devotionff.blogspot.com/" linkindex="55">Devotion Click Me</a></span><br />
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</div>TaraLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342413692746814980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794672918245567968.post-39988349661361043622009-09-27T02:25:00.001-04:002009-09-27T02:31:30.316-04:00INTERVIEW: TheGoddessHathor & Totalconfushun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">WIP: <a href="http://hathntsrings.blogspot.com/" linkindex="28">Rings</a></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">INTERVIEW/CHAT: TheGoddessHathor & Totalconfushun</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri,"Calibri",serif; text-align: left;">Welcome to the first in my series of FanFic Author interviews. Hath and T were generous enough to hang out with me for an evening and talk everything from writing individual projects to the wild world of interactive fiction. I was going to try to pick apart the Chat, but I think you guys just deserve the insanity. LOL<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri,"Calibri",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri,"Calibri",serif; text-align: left;">I didn't change any of it, just rearranged the order of things so that you could....attempt to follow our crazy Chat/Interview. I'm hoping to do a few more interviews. I've contacted a handful of authors and I hope to do a lot more. These women are friends and, I think, soon to be friends. Welcome to the playground, now let's play!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh:</span> so you guys ready for this?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath:</span> Ready!<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T:</span> I'm always ready<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: *cracks knuckles*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Bring it on!<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Who came up with the kernal of the idea for Rings?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: It was Terri's idea.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: a collab was Hath's idea....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I had the idea for a fairy story...and pitched it to her<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I caught it :) <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I was a little hesitant at first b/c I was worried about the whole religious aspect of it, and worried I wouldn't be able to keep from being preachy/god-y, etc.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: How do you guys do most of your writing?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I'd say separately for the most part.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: One of us will start "the next chapter"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we spend a couple hours on the phone every few weeks....and just sort of brainstorm<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and let the other know when there's something up.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: but there are some chaps that are written by one of us fully, and the other does edits and adds little touches here and there.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: for the most part, though I don't think you can tell who wrote what (when it isn't Jon- or Richie- centric, that is)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: well...we discussed the fact that EVERY religion has a belief in a "creator"....we've been trying to stay within the boundaries of what would apply to them all<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: In the beginning, Terri had to keep reminding me of that nearly every time we talked ;)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I'm a big fan of mythology and world building. Was it conscious as a theme?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: or just kind of happened?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Oh yes, it was absolutely a Jon-and-Richie-save-the-world story from the get-go<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri had the Jon piece all sorted out (with Excalibur)...we're still fine-tuning Richie<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I know what's written by Hath....if it's good or funny...then she wrote it....lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri is fantastic with plotting and figuring out twists and making them all work out.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: And we know Hath's seat of her pants writer-girl. LOL<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: there was a lot of "what if we did this" or "what if we did that" type stuff....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: well...every story has a main conflict...so we started out pitching ideas until this one sounded good<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: oh...I should add here that my oldest daughter helped quite a bit in the beginning<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: pointing out flaws in the plan...or suggesting things.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Kenly (that's my 22 year old) is really into fairys and things like that...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I'm seat of my pants too<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Tara, that's so true. I do NOT plot<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that's why this works so well...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I'm a HUGE fan of Fairy's/Fey<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Do you take things from Lore? Or just go ahead and make things up?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we do this one chapter at a time...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: a mix of both<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I told Hath in the beginning that as long as we kept one thing in mind throughout this whole deal we'd be golden...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: both. The Centurian and his story (Alec's backstory) is all true.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that one thing?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that every human myth has a basis in fact<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I told her we'd keep what we wanted to use and dismiss the rest as just myth<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: We're totally making up Richie's sword and story.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I like the dismissing the crap or that doesn't fit as Myth.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Though we did find a river in Europe or Africa that is the Sambra<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Though Accolon was a real Knight<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah Accolon has no "real" place in the Arthurian legend<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that's what I did with DLS (<a href="http://tsdirtylittlesecret.blogspot.com/" linkindex="29">Dirty Little Secret</a>)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yeah, Accolon had nothing to do with Arthur's demise<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: "IRL"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: personally, I think that's the best part of working with the vamp tropes....to rewrite and tweak.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I used the part of vampire lore that fit where I wanted to go with the story and dismissed the rest as myth<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Terri----How does partner writing differ from your long stories like DLS?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: or...if I didn't dismiss it...I explained how it came to be expected...or how the myth got started...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: example? The sunglasses thing to go out into daylight....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: differ?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: hmmm...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: not much really....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Typical Jon characteristic<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: (sunglasses)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: except that I look forward to going and seeing what she's added to the story...lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: :)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: this has been a hell of a lot more fun than writing a story on my own<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Do you brainstorm with Hath even on your own stories?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: it's almost like I'm along for the ride right there with the readers. Does that make sense?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: With the partner writing?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: brainstorm? Is that what you'd call it Hath? <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah with the partner writing<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I wouldn't call it brainstorming... more like you read me what you've written and say something like "I don't like how that ended" or "it feels like it needs more" or something like that and we start chatting<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Gotcha---more like Beta+<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: It's one of those "oooh oooh, what about this?" moments (we have lots of those)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I'm not sure if you'd call it brainstorming on the single stuff....but I do run A LOT of ideas past her....and she points out why it will or won't work....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL---those are the best.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...more like a beta<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Beta+, is that what "real" writers call it?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL Well---it's more than just pre-reading---so Beta+<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Actually---you two act more like Crit Partners<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Like Carolynn and I do for the Non-FF<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: though it's nothing quite so structured<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I mean we'll go days, weeks sometimes without talking on the phone, then have a marathon 3-hour session, or trade a zillion emails or IMs<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...and 9 times outta 10 those "oooh ooooh, what about this?" moments turn into the best plot twists....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Well, you 2 know each other quite well.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: How'd you 'meet'?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: <span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>...tell her about the you as Richie and me as Jon convos! That's the best stuff right there<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: For Tara's question, I stumbled on T's Place (in the old place, but not the old, old place lol)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: For T's point, in some of the interactive fan fictions we've done, we've taken on the guys as alter personas<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: but we first talked on Topix<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: We did?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and then she signed up at T's Place and we really got to know each other during the Football Forum story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Ahh so it was the interactive Football Forum that got you guys really into it?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I just remember the first time Terri phoned me. I had found out she was a Published Author and nearly died<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yeah. That (football forum) was the absolute best collaboration ever.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: It was genius, and everyone had such a great time.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: We had a mantra during that whole thing: It's just a FF, it's just a FF lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that was the best damn idea I've ever had<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: People would get MAD that 'Jon' or 'Richie' or 'David' wouldn't answer their posts.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: For those of us NOT in the know---what was it about?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Like it was a real board instead of a story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: It was set around the idea that the thread itself was a message board for football fans...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Jon joined to talk with other fans about one of his great passions...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and met Sam in the process<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: the side stories just ....well....happened...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: That's where Joker came from; my David epic<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: nobody knew he was JBJ at first<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: So, the interactive fanfic---was created to look like a message board forum<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: he was just Kidd...a guy from Jersey<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: right<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: with a story that played out <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: right...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hath: Tara, some of it was orchestrated<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri and I would be on IMs<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and she'd ping me, "Make David say this to Jon"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: And edit the board to suit, right? Like you would a story?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: evey so often I would make a "purple post"...telling the readers what was going on off the board<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: No Hath...you're thinking of the TC Interactive Fic<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we did PM's on the old board for the Football story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: no...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I didn't "edit" the story...unless someone made a post that would've outted Jon or the others...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Gotcha<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: or put them somewhere (because that's where they REALLY were) instead of where I had them in the story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: The one of the main ideas behind the interactive FF (Terri, correct me if I'm wrong) was to stretch the writing process<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: to have to write on the fly<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hath: Like the whole Jon and the Caramello episode<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: it was to make me have to write on the fly<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: which SUCKED by the way<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: to have to come up with a purple post based on what was said just 15 mins before on the board<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Ahhh the joy of going off on a tangent, or a thread not working out the way you wanted it to.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: sucked? but that was one of the funniest scenes<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we did the whole thing in real time<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: so when the guys were in Japan for the LH shows....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: So, no real plotting---beyond a PM?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Nope...no pre-plotting....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we had Zan (Richie) posting saying "Greetings from Japan"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yeah, but you said, "you have 15 minutes-- go"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: well...I wanted to give you a dose of the medicine ya'll had been giving me from the get go<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: The funniest was Zan was in Tokyo, said "greetings from Tokyo" and my character innocently said "what time is it there"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: other than...how I intended the story to go....but that changed a few times durning the course of the story...lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and BOOM, there's an IM in messenger saying, "why the fuck did you do that? Now I have to look it up!"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Thank God for FoxClocks<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: she did that shit the whole time<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Just trying to keep you on your toes :)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: So, addicted to the shorts you were writing---you decided to go for longer stories?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: what do you mean "addicted to the shorts"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I started writing ff with a long story....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: the shorts came later<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: How long did you 'talk' about Rings before you decided to go for it?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: We talked about Rings for a while. We both had other irons in the fire, and wanted to wrap some of those first,<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: how long?...What, Hath? A week? Maybe two, before we started writing?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: but once the characters start talking<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: you can't ignore them<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri, I think it was a little longer than that.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: You did most of the writing in the beginning b/c I couldn't get my shit together<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we talked in generic form about a collab for a while<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: yeah, since all the interactive FFs were so fun, we thought to try it with a real story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: but once Fiona and Morganna got names, the bitches wouldn't shut up<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Couldn't get into the story, Hath? Or...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: That was part of it, Tara. I was worried about the religious angle, and couldn't separate it at first<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: No...she just had a lot of irons in the fire at the time<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri and I had some great philosophical discussions in the early days<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: but once I knew Morganna's name, that was it.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: plus I had like 5 fics going on plus a few side projects <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: You? overworked? Noooooooooo.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: It's my own damned fault.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: We're working to pare you down<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I can't seem to tell any of the guys 'NO'. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I'm just glad that Fiona kept talking...unlike that bitch Kimber<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: lol Poor Kimber.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I remember you calling me a couple days before Christmas one year<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: telling me about her and how she wouldn't shut up<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Oh and don't even get me on the topic of Steve...I'm still pissed at that bitch<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I can understand. My Bella talks and hides in equal measure.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yeah, I miss Steve<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Steve and Kimber--halted stories?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: or Hiatus?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Yeah...Kimber talked non stop from that Halloween challenge on what became Jovi Nation....until the Christmas phone call...lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I like to think they're just on Hiatus...and that eventually they'll start talking to me again<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: the problem with Steve is a little more complicated than just not talking though...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that was my attempt at a Richie story...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and it made my Jonny muse jealous<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Certified Jon Girl.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: The boys are feisty when they get jealous<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: just a min....my daughter needs her good night love<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Richie was PISSED at me for Joker, which is why he has so many damned active stories<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: He's getting mad that there are only two left, and they're pretty well mapped out.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: You both talk about 'talking chars.' Is it that simple? You write which story talks to you?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I'll answer while T takes care of her daughter.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL--well, you didn't start another David story. :D<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Not yet.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Memphis will probably yank that can of worms open again, huh?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Oh yeah...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: And he's looking SO good, and I'm a shallow Goddess...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I'm back...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: So to the question...yeah, for me, it's whatever story is talking.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Whichever Richie is being loudest<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: about the whole talking character thing....usually it's the MFC (main female character) that talks to me...and I just tell her story....but with the whole Jon/TC thing...it was TC that talked to me until the original story was told...now it's TC's Jersey that talks to me when I tell a TC story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that's why most of the Jon/TC shorts are told more from his POV than hers<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: The only MFC that talked to me was <b>me</b>. In one of the interactive FFs,the one that turned into Online, I had a dream about the ending, and couldn't get it out of my head. It's usually the guys that talk to me. The girls are content to be screwing the Jovi boys.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: That leads me to my next question---comfy in the male POV? It's personally my favorite place to be.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Depends on the male. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I am...I like to think that I write Jonny pretty well....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I'm more comfortable as Richie or David because they're more like me -- smart-assish<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: And Jon's moody<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: especially in the interactive stories....when I'm pretending to be him....everyone says I do a great job...and that they sometimes forget it's me on the other end of the keyboard...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: those were the best compliments I've ever gotten<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yes, but it's a little more than that for me. I'm afraid to get into Jon's head b/c we're TOO much alike from the control freak perspective. It's too easy to make him a controlling, manipulative bitch<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Ahh....but that's what he is sometimes, darlin'. :D<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri, I think I told you, my heart would beat a little harder when I saw a "JerseyCowboy7800" PM in my box and I KNEW it was you on the other end. lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: but....funny thing....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Hath forgot it was me when I was pretending to be Richie too...lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yes, Tara, but I see him as that all the time. I don't believe he's all that sweet. I think he's considerate, but not a sweet or attentive lover like I believe the others to be<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that's where the mantra "It's just a fan fic...it's just a fan fic" came from....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I did, actually.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I actually think Jon's a bit of a dick<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: And I love him to pieces<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Terri, you don't know this, but at the start of the Football FF, before I really knew you guys, and knew what the FF was all about, I was getting jealous of Lucia's character b/c she was getting Richie, and I thought about dropping out.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I think he's probably a real arrogant ass<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: what? really?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL---that's cute, Hath.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: yep<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: really<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: It'll be tough for me not to get Jon if I participate in your new interactive.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: He's MINE.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: :))<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Ahem. *pushes down the bitch*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: =))<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: There's this little chant...Mine, Mine, Mine...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: here's the thing....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and I'll be the first one to point it out...every time...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: they're all characters...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: You won't be Tara...and I won't be T....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Easy for you to say, Jonny haver<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: You'll be...whatever you decide on for a name...and I'll be ....whatever...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I'm trying not to let her get a name yet<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: But I'm always up for a challenge<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Oh GOD, T, don't give her a name yet<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: and I see Tico as a truly interesting character<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I like to be the MFC and Jon in the interactive stories so that I can steer the story...be more of a conductor<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Esp after I watched his wedding video. MERCY.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: He's starting to poke my shoulder<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: His birthday is coming up and he wants a story on my blog like the others got.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Yeah, I think Tico is the most UNDERestimated member of the band<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I totally agree<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: when it comes to sexy<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: shoulders.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: *pant*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Arms<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and damn...those guns!!<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: *pant*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Have you seen the nude rose-petal pics he did with his then-wife Eva?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: oh yeah<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Sweet FUCKing hell<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: oh yeah<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: there was one thing about working with Hath on Rings that I asked her for out front<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: do you remember what it was Hath?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I cuss like a sailor...but there's one swear word that I WON'T use....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Right. G-ddamn<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: C-bomb<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Hath uses it all the time...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Nope, cunt is just fine<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: *wince*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: hate that one<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I asked her for us not to use it in Rings...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Oh I don't use it, but I don't have a problem with it in context. Hate the P-word, though I use it when the situation calls for it.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I won't use GD<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: can't even bring myself to type it out, much less say it<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I have to say, it's been hard not making Richie use that word.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I have to say---I use it a lot myself.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: b/c I can so hear his voice saying it<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: GD<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I was happy to hear Jon make it official in that UK interview...that Fuck was his favorite swear word...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: cuz it's mine too<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: It's his favorite extra-curricular activity as well<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: so is "farting in bed" apparently...lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: *snort*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: How do you smooth out the POV's when you both write all chars? When I did the partner writing thing, I stuck to one char. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: you just know that's going in a Jon/TC story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Yes, I loved that intv.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: at least it isn't sharting<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: EWWWWWWWWWWWWW<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: :D<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: it's funny...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I stick mainly to Richie and Anna<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and Terri sticks w/Jon and Fiona<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: but we each add to the others' stuff<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and we both do Merlin<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and the other satellite characters<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: the way we do it when it's a chapter with all the characters is one or the other will post a chap and the other will go add dialogue and shit for the other two characters<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I'll put in some Richie/Anna stuff and then she'll go in and flesh that part out<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Interesting...ever thought about switching things up? Terri MFC for Richie, and Jon and Hath MFC for Jon/Richie<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Or do you like the couple control?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: It's not so much the couple control, it's the comfort zone<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: it flows faster and better when it's something I'm comfy with. I've done a couple Jon stories, and they were pretty well received, but he's outside my comfort zone<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...same for me ....we all know how my one attempt at a Richie story turned out<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I don't like the way I write Jon -- I make him too romantic.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Like my Encounter, The Beach.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: UGH. Sugary sweet<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: But suits, Richie<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I try to make Jon suck at the romantic department...but occasionally he gets lucky and gets it right....lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: My version of Richie, yes. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I mean...look at the Vamp Jon in DLS...he so sucked at the whole "You're my lifemate" conversation....lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I like to think I have him right, just by his demeanor the way he is in interviews, in the shows of his I've seen and heard<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I was in LOVE with VampJon<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and got TOTALLY turned on by Jon feeding off Richie<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: *where's my edit button*<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: one of my favorite scenes in DLS is when Jon called Richie an idiot savant when it comes to women....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: well, actually---I'm no fan of Slash fic---but there was a scene in my favorite show---Moonlight, where he had to feed off his best friend.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Holy---Gah.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I'm not a fan of slash either<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Oh...and the Jon feeding off Richie scene caused me some BIG problems...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: the bag of ice in his lap was Hath's idea...lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: but the idea of Jon's lips wrapped around Richie's wrist just flicked something in the southwest corner of my brain<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: well, we couldn't let it get ACTUALLY slashy.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I'd have to stop being friends with Terry, and I LIKE her.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: :))<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: no...I don't do slash...not my thing<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: you LIKE me?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: wow...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Of course I do<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: You put up with my whining<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: you do know that I'm a real anti-social bitch...right?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: pot....kettle<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: How much do you have to go with, Rings? You mentioned it's a chapter by chapter manifestation.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Tara, we were just talking about this today<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: maybe that's why this whole thing works...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: a few weeks ago, we mapped out "the rest of the story" which is something like 10 chapters<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: but today, we were talking about not being tied to that.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: If we find something that sends off in some other direction,<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: just in case we go off on a tangent with something<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: we both reserve the right to toss the outline<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Like THAT'S ever happened, Terri<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I never work with an outline<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: So definitely organic plotting---letting things go where they go.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I tried it with the last Mission Impossible challenge I wrote...and it didn't work so well<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: We knew how it was going to end from day-1, we just have to get there now<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: right...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and if our path meanders a bit, well tough shit it's our story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: we know the ending already<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: right it's our story...the reader needs to just....how does Jon say it?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: "Buckle up baby...it's gonna be a bumpy ride"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: uh---hello, 264K for Home. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I know about tangents baby<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I think that makes it fun, though. Or "funner" lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Sin Happens was 393pages...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: my publisher threw a fit<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Had to slash and edit, huh?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: wanted me to tone it down some....I couldn't decide what to cut...so I didn't cut it...just agreed to the higher price for the book....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: which I don't get, btw. uh, hello 800+ pages for Harry Potter....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: If you need 300 or 600 pages to tell the story that's what you need.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: they told me that it cost more to produce a book with that many pages....so it would cost more to buy<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Nice segue actually. How was it to change a FF story into a Non-FF? I've had quite a few people ask me to do it with Home. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I personally couldn't.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: well...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: it wasn't really all that hard...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Jon became Sin...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: he's still a frontman for a major rock band...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: still acts on occasion<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: hell...I even made him still own a football team<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I veiled it enough that Jon couldn't sue me...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: So, you definitely left him Jon with a new name<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: but to a fan...it's still obviously JBJ]<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Yeah...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: His name was ....Francis Sinatra Santioni....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: well, except that one 'Jon' in there...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: or...Sin San Tonki<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: uh...sorry...Sin San Toni<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that was a joke between me and the girls in the MSN group where I first posted the story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: missed an edit<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and they'll all testify to that<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Joy and Lucy...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: at least<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Hath, how did you start writing?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: After my very first Jovi show during the HAND tour, I was trolling the 'net and stumbled over The Layover<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Perhaps the BEST piece of FF out there<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I read it in a week<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I had no idea there was a "market" for this<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I tested the water with a short Jon story called "Breathe" and I was shocked to get readers!<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: There was no sex in that one; strictly PG teasing<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I LOVED that story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: My second story was sappy-sweet, and one I had in my head for a while (the plot, not the guys)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: "Thank You".<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOVED that story, personally.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: No sex in that one either. Thank You is one your mom could read<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I loved that one too<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: actually there hasn't been anything Hath's written that I didn't like<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Then I decided I needed to pop my FF cherry so to speak, and I started Rental<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I couldn't get into Believe...but that doesn't mean I didn't like it<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Thanks T :x<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Rental took off, and after "my first time" I wondered why I was hesitant.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Then it got excerpted on bonjovi.com<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: you're welcome pard'ner<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Remember when I called you after that happened, T?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I was on the EDGE of insanity, and not in a good way<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL I remember that.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I was in a dead panic too...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: cuz, I was like...FUCK FUCK FUCK...if they found her...they'll find us all....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yep, they find me, they find all of you<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and I started having nightmares about my meeting in a courtroom with a well dressed and very pissed off rock star....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: hence "Sue Me", the story I wrote for Terri :)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Terri? How'd you start?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I wrote "Busted", a David story about him busting Hath<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: do you want to know how I started with Fan fic...or how I started writing?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Hmm. Both.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I've been writing since I was a teenager....I wrote plays...poems...short stories....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: <---14<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: never was able to finish anything major...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I was in 8th grade...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: at least that's the first thing I can remember...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: And FF?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I used to really piss my English Comp teacher off in college<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Why?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: she gave us an assignment once..."What I did on my summer vacation"...I was like..."WTF is this, third grade?"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: so ...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I wrote about my trip to Jupiter...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: but I forgot to put my name on the paper...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: so once she'd handed them all back out...except mine...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: she said..."I don't know whose paper this is...but it HAD to be a radio/tv major's"...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I raised my hand admitting that I hadn't gotten my paper back....not knowing that she was gonna read it out loud to the class<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Oh, man---I'd have DIED.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I couldn't slide far enough down in my chair<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: after class the other radio/tv majors in the class were patting me on the back saying "Way to go" and "That was a bull shit assignment...way to tell her off"<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I wrote Sin Happens on a dare<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I got started writing fan fic on a dare<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I was in a MSN group with several other jovi fans...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and one of them asked the owner of the group about a fan fic section...and once there was a section for it...one of the girls started posting a story...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: And you thought you could do better?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I said that I was by no means William Shakespeare but that I thought I could do better than reading a menu...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: and I wrote the TC story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I was dared to write something by a friend in the group saying "show her how it's done then"...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...that girl had no idea how to use an adjective or an adverb...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: it was all.....He got up. He walked across the room. He sat back down.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I don't like the staccato style lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I gotta admit...the only reason that first story was so damn long is because those ladies kept begging me not to end it yet...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: they were the ones who encouraged me to send it to a publisher<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Pretty amazing support group<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Is that what keeps you both writing? Or do you do it simply for the joy of writing and you can't shut the friggin' muse up.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I started writing the story that became Sin Happens in "02<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I write for me<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I enjoy it, it's a nice escape and a hobby for me<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: for me it's a little of both.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I enjoy coming up with a funny phrase<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: and sometimes it's that now that I've found the Muses, they want to be heard.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I enjoy the writing....it's an escape for me....but damn...I really love the comments and the feedback....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I live for a good comment<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I don't write for others, with ONE exception<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I got bullied into writing two endings for Online<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Yeah, that was an ouch. I have personal experience in that area as well.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I want to go down on record right now saying that I did NOT bully her on that story...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I was not one of those...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: when she emailed me that she wanted to kill Jen off...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Do you feel like it detracted from your story?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I said go for it<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hath: The bullying came after the original ending was posted on T's Place.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: even put my two cents worth into the epilogue part<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yep, you both got advanced copies and gave great feedback<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Do you stand by the original? Or find the good and bad in both?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: now...I did tell her that I was a HEA girl...but that if she felt that strongly about killing Jen then she had to do it.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Actually, I didn't see anything bad in the original<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I think it's the best thing I've ever written<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I was in on that ending--and have to agree.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: BTW, if your readers are following Online, sorry for the spoiler<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I don't usually even get teary eyed while reading fan fic....and she brought me to tears with that story<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Well now, I showed it to a few poeple who didn't know me -- weren't my friends -- and I got different reactions. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: They thought it was "good" but didn't move them to tears.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: but damn...that's why I'm afraid to give her Richie again in an interactive ff....I'm afraid she'll break his heart again....lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I had to get out the tissues for the funeral scene...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: when she had Tiff and then Jon start singing Amazing Grace...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I wouldn't do that to Richie again. I got it out of my system<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Jeez...I lost it<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hath: Couldn't you just hear them? lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Amazing Grace is my favorite hymn too...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Mine too<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: Yeah...I could...that's why I started crying....hell...I was actually singing it ...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lmao<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Well, part of the joy of FF is dragging your readers into YOUR moment--making the chars yours and sharing them. Making Jon, Richie, David & Tico---YOURS. And then sharing them. <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...but you've also got to remember that they're REAL people....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: you can't just make them do this or say that because it will further your plot line...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: No, I agree----I feel they need to have some basic characteristics that shouldn't be changed.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: you have to try and be true to them as people...otherwise it just doesn't work...isn't believable...the "willing suspension of disbelieve" will only get you so far<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I've had this discussion with Hath many times....and had to discard a storyline because I didn't think it was believable for JOn to do whatever....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I've scrapped many a story, for that same reason<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Any last comments?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Coming up?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Push the websites?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Sure. I have a main site <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thegoddesshathor.blogspot.com/" linkindex="30">The Goddess Hathor</a></span>, which is my Jovi site. I post articles, photos, my thoughts, etc., on the guys, their happenings, and their projects.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I have a fan fiction <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://hath-pornfolio.blogspot.com/" linkindex="31">Pornfolio </a></span>as well, with all my stories in it.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: My stories are sorted by hero, genre, and a few other slices ;) <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: I have 36 completed stories and 3 in progress (not counting Last Call)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: "Hath" was born in March of 2007<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Christ<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: You put me to shame.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>:<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.tsplace.proboards.com/" linkindex="32">T's Place </a></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: No Kool-Aid Drinkers Allowed!<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: exactly<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: I will ban someone for being a kool-aid drinker<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: if they go too far with it<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: or stoopid (with two o's on purpose)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: That's refreshing, actually.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://tslittlesliceoftheweb.blogspot.com/" linkindex="33">T's Little Slice of the Web</a></span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: yeah...I have banned someone before...<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: she drank too much of the Richie-aid<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Oh, but it's so thick and salty....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: that girl had Richie-itis in a bad way....<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: mmmmm<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: WHORE<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: :D<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: I wanted to thank you girls for taking the time to come and talk to me.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: no problem Tara....it was a huge honor for me. I was thrilled that you asked!<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Well it was nice to get to know you better, Terri<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: This was a lot of fun, and I hope your readers give FF a shot. It's just as real a writing genre as anything else<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Thanks so much for asking :)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: Well, I had a blast---as I knew I would.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: naaaa....you know nothing about me....lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: And we were really quite well behaved<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: LOL<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: (sorry)<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: We'll have to do a part 2 after I get everyone done<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: the naughty version.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8db3e2;">TaraLeigh</span>: lol<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">T</span>: lol...that would be fun<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Hath</span>: Yeah it would<br />
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