Date: December 11 2014 2:21 PM Title: Chapter 4: The Spaghetti War
I was wondering how chapter 5 was going. This story is easily one of the best. Any updates?
Later,
Diesel
Author's Response:
Yep, working on it slowly but surely. Chapter 5 is a tough one.
Shoot me an email sometime if you'd like to chat about it.
Date: November 14 2014 8:16 AM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
Love your stories! hope you continue them in the future /high-five
Author's Response:
*High Five!*
[Report This]Date: October 04 2014 12:13 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
I really hope you continue this awesome story. I love seeing how erica changes as time goes on.
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm slow, but ERICA'S house is alive and kicking!
Date: April 15 2014 2:14 PM Title: Chapter 4: The Spaghetti War
Chapter 4 was fantastic. Love that Erica is starting to take more control. You make everything realistic. I like how you show things from the Giantess point of view and the little peoples point of view. I am really enjoying the ideas of this story. It works very well. I like the idea that Erica has 2 friends that will eventually help her out. The family will not like it but it has to be done. Was Erica joking when she called her father little man and moved her face in front of him? I think this is only the beginning of Erica getting her way and doing things her way. This is one of the best stories that I have ever read. Keep up the fantastic work.
Later,
Diesel
Author's Response:
Thanks so much. I spent a lot of time trying to keep chapter 4 from just being a bunch of people whining.
When Erica made her move to intimidate her father (calling him little man, looming over him) she wasn't joking, she was more making a conscious decision to make sure that he understood that she was the boss and would accept nothing but total submission. The time has come where she has to put her family in their place, for their own good. Half power trip, half tactical decision. I assure you, as thrilling as it was she also felt super guilty.
[Report This]Date: April 14 2014 10:09 PM Title: Chapter 4: The Spaghetti War
This is a really fantastic story, and has become one of my favorites. I really like how you take a realistic approach to the characters while still making the size difference really vivid. The characters, especially Danielle and Sammy, work so well to build up all your scenes. Keep it up, it's awesome!
Author's Response:
Thanks!
[Report This]Date: April 14 2014 1:32 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
One of the best stories I have ever read PLEASE continue.
The viewpoint is original. Dam near impossable to achieve.
Your writing skills and discription are excellent.
Please continue.
Author's Response:
Thanks. Probably going to be awhile before the next chapter, I'm a slow writer.
Date: April 14 2014 9:19 AM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
Great to see this back also. Please continue. Also if you could add a little more feet action it would be great! Like rubbing Erika's feet like was hinted or something
Author's Response:
I admit I was being a little cruel with that foot tease. Feet aren't really my thing but I'll try to work in a little more.
Date: April 14 2014 6:41 AM Title: Chapter 4: The Spaghetti War
I know Harry shrunk but I still fell awful for Brittany. She's fighting this with everything she has and I respect that. When she does shrink I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to run away and make it on her own.
I like the hard conversations with her this chapter Erica's becoming more confident and it's probably most important that her parents understand she has the authority more than her siblings.
Nothing much else keep it up....OH! And we're all comment whores. The first step is acceptance.
Author's Response:
I'm glad to hear that Brittany's fight is coming across, since she's not actually in the story that much. She definitely is taking a different road from the rest of the family.
Now, according to previous trends, since I've published a new chapter of ERICA'S HOUSE you owe us 4 new chapters of TALES OF THE NEW WORLD
[Report This]Date: April 13 2014 8:38 PM Title: Chapter 4: The Spaghetti War
GREAT to see this back.
Author's Response:
Whooo! And now it's gone again for another month :(
[Report This]Date: April 13 2014 8:30 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
Great story so far! Love the power struggle and role reversal issues prsented: it adds a very realistic aspect that greatly improves the feeling of immersion (at least for me). Hope you continue with this story and I'd also love to see some kind of struggle that lasts more than a few chapters in the future, like one of the characters is lost or Brittany runs away.
Anywho, looking forward to future chapters!
Author's Response:
That's a good point, I've so far been structuring chapters around having a beginning, middle, and end which usually resolves that chapters' conflicts. Might be good to split them up a bit more.
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Date: April 13 2014 5:35 PM Title: Chapter 4: The Spaghetti War
Whoo! I had almost forgotten this story existed its been so long! And this chapter was huge! I would love to give you some suggestions or criticism but I honestly can't think of anything. This story is pretty mush exactly what I could have asked for from this premise.
I love the slow build up that creates tension and shows how characters develop. I like how Erica doesn't start off with the dominent personality we see in chapter 1 but grows into it. All of the characters have interesting changing personalities as they come to grips with the new reality, but Erica's is the best.
But my real favorite part of this story is Danielles POV. You have a lot of attention to detail when describing how overwhelmed she is by the world, how significant her giant families every action is. Even how she refers to them as giants, as though they are a different species shows her mentality. To me this is the heart of the story, and I hope we only get more of these POV changes as more of the family shrinks.
There is one thing I want to see later, maybe after the whole family shrinks. i want to see them interact with a giant who isn't Erica, who isn't quite so careful and loving. Maybe a friend of hers. No need for her to be cruel, maybe just a little careless or playful. If Erica, who really does care for them, is this intemidating how much worse would someone else be? I like it when the giants are scary or awe inspireing just being themselves doing ordinary things.
Anyway great story! If I could make any request it would be that you write faster because i can't wait for the next chapter!
Author's Response:
Thanks for taking the time to leave such a detailed response. Really helps and I'm very appreciative of the specific commentary.
I totally agree on Danielle's POV. She's quickly become my favorite character and often threatens to take chapters over. I heavily considered rewriting chapter 4 to be 100% from her POV, but I didn't want to delay publication. It was also very useful to get through some of the borign parts. There was originally a very long heart to heart between Erica and Marjorie on Erica's bed, but it bored me to death and was one too many "I love you, we'll get through this together" conversations. But Danielle's POV let me just skip the whole thing and come back in at the end.
I'm excited as well to introduce some non-Erica giants. I've been so slow in getting the family actually shrunk down, I'm really pumped for the fun to start once it's really Erica's house.
Date: April 01 2014 8:11 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
I really hope you continue this story. The ground work you have already laid is absolutely brilliant! You have a lot of talent. If I can offer some advice, and take it for what its worth cause I'm not a writer but I read a ton! I've noticed over the years guys trying to over think it or write the perfect story usually end up getting burned out and not finishing. My advice, just start writing, or typing, and what ever comes out the other side will be awesome! Good luck and I can't wait!
Author's Response:
Ha, thanks dude.
I promise that I really am writing, just not at the same pace that I wrote the first 3. Chapter 4 is about 70% done.
And you're completely correct, whenever I just sit down and write I get out a few paragraphs and make progress. Comes pretty naturally so long as I sit down and actually do it.
Unfortunately I'm more likely to procrastinate rather than actually write.
Thanks for the kind reviews and solid advice, I'm a giant comments fiend. Love em, always want more and more.
Date: February 21 2014 8:05 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
This needs to be continued...desperately...please :(
Author's Response:
Hi Cassie, big fan of your Deviant Art page. Working on chapter 4 but I am a slow, unmotivated writer.
Date: February 20 2014 5:11 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
Just read all three chapters and I must say this is a great story. It's even given me some ideas for my own. Keep up the good work. I would be interested to see Brittany shrink and have to deal with the transistion from alpha female to little sister. Will Erica still respect her? Will she feel pride in her sister stepping up or jealousy that it wasn't her? Probably both. Were they close before the shrink? If not maybe the whole experience will bring them together. Or maybe she'll snap and lose it. Can Erica deal with that? From the first chapter everything seems a little totalitarian and I don't think Brittany like that. Will she speak up. Can they speak up? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!
Author's Response:
Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying my story. I'm a very slow writer but chapter 4 is underway, I hope to get out about a chapter a month.
I'm enjoying the heck out of your New World series, I love how you embed the action in specific scenes rather than unmotivated 'playtime' type stories (which are definitely fun as well). I'm trying to do the same here.
There are definite big plans for Brittany and her relationship with little sister, I'm pretty excited to get to them.
Date: February 08 2014 6:35 PM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
Nice story ! :) I hope you'll do more soon! Plus I really enjoy your support on mine ;)
Date: February 07 2014 7:57 AM Title: Chapter 1: Morning Inspection
The anticipation is killing me! Can't wait for the next chapter! Keep up the good work.
Author's Response:
Hey, thanks. Gotta warn you it's going to be a little while. I'm working on chapter 4 but it's slow going. I have a crap ton of notes, but I'm having trouble getting them onto the page without the story either turning into a snooze fest or breezing past all the fun details.
I will absolutely finish the story, but it's gonna be a while.
[Report This]Date: January 24 2014 11:29 PM Title: Chapter 3: Managing the Suck
Good story so far! I know its going to be a while, but I'd really like to see Erica set the brothers up with the girls that had crushes on them. I'd like to see what kind of "normal life" they can try to have. We're seeing how Erica as the guardian treats them, but what about the everyone else they knew and society at large?
Author's Response:
I'm actually a bit anxious to get back to the present as well, I have a bunch of notes on their ongoing lives once everyone has adjusted to the new world. It'll be awhile though, maybe I'll insert a 'back to the present' chapter at some point.
[Report This]Date: January 24 2014 10:28 PM Title: Chapter 3: Managing the Suck
Well, since you asked.... I'd like to see Cole shrink next. One of Erica's friends could come over, maybe one that had a major 'Crush' on him? She would be extremely gentle, but very, Very, touchy/feely she could spill something on him, and have to awkwardly give him a bath, you know-'just to make up for what she'd done?
That's my vote! I'd shrink 'the Colester' down and give him a giantess girlfriend with a major crush on him! ;`)
Author's Response:
Thanks, people seem to be interested in that line from chapter 1 about Gina's crush. Good thing I have fun plans to follow up on that.
[Report This]Date: January 24 2014 9:16 PM Title: Chapter 3: Managing the Suck
This is getting really good. Awesome character work so far, I can already tell this is going to be great! Can't wait!
Author's Response:
Thanks, hope you keep reading. I'm planning to get out a chapter a week.
[Report This]Date: January 24 2014 5:47 PM Title: Chapter 3: Managing the Suck
Ms. Danes discription sparked an interest.... Maybe, she could have a little prisoner of her own? If somebody just happened to come up, missing?
I'm hooked already! Seems like you've got a well thought-out plot already in place, and I can't wait to see what else could actually 'Suck' more than this Sunday? ;`)
Great work realRS!
Author's Response:
I have tons of ideas as to where the plot will go, but nothing is firmly set. If you have any ideas of your own I'd love to hear them.