Reviewer: Nhencjnde Signed [Report This]
Date: February 18 2015 8:40 PM Title: Introduction

I´m sorry for my language but my english is limited and I can´t communicate my ideas fine.

Hi!

Leí la respuesta de tu ultimó comentario y (sí lo entendí bien) a mi me gusta la idea de la puclicación de historias completas. Yo soy de los que lee cuando el escrito esta finalizado. Así que, literalmente, de la serie "La Biblioteca de Holly", solo he leído "Adela". Pero siento que esta toma de decisió puede tener doble filo, porque, aunque yo las leo terminadas, siempre me gusta ver lo que la gente comenta de la historia, y por lo que veo la gente no solo escribe lo que piensa de cada nueva actualización, si no que termina influyendo en el curso de la trama. Además ayuda al autor a reforsar una trama, saber si lo que hace es precipitado, incoherente o si la historia a perder sentido y ese tipo de comentarios los revela. Así que una historia finalizada impide esta especie de conexión del autor con los lectores.

Si mi comentario te ofendio de algun modo, de antemano me disculpo.

Sin nada más que decir, me despido.

Bye :)

PS: ¿Tienes pensado terminar las otras historias de la serie? Como ya he dicho, no las he leido porque espero una coclusión, y si hasta ahorra he aguantado es porque... solo Dios lo sabe.

Author's Response:

It's an interesting point, if I understand you. The installment plan hurts and it helps, it teaches and it's also led me to a lot of false starts and hold-ups and dead ends. 

The comment sections in some stories can be very revealing not only about the way it's received over time, but the way the author decided to shift gears, change characters, alter circumstances because of audience reaction/non-reaction (it's fair to say I've done this in every story on here except The Castle, Chloe, and some of the one-shots, and I'm sure lots of other authors can say the same -- Adela would probably be much different, it's true, if I wasn't worried that too many people would be alienated by the story-trajectory). 

But as a writer, I don't know, there are times when I appreciate input (if it's about the story), and times when I resent it (when I feel some reader is imposing, or trying to get me to change course in a story, or flesh out some character traits in a readerly way instead of leaving them vague, by trying to get me to cater to their own kicks and kinks, so on).

Thanks, and keep reading.

Reviewer: riczar Signed [Report This]
Date: February 17 2015 6:22 AM Title: Introduction

I'm not really into feet myself.  I guess that's why I've always had trouble with the Holly's Library series.  I initially avoided this series, but I gave it chance in "Adela".  I guess I picked out something that fits my preference for gentle giantess stories.  That's why I believed Holly when she told the male protanist about the nice future in the New World that she and her friends were building.  I guess I stupidly assumed that future would benefit everybody.  The shrinking, a method to weed out the evil and corrupt people of society and men having to earn their right to stand tall.  Instead, all I've seen is complete slavery, mainly foot slaves.  Men actually being bred for foot servitude, eaten, crushed and other nasty things, wasn't what I was looking for in this series. 

Also, it seems to make little sense for Alan to have been shrunk and subjugated with there being relatively inexpensive and specially bred slaves available.  Initially I thought it was because Sadie wanted to own and possesss him specifically.  But now I'm not so sure, as it appears that he's being passed around to different women, and Sadie doesn't seem to care.  Could it just be that Sadie didn't like that there was a lowly MAN running around free?

Charlotte seems to be the first breath of fresh air since Adela in her self titled story.  Someone who actually cares about a man!  It seems that these 2 women are more in line with what I was hoping from this series.  That perhaps all the other women have gotten corrupt on their own power and have forgotten the reason for the revolution in the first place?

Maybe my assumptions were wrong.  But those were the impressions I got.  Maybe the author can enlighten me?

Author's Response:

Haven't heard from you in a while, riczar. Thanks for this. 

Nothing to answer here, except in the second paragraph. You want to know about the black market, and the difference between legal slaves (the genetically altered ones in the shopwindow in the chapter 'intermission' here), and the illegal ones (everyone else). How large a segment of the shrunken population, in this alternate universe, is legally/illegally captive or enslaved, etc. And what are they like. Why are the legal slaves cheap, and why was someone like Charlotte, your 'breath of fresh air' (she is great though) repulsed by the 'legal' ones in particular? Why did she say she wanted Alan instead? 

But if you're really interested in discussing the whole illegal market outside the story (what's happening in Chloe vs. what's happening here, in a sorority house), why Alan was abducted or what some people like Sadie or Olivia do in college (vs. what someone like Chloe does for a career), that'd be interesting. 

As for everyone else here, you're going to get a high intensity, filthy mix of gentle violence and violent gentleness. What you've seen is what you've seen. If you're going to complain about a lack of 'breath of fresh air' gentleness or equality among the men and women here, I'll just ignore you. I don't care why you or anyone else avoids things or what you avoid -- I only care if you're into it. Love it if we both are. 

Reviewer: ltltb Signed [Report This]
Date: January 26 2015 2:29 PM Title: Introduction

Very glad to see you writing again!

Author's Response:

Thanks. This place has changed since last year.

Reviewer: Carycomic Signed [Report This]
Date: January 26 2015 9:48 AM Title: Day Two: Night

This is definitely not legal. Even in this alterniverse!

Author's Response:

Definitely not. 

Reviewer: neorodent Signed [Report This]
Date: January 20 2015 4:09 PM Title: Introduction

The fucking master of dynamic character has returned.

Author's Response:

Never seen you write here. Tried cross-posting? Thanks btw. 

Reviewer: Carycomic Signed [Report This]
Date: January 20 2015 10:32 AM Title: Day Two: Intervention

If this wasn't being told in flashback, I'd swear he wouldn't live to see the next chapter.

Author's Response:

That bad?

Reviewer: AdamX Signed [Report This]
Date: March 06 2014 6:42 PM Title: Intermission

Charlotte seems like one of the good ones, really solid story.

Reviewer: Carycomic Signed [Report This]
Date: March 06 2014 10:40 AM Title: Day One

Sadie sounds a bit bipolar.

Author's Response:

She's less mysterious in the third chapter, I hope. 

Reviewer: SpookyTaco Signed [Report This]
Date: March 03 2014 11:30 AM Title: Day Two: Initiation

I like how you provide substantial detail, e.g., items in Sadie's pocket, lint in her sock, smells, etc. It allows the reader to sense the experience.

Author's Response:

I don't think I've said this before, but one of the things I find most interesting/arousing (both as a writer and a reader) in these stories, isn't necessarily the gentle/violent dynamic of the giantess/shrunken (wo)man relationship -- it's making a convincing giantess or goddess out of the 'regular'/'next-door' kind of girl.

Those little details and touches (the gum wrapper, stains on the pillow, cleaning out the ears, or smacking the lips after whispering, etc.) might seem unnecessary, from place to place, but they're essential for me in getting across to the reader that this girl, in many ways, is average and could be anyone -- she has these endearing imperfections, but she's also a giantess/goddess. I love that part about this fantasy. (And I see some of that in your story, too. That's what I meant about 'intimate', by the way.)

Reviewer: AdamX Signed [Report This]
Date: February 24 2014 10:55 PM Title: Day One

Good stuff so far

Author's Response:

Always appreciate it.