[Report This]Date: February 21 2015 8:52 AM Title: Day Three: Morning
It sounds like Olivia is becoming genuinely fond of Alan (in her own perverse way). Making me surprised she even gave him back to Sadie, at all!
Author's Response:
Pure speculation. Slaves are traded for slaves in this house, partly for precaution (partly because it's just more interesting). Via Olive Alan'll come back to Sadie, who's full of ideas (the word's in her name), but how that'll happen is anyone's guess, except mine for the moment. You know Olivia doesn't keep slaves forever -- that she dispenses with them, except for the poor old flame, once they're 'worn out.' And that Alan is worth a boxful of these worn-out slaves to Sadie. And that Sadie had made some verbal agreement in the past that Olivia didn't hold to. I think anyone can make a fair guess what's going to happen next. (Things will speed up: I kind of want to call the next chapter, which I'll punch out tomorrow if I get a few hours free time, 'Day Three to X'.)
Thanks, Carycomic. (Racy comic?)
[Report This]Date: February 17 2015 7:35 PM Title: Day Three: Morning
Great stuff. I love the whole holly's library series and am glad to see this story back up. Hope to see lots more great writing from you
Author's Response:
Thanks, methodman.
A few thoughts (not for you in particular: just putting them out there): Something to consider for future stories (longish to long): I'd probably do better with readers posting it complete instead of in installments. It always takes a lot of blood and sweat to get to a peaceful ending.
(I remember how many people, mid-Adela, were turned off by the intensity, couldn't understand her personality, couldn't reconcile themselves to the violence -- but by the end I guess those same people came around to liking it, and now, judging by reactions there and elsewhere, it's become a story about an exceptionally kind and gentle girl, who befriends a helpless, shrunken boy -- amazing, when you start to think about it. All you have to do is flip a few pages to find her eating someone, maiming and dismembering another, imprisoning a third, at normal size, under her bed, etc. etc. But that's how these things go.)