Sasha Distan

I'm glad you liked it. No fairy godmother's here I'm afraid.

aww, thank you hun.Also, not a snowflakes chance in hell.

I love your reviews Gary, and this one is especially touching. Perhaps there is one person in the world who understand a story just as perfectly as it could be understood - and maybe that is you. But the joy of reading, as Alan Bennett said, is finding that feeling that you fell encapsulated in words - that someone else has felt this thing that until that moment, had only been experienced by you. and this person may be thousands of miles away or hundreds of years ago, and yet, they felt the same as you. It is a magical thing.Thank you Gary, and you're welcome.

voyeurism is sometimes inappropriate....

*grin*

“Are you really sure you wanna do that?” Robin arched an eyebrow at his bed mate. “Yup,” Kieran grinned cockily, “I do. Go on.” “Well, if you’re sure…” “You’re such a fucking tease Sparrow! C’mon already.” Robin flicked to the appropriate page and barked with laughter. “You open the cupboard, there is a blood curdling scream and a strange ghastly apparition shoots out and passes right through you. Lose two fear points and turn to four-hundred-and-sixty-seven.” “Hey! I only had two fear poi

...what Addy said.

Yes, I understand completely if you all hate me after reading this. With NaNoWrimo coming up, all of my IRL writing friends are planning their novels and gearing up for, what is to them, a challenge of such enormity that it is all they can think of. Now, don't get me wrong, I spend a disproportionate amount of my time both awake and asleep thinking about my characters (because I am a writer, and that's just what we do), but unlike some of my NaNo friends, I don't try and take my holiday time in November so that I can have a hope of winning (on a related note, being a teacher I have about as much control over my work schedule as I do over the phases of the moon). NaNoWriMo is just not a challenge to me, which doesn't mean I don't support the cause (I do), or donate (I do that too), or encourage other writers and buy them drinks (you get the idea...). NaNoWriMo requires an adult to write 50,000 words in order to qualify as a winner. That's 1667 words a day. Lots of people do not make it, for lots of reasons, but the main one given is always "oh, there just wasn't enough time" - and my reply to this is always thus: "What the fuck were you doing that took so long?" Now, I have enough evidence to prove that I am something of an aberration in many ways, I know and do lots of things that are not expected of a person in my position, and I know that among writing communities both on- and off-line I am considered something of a freak, and sometimes a show off. And I'm OK with that. Sod it, if I'm not willing to be proud of myself, how on earth do I expect anyone else to be. And I believe that goes for everyone. Pride is not a sin. So here's my update, a little thing to mark that I have, without competition, or challenge, for no reason whatsoever, and without pushing myself, written 50,000 words in just under four weeks, and mostly kept myself happy with 2500 words a day. For those of wondering what I'm going to give you next, you might be able to tell from those numbers that I am a significant portion into writing Tiger Winter, and not planning on stopping soon.

DAMMIT! *plots to destroy Mann's internet connection* also, A Wolf And His Man is now *complete*, for anyone who was waiting for a finished story to read.

oh that was very sweet, but not saccharinely so - well done! I liked how the reflection and set-up didn't fell too "I am going to tell you all the backstory in one go". it was just enough to give flesh to the two characters, but still leave us with questions. And ohhhh, how could anyone not love Jay? Yes please and thank you.

I'm so happy you do! Love is all you need, eh? Next up... now wouldn't that be telling?

Thank you Columbus. I think ali is probably my favourite and least expected supporting character of all time (Zupan doesn't count, since he got in his own novel in the end)

Thanks very much, hun.Despite the lack of voodoo magic, still good, eh?The love is just enough, always just enough. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

well you got through Don't Shout fast enough!There are a few moments in Redemption where characters from AWAHM and Unexpected Liaisons crop up. They do after all live in the same small city.

awful feeling? Best feeling... welcome to the fold of people who can't escape the Sashaverse.

in your head: that's fine. But I prefer to think of them happy in their new bed, fur and skin together, both happy and smiling.Thank you, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you hun, and you are very welcome. "The love counts" - oh yes it does indeed. There's always Redemption's A Bitch - if you have a penchant for hot guys, dancing, dogs, motorcycles, and AWAHM crossovers...

for a species with only two votes: people don't half love it when I write about werewolves... I am a very picky supernatural reader, so I like to read about supernatural areas that I am not learned in, like ghosts. I can't stand reading werewolf stories sometimes, because my brain just can't help but pick out all the canine behaviours the author has made mistakes on.

Thank you hun, but don't pity Oli and Boris: there are as happy as can be, being in love and adoration in Brighton, enjoying the sea and sharing barbecue on the beach.They don't need to be the same shape to spend the rest of their lives in love.

Thank you Gary, and I am sorry.but there is hope, it is enough: they love each other. and the sadness will pass, I promise.

thank you Kevin. My reply would be this: their relationship fell apart like msot do, through the snapshots you see. Oli feels his father doesn't love him enough to be there for him, yet wee know it is because he is changing into a wolf. Alexander doesn't prep his son to become a werewolf, and the "why's" for that is anyone's guess. No one can ever really give a full explanation, in my opinion, of all the things that contributed to the breakdown of a relationship: so I didn't try. I hope that what I gave you was just enough. That is always the aim: *just* enough.

all good things must pass, eh?Thank you.

thanks very much!I'll take frustrated and happy as high praise indeed!

Thank you Irri: that means a lot. A miracle of a bed indeed.

thank you, and I am glad.I decided right at the outset (6 years ago), that I would not allow them through some wishy-washy "magic" to sync forms on a whim. The most unusual of couples can be happy too.