Laura S. Fox

I will not say much, because of fear of spoilers, but Ryder will have many thoughts about all these things going wrong. The fortuneteller explains himself in today's episode

Chapter Six – Sometimes, in a Crystal Ball Cards were considered an unusual way to foresee the future, and Cassandra despised them with a passion. However, seeing how limited his funds were, Ryder couldn’t afford being picky about the methods this city clairvoyant chose to conduct his fortunetelling. Jack shuffled the cards and laid them out in front of him with a flourish. “I see…” Jack said slowly and tapped the table with his fingers in a staccato rhythm, “yes, I see.” “What d

Jamie needs to make the right choice. But then we won't have the same amount of drama Wen's motivation for hating Jamie is one of the red strings of the story, so it will be revealed.

Wencel conceals stuff, and I know you guys caught on that quickly. Not even Hearst knows what's going on through his brother's mind.

He definitely needs that... too bad such people are like weeds, you can never get rid of them completely.

Too bad that Jamie, at this point in the story, tends to shoot himself in the foot. Melinda is right, of course, but he still thinks he has everything under control.

If he has half a brain, he should... As for Cottontail's brother, yep, he's the villain all right.

Chapter Thirty-Three – Used to Being Used Had Jamie gotten around to reading the last garbage piece published by Xpress? Hearst had to wonder about what went through his so-called mark’s head, because Jamie liked acting tough. Maybe it was just his wishful thinking that there was a soft core inside the sexy guy with tattoos, and he was trying to protect him for absolutely no reason. No, but there had to be, since Hearst had seen Jamie like no one else had seen him before. He had kind e

Go, go, go! (I'm like that person that should be on stage but takes a place in the audience instead)

Awesome pun! I didn't even realize it until you put it like this, lol! Which goes to prove that my subconscious works in mysterious ways...

That's so great to hear

Thank you!

And I enjoyed writing that scene!

I'm so happy people enjoy Ryder! He is a great guy and deserves it

Your pleas won't be in vain

Thank you! I do believe it is a compliment! As authors, I believe we have the duty to strive to do right by our characters, by putting ourselves in their shoes and presenting them as realistic beings to the readers, even if we write fantasy or sci-fi!

Well, well, well... you're not exactly wrong...

I believe that the story will get so crazy from one point forward that Danny won't have time to overthink anything. The misunderstandings will continue, but so will their relationship.

Danny is 'nice' incarnate. Let's say Kat is too lucky to have him, and not someone else, as a colleague.

Ha-ha, I don't know if Kat deserves too much 'screen time', but rest assured that Ryder won't forget his obnoxiousness!

Ha-ha, Danny better not give him ideas! Ryder might quickly get in trouble with the authorities... since he might feel tempted to correct a few unpleasant behaviors!

I definitely hope so!

I know readers will start to 'sniff' out the plot, but that only makes me glad! And yes, Kat people - lol - do exist. (And I'm not talking about cute catboys like Matty from my other story.)

Chapter Five – Danger Zone Another young man in a suit tended the front desk of the Pembroke building, but his attitude toward Ryder was the same as his colleague’s. “I must insist,” he said. “It is a matter of life and death.” “Sir, Mr. Pembroke does not receive anyone without a prior appointment,” the young man replied calmly. Telling these people the truth took him nowhere. Ryder despised guile more than anything else. “I do have an appointment,” he said, pursing hi

Oh gawd, I've been found, lol! The first thing that came to my mind after reading your comment - please keep in mind it was just a mental association, as I don't think of myself being on par with literary giants and the like - was a thing a literary critic once said about Samuel Beckett's play 'Waiting for Godot'. Which was that - allow me to insert a quote here - with this play, Beckett 'has achieved a theoretical impossibility – a play in which nothing happens'. And the literary critic went on to say that because the second act is almost the same as the first with subtle differences, actually Beckett managed to write a play in which nothing happens TWICE! So, I am quite stoked to receive such a comment. I believe I said it in the past, while replying to comments on different stories, that my characters tend to get a life of their own. I don't find myself capable of 'forcing' them into a turn of plot or choices that don't fit them. In other words, I strive for a certain level of inner realism in how they evolve, interact, change, and reach their eventual happy end. I get the frustration, I truly do. I gave up on reading a novel written by one of my favorite authors in the whole world, because of the same reason you mention - the not going anywhere part. And when I read someone else's review, which stated how the story is about the main character's family - which we get to know like they're our relatives, that deeply and completely they are portrayed, I realized - like you - that I was thinking I was reading a different story (in this case, I thought I was reading a murder mystery, and I was reading a family saga instead - imagine my shock to read from other reviews that the murder actually never gets solved). That said, I'm glad to discover a reader who went so deep in analyzing my writing. Another favorite author of mine once said that once we write something - we, writers/authors - and make it public, it stops being ours completely. It begins belonging to the readers, too. I thought it was well said. Thank you for this in-depth analysis. And if the frustration becomes too strong, remember that the story will have about 55 chapters. You can always come back and read it when it's finished, no hard feelings, I promise.