Krista

Thank you for reading this little story. For me it was a bit of a respite from my "coming of age" centered romances, so I liked it for what it was. I don't pretend to be a mystery writer... lol. The description for this story is very loose and free with that, I think. But, I enjoyed writing this story, the ghost element. Asher still had to find himself so there was a slight "coming of age.." pull to his character, just not as in your face with it that my writing seems to always be of late. He did bury himself into work a little bit to settle and find himself. If I had about 100k more words in me Rhett might have played a bigger role in this story, but I like where I ended it.

I think that's what a lot of people wanted... Asher would have wanted it too, I'm thinking.

I do remember this chapter... it was a trainwreck for me to write. Probably why I didn't make the deadline for the Anthology. That and word count go away with me a bit. Kaelie is a good friend, taking a lot of this on faith and not judging him for it. Even if he convinced her of Elias' existence, she didn't run for the hills thinking he was nuts. She stayed and helped, supported him through it.

I do like that name. Elias in general. I do remember why he was so tied to the ring and how he died so young at least. Ghosts with "unfinished" business if that's the lore we're going with, I would imagine would have a lot of heartbreak or anger in their human lives... something they'll have to release and/or grow from in order to set themselves free. I think that was mostly the idea I was going with when I started writing this story.

Kaelie was a fun write, mostly in the first few parts. The opening gravestone scene especially. Yeah, it was an old historical graveyard. I can't remember Asher completely. He seemed rather sad, if I'm remembering correctly. A little lonely/lost about where and what he wanted? Sigh.. I should just reread this story.. lol.

It's been a bit since I posted this story, I can remember the major plot points, but not all the smaller nuanced ones. Personally I don't believe in ghosts/supernatural things or cryptids... rather boring of me, I know. lol. I still enjoyed writing this little ghost story though. Glad you're taking the time to read this story.

Yes, but we're talking about writing the story you wish to tell, specifically. If you're wanting your works published, then you have to adhere to the content rules (here), or wherever else you wish your writing to be published. If you're wanting them published with a publisher, then they will most definitely give you a list of edits/suggestions, and etc they wish to see in order to take the risk. But, if you're set on writing a story/character study/theme, or whatever, then you 'shouldn't' go into the project thinking 'it has to be like this or no one will read it...' @LJCC gave an author some advice a some time ago and when I read it, I've lived by it since. Stop worrying about an audience for a story that you don't have. If you go into writing with that hovering over your shoulder, then you've become dictated by outside pressures before you've gotten started. Don't allow that door to open partway through and start writing to please people in the comments just because those suggestions/theories seem popular if it goes truly against your goals with the story/theme, etc. You shouldn't feel like you're fighting your own story based on opinions that aren't your opinions. If you do, then a few thousands words in you're probably going to realize that you're no longer writing the story you wished to write... and you've wasted your time, focus, and energy doing so. --- It is okay for stories to be... "let me get this out of my system..." stories that your eyes will be the only one that sees as well. -- As far as book banning goes, that's borderline political and I don't want to get into it here. But as far as getting yourself or your story banned (here), then yeah I wouldn't post anything that goes against the content and/or community rules and guidelines. They're rather straight forward on what is and isn't allowed. Authors should know them before they decide to post. They are there for a reason.

Oh! What a nice little surprise. Thank you. 'One of GA's longest posting authors...' my goodness. And aww, Raven is such a nice reviewer. A treasure to us authors.

Yeah, the fear of not having a chapter buffer is why I have my documents pulled up... 22 minutes past my Sunday bedtime, so I can greet Monday and have everyone around me survive being around me.

Fear and disappointment can be rather motivating.

Same. Definitely.

I am both jealous and appreciative of all the men that have mastered the art of twerking.

I think that's a collective agreement most men have... probably a surprising number of straight ones too.

Congratulations, it looks like you're well on your way to all that behaving... right?

I don't either so *high five* it does terrible things to my heart, I'm severely sensitive to caffeine. I even have to defend my decaf iced tea, because just no.

@wildone ban him until he PM's you with proof of a completed chapter.

I saw that. Not another one...

Of course we won.

I can't take all the credit. It was @wildone who came up with the idea for an Anthology then decided not to complete the idea. I took it over and here we are. All of this has been more than I hoped for really. Especially in the middle chapters when it seemed I went too slow and too bogged down with Joel's grief and mindset. When I post something I mostly am afraid I'll finally put something out there that will run everyone off and have you all thinking I've lost my damn mind.

Damn it! I hope your power comes back on soon. It seems to be a big issue as you're the second person I've seen today having power outage issues. Stupid arctic blast.

You do seem like you live on caffeine and sass. So you probably can fit such things in and be very efficient at doing it. That took you twenty minutes... hmm. Maybe you could start and finish the chapter I've yet to start, so I can be correctly buffered with the posting schedule for another week.

"That's my favorite crayon!" *slap* Few months later, she gives him the 'best' valentines day card she could make, with the good candy inside. Aww.

Yeah, the fall is why I've stayed in these little romances so long. The characters may take similar journeys, but they're all different-ish. Maybe not so much with me... but most of the time they are. lol

Oh my good gracious. When I saw that we had won and was preparing to read this... I was thinking I was about to be given a treat of chaos, sultry, sex appeal, and glistening skin of some kind. But you decided to break my damn heart with this nonsense. My goodness. This was a side of Gavin we'll never see in the writing, as it isn't his story, but this... this really makes me wish someone would write it. Thank you. Keep that leaf turned back over... it is your happy place.