Mucho apologies, folks ... I didn't mean to abandon the discussion, but apparently the "instant notification" thingee isn't working so well today ---

Yes, the Morgan Hawke quote is full of good sense and rooted in a lot of wisdom and common sense. I'm hoping he's right -- perhaps the anxieties are up a tad bit too high?

Well, it's been known to happen, y'know.

Thank you for your support for the point of view that encourages us to keep on churning it. I especially appreciate the fact you gave it a read, fantassy --

if anyone notices a lapse in it, now or as the chapters continue, we'd appreciate a heads up. Publishing it online provides a sort of "free" lab for feedback, which is of course another issue altogether.

I agree, too, that it's the "sappy side" that responds to such fiction. In fact, it's my opinion that BDSM is tailor made for Romance -- after all, where in sexually-oriented literature is there more emotion, and more powerful dedication to idealism, than in BDSM.

Yeah, some of us are cynical ... but still searching and that, in itself, is an act of hope ... the stuff of romance.

Since you were so good as to comment: Chapter 1, you've seen. Chapter 2 is done and waiting a respectful time before it appears. Chapter 3 is in draft and will feature some interesting changes of pace -- Pita is writing it, in fact, from her first person pov. Should make an interesting shift.

hJ