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my sister, cindershadow

Jul 10, 2006 21:36

hello, my name is susan. i was able to write a note to starwatcher307. my sister was cindershadow. i am very sad, and i miss her very much. if you have any of her emails, or things to send me i would very much like to receive them. was she editing someone's story around the memorial day weekend? she had an overdose of pain meds and i was up ( Read more... )

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starwatcher307 July 11 2006, 05:34:41 UTC

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Hi, Susan,

I was remembering Cynthia just today, with tears in my eyes; she became such a part of my thoughts in such a short time, though we never met. I can only imagine how much worse it is for you; again, I offer my deepest sympathies on your loss.

The first email that Cynthia sent me blew me away; I'd never received such a generous outpouring of appreciation before. It really demonstrates what a warm and sharing person your sister was; I hope it brings you a little comfort.

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starwatcher307 July 11 2006, 05:43:18 UTC

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It wasn't my story she was beta'ing last May, but she did help me with one earlier. She brought up a couple of questions, which led me to amend two parts, and add half-a-dozen extra sentences -- small points, but they made the story just that much richer, and I really appreciated her input.

She wrote --

Hi, Linda!

What a fun start to *my* Spring Break! I very much enjoyed the story, and (not surprisingly) it was virtually error-free and, to my mind, very well put together. The only things I noted: when they are initially fishing, you say that Jim is DOWNstream from Blair so that he won't have to deal with Blair frightening the fish . . . I think you actually want him UPstream. I also wasn't sure about the maple leaves being used in the cooking: would there be wild maple trees in this part of Washington (and if they are Japanese maples, which I have, indeed, seen in Oregon, you might want to double-check: I somehow seem to remember them as being toxic)? I could be completely wrong about this!(The up/downstream is one of ( ... )

gardendoor July 11 2006, 13:17:24 UTC

I'm so sorry for your loss. She was a very sweet woman.

julia_here July 11 2006, 14:34:57 UTC

Susan, there are comments in my journal that people left after Cynthia died; most of the E mails I got from her were about sentence structure and related to a long story of mine which she read and commented on for over a year.

I miss her every day, too- she was a good friend, and a bright light.

Julia, hoping you find reminders of her everywhere, and that it brings you a little comfort

zandra_x July 11 2006, 17:47:47 UTC

I believe it was my story that Cynthia was working on. She volunteered to be my beta and correct my punctuation for me. She was so conscientious that when she didn't answer my emails about it, I knew that something bad had happened. It's making me cry to think that it was on her mind so much at the end.

She was so warm and generous to me that, even though we only knew each other through Live Journal, I feel I've lost one of the best friends I've ever had.

This is a link to the story. I don't think it'll make any sense if you don't know the characters from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. It just a silly joke, really. Here.I wish she had written more stories herself. This is the email reply she sent when I suggested that to her. Of course, the whole conversation started with her writing something nice about one of my stories ( ... )