Introductions

Mar 10, 2014 13:25

"The Introduction's here."

I looked up. Alex was entering from the Comms room, with a fat stack of letters in her hand. She waved them at me lightly, and grinned.

My eyes widened. "So much! From the Granted, right? So I guess they took - what, about a month to write it up ( Read more... )

ljidol, fiction, scifi

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penpusher March 10 2014, 02:45:09 UTC
I think you did okay too! Looking forward to discovering more!

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icaruslived March 11 2014, 20:32:11 UTC
Thanks! It wasn't meant to be a metaphor, but I guess it wasn't meant to not be a metaphor either :P

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muchtooarrogant March 10 2014, 03:18:47 UTC
What a very interesting concept. Welcome to the competition, and I look forward to reading more of your writing this season.

Dan

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icaruslived March 11 2014, 20:54:52 UTC
Glad to be here! Would you say the underlying conceit came through okay?

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muchtooarrogant March 11 2014, 22:35:35 UTC
Yeah, I think so, although a little bit more about how the practice of exchanging letters got started and why would've probably helped. Also, just a suggestion, mightn't they use computer disks, or chips, or something which would allow for more indepth communication?

Dan

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jem0000000 March 11 2014, 16:34:37 UTC
Aww. :)

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tsuki_no_bara March 12 2014, 21:56:34 UTC
i love that granted, we have yet to make a deal is the name of a spaceship. and from what i understand of lj idol, your metaphor is a good one ("your world being suddenly, fleetingly, so much bigger").

(it's my first idol so what i understand about it may or may not be accurate....)

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cheshire23 March 13 2014, 01:47:45 UTC
I love the idea of opening a new world. :)

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