Fic: - The Sidestep Chronicle & Second Chronicle

[Cicca]

So, is that s-word official then? All that writing, it sure must be!



I am so looking forward to it!

And not just because I love your sig line.



Happy writing and editing and whatever else! I can't wait! ok, well, I can, but I really don't want to! Um, well that sounds like I'm grumpy, which I'm not. So... As soon as the s-word comes to posting fruition, I will be hugely pleased to partake!

invite someone dangerous to tea * look forward to dreams * imagine yourself magic

[Katharyn]

Oh Cicca your AV's are still wonderful*S*



The S-Word better be official otherwise I have spent the last 80some days working under the counter and that would lead to cramp.



I take the "I can't wait" in the way it was meant and appreciate it very much. I just want to create something that lives up to that sort of expectation. Its a very different story to be sure - but it is an extension of where we left the girls at the end of Sidestep.



Posting fruition... Well I am concious that I need to get that going sooner rather than later. In a perfect world I would write the whole thing then redraft and post as the redraft/beta was done. Yet at 180000 words I am not even half way into the story (I think) and probably have about 25 parts built up. So... I am finishing the section that I am in now (there are probably going to be 2 or 3 sections to this story) and then I am going to start the next section - but also redrafting section 1 ready for beta and posting.



Why do I do this to myself - telling you guys this?



I am a masochist - that must be it...



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[KyanWing]

Hi Katharyn,



I finally found my way back to The Sidestep Chronicle. Have been catching up like crazy last weekend. Not yet finished reading though. I have gotten around to another [link=http://www.geocities.com/stllr/wt_comb newwindow]drawing[/link] :-) It still needs some more work but I can't wait to show you. Hope you like.



- Kyan -

[dekalog]

why are you doing this?



because we are forever in your debt because your story telling brings us much joy. Although I am anxious and waiting with bated breath for the new series your stories are so layered and full of hidden gems that I'm willing to sit here and be patient and pinch myself everytime I want to sway - is it here yet?



just to let you know though by arm is getting quite bruisey.



edited while blushing deeply

see what even thinking about the sequel is doing to me??

Edited by: dekalog at: 3/27/03 7:01:04 am

[Katharyn]

Oh wow, Hi Kyan - It's funny I was just looking at your site a few days ago and the poignant message you left there a few months ago. I hope things are a little better now and I hope that you get whatever satisfaction you can from finishing off this story you supported so beautifully. You have a great talent there and I will be delighted to see anything that you do. By the way that link (even if you remove the format tags) does not work, but if anyone wants to look at Kyans pages just delete back to: http://www.geocities.com/stllr/



Thanks



Dekalog - You are all forever in my 'depth'? So sweet of you to say LOL.



Is it here yet? No. BUt the first part is ready for beta. I will pull a few more together and send them off to the beta readers... They know not what they do.



Thanks so much for the kind words.



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[Shinnen]

I'm reposting Kyan's link upon her request



www.geocities.com/stllr/wt_comb.html



Gotta love her art... best I've seen

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

[KyanWing]

Katharyn -I love this fic! Just don't have time to much reading nowadays except for the weekends. Your writing inspires me lots and lots :-)



Shinnen's posted the right link. Thank you, Shinnen. I was in such a hurry this morning...



I have another quick sketch up:

www.geocities.com/stllr/wt_couch.html

[justin]

I've only just started reading this story, due to it being mentioned on the reccomendation thread and so far I've only gotten up to part thirty but I had to say just how much I'm enjoying this story so far.



It's a very intense (in a good way) and intriguing story and it's got loads of what Stephen King called the gotcha effect. Your characterisations are spot on and your narative really draws you into what the characters are thinking and feeling

I understand, you should be with the person you l-love


I am

[Katharyn]

Shinnen - Thanks for fixing that and yeah... I am sure I haven't seen any better pencil drawings of T/W than Kyans.



Kyan - You read at your own pace and you get inspired where you get inspired... I am just so honoured to have you inspired here because there is... well I said it to Shinnen above. It's stunning what you do with a pencil, which to me is just an eraseable pen. *S*



Justin - Thanks for giving Celia (Tired Soul) a big head. Now she knws her recommendation got someone to read this there will be no stopping her manic scampering (which you might not understand now but just wait until you get further in! *S*)



I'm glad your enjoying this - I just had to look up what Part 30 was and I see it's the whole Mayor/Lilah thing. Remember who Lizzy is you will see her again (alot of people forgot because I forgot to mention her for a long time!)



Intense is definitely the way that I saw it when I was writing it - and praying for the day I could get less intense. That took a while *S*





Thanks for posting about those early days... It takes me back...



*katharyn drifts into a 'when I was a young girl....' speech*



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[justin]

I swear that I didn't mean to spend all day reading this story and I certainly didn't intend to still be up when the clocks went forward. It's just that every time I finished one part, I had to read the next to find out what was going to happen. So after many hours of reading I've just finished part 74.



There are just so many reasons to love this story. I had meant to list some o them but as I mentioned it's very late (or should that be early?) I'll save that for another time but I will say that the main reason is the fact that you so clearly respect your characters and readers which has resulted in a very intelligent and thought provoking story.



This is one of the best story's I've ever read, easily on the same level as Lisa Countryman's and Technopagan's work.



Oh and I think you said at one point you hadn't seen the end of S6. If so then lucky you, I just wish that I could say the same thing.

I understand, you should be with the person you l-love


I am

[jacki]

I've read this fic all the way through twice now, I love it. You're a brilliant writer and I wish I was as talented.

I've been watching your world from afar, I've been trying to be where you are, I've been secretly falling apart

[justin]

WOW!



That's pretty much all I can say about this story. Every time I thought that it couldn't get any better I read another part and it did.



I liked the way you had Willow and Tara return to Sunnydale to provide a sense of closure for both the characters and the story.



Also the ending was perfect.



Which just leaves me to ask hows the sequel coming on?

I understand, you should be with the person you l-love


I am

[Katharyn]

Jacki - Twice? Ouch. Well whatever pleases you *S* Thanks so much for those thoughts though. I Like to know that people have enjoyed it because its kind of the point *S*



Justin - Wow, as I have often said, will more than do. Thanks!



The sense of closure and that ending... (meaning the whole last section from the farm onwards) were... the result of feedback on plans and inspiration from above... Thanks to LCD for that.



The sequel... is a very different story. How is it coming on? Well it just crossed 200000 words. Those that know me realise I am obsessed with numbers but I mention it here as it is a landmark to me as that is the length of my first fic (don't read it cos it makes me cringe!) But that is approx 40 parts I guess and I am not even half way yet I think.



Redrafts are commencing. Another couple of parts redrafted and I will send them to the beta readers and once I have 5 or 6 back from them I will start to post on a three day cycle.



Those here for the first part know me... I like to stick to a posting schedule - and I will. You have to wait now for three reasons:



1) So I can adjust the start for what comes later

2) So I can make sure I am happy with it all quality wise and storywise.

3) So that you do not have to wait later.



So be patient a little longer and we will see what comes along.



Thanks



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[frumpycat]

Hey K...we'll always stay obsessed...I've been a lurker and real quiet on this thread. But just got to say...love the fic...can't wait for the sequel. Please post soon.

[Mrs Vertigo]

Just dropping by to worship a little, Katharyn. Don't worry about taking your time. A year from now I'd still be thrilled to see a sequal. Don't rush it .



God, I just love that icon - !!!

Willow: "I'd just like to float something bigger than a pencil some day." …Prophetic much?

[Katharyn]

Frumpycat - Oooh another lurker. I do like to draw you guys and gals out to play. Thanks



Sequel... Two more parts and I will send the first section to beta. I want to build a few postable parts up before I start. But it is coming.



Mrs Vertigo - Thanks so much for that - its nice to know you will wait. I feel so guilty for taking this long.



Stacey S - You sent me an e-mail I was going to reply to but I lost it. If you could resend it (if you still have it) I will be glad to reply to what I remember were kind words with a question.



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[tasha]

Hi Katharyn,



First off, congratulations on your great fic The Sidestep Chronicle . I'm afraid I was rather late starting this fic, so this is my first post in this thread. I have been hooked on your story over the last couple of months and finally finished it last week. I have been putting off writing my comments, as I keep feeling I won't be able to do you story justice with my words (I still probably won't), but here goes...



The Sidestep Chronicle is the most unique fic that I have read so far in that I is the only one to provide such detailed insight into each characters' mind, rather than just description of actions and thoughts. This really takes the fic to a completely different level (and a good one at that).



While your story is the first full-length AU fic I have read, I think it works really well, particularly with your intricate coverage of just about every fine detail, bringing out the reality of Tara's struggles through what this world throws at her, from her revenge-driven vampire-destoying mission, to her eventual love with Willow.



While there were few cliffhangers (especially as I read it straight through), I was always left guessing what would happen next, and often found myself reading until the early hours as I simply couldn't stop reading. It really does take a skilled writer to produce work of such calibre and again I must congratulate you for this superb piece of work.



I was pleasantly surprised to find that a sequel is on the way and I have no doubt that it will be of a similar high standard as we have seen here.



Regards,



tasha



(P.S. I told you I couldn't do it justice)

[Katharyn]

Tasha - There is a lot to be said for starting late. Though some people seemed to have liked the part by part approach when it was being posted (scamperer's unite) others seemed to have liked to be able to read right through... And no one should worry about "doing justice" in any feedback for any fic - a nice few words is a nice few words. *S*



The internal aspects of my writing... I wish it had ever been a stylistic choice. It wasn't. Its just how I write. I wouldn't know how to stop myself if I wanted to do something in the more focused that alot of other writers tend to adopt.



Sometimes I wish I could... It would be handy sometimes*S*



Detail... Well I loathe leaving loose ends for you guys to pick me up on. There were a few you all found which I then had to work into later parts to correct. So that is my anal nature that worked for me for once there!



Cliffhangers... I know they are necessary in certain styles of writing and in TV etc... but I hate them in my own writing. A cliffhanger in this fic was almost always a point where a part needed to be broken in half and very rarely, if ever, an attempt to bring the reader back for more. I don't like to feel I am manipulating the reader like that. I think, also, that a cliffhanger only works, in my fic, where there are a few days between parts anyway. When you are readi9ng it right thorugh the effect is lessened simply because I try to write so that you can read straight through - that is why there is very little in the way of recaps.



The sequel... Is a very different story taking these characters to a place that I want them to be. Obviously there will be none of the VW/T tension in there. VW is loooong gone.



Happy and together is all I am saying.



You did plenty of justice there Tasha. Thanks so much for taking the time to go into this in depth.



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[Mrs Vertigo]

I have this relentelss feeling that this isn't a "longish w/t AU fic", it's a Willow/Tara AU novel.



You know, of the bookish kind.



How I wish you'd publish this somewhere exept Pens. Although I know you don't want to, and I respect that completely.

All your base are belong to us.

[mariacomet]

Kath



Well it took me long enough didn't it?



But a promise is a promise. This is a wonderful story that i have looked forward to finsihing for a long time. I really respect what you did with Vampire Willow, staying true to the demon idealogy, and letting her be evil. Evil, but fated to be with Tara. Constantly reminding us that she was NOT the Willow that we know, and that it is THAT Willow. That complete Willow, and no other that could make Tara happy.



I love too, that you brought things full circle in many ways. Tara goes back to trying to do some good, this time with Willow at her side. And Giles and Jenny...(how WONDERFUL it was to see Jenny C!!) This time though, Tara has the right reasons. No guilt, no desire for revenge. Just the need to help.



Can I tell you that the scene where Giles and Tara confronted one another had me on the edge of my seat. It really did. It was so wonderfully tense and so full of real paletteable emotions.



You had a vision with the story, and no matter how dark it got, you always left a sense of light...of hope. Thank you for that, and thank you for writing this. For revealing the strength and beauty of these two women in a unique enthralling form.



Oh...and did I mention the sexual tension you kept going for the longest time? and you call ME a tease? WOW....just wow. Sizzle, sizzle wow. And yet so loving, so complete in expression of sensuality and two souls loving one another - all of one another. Past and present and future.



Bravo, my dear friend.

[Katharyn]

Mrs Vertigo - I think technically it falls into the "series of novels" category. Well put it this way - its too long for any bugger to publish cos I ramble so much.



Pens is the place I am. Pens is the place I write for. Its special to me. Xita and the mods created such a wonderful place that... I just can't go anywhere else.



Oh plus you guys are cool too!



Mariacomet - SWeetie - I thought you'd finished this ages ago.



VW... She was always troublesome. Fun to write but never Willow and thus uncomfortable to deal with. Not as uncomfortable as she would have been had I been as true the character as I intended to be at one point.



Bringing Tara to where she was is the start of her journey into the rest of her life. One with Willow at her side. Happy and together... I always said it.



Giles & Jenny... I loved writing Jenny. Giles less so - this version is not as interesting to write as the real one. That said the sequel should ofer him some decent stuff.



Tara's reasons are important that's true. Is she totally past them? I am not sure she can be... which again is something to be explored but yeah her reasons are a vast imporvement. Doing good can be habit forming though.



I did have a vision of a story. I wish I had one now. I hope anything will be as clear to be again as that was. I fear not.



Sexual tension? Who me? You is the tease here...



Always.



Thanks sweets,



*UPDATE* - The first five parts of the sequel have gone for beta and I have a posting date in mind... not sure yet.



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[TemperedCynic]

A sequel? To "The Sidestep Chronicles"?



Katharyn, you just made my day!



And thank you for writing on the Pens. Talented writers have been one facet of the Kitten board. Interest in W/T brings in the lurkers, and the heart-felt quality keeps them coming back for more. I know I did - I lurked for about a year before gathering the courage to join. And I'm so glad I did.



I'll be waiting patiently for your sequel.



Mike

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More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. Woody Allen (1935 - )

[Mrs Vertigo]

Quote:

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I have a posting date in mind... not sure yet.

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Kill me now. This is FRIGGIN BLISS!



Katharyn, you do know that if I ever met you in person I'd propose, right?

All your base are belong to us.

Edited by: Mrs Vertigo at: 4/22/03 3:11:10 pm

[Katharyn]

Hey Tempered Cynic - Sequel... Whisper the word.



Happy to have pleased you so easily...*S*



Pens is special to me as much for the special readers as the writers here. Much of that has to do with the format of the board but the way you guys support fic is special and the "relationship" between writer and reader is practically unique.



Waiting for the sequel... well It'll be a while yet... over a month. But less than two. Part 9 is about to go to beta... Then its a question of getting it back and editing the changes in.



Oh and going on holiday. Rather than start and stop for 2 weeks I will delay until after I get back...





Mrs Vertigo - Nah... not killing you. Want my readers alive-alive-o



You can propose... but I am taken *wink*



Thanks for wanting though!



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[Katharyn]

Okay, okay... I must be mad but I am going to name the date.



As I type this I sit with a huge word document on my desktop the part I am writing will probably be posted sometime in November... (and its not even half way through the fic.)



This means I need to get things going.



Sooner rather than later.



As before I will be working to a 3 day posting schedule. Okay I could go faster but 3 days is fixed and guaranteed and means I will always be giving myself and my beta readers time to keep this think going and still have a life. Not much of one - but a life all the same.



And the big day for Second Chronicle (catchy name huh) is... 14th June which is after I get back from 2 weeks away. I could go before going away but then there is a break and I feel so guilty if I stick a break in there.



No part predictions this time because last time I was soooo wrong. But big - kay?



Someone who scampers told me to say that if you were going to read Sidestep then you better start now. My feeling is if you were going to read it - and saw this - you already read it but go figure. I will shortly be replacing the "warning" at the start of the First Chronicle as it was a touch dramatic and later just plain wrong (no smut?!) Revisionism is such fun.



Second Chronicle is, I must admit, not going to start with a huge "catchup part" serving as a 'previously on...' so you do need to know what happened in the First Chronicle. All I will do is add a summary prior to the first part of the Second Chron. - which is actually part 104 rather than part 1.



This has already confused a beta reader and they are more intelligent than me. *S*



See you then Kittens... right here...



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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[Nation]

Katharyn,

Let me just say....YIPPEE! I'm so happy that the new story is ready. I must admit, it took me about two weeks of reading every day just to read "Sidestep", but it was soooooo good! I, like the other kittens, can't wait for your new masterpiece. Unfortunately I will be out of town on the 14th, so I'll have to wait until I get back home to my trusty computer to read.....but come June 18th, I'll start reading! I'm looking forward to seeing where your story takes us....thanks for all of your hard work.



Nation

[Chewster]

That is such a catchy name I bet it took you hours to come up with!



Great news that you are finally ready to post - you have been teasing us long enough with the idea. I'm looking forward to June 14th already.

Paul




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[Cicca]

Katharyn, you rock!

I'm so excited! Yay!

*running around in circles*

invite someone dangerous to tea * look forward to dreams * imagine yourself magic

[the vamp nurd]

14 of June???



How long is that away??



The vamp nurd who really needs her calender..

Willow (with pointy ears): "NO kissing and gay love?!!!! That's illogical!" The Sci-Fi Bard W/T trekkie ramblings.



Bardlet no #27



"Why Mother because I won't be baking cookies for the mental patients at the county Hospital?" Alex It's In The Water

[Katharyn]

Hey Kittens...



Nation - I never think reading that intensely is healthy but I'm glad you did. Also its a whole other perspective getting to read a fic as a whole rather than bit by bit... I think. Thanks for the compliments - they are always nice. I am sure you being late to the party won't matter at all *S* And its never work when its fun...



Paul - Yeah... Second Chronicle - you would be shocked how long I really did spend thinking about that. I was going to go back and edit all the old posts to "First Chronicle" but that was just silly.



Cicca... Glad to see the return of the bouncy things... But banana's too. What am I supposed to do with those? *S*



Vamp Nurd - 22 days... maybe 21 days and 22 hours by now...



Take care kittens and thanks for caring



Katharyn

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If I want a little pussy, I got my own to play with.
Chance in Chance.




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