[Without any fanfare, you find a link to her expansive Nightlight fanfiction. It's around 300+ pages, and it basically is a much, much darker AU in which she basically rewrote the entire plot from the beginning to involve actual, non-sparkling vampires and three-headed werewolves.
There's also another link to a supplemental guide to some of the new terms and mythologies that she made up just for this fanfiction.
Also, the writing style of these two? There is a ton of purple prose to be found, as well as highly cheesy plot twists at every turn.
[He read it of course - it took him a few days inbetween work and his other responsibilities, and he reread a few parts just for fun before replying. OK, so, the strange plot twists were a bit startling at points, but he really had no problems with overly descriptive prose. Her vocabulary was impressive, to be honest. He knew as fanfiction, it might strike a bit to the left of it's target audience due to it's length and detail. But all in all? He actually liked it.
....the fact that it used far more interesting monsters was a huge selling point. He was a little leery of the idea of requiring supplimental notes to define certain things but could see why they were necessary and they were useful in understanding the work. He found himself cross-checking the two documents a little on that second read through of the main story.]
Hi, Kuroneko!
I immensely enjoyed your work. It's a little longer than I was expecting but a far more satisfying read than the source material. Your portrayal of the Sullens as more classically accurate vampires especially made this a more enjoyable read. Your own mythos was an intriguing extra dimension and I have to thank you for the supplimental notes - Hopefully they can make their way into a sequel or a prequel so the depth of your world building can become more a part of the flow of the story. The creative leg-work you've done in establishing this as a familiar yet different universe is great and I'd definitely read more of it either way.
Of course, I offer this praise as a reader and not so much a writer! Hopefully you didn't find my own effort too terrible!
[This really surprised her. Most of her long works tended to be...well, a bit more esoteric than the average reader. Did he really read it all?]
I had originally had higher expectations for the original story than what I had read. This is a general idea of what I would have liked better, especially prose-wise and character-wise. Of course, this is just my opinion. I thought the original Nightlight was incredibly bland and inane in most of its plot progressions.
Still, I shall take a look at your work sometime.
...Thank you.
[Kuroneko felt weird saying that, but holy shit someone actually seemed to genuinely like her stories]
You're very welcome. Thank you for sharing your work with me.
I agree the original Nightlight books were problematic in many ways. There are a lot of interesting elements, but those seem to be the parts that are most glossed over and treated as inconsequential when set alongside the 'romantic' narrative the author is trying to put forward. I think you achieved a much more engaging balance of character driven drama and supernatural elements. And I'm a fan of very descriptive work so I agree with you on the prose, too.
Are you planning to share your work with other members of the Nightlight Club?
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Day 212
Date: 2013-01-30 10:09 pm (UTC)There's also another link to a supplemental guide to some of the new terms and mythologies that she made up just for this fanfiction.
Also, the writing style of these two? There is a ton of purple prose to be found, as well as highly cheesy plot twists at every turn.
Enjoy.]
Re: Day 212
Date: 2013-01-31 12:14 am (UTC)....the fact that it used far more interesting monsters was a huge selling point. He was a little leery of the idea of requiring supplimental notes to define certain things but could see why they were necessary and they were useful in understanding the work. He found himself cross-checking the two documents a little on that second read through of the main story.]
Hi, Kuroneko!
I immensely enjoyed your work. It's a little longer than I was expecting but a far more satisfying read than the source material. Your portrayal of the Sullens as more classically accurate vampires especially made this a more enjoyable read. Your own mythos was an intriguing extra dimension and I have to thank you for the supplimental notes - Hopefully they can make their way into a sequel or a prequel so the depth of your world building can become more a part of the flow of the story. The creative leg-work you've done in establishing this as a familiar yet different universe is great and I'd definitely read more of it either way.
Of course, I offer this praise as a reader and not so much a writer! Hopefully you didn't find my own effort too terrible!
Yours,
Hisao
Re: Day 212
Date: 2013-02-02 05:20 am (UTC)I had originally had higher expectations for the original story than what I had read. This is a general idea of what I would have liked better, especially prose-wise and character-wise. Of course, this is just my opinion. I thought the original Nightlight was incredibly bland and inane in most of its plot progressions.
Still, I shall take a look at your work sometime.
...Thank you.
[Kuroneko felt weird saying that, but holy shit someone actually seemed to genuinely like her stories]
Re: Day 212
Date: 2013-02-03 06:05 pm (UTC)I agree the original Nightlight books were problematic in many ways. There are a lot of interesting elements, but those seem to be the parts that are most glossed over and treated as inconsequential when set alongside the 'romantic' narrative the author is trying to put forward. I think you achieved a much more engaging balance of character driven drama and supernatural elements. And I'm a fan of very descriptive work so I agree with you on the prose, too.
Are you planning to share your work with other members of the Nightlight Club?