Author's Response to the Reviews and Comments
Okay, here we go!
Moonjava- my first reviewer! Thanks for being so faithful and keeping up with this! Sorry about the paragraph problem at the beginning. This story was originally not in paragraphs, as you can tell, because I was on a heavy writing kick and when I do that I tend to forget to break things down. Shame on me. Thanks for the luck-I still don't know how I did on the tests though. Lousy post office(maybe I should send the Fireys to work at the post office one day. Teach them to be slow with the mail.) .
Amazonian21-The story is definitely rushed in some places; that's due to the fact I was working out what would happen several chapters ahead and would be impatient with myself to get to it( once again, shame on me.) . Hope you like the way I'm writing Jareth- I'm trying to do the best I can with him. Like I said, I always find it a little awkward working with someone else's characters( and especially Jareth to boot!). Who was the owl..............that was part of an earlier idea dealing with Jareth, and it got slipped in there. Sorry. Wouldn't it be nice to throw fire? The world wouldn't have as many idiots.
Adina has to solve it, yes....................dont'cha just love it when the ante is upped like that? And will she do it? (I know how she does it........hee hee hee)
Sennethe- You noticed the visitor-very good. Didn't seem like it then, but the visitor is crucial later. Your idea of the Mother's different forms being a foreshadowing of the person they'll become- wow, I didn't even think of that! Thanks! No, the eagle will not be a good thing........or will it? As for the paragraphs, the explanation is in the answer for Moonjava. The owl answer is in Amazonian21's section.
Nugrey- Thanks for all your nice comments! They've really made my day when I get them in my e-mails. Sure, bring some cocoa. Make sure it's got marshmallows for me though! Yeah, the Mother I thought up due to a discussion on who exactly Queen Mab was in a Labyrinth group I'm in, and from reading the Tristan and Isolde book series by Rosalind Miles( quite a good series, with all the myths and beliefs and such). I thought about giving Galinda a paragraph to explain herself, but that would take the focus off Adina IMHO. Yes she was frightened, because Adina doesn't look or act like a normal Faerie. Yes she's becoming powerful, and doesn't know which way to go yet. There will be a definite moment when she realizes what to do though. Just re-read that sentence, yeah that's a little awkward. Sorry. Creating science fiction....... wow what a great compliment! I've tried to make up other stuff ever since I was little. Currently with "A Labyrinth Prequel", I'm watching Labyrinth for several key moments(mostly for settings and characters), reading Lord of the Rings, some Lewis Carroll works, and other Labyrinth fanfics, and listening to several different CDs for ideas and inspirations. Also seeing different landscapes from driving and remembering from vacations seems to work too. To sum all that up, I get ideas from everything.
Thanks for being such good reviewers! I promise more will come!