Chapter Delays!

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. First off, I know you are still waiting for the next chapter. This is a very nice fact to hear, but... I DID have the next Chapter finished, saved, and ready to go...BUT MY COMPUTER CAUGHT A VIRUS AND CRASHED, FORCING ME TO DELETE EVERYTHING FROM MY HARD DRIVE... T_T I don't even have the previous chapters anymore...

But... Luckily, I still do have the pre written paper edition stuff which is what I use to correct any errors that I might have written down or overall reedit some unnecessary content. The next chapter WILL be on its way, so don't you worry.

HATERS

Now comes the second announcement... Haters... Here is an example of a critic:

"Hey, X, your story is great and all, but you could use 'Y' instead of 'S' maybe a few more 'Z's to make it look better. Overall, an awesome story. :) "

These guys...are awesome. I love critics. They provide useful tips that can help us improve in case we need it. Critics, give yourselves a hand. You earned it for doing a great job.

BUT... There was one review that caught my eye that made my blood boil.

"First off, centering your text is absolutely obnoxious. It's hard to read and there isn't any reason for it.

Why are you describing things we already know? There isn't any reason to describe what Twilight or any of the other characters look like.

Its is a possessive. The correct form to use in this sentence: [Its...um... Its... I don't know] or ["The book... ITS GONE!"]is it's. As it's means it is or it has.

[I just needed a second opinion from a friend before I threw them out] Why would she need a second opinion if she already knew she was going to throw them out? That makes no sense and is really just bizarre.

Posthaste is one word and overall a strange word choice. Posthaste isn't a word you would see in actual conversation, it's rather obsolete. There are a lot of other words that mean the same thing you could have used instead.

This story had an interesting premise, but was ultimately ruined by poor execution. I would suggest a beta reader. There are a lot of other little errors in here that could be easily remedied with a beta reader."

by The Unintentional Lair...

Really dude? Really? You are going to criticize the first chapter? A chapter that was the start of this amazing story that I brought together? A chapter that was supposed to be bad (or good) on purpose just so you can get better as you progress? Hehe... Let me break it down.

1.) The center text? You are not the first person to tell me this. I have heard it from a lot of people. For most of my stories, I do the center text for no reason besides its better and easier for me. In this story... Have you even looked at the letters to and from Twilight? They are the only portions that are NOT in center text. If I put that whole chapter in center text (which I did during editting) it would not look right to me. I would seem more off than anything. And mind you, in WordPad, I did change the font on the letters just to make them look realistic, but FanFiction does not have the option to change font. Had they include such, I wouldn't have to use center text.

2.) Describing things? You wanna know how I describe you? A troll. Nothing more...than a troll. Describing things is realistic to a story. It does not matter if you know what the f*cking things look like, its still realistic to a story. And besides that, its not even a mistake, its just the author being interesting in his own way.

3.) Word choice? ...No comment. Nobody said stories had to be perfect. Hell, some of our greatest authors had grammar mistakes, Mr. Perfectionist.

4.) Beta Reader? By far the only thing I can just give a slap to the wrist at. I beta read my own crap. The only time I ever...EVER!...need a beta reader is when there is a series that catches my interest but I know nothing about. But even then, I can just go study about it. For instance... If I wanted to write a story about Bioshock. I know nothing of the game nor any of the things in it so I ask around for someone who knows any know how about the game. If not, Google it and write the info down. Or even better, watch some videos off of YouTube.

Overall, your review was not needed. It just made you look like a total jackass. Not me. I'm just stating how I feel about your review. So do me a favor and go troll in a dark alley and never come back. Understand?

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I'm sorry, folks. That was some pent up anger that I just HAD to release. Just releasing the thunder, that's all. All my cool reviewers get awesome stylin' sunglasses like a boss. All my nuetral reviewers get cookies. All the bad reviewers and trolls get burned hardcore.

Anyway, I think I've ranted enough as it is. I should end this thing before I ramble on too much longer. You guys, do expect to see the next Chapter within a month or two. I am so sorry for the delays, but I promise to get what you need... Can't promise entirely being I get distracted by RolePlaying with friends online... Kind of a fun little hobby I do. RolePlaying as in...uh...text stuff... Not as in...uh...cosplaying... _

...See ya.

(If you are interested in RPing, just ask via PM)