Reviewer: pinkphoenix1985 (Signed) · Date: 02/12/12 01:14 PM · On: Chapter 1

Jules,
This is a wonderful story. I loved that you went back to wee!chesters which for me was a much simpler time for the boys.

Author's Response:

Hey, Dania,

Damn, I knew I'd left someone off the email list! *smacks self upside head* sorry about that! 

Oh, so glad you enjoyed this one. It's been ticking away at the back of my head for a wee while - I knew what I wanted to do with the season one scene, I just had to work backwards from there to flesh out the teen!Sam one and the wee!Chesters. And yes, it was a much, much simpler time, and a fun walk down memory lane. 

Gee....season one seems so very long ago now, doesn't it? They were just babies....

Jules

Reviewer: sylvia37 (Signed) · Date: 19/11/12 01:05 AM · On: Chapter 1

So glad to see another story from you.  Hurt Sam and bonus Tolkein too, how can you go wrong? 

 Great job!

Author's Response:

Hi, Sylvia,

Thank you! The idea's been ticking away inside my freaky head for a while now. I sent the first draft to my beta way back in June, but then couldn't get to it to finalise all the editing. But the basic premise of the story didn't change from first idea to final draft - I always had it in mind to pick on those time periods. The idea started actually, with season one Sam silently begging Dean to read the book his way, and Dean being reluctant because of what had happened in their teenage years, which led me to their early years and the first reading of the tale by Dean the storyteller. 

Ah, hurt Sam fan, eh? Keep an eye out for the next story then - I'm doing it for a friend who is a huge hurt Sam fan, so I'm throwing everything at the poor kid - lol. Owies abound in this one! 

Take care, and thank you for letting me know your thoughts on this little blast from the past.

Jules

Reviewer: gidgetgal9 (Signed) · Date: 17/11/12 05:47 PM · On: Chapter 1

Glad to read something new from you!  This was wonderful and I think some of the best stories are based off of something that happened to us in real life.  Hope life is going smoother for you! :) Claudia

Author's Response:

Hi, Claudia,

I think I still owe you a reply on another story. Getting there - haven't forgotten, just been in a bit of a life battle lately. 

But things are smoothing out finally. I did hit bottom in the last month, but I'm climbing back up again. 

I think that as well, about drawing on life experiences. I remember when I wrote Metamorphosis, I drew on my own grief over my grandfather's death to tap into Sam's grief over losing Jess, and those first dark days after the fire. I remember I had a jigsaw puzzle programme on the computer, and did puzzle after puzzle, like I was locked into that one action and couldn't do, or think of, anything else beyond that. For Sam, it was hunting down Jess' killer, but it was busywork - he wasn't making any real progress. After all, their dad had tried for 22 years to find it.

Hope things are going a little easier for you, too. No matter what age we are, losing a parent is still a huge blow, and leaves a hole in our hearts that takes a long time to stop hurting - if it ever does. My grandmother, who raised me, died in 1988, and I still miss her. 

Hang in there. And if you want to talk, you've got my email addy.

hugs,

Jules

Reviewer: galen (Signed) · Date: 17/11/12 03:33 AM · On: Chapter 1

yeah  a great story by my favorite author.  Thank you and  please keep writing.  

 

Author's Response:

Hello, Gayle,

Well, thank you very much. That made my day. I've been sitting on this one for a couple of months, but just couldn't get my mind around finishing it off.

It was nice to play back in season one and pre-series - life was so much simpler for the boys back then. They still had their dramas - they wouldn't be our boys if they didn't - but they were much less battle-weary and scarred. That's not to say I won't play in season eight and enjoy it just as much - all that lovely angst is such wonderful grist for the writer's mill. But it was like taking a step back and catching a much-needed breath, playing in season one again. 

I will keep writing, I promise. Not as prolifically as I've been, sadly, but the ideas are there, the muse is hiding around here somewhere, and I need the release that writing brings. 

Thank you so much for letting me know your thoughts. I'll be back soon with another story.

Take care,

Jules

Reviewer: ziggy (Signed) · Date: 16/11/12 05:23 PM · On: Chapter 1

So good to see you back with a story sis and this one was awesome :)  Loved the three vignettes set during different periods in the boys lives and perfect how you linked them all, not only with Sam being sick or injured but by Tolkien too.  You had both in character totally throughout and we seeing it play out in my head as I read.  I must admit I would have preferred to listen to Dean's versions, far more entertaining in his own words!

Glad your eyes weren't permanently damaged from the fuel cleaner incident but bet at the time you never realised you would be putting it in a story!

Adored it from first word to last.

And awesome banner from Chasidern, perfect :)

Author's Response:

Hey, sis,

No, wasn't too damaged. Poor Paul, though - I think he spent the next month apologising to me and giving me his own version of sad puppy eyes. But it wasn't his fault - the damned bottle just slipped out of his hand. And because he was standing, and reaching up to put it on the top shelf, that added height to the fall. And if I hadn't been sitting on the floor, as was my usual habit....

And no, at the time I never even dreamed I'd get back into creative writing, let alone put that freak accident into a story. I'd stopped writing completely once I hit my early twenties and got married, apart from the occasional poem every few years.

Thanks for your help on this one, sis, even though it did take me four months to answer the first email....

I liked the vignette style, it gave me lots of exploration room, and lovely contrasts between the boys of now and the boys of then - well, the boys of season one, anyway. Geez, who'd have thought way back then that we'd get to season eight - talk about the little show that could. 

And you really should have let us play you the movies when you were out here - I had them all on DVD. Peter Jackson did a fantastic job, even though he did kill off Haldir - LOL. Don't think Chris has quite forgiven him for that...

hugs

Ju

Reviewer: Green_Eyed (Signed) · Date: 16/11/12 10:59 AM · On: Chapter 1

Hi Jules! Nice to read your story again.

This one is absolutely brilliant. And first of all I mean the conjunction of the classic fantasy style and the modern TV story. 

Don't apologies. I am a very, very big Tolkien fan. And your interpretation fully agrees with my own vision of Tolkien's motifs in SPN. OMG, what's a wonderful plot!

Thank you so much for your non-stopping creativeness)))

Sveta

 

Author's Response:

Hullo, Sveta, my friend! I hope you've been keeping well. It would be getting cold again in your part of the world, yes? We're moving  into summer here, and it's already quite hot and steamy, with lots of storms.

Oh, I'm so glad you liked this blast from the past. I'm a Tolkien fan, too, but I couldn't resist exploring Dean's take on the heavy worded classics. Especially trying to read it to a sick, six-year-old Sammywise. 

Thank you, my friend. It was good to be back. I hope to have more soon - and sad to say, I'll be beating up your beloved Sammy....well, the monster of the week will be - lol. 

Take care,

Jules