Wow! Thank you so much for all of this! Parts in particular...
I was a bit worried about getting up to the 'coming out' - it's all too easy for that scene to be screwed up or cliched. But I really liked what you did: it was realistic and fit the tone of the rest of the story.
Oh, thank you! Yeah, that kind of scene can be tricky. I am so glad you think it worked well.
You captured the suffocating heat so well; I could imagine the mountains, the villa... the mood! It was all beautifully lazy, and yet you could still show the contrasting awkwardness of the fourth evening.
*blush* Thank you, again! It's great for me, as the writer, to see that this came across so well. I love your observation about the laziness. Thankee so much...
I've never been to Europe, but this is just another thing to add to my pile of reasons why I have to go there.
Yes, you MUST go to Europe, and especially Florence. It is absolutely gorgeous!
Sorry, yet again I have given long, rambling feedback
Silly, I love long rambling feedback! *hugs you for it*
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I was a bit worried about getting up to the 'coming out' - it's all too easy for that scene to be screwed up or cliched. But I really liked what you did: it was realistic and fit the tone of the rest of the story.
Oh, thank you! Yeah, that kind of scene can be tricky. I am so glad you think it worked well.
You captured the suffocating heat so well; I could imagine the mountains, the villa... the mood! It was all beautifully lazy, and yet you could still show the contrasting awkwardness of the fourth evening.
*blush* Thank you, again! It's great for me, as the writer, to see that this came across so well. I love your observation about the laziness. Thankee so much...
I've never been to Europe, but this is just another thing to add to my pile of reasons why I have to go there.
Yes, you MUST go to Europe, and especially Florence. It is absolutely gorgeous!
Sorry, yet again I have given long, rambling feedback
Silly, I love long rambling feedback! *hugs you for it*