Bad news about Life in Shadow

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Even after the last rewrite I'm still not totally happy with Chapter 6 of "Life in Shadow". I took the lazy option, trying to simplify the story so that I would be able to get it done after the enormously long delay, but it has resulted in me posting a story that I know perfectly well is not as good as it could be and it's nagging at me.

I'm going to take the hit and scrap it. I've already taken it down from my website. I'm not going to remove it from LiveJournal yet, I'll keep it up for a little while as I get on with the rewrite, but when the rewrite is complete I will be deleting the second half, making the first half "Chapter 6 - Part One", and posting a completely new Part Two. Well, it won't be totally new, it will incorporate chunks of the rewritten version that's up at the moment, but there will be a very major difference indeed in the plot that will change the entire course of the rest of the story.

I should have taken more notice of the old Hobbit saying "Short cuts make long delays". Sorry if I've messed my readers about, and massive thanks to those who have given me constructive criticism, especially nandibble, ffutures, and rahirah.

Bad news about Life in Shadow

Happy birthday joyful_dayz

Even after the last rewrite I'm still not totally happy with Chapter 6 of "Life in Shadow". I took the lazy option, trying to simplify the story so that I would be able to get it done after the enormously long delay, but it has resulted in me posting a story that I know perfectly well is not as good as it could be and it's nagging at me.

I'm going to take the hit and scrap it. I've already taken it down from my website. I'm not going to remove it from LiveJournal yet, I'll keep it up for a little while as I get on with the rewrite, but when the rewrite is complete I will be deleting the second half, making the first half "Chapter 6 - Part One", and posting a completely new Part Two. Well, it won't be totally new, it will incorporate chunks of the rewritten version that's up at the moment, but there will be a very major difference indeed in the plot that will change the entire course of the rest of the story.

I should have taken more notice of the old Hobbit saying "Short cuts make long delays". Sorry if I've messed my readers about, and massive thanks to those who have given me constructive criticism, especially nandibble, ffutures, and rahirah.

Life In Shadow Chapter 6 Part One - revised!

Here at long last is Chapter 6 of my Spike-Tara epic "Life in Shadow", 9 months after I last updated.

I was so eager to get this written and posted so that I could get over the block and continue the story that I took major short-cuts in the first version of this story, but it didn't work out well at all; I wasn't altogether happy with the result, and after I read some of the Comments I realised that my readers were being short-changed. I re-wrote the entire chapter and replaced it with a much longer - and, I belived, much better - version. This is the re-write, now posted in two parts because it would be too long for LiveJournal in one go.

If some of the Comments don't seem to tally with what you read in the story, that's why. Hope you like this version.

Earlier chapters are in Memories HERE.

The summary is very simple; “What if Tara was a Vampire Slayer? And straight?”

The rating might head off towards ‘R’ eventually, but for now is probably around PG-13 or so.

This part is 4,270 words.
( Life in Shadow Chapter Six: The Sounds of Silence - Part One )

Life In Shadow Chapter 6 Part One - revised!

Here at long last is Chapter 6 of my Spike-Tara epic "Life in Shadow", 9 months after I last updated.

I was so eager to get this written and posted so that I could get over the block and continue the story that I took major short-cuts in the first version of this story, but it didn't work out well at all; I wasn't altogether happy with the result, and after I read some of the Comments I realised that my readers were being short-changed. I re-wrote the entire chapter and replaced it with a much longer - and, I belived, much better - version. This is the re-write, now posted in two parts because it would be too long for LiveJournal in one go.

If some of the Comments don't seem to tally with what you read in the story, that's why. Hope you like this version.

Earlier chapters are in Memories HERE.

The summary is very simple; “What if Tara was a Vampire Slayer? And straight?”

The rating might head off towards ‘R’ eventually, but for now is probably around PG-13 or so.

This part is 4,270 words.
( Life in Shadow Chapter Six: The Sounds of Silence - Part One )

Life In Shadow Chapter 6 Part Two - revised!

This is a major re-write of the second half of chapter 6 of “Life in Shadow”. I had decided to sacrifice a plot point in the interests of just getting it done and posted, but in so doing I weakened the story line too much and I wasn’t happy at all with the result. This is a much longer version; Part One of the chapter is now 4,250 words, and this section, Part Two, is 6,150 words.

Earlier parts are in Memories HERE.

Part One of Chapter Six is HERE.

Sorry to have messed you around.

The summary is very simple; “What if Tara was a Vampire Slayer? And straight?”

( Life in Shadow Chapter Six: The Sounds of Silence – Part Two )

Life In Shadow Chapter 6 Part Two - revised!

This is a major re-write of the second half of chapter 6 of “Life in Shadow”. I had decided to sacrifice a plot point in the interests of just getting it done and posted, but in so doing I weakened the story line too much and I wasn’t happy at all with the result. This is a much longer version; Part One of the chapter is now 4,250 words, and this section, Part Two, is 6,150 words.

Earlier parts are in Memories HERE.

Part One of Chapter Six is HERE.

Sorry to have messed you around.

The summary is very simple; “What if Tara was a Vampire Slayer? And straight?”

( Life in Shadow Chapter Six: The Sounds of Silence – Part Two )