Still on the Quest

Thanks everyone, for the input. I decided to break the story into four parts, and last night I went ahead and posted, knowing that the next couple of weeks are likely to be intensely on the Harry Potter side of the Force. I'm still not quite happy with the last line, but I can fix that...

The story is here, if anyone is interested. It's a New Avengers story where Purdey and Gambit first meet, based on a pre-series publicity picture and a comment Gambit made in the very first episode. I also brought in a character who shows up (very briefly) in a different episode, which was fun, but a bit angsty, since he kicks the bucket canonically.

( But I'd forgotten a few things about ff.n )

November 24th, 2005 -- Happy Thanksgiving! More features added.
Status: A new status/progress property has been added to each story with the following selectable values: In-Progress (default), and Complete. Please login to update your stories. This will help readers find completed entries and allow authors to differentiate their completed works from incomplete ones.


World: Lord of the Rings category is now a test-bed for new story property called "world". LOTR currently has 3 selectable worlds: book, movie, and alternate. In the case with LOTR, the movie can be vastly different from the book and the stories reflect that discourse. This new property is designed to allow writers/readers of these different but similar worlds to coexist peacefully and separately within a single category. If successful, we will expand its usage to other mega-categories. LOTR story authors should login to make sure every entry has the proper world label.

And I went to the home page of ff.n, which I like, almost never do, and found this:

November 21st, 2005 -- New features added.
Private Messaging: Registered members can now message each other without revealing or needing one's email address. Messaging link is displayed at the top of every member profile. Messages are delivered via email like our review alert system.


Review Reply: Authors may now reply to signed reviews via a link provided in updated review alert or using the "reply" link displayed next to each signed review. Please note the reply is not displayed on the site but emailed to the reviewer. Only one reply is allowed per signed review.
Putting "review responses" within story chapters is now unncessary and more importantly, not allowed.

(My emphasis.)

Okay, it's nice that we can make replies now, but I'll admit to often enjoying author responses to reviews, or finding them illuminating. And what about responses to anonymous reviews? Not everyone who reads there has an ff.n account or is at a computer where they're comfortable signing in.