I'm still surprised anyone wanted to read my fic at all, as wrapped up in warnings as it is. (I didn't think I'd get an artist or beta to touch the thing. You can imagine my delighted surprise when I did and both of them were pinch hitting for people who dropped out on me!) So, thank you for even starting it! And thank you for the lovely compliments!

I was quite fearful that my fic would prove too dark for anyone to go near it. (The fest that prompted it was the dark_fest so, it was meant to be...er...dark.) I've been amazed that so many people have read it and beyond thrilled that it's been well received! (I am still in shock over it all tbh. Alby's artwork continues to mesmerize me, I have it on my desktop so I can look at it all the time ;-)



Yes, Ellie! That would be awesome!! Hee! I think they'd allow it, they allow graphic art and videos so why not artful photographs? You can still write too *puppy eyes*

My artist actually dropped out after the final check in- well after you posted in PaperPushers that your artist dropped out (but I got another one who came to my rescue). You must have been psyched with the pinch hit artist you got! That's what drew me to the fic in the first place.

LOL- one of my squeamish fandom friends just asked me if she'd like your BB story. "I see there's a baby in it. I like babies!" she said. Ummmm.... no!

Yes, Elie! Make pictures of the Arthur and Merlin figures! We promise we won't write anything too macabre!

Bwahaaahaaa! <3

Oh God, I was more than psyched with the pinch hitter I got! I was fortunate in that another really talented artist also offered to help but Alby was so enthusiastic I couldn't resist! (I was really, really in awe of who else volunteered but, like Alby, she's not only a phenomenal artist but a sweet, lovely woman as well.) Then after I said yes to Alby, another artist offered her services as well!! I was frankly overwhelmed with feelings of, "What the hell? Really?? Why??" But I wasn't about to look a gift-horse in the mouth, I just thanked whichever deity was looking out for me :D

When PL sign-ups for artists started, I looked over every entry and just kept seeing "no non-con", "no uther/merlin" and "no mpreg" and I am like, damn, thank God I already have an artist! When he was forced to drop out, I honestly thought I'd be left as a stand-alone cuz, really, who'd want to illustrate such a savage story written by a total nobody like me?

Kind and talented women!! Holy Crap! It was like winning the lottery on your birthday while the man of your dreams proposes! I was that flummoxed and touched beyond what I can describe.

As for your friend, yeah, if she's squeamish, she wouldn't get past the first warning! And that's cool, I didn't write this for the squeamish. A friend of mine who said she was getting ready to read it mentioned that mpreg squicked her and I was like, "Yah, then give my fic a pass cuz that's in there!" She had missed that warning buried amongst all the other ones. I told her that she didn't have to read my fic just because we are friends, I don't torture my friends! She decided to brave the mpreg cuz she likes dark fics. I was like, "OK but I warned you!"

(Just finished yours btw and can't stop grinning. So. Damn. Adorable!!)

I will think about it. And if I decide to go for it, there will probably be a long list of squicks accompanying it 'cause I don't think I'd survive if it ended as anything else than happy fluffy story. :D