sylvelle posted a comment on Wednesday 4th March 2015 4:06pm for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

Question, Susans dad is a wizard, his last name is bones and he is Amelia's brother right? Why would he be so frantic?

Query.. Steph.. short for Stephen and pronounced Steve?

TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Thursday 14th August 2008 12:06pm for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

Good chapter.

gunny

TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Thursday 14th August 2008 9:38am for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

Very good chapter. I was in Vietnam in 1971 and 1972 and can relate to this chapter very much. War SUCKS!!!

gunny

Luna Dreamer posted a comment on Sunday 4th November 2007 3:26pm for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

An Anzac Digger as a coward? I haven't heard an oxymoron like that in ages!
I congratulate you on your historical research, anyway, and I love your writing style!

Rebel Goddess posted a comment on Monday 4th September 2006 6:34am for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

That last line is the most perfect punch to the stomach. Absolutely superb chapter. Steph's story is fantastic. I still support my statement about you writing original fiction. I'd buy it if you made it even half as exciting as Steph's time in Vietnam.

knightout posted a comment on Tuesday 20th June 2006 8:31am for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

I would introduce myself, but for the sake of a review I'll stick with General, USMC Retired. I don't know where you got your intel on SAS or their training, but having trained both SAS and SEALS, you did them proud. Having served in-country both in Nam and in the middle east (old soldiers never die) you made the hair on my neck stand up, and remember things I hoped I never would. Believe it of not, thats a complement to your writing skills.

Quizer posted a comment on Wednesday 19th April 2006 4:12am for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

You know, some things confuse me about the two versions of this story:

first, why did the names of the Granger parents change from 'Great Scott' to 'Granger Defense'?
I haven't seen any significant changes to their characters (if there are any at all), and I see no reason to believe that there shall be any significant differences. So why change their names?

second, why did you decide to write this story twice in the first place, with two different ships to boot? You don't strike me as the type who does this sort of thing to appease readers who cling to one particular pairing. What was your reason for splitting this story into two strands?


Quizer

Quizer posted a comment on Wednesday 19th April 2006 3:46am for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

just a little note on something technical:
it seems that only the first four chapters are accessible from the drop-down menu, unless this is an error that only I have. Better fix it so that all six chapters can be selected.


Quizer

Dragen posted a comment on Thursday 13th April 2006 1:09am for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

Very good story... keep up the good story, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Aaran St Vines replied:

Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Patches posted a comment on Monday 10th April 2006 7:22pm for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

Wow! Another masterful chapter. What a great way to explain to someone what war is and how hard war is to fight. The physcological aspect of your writing is fantastic. It really brings home to those of us that haven't been there just a little bit of what war is and how it affects those who fight it. I was old enough to go to Vietnam in the late 60's but because I was a woman I didn't have to go. So many of the young men in my senior class never came home from that "senio trip"! Even though I lived then I didn't have to go and fight. I will never know the horror of war but you helped make it a little bit clearer to me. Thanks for writing. pms

Aaran St Vines replied:

There is a glory in war, but it is a bitter fruit to eat.

War is the most brutal of necessary evils.   Tragically it's so.

Thanks for your kind words.

Jim_xinu posted a comment on Monday 27th March 2006 12:05pm for Chapter Four - Alastor Moody and Steph Granger

Very interesting so far. Lots of development of other characters, especially the Grangers.

Not much about Spellmongery or Palladins yet, though.

Aaran St Vines replied:

Thanks for reading and reviewing.

More developments ahead.

Cheers!