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Couplets
Bambu19 Reviews | 4.21/10 (19 Ratings, 0 Likes, 40 Favorites )
The war is over and Severus Snape contemplates what he's lost.
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Bambu
Member Since 2005 | 27 Stories | Favorited by 542 | 117 Reviews Written | 1,029 Review Responses
I have loved the written word since watching my mother’s fingers trace the lines of a book, luxuriating in riveting tales and well-turned phrases. Many a night I read until dawn, a plastic flashlight hidden under the covers to light the pages as I raced the rising sun to finish my latest must-read.
Since joining the HP fandom, I've been privileged to receive more than 50 awards, including Best Author (Quill to Parchment Awards) and Best Classic Author (Most Potente Passions). Among others, my stories have won awards for Best Hurt/Comfort (Spoils of War, Morning Has Broken), Best Novel Length (Calling Card, Guard…Check…Mate), Best One Shot (A Beach in Ireland), Best WIP (Saving a Death Eater, The Summoning), Favorite Overall Story (Complexities), and Readers’ Choice (A Quest of Paladins).
Aside from a judicious polish for formatting and egregious typos, I don't plan on revising my early work. Those stories are the stepping stones of my writing journey. Please note some stories contain adult content. None is more graphic than equivalent scenes in the television shows True Blood or Game of Thrones, and age appropriate warnings are posted.
I no longer write fanfiction prolifically. Like many fanfic authors, my focus has shifted to original work. A member of the Romance Writers of America and the Southern California Writers Association, I write under my name: Lin Thornhill.
My original story Verisimilitude published in Thoroughly Modern Monsters (Story Spring Publishing, 2013) reached the top 100 fantasy anthologies and broke into the top 10 in the UK the first month of release. Ben and Christine’s story will continue in 2016.
Fixation, my latest short story, slated for publication in J. Aldis’ anthology Immanence, with a winter 2015-2016 release, is particularly exciting as it anchors the Messengers of Inari novel series I’ve been developing for the past year.
9/2015
Reviews for Couplets
Loved it!
Always wonderful when Severus and Hermione find their wya to eachother. Wonderful interlude.
The aroma of her desire was as seductive as the Dark Arts - I really like this line, not so much because I'm into smelling 'the aroma of her desire,' but because I like the comparison of something sensual to the Dark Arts. It's cool, and it's just the right thing to say in this very Severus story.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I remembered his comments about the Dark Arts from the sixth book, and thought that a man who had courted them in his youth, and still found them fascinating in his adulthood, would have found them seductive. Hence, the comparison. I'm uttery delighted you thought it worked.
This is an amazing drabble series. They each stand individually, and yet flow so beautifully into one story. Congrats on your SSHG nomination for this series! It is truly well-deserved. Thank you for the lovely warm, fuzzy feeling I get after reading these.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
What a wonderful review. Thank you so much. I really tried to keep the feel of these 'stand-alone' so that each set worked by themselves (as much as possible.)
Oh what a lovely read. So much emotion without being sappy. Just wonderfully romantic and sweet.Love, love, love it.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Thank you so much. I believe it was really my first attempt at a drabble cluster, and I rather liked the way it evolved.
*deep sigh* That was soooo beautiful and romantic. I loved the password part. I also quite liked that he never said the words. It will take time for him but maybe one day he will...
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
I'm so pleased you enjoyed these. They were awfully fun to write. Thanks.
I was terrified this one would have a sad ending, not entirely sure why. Thank you for the happy ending. As always, your writing is lovely and evocative.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
It could easily have had a sad ending. He might have turned her away, but it's the holidays .... Thank you for your thoughtful compliment.
Lovely words and the flow was perfect. Thanks for posting. I'm a sucker for such happy pieces.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
I, too, like happy endings. I almost always have a happy ending ... well ... er ... hopeful at least. I'm just delighted you enjoyed this. Thank you.
Oh, very nice! No wasted words to be found in this story! Thanks for sharing your story and especially for the happy ending.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Thank you very much. I had a lot of story to tell in hundred-word bites. I'm so glad you think I managed it credibly.
Absolutely fabulous my dear! So well written, every word chosen with care to bring about just the right amount of emotion! I do so love it when you write a story! Thank you for the Christmas gift.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
NQ! You know how much I love to see your name pop up on my screen, and you always say such nice things. I'm tickled that you enjoyed this little offering, and thank you.
Your writing is very intensive, every part is brought to the point, increasing till the gripping final. Thanks a lot for this amazing read.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Your kind words have really brought a smile to my face, and I'm utterly thrilled you found it gripping. Thanks.
Bambu, I swear that you hold the keys to my soul with your words. What is it about yours and Subversa's writing that makes my head spin? This was breathtaking!!
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Awww, what a stunning compliment. Thank you, thank you. I'm honored to be grouped with Subversa anytime, any where!
<i>Her handprint blossomed on his pale cheek and his eyes were on her.</i>
That's still my favorite line :)
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
::blushes:: I'm so glad you can say you have a favorite! Thanks so much.
Wonderful to see this archived properly!
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
And thank you for the suggestion. I wouldn't have thought about it otherwise. You are a marvelous moderator!
This was a well-written emotional piece. Thank you for sharing.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Thank you very much. I'm so pleased you liked it. It was my first attempt at a drabble cluster.
Hmm. How did I miss these before now? I'm doubly glad this got a nomination for the SSHG awards - this series certainly deserves to be! Very poignant, and I loved the alternating points of view in each pair. And I'm truly glad it had a happy ending.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
::basks in the glow of your praise::Thank you so much. This was my first drabble series, and I really enjoyed the challenge of making each bit unique as well as telling both sides of the story.
Really enjoyed this series of snapshots - your interplay between the two is grand, but it is your description and imagery that takes the reader into that cabin and heartbroken at the thought of them not being together. Really liked the second paragraph of Set One - so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your work.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
What a beautiful compliment. Thank you. I absolutely loved writing this piece ... trying to keep each discrete drabble complete on its own while tying it in with all the others.
I needed a sweet little bedtime story, and you provided just the perfect treat. Thank you! Off to sleep now and dream lovely dreams of a warm little cabin in the distant cold.
Response from Bambu (Author of Couplets)
Awww! What a wonderful compliment. I'm really glad you liked my fluffy little drabble cluster. Thanks.