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« Reply #60 on: <11-26-12/0526:05> »
And I appreciate the review, even if I grinned a little when you called me "Critias" in it.   ;D

Your welcome. Love your work so just keep it comming ;D

I have always believed you to be a certain vampire from Chicago and just assumed that Russell was a pseudonym you used to hide your true identity from the ignorant masses 8)

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« Reply #61 on: <11-26-12/1358:31> »
And I appreciate the review, even if I grinned a little when you called me "Critias" in it.   ;D

Your welcome. Love your work so just keep it comming ;D
I'm eager to write more Kincaid in particular, trust me.  I'm just waiting for the Powers That Be to give me the go-ahead. 

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I have always believed you to be a certain vampire from Chicago and just assumed that Russell was a pseudonym you used to hide your true identity from the ignorant masses 8)
I do traditionally play Brujah, and I am a history professor, now, so that kind of falls into place...hrm...

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« Reply #62 on: <11-29-12/0713:17> »
I wrote a review of Neat on my SR website. It's in French, but here's the big picture:
- Compares to Nigel Findley's word in a good way
- Great characters, especially Kincaid
- Efficient plot, with some "neat" twists ;)
- Obviously a bit short due to the format
- Very enjoyable read, want more :)
- A cross-over tale where Kincaid has to work with Dirk Montgomery would be awesome  ;D
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« Reply #63 on: <12-16-12/0601:31> »
I wrote a review of Neat on my SR website. It's in French, but here's the big picture:
- Compares to Nigel Findley's word in a good way
- Great characters, especially Kincaid
- Efficient plot, with some "neat" twists ;)
- Obviously a bit short due to the format
- Very enjoyable read, want more :)
- A cross-over tale where Kincaid has to work with Dirk Montgomery would be awesome  ;D
Sorry I missed this post, Marzhin -- I ran across your review a few weeks ago (I ran it through Google translate, is that cheating?), and I appreciate it very much.  Just the other day I got someone else making a Nigel Findley comparison (over on DriveThru, this time), and I've got to say, that sort of thing...it really hits me.  Anyone who knows what Mr. Findley wrote on, and who knows what I always love about the Sixth World, can tell just how much his work influenced me and my ideas of what the game world is like, what's awesome about it, etc, etc.  So being compared to him is pretty mind blowing. 

I really appreciate the feedback!

And, while I'm here, fellas?  Check out http://criticalglitch.com/?p=113 if you've got a little time to kill;  the Critical Glitch guys sat me down for a fun little Skype interview, and we had a good time chatting about how I got into gaming, how I got into Shadowrun in particular, what influenced me when I was working on Neat, all kinds of fun stuff like that. 

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« Reply #64 on: <12-16-12/1926:34> »
I'm glad you guys are enjoying it.  Vajra, did you spot Lizzie on your own or did you see my little hint over in the fanfic thread?  ;)

Anyone got any comments/questions/anything?  There's a couple other little easter eggs in there (some Shadowrun, some pop culture, some private eye stuff).  Anyone spotted any?

First I read the book, then I noticed your hint. I enjoy how Lizzie has grown as a person in your story, though honestly her having a girlfriend threw me for a loop(Then again, only guy she ever seemed to crush on was Deke, and that was probably a savior thing that fueled it rather any actual feelings).

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« Reply #65 on: <12-23-12/1231:26> »
Sorry I missed this post, Marzhin -- I ran across your review a few weeks ago (I ran it through Google translate, is that cheating?), and I appreciate it very much.  Just the other day I got someone else making a Nigel Findley comparison (over on DriveThru, this time), and I've got to say, that sort of thing...it really hits me.  Anyone who knows what Mr. Findley wrote on, and who knows what I always love about the Sixth World, can tell just how much his work influenced me and my ideas of what the game world is like, what's awesome about it, etc, etc.  So being compared to him is pretty mind blowing. 

I really appreciate the feedback!

No problem, glad you enjoyed the review :)
And using Google Translate is fine, even if I'm sure the translation didn't catch all the (*cough, cough*) panache of my (*cough, cough*) writing  :P
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« Reply #66 on: <12-24-12/0132:28> »
You should translate it yourself, then, and provide a link for us monolinguals.  ;)
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« Reply #67 on: <12-24-12/1442:10> »
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« Reply #68 on: <12-26-12/1717:38> »
It took me way too long to get around to reading Neat, but very glad I did. Fantastic stuff - great characters, great story and great fun. Shoved a review up on UK Amazon (I'm TK) - hope it helps sell a few more copies!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A5GSSLC/ref=cm_cr_thx_view



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« Reply #69 on: <12-26-12/1741:56> »
It's appreciated, Ace!  I'm glad you enjoyed it.

As always, if folks have questions or comments or thoughts or whatnot, feel free to holler 'em at me.  I'm always willing to ramble about Kincaid, he's a fun dude to write. 

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« Reply #70 on: <12-31-12/2133:06> »
My face lit up when I saw the words "new Fiction"

I was like "New start to the Shadowrun book fictions?!"

And then I saw that Crit's icon is the main character/cover art.

And I was like "Okay. Gotta read it now."

....I just have to wait for payday :<
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