*Breathes deep* Poop! I'm sorry to see either of you guys go, but both sucks a lot. :(

Kickthehobbit: You amaze me with the quantity and quality of what you can invent, create, and produce in a shockingly small window of time. It's truly impressive, and I love reading the words you make. :)
Halfshellvenus: I didn't comment on your work as much as you commented on mine, and I regret that. You write interesting, charming things, and are so very thoughtful. <3

You guys both rock some serious socks.

Both kickthehobbit and halfshellvenus have created great work and been active, engaged participants this season. I am particularly sorry to see them both eliminated in a week where they had such excellent entries. In KTH's case, her science fiction piece was one of the strongest pieces this season overall and in HSV case, she created a terrific piece using a boldly different structure than she's used before.

I hope both of you continue participating this season and hope to see more of your writing.

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We're at that place where every week it's going to be hard and we're going to lose good people and it's going to suck.

::group hug::

Congrats to you both, for a bunch of good writing.

Home Game, ladies. Home Game.

Thanks! That means a lot.

I'll keep my eyes open for it.

Monster wrestling!

I think I need to read that. Definitely. :D

Really, that entry could have been an Idol post in and of itself. It was rich with weirdness, with monster AND wrestling references.

A goldmine. :D

Boy, why am I not in chats with Ian and escalating the weirdness to infinity? Who doesn't need that? :D

I've had a great time, and I think I've written some really good things this time around-- which is really what Idol is for, to me. This week's entry was one I was really pleased with, and I can at least say that I have no regrets of "thinking I could have done better" with that one. I thought the voting might be better, but I have no qualms about the piece!

Good luck to everyone else as you continue forward. :)

Thank you very much!

Somewhere, Bob and Bonnie are off riding the rails together, looking for new adventures... :)

Well, I'm fucking gutted. You're both fantastic. Jenn, I really wanted and expected to see you in the final.

Just. Bah.

The work of both writers was marked by unfailing quality, but also variety. You never knew what you were going to read. They were both risk takers and exceptional writers. I will, in particular, miss halfshellvenus

I knew this week would be my last from the moment I hit "post"—Idol has an uncanny way of hating what pieces I love the best, and that trend remains unbroken. This week's piece was one of the strongest I have written in recent memory, and if I had to pick something to go out on, I would have chosen it. Going out on what you love, thinking, "I could not have done better" is a great feeling.

So. Before I disappear into the chasm that is preparing madly for a meeting with my PI tomorrow morning to review my dissertation defense date, I want to thank a handful of people. :)

halfshellvenus, prog_schlock, whipchick—your comments were always the ones I looked forward to the most. Having someone do a careful reading of your piece and give you detailed feedback is an enormous gift, and I am grateful beyond words that you took the time to leave nice words on what I wrote.

orockthro, I'm glad that Cislyn dragged you into this miniseason! I've loved your stuff and it's been a joy to get to know you (and temporarily flail alongside you). :)

porn_this_way, kathrynrose, it's been great to see the two of you back in Idol. Honestly, I loved all of Team Avocado's stuff, and I am totally stoked that the five of you made the top 10. I can't think of anyone who deserves it more, and if you could win as a team, I would cheer you on all the way.

lrig_rorrim, gratefuladdict, you two will always be my partners-in-flail, and I love you both to bits. I think you knew that, though. ;)

More generally, thank you to everyone that has read and enjoyed what I've done. Prior to writing for Season 9 of Idol, I had never written spec fic, and I'm always amazed and humbled to realize that people like what I have written enough to vote for it and keep me in this long.

I'll be around. I can't guarantee that I'll Home Game (I very rarely want to—and I'm very sorry if the last of the topics I submitted comes up, it's reaaaaally bad), but I will be around, cheering you all on as you get nearer the finish line. :)

Thanks all.

Thanks. :)

Before Season 9 I didn't know what spec fic was, so...yeah. :)

I don't know if I'm going to gather everything into a book (that's a tall order, especially since I've played around with a lot of different ideas!), but I definitely want to try to get some of these into print. Whether I succeed or not is anyone's guess, and I know a lot of them need a fair amount of work (as much as I love what I wrote this week, I keep seeing the little flaws in it whenever I reread it...), but hey, never know unless you try, right? :)

Huggles* sorry to see you guys go, especially on such great entries