lotruniversity guestbook

[kiltsandlollies.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Our Guestboook!

We're extremely grateful for all the comments and feedback we've received since we've begun writing lotruniversity. It's a pleasure to know that there are readers who love these characters as much as we do. Please feel free to leave comments and feedback in this thread, and thank you for reading.

Danielle and Laura

Comments

Re: time line

[lancslass.livejournal.com]

thank you for your reply.
no need to apologize, i only got one reply.
can i ask you something,why can't i read some of the stories eg Sin, i've tried friending them but i'm not allowed, is there a reason?

Ali, re-reading again and not getting any work done.

[almaviva.livejournal.com]

Some of the communities we write in are closed membership for the writers only. That just means you can't join the community but not that you can't watch. Go to "manage" "friends" "edit friends" and add the communities you want under "add friends." This will let them show up on your friendslist.

The reason we've done it this way is because we have some posts that are friendsonly that discuss plot points, characterizations, and such away from the readers. We also sometimes like to write a thread behind closed doors in case we need to change things or if one of the writers is uncomfortable writing in public (that would be me, usually). All of the finished "chapters" are public. There are no "friendsonly" secret chapters that members are missing out on, merely things that aren't posted yet at the writers' discretion.

Long, around the bend answer to say you aren't being purposefully excluded. The three of us don't operate that way with these communities. If someone is a member of the communities (except office hours, of course) it's only because they slipped in at the beginning and we haven't cleared them out yet :D

[lancslass.livejournal.com]

please, please can we have some more updates, i know the weather is getting warmer and the holidays are upon us, but do you think you ladies could write a bit more to add to lotruniversity.
please, please, please, I'm on my knees.

[knowledgequeen.livejournal.com]

Hory clap, you guys. Just ... amazing.

thank you.

[eff-reality.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I'm very late in the game on this (and on lotrips in general).. and I almost never give feedback on anything, even stories I really enjoy. But I can't stop myself from doing so in this case.

This is an incredibly complex, layered, beautiful story you are writing. Every chapter gives me very physical reactions, and I find myself unable to stop thinking about the imagery long after I'm done.

The characters are so REAL that I truly think that this story has ruined me, as far as monaboyd and maybe any other pairing goes. Monaboyd's my 'rips OTP, and it's so chock full of material in canon that I've always preferred real life Billy and Dom. I've found myself unable to enjoy or imagine most Billy/Dom AUs.. until this story. Now, I feel I can't read any story featuring real life Billy and Dom without craving Professor!Billy and Student!Dom. Both characters have worked their way under my skin and will never leave, even after the series ends.

To be honest, I can't help but leave feedback because "The Incline of Trees" hits very close to home for me in many ways. As an academic and as someone who's experienced one particularly powerful case of forbidden attraction (though not AS an academic, thankfully).. Billy's inner turmoil consistently leaves me in actual physical pain. And there is so much attention to detail in your characterization of the college itself that I can see it and feel like I'm there. You've truly captured that utopic but also somewhat claustrophobic quality that enclosed campuses have.

I want to thank you with all my heart for putting emotions to the page (or to the screen) for which words still often fail me. Your story is very real and it consumes me. Much love!

[itstonedme.livejournal.com]

A quick question: After msilverstar rec'd this the other day, she suggested (when I asked) that I start with Acting on a Crush in Book Two, read that book to the end, they go back to the beginning. But I might as well go right to the source for confirmation: how should I approach my reading of this series, and if there is a backstory elsewhere, should I start there first, and where is it? I'm ready for a new epic but I want to start off on the right foot. Thanks. I've had this site marked for a very long time.

[juke-box-dive.livejournal.com]

Hi :D I'm almaviva.

If I was first coming to this story, I would start at the beginning ( the index is here (http://community.livejournal.com/inclineoftrees/44249.html)). What msilverstar linked to as the suggested beginning is what we actually first wrote when we started this story some six or seven years ago so to her, it probably is the logical beginning, in a way. But if you start at Office Hours (http://community.livejournal.com/inclineoftrees/57913.html), then the characters will build for you and you can see why they do the things they do as well as meet the other characters that play a part in the story.

I hope you enjoy it :D

[itstonedme.livejournal.com]

And that is exactly what I'll do -- enjoy it, and follow your advice. Thank you. :)

[wander-in-words.livejournal.com]

I still thoroughly love this world and its inhabitants. I'm once again going through the chapters. It's a massive and beautiful creature. I feel very fortunate that this story is one of the first I'd ever read although it has spoiled me. It's made me have high expectations for fic that few are able to meet.

I'd love to have this in the form of an actual book. I'm even crazy enough to have pondered a cinematic version but I don't know if justice would be done. Some things can only be left to words.

It is all near and dear to my heart. Although I discovered it about a year/year and half after its start, I feel I've grown along with the story. It has helped me overcome some issues, most unexpectedly and thankfully.

I am so happy and grateful that you amazing writers have continued this. No matter how many times I read any specific piece, the impact of the emotion is the same as the first time I read it.

I look forward to more here and in Paris. :D

/fanboy

[escribo.livejournal.com]

Hello! Thanks for the comment! We are going to finish and had actually planned to post the next part tomorrow, so great timing, you :D