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Limits :
I loved to read most everything sent to me, though, EU is not my strong point.
Comments :
The best part of the novel, many times is in the first paragraph, or even first line for me. I love to write Ani/Ami and L/H. Anything out of the ordinary.
Preferred Characters :
Admiral Daala; Corran Horn; Darth Vader; Grand Admiral Thrawn; Han Solo; Jaina Solo; Mara Jade; Talon Karrde; Wedge Antilles; Ysanne Isard
Preferred Genres :
Adventure; Drama; Humour; Political Intrigue; X-Wing (Rogues)
Limits :
Romances and Angst. I like a happy ending now and again, but romances quite often annoy me.
Comments :
I'm a pre-vet university student, high marks in English and Creative Writing type-things. My writing style is fairly simple. I enjoy using character's thoughts in my stories, and the vocab level is such that it's beyond the 'Dick and Jane' books, but you're not yanking a dictionary out on every other word. Beta reading, I like to see a good balance between humour, drama and action. Character development is also important. I don't want to see stock, dime-store-novel sorts of characters. People grow and change and are flawed. So should characters in a story.
Limits :
No Luke/Callista fics, please, I couldn't handle it. And definitely nothing that puts Kyp Durron as the good guy. You can kill anyone except for the characters from the original trilogies - although if you kill any of the Solo kids I'll cry. Apart from that, I'll read anything!
Comments :
Anything Luke/Mara or Ani/Padme is great, and if someone can come up with an Episode III fic that surprises me in ANY way, you'll have my respect. (ie. no lava-pit theory, no 'Padme almost tells Anakin and then changes her mind', etc.)
Send me some intersting stories, please, I'm bored. Also,I actually ENJOY checking grammar and sentence structure...