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Interesting idea.

So, Clark is Superman, and Lex is disappearing...to be a crime lord?

Can't wait to see where you go with this.

Since you've already finished the story, I guess none of us will be able to influence it. Which means I can be purely an observer. Whoopee.

wants you to post again soon.

Lara, I have so little time to comment, but I just have to say... it was beautifully, beautifully written!

I love your portrait of young Lois Lane. You said you wanted to write Lois the way we know and love her, and believe me... you did!!!! Her self-confidence, her optimism, her determination... ah, her decision that she is going to interview Clark Kent, whatever it will cost! And she is partnered with Lex Luthor, whom she really dislikes! (You know, I hope she will go on disliking him.)

And Clark Kent the billionaire recluse writes fascinating novels - loved that excerpt, Lara! - and he has dedicated his first book to Lana, who may be identical to his assistant, Lana Lang, who for all we know may be more than his assistant (I hope not!!!).

Oh, fascinating! Fascinating! And so well written. I'm really, really looking forward to more, Lara!

Ann

I love this idea, Lara!!! Like Ann I hope that Lana isn't the woman Clark loves. Well, we all know she isn't. You know what I mean.

I really like your writing and I#m curious how this story will develop.

It's brilliant so far.

Lara! I've missed you. I was wondering where you were hiding, but of course, it was November! And I am so glad that you chose to write an LnC novel.

This a great premise. You have thrown wonderful dollops of intrigue and humor. I am hooked, when do we get the next part? (since you've already finished it, after all...)

OMG! I didn't expect to get this much feedback so quickly. Thank you *so* much!

Since this story is all written, you won't be able to influence it, no... but on the bright side, it'll be posted fairly quickly. (A new part every day or so, so people actually have time to read them before the next is up. hehehe!)

Where else would he go? LOL! I just thought it was hilarious that I could make him dissapear to take care of business - it kept Lois' life that much similar, too.

/me smiling from ear to ear. Ann, this is the best compliment I could ever hope for - especially coming from a die-hard Lois fan like you. *Thank you!*

I can just imagine little Lois Lane writing about missing sign posts in her neighborhood. hehehe! I love that part, it's pretty cool. If I may say so myself.

Lex and Lana... um... Well, you know. This is me writing this: the girl who would want nothing better than to erase Lex from the whole entire universe. I think you can guess what's going to happen to that guy. And Lana, well, she is more than Clark's assistant, but this is all I'll say for now. You'll find out more about her in the next part and the whole entire story on her eventually as well.

*hint, hint* I would suggest you pay attention to Clark's novel. I hope this isn't too big of a spoiler for anyone, but the book is very autobiographical. Very. You'll get more of it along the way.

Oh, and while there are any in this part, you can bet I threw in a few little inside jokes in the story. I'm geeky like that. I'll point them out when there are some. (not that they'll all need to be pointed out.. in fact there's one which, if I add a comment about it at the end of the post mysef, I think Ann is likely to hit me! *lol*)

Thanks again to everyone for the feedback!!

Hmmmm.... Should I practice my left hook, Lara? In any case, you sure made me curious!

And, eh... you said that Clark's novel was *very* autobiographical. Well, the narrator there has a young daughter in London, a girl with green eyes. Hmmm. In the comic books, Lana had green eyes, or so I believe. Can't swear they weren't blue, but Lana was definitely a redhead, and they often have green eyes.

So... does that girl have anything to do with Lana? How old is Lana in this story? Could she, by any chance, be Clark Kent's daughter? (Oh, my. Super-Lana. I'm not absolutely sure I like this!)

Ann

Hehehe! No, no! There's no need to practice your left hook, Ann. Trust me. I was just referring to the Justice League in-joke from All Weathered Out that you were sad I had spoiled. This time around there are a couple little insides like that - the really obvious ones, I won't comment on, this way you'll be able to. I learned my lesson. *lol*

You're reading between the lines too much. Well... it's easy to assume that, but he never actually says that the girl is his daughter.

No, no. There is only one super-powered being in the story. And it's not Lana. Or Lois. Or Luthor! (...or the real-estate agent, the postman, or anyone working at the Star or the Planet. It's not the little old ladies, the sandy-haired waitress and her son or the burly man that you'll meet in part 2, either.) LOL!

Lana is in her early twenties. I'd say she's near her 22nd birthday.

Does the girl in the book have anything to do with Lana... You should be able to figure that out when you read part 2. (especially *you*!) I'll be posting it a little later tonight.

BTW: Although it's not actually mentioned anywhere in the story, Clark is about 30. And Lois is just about 24.

I hope those repairs weren’t too fast…

Okay, I know I haven’t read this story, but where did I read about the premise - Lex being the reporter and Clark being rich? Was it a challenge? Or did you mention the premise somewhere else? It’s driving me nuts trying to figure it out.

It’s totally possible to flop making a grilled cheese sandwich…

The extensive italics are pretty hard to read. Why don't you try having them follow a certain type of division mark?

Well, now, I’m just reading part 1 and you’ve got part 2 up. (I’m not complaining mind you.)

Daughter? And hey, I was coming up with this before I read Ann’s post.

Lara did say that 'Across the Dunes' was one of his earlier novels.

Like a daughter?

Wow, Lara. I just don't know what to say about this. This is your best work yet. I'm just absolutely blown away. Fantastic!!!

Try here

and while I mention on the thread that I had ideas already written - they really were just notes about how the characters could be and info about Sudan and Egypt. Lots of that. I had absolutely zero lines of story written when I started this on November 1st.

Especially if you happen to be Lois Lane

Sorry for the italics being hard to read... they're not on my screen, but I guess that's all to do with what fonts I picked for my browser, huh. Lemme think of something and I'll fix it for the next parts.

Um... no?

Lana is not Clark's daughter.
She's not his wife either. (God forbid!)

She's just... agh... you really want me to spoil it? He's had to care for her in a way - absolutely. But for all intents and purposes, he's just her big brother.

Is everyone breathing a little better now?

Weeeeeeeeeee!!!! *happy dance* Thank you!!
I'm just blown away by the fact that I wrote this entire thing in 30 days. Less than that, actually, if you check my wordcount per days. *lol* When I edited it for posting (and fixed idiotic typos that Word didn't catch) I could not believe some of what I read in that file. I'm still amazed to realize that this actually came out of my head.

Wow, I didn't even know italics would show up on the board unless you did it on purpose...

As you said in that thread, it was just an idea.

They were on purpose. I meant they weren't hard to read on my screen. Sorry 'bout the confusion. I changed it to a lil note marking the start and end of the excerpt. Let me know if that's better.

Yes, I think it's better. Maybe it was hard for to read because I'm somewhat visually challenged. (Having had cataract surgery will do that for you... Especially since I had it done at such a young age.)