"You must be a genius or something" lol love the light conversation. and Jarod s " but not the correct them" and the thought that they once planned so much and would say " can't go soon enough" to each other oh they are so perfect together and it's so tragic.
Reviewer: lisa Signed
[Report This]Date: 26/03/23 02:20 am
"You must be a genius or something" lol love the light conversation. and Jarod s " but not the correct them" and the thought that they once planned so much and would say " can't go soon enough" to each other oh they are so perfect together and it's so tragic.
Reviewer: lisa Signed [Report This]Date: 26/03/23 02:20 am
Ah, Mirage. You're a master wordsmith. This is a fantastic balance of emotions and remarkable prose. It's extraordinary and powerful. Humor, heartache, and tragedy are all in play, and you don't miss a beat. The characters are exactly as they are on my DVDS, the dialogues are refreshing and plausible. You're not afraid to let these characters be who they are and let the story naturally unravel. Nothing feels contrived. I particularly love the intimacy in this chapter between Jarod and Miss Parker. Congratulations. You've been here for at least 10 years and I'm grateful you're still here continuously writing for us on this 25th anniversay of The Pretender. I look forward to your next installment.
Reviewer: Amelia Anonymous [Report This]Date: 07/10/21 03:00 am
I will bribe your muse for more of this young lady. Please write more and share with us.
Reviewer: Shay Anonymous [Report This]Date: 02/10/21 01:52 am
Ooh yahy! They have feelings for each other anyway after all this time. Will be seeing more from Lyle? He's got a long way to go to start getting better. He's not someone you'd think of as being suicidal and that's what makes this all the more intriguing. Some criminals do want death by cop when they know they can't get away with their crimes. I can't wait to see what you and these characters do next. More please? I feel so much gratitude to you for still being here and hope you will be here to usher in the 100th anniversary of TP too!
Author's Response:
Hi, Renee, yes, we're going to be seeing more Lyle, Sydney, & gang. I don't know if I can agree that Lyle seems less inclined to be suicidal. I apologize for not feeling up to expounding at the moment and cutting this response short.. Perhaps another time. I intend to complete this and all of my scribblings. Thank you for reading and reviewing, Renee.
Reviewer: Renee Collins Anonymous [Report This]Date: 24/09/21 11:13 pm
I'm on the edge of my seat and so excited to read more. You know these characters. You know where to put them. Impressive work as always. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Author's Response:
Thank you for reading, Melinda, and for the rather generous review.
Reviewer: Melinda Signed [Report This]Date: 24/09/21 04:39 am
Top notch mate!
Post more soon please.
Cheers!
Author's Response:
Thanks for reading and reviewing, Jeremy.
Reviewer: Jeremy Signed [Report This]Date: 24/09/21 01:48 am
Bravo!
You really know how to keep the pages turning. All of your strengths as an author and story teller are on masterful display here, and you don't waste a single word. It's gutwrenching, intricately woven, poignant and there's a certain savagery and crispness as well that demands to be heard. You write these characters as I remember them and create your own believable characters, you plot briliantly, transition seamlessly, and the dialogue is exquisite. I patiently await the next update.
Until next time.
Ciao!
Author's Response:
Dude, are you sure it was my scribbling that you read? If it was: thank you for reading and for the entirely-too-generous review.
Reviewer: Michael Anonymous
[Report This]Date: 24/09/21 01:25 am
Oooooohhh. My heart.
Ohh Mirage. Mirage Mirage Mirage!
You're twisting the knife.
Not to mention I have to wait for the update. I was so enjoying bingereading.
You stay healthy too! Keep wearing your mask. Get the vaccine if you haven't already. Get a flu shot too. Social distance. Update this story. Update all of your stories please.
Author's Response:
That's me. The knife twister.
I intend to update them all.
Thank you for reading and reviewing-- and for the stay-well wishes.
Reviewer: Angela Penn Signed [Report This]Date: 23/09/21 04:50 am
This is exquisite Mirage as always. You always leave me wanting more. Will they give it more try now? Parker could confront the past and have a life with Jarod. I think the training and aversion nottherapy can be overcome with some time and understanding. Even without an possible romance for the two I love this story for what is and I'm forever grateful that you keep the series alive for us.
Author's Response:
Oh, we'll see if they give it another go. Thanks for reading and reviewing, Contessa.
Reviewer: Contessa Anonymous [Report This]Date: 22/09/21 04:13 am
This is beatiful and intelligently written and I hope you will continue. I hope Jarod and Miss Parker will tell each other how they feel and try one more time. Either way this is brilliant. Thank you for sharing with us.
Author's Response:
We shall see. Thanks for reading and reviewing, Xena.
Reviewer: Xena Signed [Report This]Date: 21/09/21 04:49 am
Your writing style is still the best, it's so perfect. Steve and Craig should hire you and I know you don't like it when people say that, but... nevermind this way you can write what you want and have complete creative control. This is better. You keep The Pretender alive for me and just always blow my freaking mind. I need more!! Comeon!
Reviewer: Monica_Bitch Signed [Report This]Date: 21/09/21 03:52 am
Mind=Blown.
More, please?
Reviewer: Kelli Anonymous [Report This]Date: 21/09/21 01:56 am
Amazing. Have I told you lately that your prose is exceptional and your characterisations are eerily spot on?
Firstly, I love Parker's interrogation, how it's all business as usual at first [possible flirting?] and then she holds Jarod's feet to the fire. He comes through ok. I'm glad about that. He's not a stalker, wasn't watching her, was just watching out for himself without being too weird about it.
There are still some feelings there. The visual descriptions you share, the smiles of sorrow and longing. Oh, Mirage. It's like I'm watching them.
There is always a way back. That's the most Jarod thing to say ever and I love you for climbing into his mind and into all of these characters mind somehow.
Miss Parker's aw honey you shouldn't have was the same perfect sharp wit but I think she meant it too and don't blame her for any reluctance to boot up that laptop.
Many authors can accurately write one character well. You write them all and I feel young again and like I'm watching a lost episode. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
I've said it before but here I go again. This is Pretender perfect.
Reviewer: Con-O Signed [Report This]Date: 20/09/21 07:31 pm
Yes. I'm so glad you're back. More, please?
Reviewer: Jillian Signed [Report This]Date: 18/09/21 09:42 pm
Please make it happen. I love your stories so much. You're my favorite author and you keep it real always. Congrats!
Reviewer: Miss Angel Pretender Anonymous [Report This]Date: 18/09/21 08:30 pm
Hey look at you go. Girl, keep it coming. I love your writing voice and story telling skills and how reading you is like watching The Pretender. More please?
Reviewer: Imogen Anonymous [Report This]Date: 18/09/21 07:51 pm
Top notch!
Don't you dare give up now.
Author's Response:
I fully intend to complete the scribbling. Give me a minute.
Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Reviewer: Jarod Anonymous [Report This]Date: 17/09/21 10:43 pm
"awww honey you shouldn't have" LOVE. That's the best line eva.
Awesome job Mirage. Don't stop now. You rock!
Reviewer: Kat Anonymous [Report This]Date: 17/09/21 05:09 pm
You don't ever hold back and I love it. Your writing is really crisp, bold & energetic. Every letter is placed to perfection. Your prose is punchy and concise. You blend narration and prose brilliantly and transition with a natural ease. It's enthralling. It's poignant. It's addictive. I laugh. I long. I cry. I can't look away.
Some subject matter hasn't always been comfortable.....I say that after squirming and cringing while watching Risque Business where Jarod pulls the story of two rapes from a sex therapist.
Reading is easier usually but because you write so vividly I still SEE everything going on in your story. The same thing I love about your writing is the same thing that scares me about your writing. You yank me into the story and sometimes I don't want to be there. It's a compliment I swear. I'm sorry if it seems too critical. I don't know how you do it. I don't think I'll ever be able to tackle some subject matter at all and definitely not at your skill level. Please keep writing. Please?
Reviewer: Leslie Signed [Report This]Date: 17/09/21 04:23 am
Yes, "haven't we all" been having trouble sleeping. So much yes. Your stories are so relatable and relevant. I'm sleeping better since the elections at least, the recall election and Presidential one. Small wins right? You're the highlight of the year, too. I love this story so much, how well it's plotted and all of the surprise twists. You're doing a beautiful job. Thank you for being you. Keep writing please.
Reviewer: needlepoint Signed [Report This]Date: 17/09/21 03:08 am
My heart. Ah, man, they are talking about the plans they were making and you can tell they still love each other. Evil. You are evil. You're like Steve and Craig evil. But you answer the questions and you finish the story.
You always keep me wanting more. So hurry up and write.
Reviewer: Lisa Anonymous [Report This]Date: 17/09/21 12:03 am
Amazingingly written. I've been sitting here reading this thinking that Jarod has moved on and thinks they were wrong together and what do you do? You just had him talk to himself like we all know he does on the dvds like all of the time and I'm so relieved now. Even if they don't get together they still want to. Sometimes we can't be with who we want for reasons that we can't control the way Jarod and Parker are on the dvds and that's fine with me. As long as they love each other and secretly miss each other. Thank you for all this work and keeping this series alive. It's important. This is one of the better shows out there. It had problems, wasn't consistent, stretched reality, bent logic, and that was before the entrance and exists of long lost unknown family, the way Jarod always just stands there when he finds his mother instead of running to her. He doesn't know what to do when he finds her like Parker doesn't know what to do with Jarod when she finally catches him and then the inner sense happened and then stopped happening and then it got worse in Scotland and I think a genius in that shape could stand a little cold water long enough to catch the boat. Warm up hugs with mom would have been cool. I just read The Pretender Survival Guide by Evlyin so I'm feeling all of that. Somehow you take all of the craziness and solve it. The stuff I hated most is what you repaired or explained..like only an editor and writer could to make it make more sense. I don't know what I did to deserve you but thank you. I know you love this series. I can tell. You're here for a reason and I'm grateful. I love it, too, and I'm so glad it's still alive. Thank you to the stars and back. Stay healthy and safe too.
Reviewer: Felicia Signed [Report This]Date: 16/09/21 08:26 pm
Stunning. I just read this twice. I have never seen/heard better dialog. Heck, I haven't seen better writing. Full stop. The way she tells him that there was no way back and his reaction. I could see it. You're one of those authors who illustrate with words and put me in the scene with the characters. That can be scary. This time it was bittersweet. They stop short of flirting. I'm glad they didn't flirt. But I love the playfulness in the first part of this, too. Who am I kidding I love it all. You're amazing. MORE!!
Reviewer: Gunner Signed [Report This]Date: 16/09/21 04:44 am
Yay! There you are.
Jarod:"You're not Nicholas."
Parker: "Astute observation. You must be a genius or something."
Ohhhhh I love Miss Parker more than anything and you write her better than anyone. This back and forth with Jarod and his sweetness has me over here grinning like a dummy. People call you the antiJarod but look at you go. You write it like you it is and sometimes it is ugly. Or what you wrote, "truth's immutable brutality." Keep writing the truth. I love it. Even when it's dark and even if it is brutal.
Pretender Perfect as always Mirage. A definite 10.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us and congratulations on another beautiful chapter.
Reviewer: Chloe Signed [Report This]Date: 16/09/21 02:58 am
