Talk:Bielina/@comment-24881871-20140709140349/@comment-7706473-20140711083852

Thank you - I am tragically inactive here. Perhaps it is time to do something about it.

As for the ellipses and commas, I consider those part of my mangled English or rather the aftereffects of moving to the US early on and developing several weird grammatic/spelling ticks that haunt me to this day. They're nothing serious, but once you notice them, it's obvious how often I make them, ahahaha... I kind of consider them distinct to my writing style, at this point...

More importantly, I'll thank you for reading - and for speaking your mind. People reading my work and going their way is fine - but it is those who speak to me that make my choosing to share that work all the better. Thank you! Thank you so much! And holy hell, someone else interested in the history of the place? I think you probably noticed a few other historical liberties, but since it's unlikely that most others will be too bothered/interested/spoiled - I was actually more inspired by the fable of islands that once were, in days long gone past then the real isle of Rugen or the Rani people. The concept of Buyan is engrained into my mind, hence the title of this story, which comes from an old kind of poetry - the irony being that in many ways it was about this time that such words were severed.

History fascinates me, as does the line between where it stops being speculation and myth and becomes 'accepted fact'. A lot of my stories are about such things; I'd consider Heliotropes the spear-counterpart of this story, if you're in the mood for more; and if you enjoy speculation, a very good friend of mine has a story on this wiki here that I'd highly recommend. It's about a cosmonaut, more then that I won't say!

And most of all - thank you, again. If you have some works of your own you'd like me to look at, or ever want to chat about the vagaries of history - don't hesitate to write!