Hey @notacinephile. Great story! Impressed by how you got all the prompts in :). About the characters. I really liked when the robot explains how one of his core directives is to find intelligent alien

Thank you! And yes, that makes a lot of sense. To find the balance between foreign and familiar, presenting the one along with the other so that the reader 'gets a real sense' of the more fantastical elements

Nice. That gives a little more insight on how the different story parts would fit together. How far along are you with the project? Seems like a big one :). Planning to share some passages here?

Great, thanks!

Thank you! And yes, will think about it! :)

Hey @lacrucita. Was interested to read one of your stories after you dropped by at mine :). That was a good read! I really liked how you kept the pace of the story high. There was a lot of content, moving

Thank you @lacrucita, really much appreciated :). I did mean for that moment of the narrator's passive response to Rebecca's death to be shocking. But I also tried to build towards it in such a way, that

Thank you for listing all the writing tips till date. They look very promising! I've just come back to this community after a pause, so I'll take my time chewing on the earlier posts. However, I do have

Thank you! Yes, definitely looking forward to reading the other entries! I found the writing tips and community rules, but nothing really specific on how strict we should be following the prompts as we

Exactly! She's terrifying, isn't she. In her own passive, jealous, disconnected way...

Thank you so much for reading and giving your feedback! And it's a typo :). Not a native speaker, in Dutch we don't have two words for cousin / niece. Will change it right away!

Wow! I feel really lucky to get back to this community and find out about the amazing interaction and initiatives and contests going on. Here's my contribution for this short story writing contest: The

Hey @warpedpoetic, thanks for your post! I've not been active in this community (which I realise has gone through a lot of changes) for almost two years. And I'm back with a purpose :). Writing stories

Thanks! The best part is bedtime. We lie down, tell Google to switch off the lights, to play relaxing music for 20 minutes, and when to wake us up. I'm enjoying it every time :)

Nice story :)

Congratulations!

Thanks for all your enthusiasm, hard work, and the many music reviews of 2018! Reading posts from people who continue to believe in and work for this platform is always an inspiration :). Enjoy the upcoming

Wowww! I love how much replies you are getting to your posts!! Every time I'm away from Steemit for a bit and then come back, you have improved your posts and followers so much, congratulations! It's a

Hey! (Alvast) gelukkig nieuw jaar! Wishing you all the best for 2019, and hope you'll get to enjoy as much sports as you want :)

Awesome! Where will the exhibition be? Netherlands?