Next one has a -lot- more Seph ‘n Cloud confrontational shit, so it should be right up your alley. Also, yes, stalking. I like that. :D

…its lovely! i loved cloud’s reaction. but i liked sephiroth’s reaction more. has he been stalking cloud and no one knew? awesome.

Both systems gave me corrupted files and various sync problems. I lost data with both SugarSync and Dropbox, and only after some research on the Scrivener forums (Scrivener is the app I use for writing) did I realize I should never work directly on cloud servers with my files.

In hindsight, that should’ve been obvious to me, but the whole point of cloud sync software is to be easy, simple to use and non-headache-inducing.

In the end, I just gave up and shelled out the 100$canadian for the damned MobileMe subscription. I replaced my slew of email addresses, gained a lot of storage and managed to add synced calendars and contacts with no google fiddling to my iPhone. Now I just backup-to-zip directly on my iDisk and I have access to everything pretty much on every device I own.

I hope you find Scrivener is the right tool for you. If you have questions, the Scrivener main page has an awesome support forum where people exchange tips and answers. Very nice.

Thanks:
http://www.motivatedprocrastinator.wordpress.com
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As for your question, I’m afraid I can’t answer it just yet, but you should find out soon enough. I’m going to try and get at least chapters 8 and 9 out before the end of october, because I intend to try out for NaNoWriMo this year. Theoretically, we should find out more about Seph & Cloud’s past pretty soon. Plus, Jenova’s planning a couple of surprise visits.

Much fun to be had. :)

Thanks very much for taking to time to visit and leave a few lines. I’ve been getting more constructive criticism on FF.net and the update process is much more streamlined and overall more pleasant than on AFF.net. I don’t think I’m going to continue updating on AFF.net, but you can catch the new chapters here as they get finished and the betaed chapters on fanfiction.net.

I’m glad you enjoy the story! People have been getting a little impatient with me, but I just can’t seem to shut up and get to the good bits. It feels like a lot of backstory wants to get written, so I just go with it. The slow pace is what is making a few readers antsy, but I think (at least, I hope!) that taking the time to solidly ground everything before uprooting it makes for a more satisfying read.

I also like to get a little gory at times, but I felt that Sephiroth’s childhood was fucked up enough that I could just suggest a few horrible things and people watching the files — and reading the text — would get a pretty good idea of what it was like growing up under (no pun intended) Hojo.

Chapter 7 is pretty much done now. It needs one final re-reading from me, then it’s off to the betas and up online here on this blog. :)

See, good FF7 fanfic can be hard to find and this one just satisfies me on all accounts: characterization (gods, it’s good to read a character-driven fic for once!), slow build-up, solid background story, and the plot, of course. I also like that you don’t shove descriptions and explanations down the reader’s throat – not that the files on Sephiroth’s childhood wasn’t graphic enough, but many would be tempted to play up the gore which isn’t necessary at all (in a fic like this, anyway; I’m a big fan of gore in some contexts for which I blame the original Living Dead trilogy).

Just wanted you to know you’re being read and enjoyed :)