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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sialia" data-source="post: 2637096" data-attributes="member: 1025">Wow. I really thought I was beat there. Wow.Thank you, and thanks to my competitors for a really tight match.  I liked both of your stories very much. I was sure somebody was going to say, "but Sialia, why didn't you give us the cool story about the Ratrider?"I guess there were a lot of reasons why, but one was that I had already posted the pictures for that one a long while back (back when I had an art gallery), and I didn't want folks to think I was turning in an old story instead of a new one.For those who missed the pictures the first time around, I thought I'd include them here. The first and last are by me, and the really good middle one is by Kip the Bold because I wanted so badly to see this character illustrated and both of my pictures weren't working the way I wanted them too. After I saw his, I went back and fixed mine up a bit, and they're better now, although I still like his best.One of the things I like best about these boards is the amount I learn from the many talents here. BSF has always helped me to hear my own voice as others hear it, which is really hard to do, and invaluable. Maldur has given me a lot of insight too--I think his brief judgements are really one of the strengths of this competion--it's like pitching a movie concept to a producer--you either get it right, or you don't. Complemented by two detail judges like Rodrigo and BSF to tell you exactly what you did, Maldur's gut response tells you clearly whether the big picture is there, or it isn't. I think RangerWickett and Yangnome have given me back an interest in fiction at a time I thought I had lost it. I'm very curious to see what comes next.</blockquote>

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