Shoebox is love!

bunciiii!!!!!
sappi che non mi sono dimenticata del bigliettino che hai fatto a me...solo che ho messo momentaneamente in stallo quel video...

Hello!

Thank you so much, first of all, for the kind wishes. I have managed to rescue a good chunk of the writing and notes that I lost, and though I still have very limited use of my computer during finals crunch time, I'm still lucky to have gotten so much that I thought was gone forever back. And it means a lot to me to have these good words popping up in the computer lab. I'm grinning silly.

Second of all, I would love to see Pie-IX translated into Italian! My roommate took a year of Italian, so perhaps I will make her read it to me. It really, really means a lot to me (I'm going to over-use this phrase! I apologize in advance; but it's true) that there are those who enjoy my original writing just as much as my fan writing, like Shoebox. Really: this has put a smile on my face and made a rough day seem much, much brighter. Also, that bag is GORGEOUS. I wish I had one! But I'm not that talented.

Again: thank you, thank you, for your email. I'm so jealous of you guys, meeting up and having fun!

I will try to bug Rave into working on another Shoebox part for the holidays.

Much love,

Jaida

Oh no! I must definitely have lost your other emails (or rather, gmail must have lost them) because I don't believe I ever received an email from you! That's awful. I'm so sorry. Gmail does this to me from time to time, and I've no idea why. I hope you'll forgive me for the long silence!
Tell the Italian Shoeboxers I say hello. I'm jealous of all those people who have had Shoebox moments and the like. (Can you believe it; I have never had a single one. I always read tales of people having them and am excited, but also incredibly envious.)
Anyways, I will email Kyla (Mincedniku) and see what she thinks about the translation. I for one think it is an excellent idea, and like I said, I will definitely make my roommate read it to me. Perhaps one day I shall have to learn a little Italian, too.
I really hope that you enjoy Cinquefoil. The whole idea of having it published and out there is rather nervewracking, and so hope it does not disappoint. Poetry is troublesome. It's so personal, and there's always the chance people won't like it. In any case, hopefully I shall have some more original fiction news soon, as well as some more Shoebox for you! Rave has been working on her senior thesis, so I haven't wanted to bug her at all. Plus things have been pretty busy for me, too, this semester.
As for your question--we don't know how many parts we have planned. However, we did originally want to take the story through to the very end--that is, after Harry is born, and certain things happen with You-Know-Who. We'll see if we can get that far. I really hope we do.

Again, thank you so much for all your lovely words and these incredible emails. You have definitely made my day. And my week, too, I think.

Jaida