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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie  by Lindelea 99 Review(s)
EverlightReviewed Chapter: 6 on 5/20/2014
Problem fixed! Happen to be sitting up with newborn pups for the night. (Dad says it pays to be careful which means 3 or 4 mostly sleepless nights for us 'older ones'. Tonight is my shift.)

I love the old adages...quite true. Ought to use these sometime.

Rambling again...had better send this off. Goodnight.

Author Reply: Hope the shift went well. What kind of pups are they? I bet they're awfully cute.

Thanks!

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 5 on 5/19/2014
YAY!! All fixed now!! *Wheeeeee!!!!!*

Author Reply: I know, I'm practically giddy. Blessing Rorrah and her skill and care...

Thanks!

Lossenchristal2Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/17/2014
Hi Lindelea, I just wanted to let you know that it is not just you that is having trouble with posting new chapters recently! I have been following a lot of your stories and I LOVE your style and the way you write Pippin! :) I first noticed this week when I would check on SOA for new chapters that I would get that "Internal Server Error" page on ALL recent additions, not just yours! I was frustrated, but thought it was a temporary site bug and hoped they would fix it soon. Then yesterday I discovered that while clicking on the chapter link for your 6th chapter of "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" would give me the error page, if I clicked on "View All Chapters" it would show me the story fine, INCLUDING the new chapter! I had the same experience with several other stories who had just added chapters. I can also do this with your attempt to add the new chapter separately - the chapter link gives an error, but the "view all chapters" button shows me the chapter perfectly.

So just to let you know that it was not your fault - it must be a bug that SOA hasn't fixed yet. Hopefully it will be cleared up soon! :)

Please keep writing & updating! I really enjoy your stories!

Thank you!
~Charity Sauve (Lossenchristal)

Author Reply: Thank you for your encouragement!

I have kept writing during the time the site was not working right, but I was afraid I might damage existing stories if I added chapters to them that apparently corrupted what was already there. Thankfully the problem did not do that kind of damage and things are working once more. Thus, I have material to post and will hope to resume posting at a steady rate again. After all, I do have a New Year's resolution I'm trying to keep...

Grey_wondererReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/2/2014
That was a lovely tribute to a dear pet and family member. I could just see the dog sitting on the sofa from your description. Zoe must have been a lovely animal and a true friend. I am sorry for your lost but very glad that you can take joy in her memory. That isn't always easy to do.

Author Reply: Thank you. She was the most amazing dog I've ever known, and we miss her dearly. We look forward to getting a puppy from the same bloodlines next month. While we know the puppy can never replace her, at least we can hope for a new life-long friendship to bloom.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/23/2014
Oh, dear--what is going wrong, and at such a moment? Cliffhanger!

Author Reply: Evil cliffhanger. What is going wrong, is something I took from a real-life incident, in which things might have gone badly wrong but disaster was averted at the last moment. I, however, can be more ruthless (as well as less, for that matter) than real life...

Thanks!

EverlightReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/22/2014
Oh no! Just when I thought I could relax...Poor Pippin and no one but Bergil knows where he is.

I love how you built the suspense and then caught me just when I let my guard down.

'Everything seemed so right in that moment. Unfortunately, that was also the moment when everything went quite wrong.'



Author Reply: I love it when things work the way I intend them to work... Doesn't always happen! ...which makes it all the nicer when it does.

Thanks!

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/22/2014
Best laid plans indeed! And a first-class cliffhanger!

Whatever happens: Pippin is not alone! Bergil and the pup are there to help him. I count on them!

Author Reply: Yes! It's best to enter adventure (or misadventure for that matter) in good company!

Thanks!

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/22/2014
Uh-oh! Cliffie! Dear me, Pippin should have listened to Bergil...



Author Reply: He really ought to have listened to Bergil. OTOH, neither of them could probably foresee what is about to happen.

Thanks!

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/22/2014
Oh my goodness! *frets*

I wish I could rub "the soft head or furry ears" of this pup myself.

Author Reply: I miss my pup's soft head and furry ears. I held her ear curled in the palm of my hand as she slipped away, and I didn't want to let go. I can still remember the feel of it.

Our new puppy can't come soon enough, even though I know there will be a lot of bother and hassle as well. (Chewing, housebreaking, the necessity of long walks, getting *somebody* to pick up the dog waste in the yard on a regular basis, and the cost of fresh food for the creature in order to have the breeder's health guarantee...)

Garnet TookReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/22/2014
Cliffhangers seem to be the order of the week.

Now I'm going to worry that that building is about to come down on Pippin. That would be so bad. He couldn't take another large thing falling on him.



Author Reply: Sorry about the cliffhanger. Sometimes it just works out that way (time constraints, or high word count, or both). I will keep trying to update this story on a weekly basis, anyhow, to quickly get through the crisis to the (requisite, for my satisfaction anyhow) happy ending!

Thanks!

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