happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy. happy birthday cannot wait for the next chapter.

Oh my Gah Loshess !!! Tht was so serious and believable that i almost googled it. Very well thought but i can't pronounce the twins names correctly.

Author's Response:

I spent a lot of time on New Ebola and the Sudanese wars, mostly researching Ebola and other viruses and Sudan and it's neighboring countries. So I'm glad it was real enough to make you almost google it :)

Don't tell anyone, but the twins names are pronounced Za air a (The k is silent) and Zi are a (again the k is silent). So the knicknames (oh look, another silent k) are pronounced air (Kair) and are (Kare).

Welcome to Bezoars, thank you for taking the time to review, and I hope to hear from you again!

Happy Birthday! Here is a vanilla review for you, hope you like vanilla. Loved the chapter. Thanks for continuing to entertain us, your humble readers.

Author's Response:

I love vanilla! I'm just happy my wonderful readers are continuing to be entertained- thank you so much for taking the time to review and leaving me this wonderful b-day present!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glNjsOHiBYs

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! please, please, please enjoy this day!

I wish you a year full of health, joy, love, abundance, success and happyness. May this year be a ladder to help you reach all your goals. Don't worry about the card, I'm sure your daughter adores you xD.

You asked not to leave you chocolate, so I had to look for something else that looked yummy to wish you a happy bday...hope you like it ;) LOL

 

(P.S.: Ever heard about the law of attraction? may be you're so set to dreadful bdays that you, in some subconcious level, cause them -so sorry, probably the last thing you want to hear.)

Author's Response:

Thank you, that was really nice :)

I may have some responsibility for the awful birthdays, but even when I ask for simple stuff I don't get it. This year I asked my daughter to paint me a card and eventually I sat her down with paints and paper and told her no tv until I get a card and I still haven't gotten a card :( Then I asked for everyone to stop using my dinning room chairs as coat racks (and I made it very clear that this is what I was asking for for my birthday) and I bought coat hooks and asked my dad to put them up for the various coats, and the hooks are still sitting in a drawer and the coats are still on my chairs :( On the plus side, I did get a coupon for a free rental from redbox, which I was not expecting and before your message was the best present of the year. Now I just have to deside what I want to rent...

I really like going back and forth with you as I have a degree in construction management ( I find Esme a kindred spirit)  but I love all kinkds of learning.  I live in a college town (GO GATORS) and things here almost are always about learning and education.  I took an astronomy course as al elective just because I could. 

I think that the bird idea you have is great...but 4 wings? I have never heard of that though I have heard of the pigmy elephant.  I did read a story one time about a guy who bred chickens with 4 legs for those who liked drumsticks...but the problem with them was they were so fast noone could catch them. LOL.  It was a really funny story.

I can't wait to read about Bella and Edward trying to care for an elephant and very large bird!!!  I am sure that the new kids will work toghther to cause them more funny trouble.

Hope that I am not boring you with all of my drivel as I have never written an author very much before.  By the way my name is Alexandra and I like to Z sound also thus Zanda and Xanath.

Author's Response:

The hind limbs of an archeopterix have wings on them, so they only had 4 limbs.

I've never been to college, but I do live in a university town- to huskies or something. As a PhD student, this is my 3rd university, so I too have spent a long time in acedamia. And since I want to be a professor, that isn't going to change anytime soon. I too am enjoying our conversations and I don't mind your drivel one bit, just as long as you don't mind mine :)

I just found out I was nominated for some Sparkle awards (http://theisparkleawards.moonfruit.com/#), so I'm off to add the announcement to the latest chapter.

-Amanda

I spoke with my daughter this morning and she says that the "written form" of ASL is called glossing/ or gloss.  This is used to help deaf persons learn to read books written forhearing people as well as giving ASL a written portion to make it acceptable as a language for college credit.  So if you see a youtube that says turn on gloss, that is what it means.  It will show the form of what the person os signing, or it can be thought of as translating English to ASL.  She also says that using the English gramer of noun verb is also recognized and acceptable.  She wants me to give you a big HUG for trying to use ASL correctly and for using is at all in your story. Tow of her sons had to have tubes in their ears to help them drain and keep their hearing. 

My first grandson is not the only one who we signed with.  My eldest daughter taught all threre of her kids to sign even though they have no problems with their hearing. My husband's sister is a teacher for thedeaf and when she came to visit, she taught my secons grandson the sign for shoe.  It is hard for me to explain, but it is sort of a fist held in a certain way.  He then put both fists together and told us that was his sign for shoes.  Donna laughted and told him OK he could use that if he wanted to. He was only about three at the time.  By the way, his sisterisnamed Enzali and we call her Zali the hot tomali. 

I do feed my family and get my work done now that I am caught up with the story, so don't worry.  I do love the Emmet with all of his girls and the care he takes of them.  It was cute that he took Edward down a notch for not taking care the his kids nails and hair like he should.  AND I loved it that Bella and Edward don't have the perfect kids.  It is great that you gave the kids shields and keep Edward out of their heads. 

Sa for shape shifter kids,  I suggest the name Oryah Marie Ckearwater.  That is my middle name which I changed when i was twenty.  Orah is a hebrew word meaning "Light" or knowelege and Ryah is an Indian name meaning "Light" of Dawn.  So I put them together to create my own name of Oryah. Marie has been a middle name in my family for over five generations.  And lastly I used to live in Clearwater, Fl and I love the Seth persona.  It sould be a girl and the animal should be a Firebird, a large glowing redd bird who's tail apears as flames.  She should be able to fly into a fire and return a vampire from ashes to life if the fire has not gone out yet.

The Native American Bird symbol has been seen across Canada and the unites States. The Firebird was depicted on the first great seal of the unites States in 1782. (It was changed to the Eagle in 1902.) Throughout many Cultures, the Firebird or Phoenix represents high virtue, grace, power, prosperity, strength, peace, purity and life. Phoenix (Firebird)Wisdom (Shamanism)
Keeper of the fire creation
Protector of all fire
Death and Rebirth regeneration
Connection to the Raven.

Hope that this child gives you an insperation in the story.

Hugs Xanath

PS my nickname in college was Zanrda, us Z's have to stick together!  And I love the science in your story.

Author's Response:

I love the concept of the phoenix, but when I first decided on what the hybrid kids would be like, I decided upon real animals only. They can be long extinct and not even known by scientists, but they need to be real and not fictional. So I can make a hybrid who takes the shape of a real extict bird and has the magical vampire power of something related to fire (I'll have to think about it), but it won't be a true phoenix and I can't see how a flammable vampire hybrid could be reborn from the ashes when fire is the only thing that kills vampires.

I love the name Oryah and have added it to my list of Seth and Jennifer's kids (she'll either pop up in the next Carlisle chapter or toward's the end of Masen's story- I haven't decided yet, but I'm sure she'll be great inspiration whereever she fits in). That name was really clever of you to come up with. I like to make names too, but I don't bother to look up words with cool meanings (except when I gave the Whitlock kids latin middle names, but one of my reviewers helped me with that). I just put syllables I like together until they sound cool; then I add the silent Ks at the syllable breaks and end up with names like Zakaira and Zikare and my daughter's name (it's 100% unique and the only thing that comes up when her name is googled is references to her, so I don't want to post it online). I like the name Marie too, which is why I gave it to Eliza (that and it's Bella's middle name and her grandmother's name). Normally I try not to give the same middle name to multiple characters, but it's a common name and probably no one will ever notice.

And by the way, my real name is Amanda, so I'm not really a Z, just a Z wannabe (my favorite letter). I named the original 2 hosts and then needed a penname, so I decided to borrow the name (I borrowed the other twin's name for my fanfiction penname to make it even).

I already submitted the next chapter, so it should be up soon  - Hugs Amanda

On u-tube you can search for ASL and get a lot of videos of people signing songs andd stuff.  Some of them have the option to see the written ASL version of the sign at the bottom of the screen.  It is an interesting way to prectice ASL.  Some are better than others but there are so many to see that I know you will fing one you like.

I liked the fact the Jane was finally put to good use!

xanath

Author's Response:

LOL- I know I wrote it, but I can't stop laughing at the way you put it- Jane was put to very good use. I wasn't always so morbid, but after reading the Twilight saga and all the Dexter books, I do find a bit of vampire morbidity funny, especially because it is so absurb. But then, what else could you make a baby vampire proof teather out of?

I have watched a lot of videos on sign language on you tube, but only beginners ones. It's good to know there is so much more out there :)

My younger has had three sememsters of ASL.  She says that there is a special written form of the language also.  She tells me that facial expression is a very important part as it can indicate wether a person is making a statement or asking a question.  I am not sure how you will show the difference in your story.  It could also be an interesting way to introduce a missunderstanding of some kind while ASL is being learned.

Keep up the good story!

xanath

Author's Response:

Thanks you so much for the info! Writing a story where the characters can't speak out loud is turning out to be much more challenging than I thought. I want to do ASL justice, but I don't speak it and I don't know of any of my readers who speak it, so when I write it, I'm always worried that I'm confusing the readers. I'll have to do some more research and see if I can find out more about the written form.

I know about the facial features being important- that was my favorite thing my daughter did as a baby. She couldn't hear for 18 months and the doctors didn't catch it and we weren't teaching her sign language, so when the other babies began talking, she began making up signs and facial expressions to indicate what she wanted (she was also reading our lips when she was only 18 months old and responding to us accordingly, which is why the doctors kept missing the fact that she was almost completely deaf in both ears). I still remember her little sings for tying shoes and taking a picture (I have 2 still shots of her doing her sign for take a picture, because she did it whenever I pulled out the camera. They are the cutest thing ever, because of the facial expression). But then she had surgery, learned to talk, and stopped signing and making the facial expressions :( On the other hand, she is much easier to understand now that she can talk and I no longer have to guess at what she wants for dinner (she was always picky and would refuse to eat if I guessed wrong, so it was very frustrating).

I like your idea for a misunderstanding over sing language. I'll have to think about what sort of misunderstanding I could use. I know with my daughter I thought she was asking for mashed potatoes when it turns out she hates them...in hind sight I think she was asking for macaroni and cheese, because they both came in boxes and were in the same cabinet...

It was one of your shortest chapters to date, still, it was good :) Was this a jump backwards?how long?cause last we read Jasper was trapped in the wormhole and they were living outside the island...

I like Carlisle's chapters, I know you perceive as dull and so you wont write a whole lot into them, but they've the potential to be the most interesting ones. I notice again how Jasper/Alice and their kids are the only ones with a perceptible presence in this chapter (Esme's Carlisle mate and she got a paragraph worth of mention)....why not classify the story as an A&J? it would get you more readers :)

Author's Response:

It's slightly forward in time from the last time we left Carlisle. When Jasper is trapped inside the wormhole, the Cullens are already off of the island in Mannitoba, but I just didn't mention it.

I would write more of Esme, but it's hard for me to get into her head and with the pain of her grief still being so strong, I don't want to be in her head. I think you're write that I could really go into the events in Carlisle's book and make a whole story about it, especially with what happens next. But, I haven't been able to do it, even though I've been thinking about it for over a year. It wasn't until I thought about what's going on with Jasper and Masen that I got inspired enough to write a whole story out of this chunk of time.

Thanks for the review!

Yes!  I want to see more of the kids!

Author's Response:

Excellent! I have banner of just the kids ready to go for the next chapter. Thanks for reviewing and it was good hearing from you again :)

Name suggestions:  Lexa, Garreth, Jennica, Benson (Ben's son.. too obvious?)

Powers:  telekinesis, pyrokinesis (ultimate vampire weapon!  toasted enemy on contact), true invisibility instead of deflection.

Shifters:  We need some cats!  Bears, and a zebra... just because zebras are wicked-awesome.

Awsome chapter, though I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for Jasper. I know everything turns out ok, since the girls show up previously (later?) but he's having a hard time at the moment.

Love the picture. Very well done.

Author's Response:

It has to get bad, before it can get better, but don't worry, because Jasper's ordeal won't be so bad now that he has the blood.

Thanks for the review and I'm glad you like the picture; photoshop is actually really fun once I learned a few basics :)

nice n short but it made me late to work. hehe

have a nice day

Author's Response:

You to. My brother's arriving today so I'm hoping it will be a very good day. And I just wrote my first, first author paper yesterday, so I have something to celebrate (now I just have to get it revised and accepted).

Thanks for the review! And sorry you didn't win best reviewer, but you won in my book :)