Ahhhh! Cliffie! This is the moment I've been waiting for. I mean, I think Armageddon has come and passed, and this is what I'm only thinking about. Oooh, I wonder what tactics Edward is going to employ on Bella. I had a stinking feeling he's going to use the cliche 'Hi I'm an artist, may I paint you?' route and though I'm vehemently against that idea all for the sake of preserving Edward's increasingly bluish nuts, I can't help but wanna watch the train wreck waiting to happen. Or not. Bella could just blush and call him out on it and that would be it. *LOL* Sorry, I'm rambling.

I'm begging for a crumb here, please... I'm metaphorically bouncing around all anxious waiting to see what will happen next. Please do update soon, it's a stellar chapter!

Gosh! I'm jus sitting on the edge of my seat, waiting for Edward & Bella to finally meet!

hahha nice refernce to The Big Lebowski. My fav scene of that movie is them eating in&out burgers in the car with the windshield missing hahaha great movie.

anyways, lets hope bella becomes edwards new muse?

Thanks for the update.  Ah too bad he didn't go into the gallery and take a closer look at her.  :(  Maybe next time?

Can't wait to read the next chapter.  :)

Love it so far, look forward to where this is going to go.

Small grammar booboo I found:

"For the longest time I’d used women that I’d encountered in my daily life as models. Some where prettier than others. Some had where stick thin and some where soft and feminine."

"where" should be "were" and the word "had" after "Some" shouldn't be there either. Nothing major, it just threw me the first time I read it and I thought you'd like to know. Hopefully I am not the 20th person to mention this :)

 

I really like the beginning you have here.  You've managed to introduce four characters into the story with great detail and we never even see two of them.  Well, we sort of see one of them.  :)  Dang it, now you've got me adding another story to my list of TBR that I can't get through now.  :P

You've got me on the hook. I'm anxious to see where you take us... :)

Great start - not hard to guess who EC is. :) Ah... writer's block. The bane of every writer's existence. Proverbial thorn at one's backside. Unfortunately it and I are familiarly acquainted, LOL.

Please do go on! I love it already. :)

I really enjoyed this! :) I like how you really discuss Bella's writing (and just writing in general) because it's not effortless and it does take time to develop, even with natural talent. Also, I enjoyed how you made Jasper such a history buff. I'd go to the history museums with Jasper any day (I love all that boring history stuff). Careers are very important and I think it's great that you fit them into the story right away.

I'm glad Bella spent her time in the museum the way she did. I always think museums--especially art museums--get rushed through. Sometimes it's better to truly appreciate a few works of art in depth, rather than brush by a whole collection.

It seems like Bella and Edward (I'm assuming EC is Edward) both enjoy anonymity, which is very true to their characters. This was a wonderful first chapter and it leaves me quite intrigued. I'm curious about how Edward and Bella will meet and how other characters will come into the story.

Thanks for writing! :)

I really like how you've started this story, it's quite interesting as it weaves it's way around normal everyday thoughts, like Bella's digression.  LOL  funny too.

Is it important as to why the museum was closing early that day or not?  Did Bella identify with the women in the pictures, or just admire them for their reflected 'beauty'?

I enjoy your stories, they are quite thought provoking.  I'll anticipate chapter 2.

Fantastic chapter, I'm hooked! I really lost myself in the story. I loved how Bella explained that writing was a process, a skill that was built. I'm not a writer, but it made a lot of sense to me. I'm so excited that you've begun a new story. Thanks for sharing it and I look forward to reading more!

Sounds like you have a story with a lot of promise. Please continue.I want to see where it's headed. Update soon. =)