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What is Cerulean Harbor?

This is a romantic drama series that I am using to keep myself writing. I plan to release an installment every week (as long as my editors keep up). The story is extremely complex and will take some getting use to all the characters and plots that are going on.

There are two goals for writing this.

1. To keep me writing so I don't fall into a dead zone.
2. To get people to post more often.

Get people to post more, what?

Since each installment will be released on a weekly basis, I want people to post and speculate about the story. I want people to have discussions about the characters and plot. Everyone is allowed to make guesses and try to understand the characters.

Since this will be a long drama, it will take a while to learn about all the character's backgrounds. As it stands now there are fourteen characters, plus more on the way. There is a main female protagonist, but she won't always be the focal point of the installments.

I also won't be focusing much on descriptions, though I will descibe as much as needed. This story will be told through dialogue most of the time, and will be dialogue heavy. If you don't like that, then don't read it. This story revolves around the characters and the way they treat eachother.

I can't make a thread in the main forum?

The main forum does not allow people to post up new threads. Use the subforum to discuss characters and ask questions. I will do my best to stay out of the conversations, because I don't want to spoil anything. Although, I have asked my editors to be more active.

What about your other novels and stories?

Do not worry that I am abandoning my other novels. The reason I have been so slow in updates is because I have been in a writing dead zone, where I have to push myself to write. I hope to get myself out of it by using this story to keep my mind sharp and my skills active.

What is this story about?

This story introduces you to Madison Knox. A poor girl who goes to a very elite, small college called Cerulean Harbor University. Only the richest of children go there. Along with her other charity scholarship friend, Brianna, they have to deal with bullies and the shame of not being able to afford high end clothes and accessories which really make them stand out.

Madison has been bullied in school all her life and her past is a mystery even to her closest friend, Alan, who is her neighbor. The story begins on a day that changes her life for ever. A group of four boys who are best friends and happen to be the richest students in school take an interest in her. Or rather their spoiled brat leader does, along with his close friend.

The story continues with love triangles, love/hate relationships, scandals, and betrayal. A true character romantic drama with it's share of comedy.

How long will each episode be?

Around 9,000 words long each or about 25 paperback book pages. Each episode will bring you further into the lives of these characters.

Fourteen characters, are you crazy?

That's just to start with, more are planned. My plan is to bring everyone close to each one of their lives and grow an understanding for even the side characters. Even though we do have a protagonist, I want everyone to feel close to all the characters in this series.

The story sounds alot like Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers).

That's because I have inspired the story off of that series, as well as a couple other simular stories that I have enjoyed over the years. Simularities and characters will seem alike at first, but as time goes on one will see the stories are much different.

When do the installments come out?

Sundays and Thursdays. Since my schedule shifts from time to time, I won't say mornings or evenings. Remember to talk about the characters and chat up in the discussion board. The more chat happening the more I get to writing and you guys may actually influence the way the story flows. So, keep chatting!

Who is the artist of the books cover?

The book cover is "Love" By dj Ayo and can be download here. It's a beautiful piece, isn't it?

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Melusane   |2010-01-02 11:08:36 CH was the first of any of your writing that I read, and when I went and found your other stuff, I could see how your technique and the fluidity of your stories has developed in huge leaps, just wanted to let you know as an encouragement, and say that it encourages me as aspiring writer to get cracking, Beck! I'm really enjoying the parts of stories that I currently have access to, and am looking forward to reading more. Sometimes I think the characters don't act congruently with how they had been drawn to that point, but I think you have developed a really light and truly entertaining touch. Reply | Quote 0   0

Melusane   |2010-01-02 11:02:01 I liked the Caleb and Emily side-story though. That she behaved so manipulatively, and eventually regretted it - she wasn't typecast as a villainess and there she stuck. There was a nice character arc, and interplay between her and Caleb - I started to care for the Machiavellian little minx! The way you showed the developement of their relationship through describing the way caleb touched her was a nice touch. I might have gotten names wrong, if I have, no offense meant, and don't bother correcting me, my folks have been doing it my whole life, and it hasn't helped me get it right! Reply | Quote 0   0

Melusane   |2010-01-02 10:56:37 Also, the whole thing with the doctor just giving up on Madison, like, 'No, you emotionally cheated on me, it's fine to sleep with him, but to have any emotions involved is a dealbreaker!' seemed out of character. It was a line in the sand I couldn't understand? I didn't get his motivation - was he just not that into her after all? Reply | Quote 0   0

Melusane   |2010-01-02 10:50:26 I am at ch. 70 in CH,but I seem to have a short attention span, because I raced through the first 50 or so chapters, then kind of lost interest. I think it was when Madison turned out to be a rich girl, and her whole personality seemed to have changed - I felt a bit disgusted with her! I will probably finish it, I thought it was absolutely brilliant (like Gossip Girl on speed - always thought that show needed gold-diggers and a bit more all-out class warfare - yay, CH!) but only when I've calmed down towards Madison, like Darick! Reply | Quote 0   0

Amanda   |2009-09-15 19:53:08 MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! I agree w/ DTM...it's not so much that they should have ended up together, i just wished that Madison acknowledged all of her feelings for Darick, and not play it off as platonic love. This book was very well written however, and i couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next - most of my excitement was for Madison and Derek...lol I throughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more of your books since this was my first. Thank you AM Reply | Quote 0   0

D T Mudali   |2009-06-14 20:21:12 MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! Dear Miz Hunt Thanks for the great story.However i have to say that i felt disappointed, let down, after i finished reading it. Not because it was a bad story but because it was not the ending i was hoping for. The story just felt unfinished. To many emotions and wants unsatisfied. Maybe its just the romantic in me that wanted Darick and Madison to end up together. They just seemed to belong together so strongly that when you choose to ended it the way you did it felt kind of like a lie. And the epilogue did not give any closure either. I started reading it hoping that Madison would see the ligth and ultimately end up in my opinion where she belonged with Darick, because as much as they fought and argued they improved each other, but that did not happen. The character of Madison seemed to have settled rather chosen to be with the person she was meant to be with. Maybe I\\\'m reading too much into it but it felt like she gravitated to people like Dorian and Ethan because they represented safety and comfort. In a way they were what she had wanted when she was made to live with her step parents and looked from the outside at what Micky\\\'s life was like. Heres a suggestion, take it or leave, why don\\\'t you complete their story. Oh and I also felt that Jack and Grady\\\'s story wasn\\\'t complete either. They also had unfinished business too. As a side i have read a few of your works so far and again thank you. They were great. Regards DTM Reply | Quote 0   0

RHunt   |SAdministrator |2009-06-14 20:39:17 MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! The story was about how Madison though she loved Darick at one point grew apart from him and eventually knew she could not be with him. Be that for family, financial, or emotional reasons. Madison said herself that she grew tired of dealing with him. I, as the writer and creator of the character, felt that Madison no longer loved him and that she had decided to move on. Madison wanted safety and comfort in her life, and what is wrong with that? Why can they not be a deciding factor in someones life? Why does she have to pick the hard road that she does not wish to walk, simply because it is hard? There was no possible way I could bring the two couples you mentioned to together in a believable way after what had happened. Even if Madison and Darick ended up together, I planned on them getting divorced and living a life where they constantly tortured each other by coming together and moving apart. I am sorry that you did not get the ending that you wanted, but I feel the ending fits absolutely perfectly with the couples and emotions involved. At the end of the story only Darick was in love with Madison, whether or not they belonged together. As far as Grady and Jack, they were simply each others stepping stones. I don\'t feel that the story is unfinished as you did when you told me to finish the story because it did not end how you wanted. The story took me two years to complete and I worked very hard on feeling out the characters as THEY chose their own endings. (I wrote nearly ten thousand words a week. That would mean an average novel in just six weeks.) This story is complete. I expect some people to be disappointed because of their expectations of what the story is about, but that responsibility falls on their own lap for judging the story based on what they wanted it to be instead of what it is; a love story, a real life drama, and a fiction novel that is meant to show the human side of relationships that come together like this, not the elaborated romance novel side. In real life things do not always work out the way we want them to nor do we always get the closure that we demand from it. Please do not believe I have taken your criticism harshly and I am bitter towards it. I found it to be presented very well and I appreciate good criticism. However, this is something that I feel it is a matter of taste and/or understanding not a matter of the story being good, bad, finished, or unfinished. This story was not ever meant to be a feel good ending type book of which I feel there are plenty out there, some of which I have written myself. This is new water for me and I am pleased with it. - RKP Hunt Reply | Quote 0   1

sri lakshmi   |2009-10-26 23:19:42 MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! I agree with DTM. This is very interesting one and of course a long one with many characters. I am not able to relate your reply to the actual story. My reasons are you have depicted the Madison's character as a person who belongs to Darick wholly-physically, mentally, and also spiritually. Every major moment in her life or decision in her life was mixed with Darick's life. And I believe who ever loves someone spiritually, should end together. And I truly believe that you will get a second thought for ending this one. And I expect a person who loves truly should not end as a loser. Reply | Quote 0   0

RHunt   |SAdministrator |2009-10-26 23:33:05 MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS! Sri, I did not depict Madison in such a manner as I do not believe, on a personal level, that people belong to each other or that they are meant to be together. If you see these two characters as that way, then it is fine for you to do so. I encourage you to believe your translation of the story. However, please note that is your translation of the story and is not at all how I wrote them. I do not believe that Madison loved Darick in the end of the story. I will not be rewriting this story and it is completed. Not every story has to be a happy ending or with two people coming together. For me, this was a story of how two human beings that were meant to become good friends made themselves lovers instead and ruined a truly brilliant relationship between them. It's about how if men and women could just find friendship between each other they might find it more rewarding then a romantic relationship. In someways it is insulting to be told that the way I wrote the story and how I felt for the characters that I created is wrong. I left the epilogue open for people to decide if Madison and Ethan divorced and she ended up with Darick or if she stayed with Ethan to live happily ever after. I believe with all my being, as the writer of the characters, that Madison will always be happier with Ethan, because that is who she truly loves. If it was Darick, she wouldn't have called Ethan to her side and never made contact with Darick. I will not, however, tell other people that they can't have their translation or that they can't insert their own feelings/opinions into the matter. I will ask that people don't tell me that my decision is wrong and that theirs is the correct route. And may I add that just because two people are right for each other and love each other doesn't always mean that they can be together. Some of the best stories that I have ever read or watched have had similar endings. Reply | Quote 0   0

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