 Monday, June 20th 2005 - [328]Old Photographs (13 of 18)
Original Commentary
Quick geography recap pt 2. Winter is in December, placing Hippedown in the Northern Hemisphere. I had considered having it be in the Southern Hemisphere, perhaps in the vicinity of New Zealand. I had also toyed with the idea of placing it in islands around Britain, like Guernsey or the Isle of Man - but that would have involved a rather large amount of research for very little reward. Anyone who got the reference would undoubtedly be able to point out how I'd done things wrong. I'm not deliberately trying to make this geographically vague, but I don't think there's any wisdom to be gained by giving it a definite location on a map.
This story was originally slated to be a bonus story in YSIF 2, but it got pushed back. I think that it's too important to be a bonus story; it tells you things about Kimberly and her father that would otherwise have been unknown - Terrence
Modern Commentary
That's the thing about bonus stories. On one hand, you want to give your best work to paying customers. On the other hand, you want to make sure that the vital details are shown to everyone. This wasn't something we could put behind a paywall, only known to a small percentage of our readers.- Terrence
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