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Saxony Tarn · 07-08-2002, 03:11 PM

ah, thanks for the free plug, LMP (w/ brief appearansssse by Gollum in there, perrrhapsss?) but my tale won't be appearing on the Downs for awhile -- it's not finished yet, and i'm not submitting anything for public comsumption that hasn't been checked with that Conservation of Plot Points rule.

(and yeah, the feed from that little webcam i planted into Boromir's skull has made for a rather cerebral tale, so i've been in that intellectual mode for too long. Time to head over to Middle-Earth Mayhem and get silly!)

But what an indexing job! |_|) <-- thirsty work that must have been; this pint's for you. And another if you're still thirsty!

(now let me go print that post back there so Faramir doesn't forget his lines when the brothers have that man-to-man talk that it looks like they're headed for. Under the shade of that freshly-planted new tree, i think...)

While we're still on the topic of good relationships in fiction, how about some published examples that we've read and found to work well? It seems we've picked up a few new young writers who'd probably enjoy the reading, and writers can always use good references and examples!

i'm also figuring the rest of you to have more of an arsenal of books at home than i do, as i can't think of any enduring couples that come to mind at the moment...

No, wait a minute -- Cordelia Naismith and Aral Vorkosigan (Lois McMaster Bulold's series of tales of their son Miles & his spacefaring exploits) -- two unlikely people brought together on opposite sides of a not-quite-war, who end up forging an enduring union and revolutionizing a future world's politics. A great read, and always fun when they cross their son's erratic path in subsequent books...

s.t.

07-08-2002, 03:11 PM	#11
Saxony Tarn Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a western shore Posts: 132	ah, thanks for the free plug, LMP (w/ brief appearansssse by Gollum in there, perrrhapsss?) but my tale won't be appearing on the Downs for awhile -- it's not finished yet, and i'm not submitting anything for public comsumption that hasn't been checked with that Conservation of Plot Points rule. (and yeah, the feed from that little webcam i planted into Boromir's skull has made for a rather cerebral tale, so i've been in that intellectual mode for too long. Time to head over to Middle-Earth Mayhem and get silly!) But what an indexing job! \|_\|) <-- thirsty work that must have been; this pint's for you. And another if you're still thirsty! (now let me go print that post back there so Faramir doesn't forget his lines when the brothers have that man-to-man talk that it looks like they're headed for. Under the shade of that freshly-planted new tree, i think...) While we're still on the topic of good relationships in fiction, how about some published examples that we've read and found to work well? It seems we've picked up a few new young writers who'd probably enjoy the reading, and writers can always use good references and examples! i'm also figuring the rest of you to have more of an arsenal of books at home than i do, as i can't think of any enduring couples that come to mind at the moment... No, wait a minute -- Cordelia Naismith and Aral Vorkosigan (Lois McMaster Bulold's series of tales of their son Miles & his spacefaring exploits) -- two unlikely people brought together on opposite sides of a not-quite-war, who end up forging an enduring union and revolutionizing a future world's politics. A great read, and always fun when they cross their son's erratic path in subsequent books... s.t. __________________ <-- who, me? Take the Ring? Betray the Fellowship?? Nah -- couldn't be ME, i'm too cute...