There's also Harry Smith's memoir, which I find rather dry. Heyer got all the good bits of it.
Lorne: My little prince. Oh…what did they do to you? Angel: Nina…tried to…eat me. Lorne: Oh, you're--medic! You're gonna make it Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?
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Betsy HP - Sep 10, 2003 8:43:50 am PDT #1900 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
deborah grabien - Sep 10, 2003 8:44:20 am PDT #1901 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Betsy, me too - I never finished Smith's. Kinkaid's was lovely, though.
Betsy HP - Sep 10, 2003 8:45:11 am PDT #1902 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
It makes me so sad that the Smiths never had children. That has to have been devastating for them.
Betsy HP - Sep 10, 2003 8:48:07 am PDT #1903 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Oooh. Check out this page on the 95th.
deborah grabien - Sep 10, 2003 8:48:20 am PDT #1904 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Juana would have made an interesting parent, methinks. Not too much sentiment in there, if I've read her right.
deborah grabien - Sep 10, 2003 8:49:29 am PDT #1905 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Damn! Now I really want a copy of Kinkaid's book. Last seen in the library of a friend in London, who now lives in Australia.
edit; SUSAN!
Susan W. - Sep 10, 2003 9:31:19 am PDT #1906 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t bookmarking away
Shallow of me, but I decided to make the hero of Anna's story from the 95th largely because I think the rifle uniforms are extremely sexy, but don't feel that way about your standard issue redcoat.
Beverly - Sep 11, 2003 9:24:21 am PDT #1907 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Hmmm. I have the cast bloat problem, too. It started as texture, but I know it's gotten out of hand. I'm just unsure of who needs to be trimmed and who needs to be axed entirely. I can combine characters... this may be the best way. Some of my early irritants serve plot purposes later on...
I went to such painstaking lengths to learn facts like how far can the average person walk in a day? For how many hours is there daylight at a certain lattitude at a certain time of year? Will fast-falling snow melt on a the coat of a horse who's laboring through drifts? What sort of plants were commonly cultivated for medicinal purposes at the time the story takes place, and what was the staple diet of a commoner before discovery of the New World, i.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, corn (maize), etc., likewise, no New World medicinals.
I think I almost like research better than the writing. Almost.
Astarte - Sep 11, 2003 7:19:42 pm PDT #1908 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Susan and Beverly, you have two excerpts from my novel "The Jewel of Kemar" insent.
It's a rush just to type that phrase "my novel". That's how drought stricken my writing life has been.
Off to bleed on another page. Heh.
deborah grabien - Sep 12, 2003 7:52:34 am PDT #1909 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Go writing! Write write write! Go get 'em, Astarte!
Which I will be NOT doing all weekend; we're heading south shortly. No computer access and therefore, no work. Feh.