"Lady" does not immediately go to 'noble', on a glance.
Well, in this case, it shouldn't--she's a lady in the sense she's rich and part of the gentry, but she doesn't have a title. But I like The Lady's Sergeant, too. Must ponder.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
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Susan W. - Sep 07, 2004 10:01:57 pm PDT #6447 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Beverly - Sep 07, 2004 10:34:06 pm PDT #6448 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Susan, I really like The Lady and the Sergeant. It has a nice ring and rhythm to it. Plus it has a barely detectible but influential callback to "Lady and the Tramp" which, maybe only in my fevered brain, helps define that social divide.
Liese, knockout lyrics. And everyone's doing lovely drabbles.
Gus - Sep 07, 2004 10:45:30 pm PDT #6449 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
The Lady and the Sergeant
... for the reasons Bev gave. If, that is, the Lady and the Tramp allusion is not too on the nose.
t has a moment where he imagines cute puppies slurping spaghetti and rubbing noses
t regrets the "on the nose" thing he wrote above
Susan W. - Sep 08, 2004 6:43:33 am PDT #6450 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Bev, I like the rhythm, but I'm afraid its too cute. I'm trying really hard to avoid the cute on this one.
Ginger - Sep 08, 2004 7:15:27 am PDT #6451 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not really a fan of "The Lady and the Sergeant." One problem is the word sergeant, which can mean too many things. Also, I'm afraid it makes me think of a '40s movie with Mae West. Random brainstorming: A Soldier's Lady. An Unsuitable Alliance. The Last Campaign. Anna's Honor. Anna's War. A Separate Truce.
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2004 7:22:05 am PDT #6452 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anna Get Your Gun
Susan W. - Sep 08, 2004 7:37:25 am PDT #6453 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t thwaps P-C with the hero's bayonet to make him behave
Thanks, Ginger! I like A Soldier's Lady and Anna's War.
erikaj - Sep 08, 2004 8:12:41 am PDT #6454 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I suck at titles. I understand why "Friends" used titles like "The One With The New Apartment"
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:19:18 am PDT #6455 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
So, Tor has just purchased three future mystery anthologies from Mystery Writers of America. Of which, entre nous, I am a member in good standing.
They're soliciting stories from the MWA members only, between 3500 and 7000 words. Deadline is 15 December, which, if I choose to submit something, I can easily make (I work fast). The theme of the anthology is "mysterious relationships."
No idea what the pay is. Don't care. Idea is to get short fiction out there, as much as possible.
Question, as in, opinions: My immediate take is to stick with me usual crossover thing, a haunting, a crime, living to dead, solve the crime, set the ghost to rest.
Would that qualify as a "mysterious relationship"?
Ginger - Sep 08, 2004 10:24:47 am PDT #6456 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Or maybe in this case the ghost hangs around, so it's a continuing "relationship" like Dennis's with Cordelia. We have legends of bad sex with ghosts. Can there be good sex?