You could start to watch "Homicide", Nicole. I didn't start till they were syndicated, and didn't fall in love till DVD.(Except that I always wanted Kay's hair. But mine is straight and fine.)I showed it to my brother though. All he said was that Stanley complained too much...which is funny if you know how much bitching my brother does.Even during "Three Men and Adena" which though I've seen it a few times, still makes me think they'll get a confession this time.Cause I'm kinda sappy, or something.And, Deb, I figured that out in the interim, I just didn't have that information at that moment.And, like Timmy, wasn't great at hiding my lack of knowledge.

Speaking of H:LotS -- I heard a small interview with Barry Levinson this morning (Morning Edition) where he is talking about his new novel and how movies no longer seem to be about real people but tv is a place where you can still do that. I'm hoping this means he's going to be involved in other tv shows.

FWIW, I agree with Lyra Jane WRT the stuttering--outside of dialogue I find it distracting. And, keep going! I'm enjoying this.

Threeing on the loving-the-story, Cindy, but the stuttering only works in spoken dialogue. She wouldn't stutter in her own thoughts, surely?

I wish I could write Tara. She's lovely, and poignant.

Wrod. I put the next revised bit in lj. [link]

A Due South flashfiction story of mine is up: "The Fellowship Goes South"

Threeing on the loving-the-story, Cindy, but the stuttering only works in spoken dialogue. She wouldn't stutter in her own thoughts, surely?

I was trying it as if she was telling it to someone, hence the stuttering. Thing is, nobody has revealed to me who she's telling it to yet, so I may go back and change it. I tried to make Xander's narration conversational as well, for that as of yet undefined audience.

I either have to come up with a plan, or change it, I guess.

Cindy, in re stuttering - I stutter when I actually speak, but not when I'm thinking (or singing). So Tara probably wouldn't stutter when thinking to herself, or imagining conversations with someone.

Deb, the Darla drabble and the others were lovely--but you have such a gift for Darla, and few others do.

Cindy, I agree about the stutter, but otherwise you've captured Tara, perceptions, hesitations, reservations and wholeheartedness. You made me miss her.

I love the drabbles. I don't think I can do one though I did get sucked into the coworkers one from last week.I can't say much in 100 words, apparently. Deb, "Someone to Watch over Me" is my favorite, though I thought they were all pretty....in a dark sort of way.