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Post by krue on Oct 29, 2008 3:38:07 GMT -5
No, but I just took care of a Colonel Mustard as a patient here at the Marine Corps base.
...that doesn't mean anything, does it?...
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Post by swordmaid on Oct 29, 2008 19:46:05 GMT -5
Did he have wounds caused by a blunt instrument....say, a candlestick, maybe? Or lead pipe?
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Post by krue on Nov 2, 2008 1:15:34 GMT -5
Hah! ...It was Colonel Mustard... ...In the Emergency Room... ...With the Urinary Catheter!...
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 2, 2008 19:13:43 GMT -5
Gaaahck.
I prefer *So Far Unnamed Bad Guy* in the study with the golden-dragon-with-an-emerald-eye-shaped letter opener that's actually a dagger from the Orient. Poor Mr. McKeegan.
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Post by krue on Nov 5, 2008 5:38:03 GMT -5
Hmmm...sounds a little 'Nancy Drew' to me...
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 5, 2008 19:25:15 GMT -5
Arr, Nancy Drew, my claw.
Ahoy! You made nobleman!
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Post by krue on Nov 6, 2008 4:42:15 GMT -5
I actually made Nobleman 14 posts ago! Thanks for noticing...I thought I felt a little more...regal...
Getting back to the reason for this thread, I just received another attachment from David Morris. He inked the 'Prince's Orphans' cover art! It was only a mock-up for color approval, but it is really starting to take shape! Pretty exciting stuff!
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 6, 2008 18:45:41 GMT -5
Hurray!
Also on the subject of drawing....I attempted a sketch of Hester Prynne the other day....and was surprised at how well it turned out.
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Post by krue on Nov 10, 2008 2:44:11 GMT -5
Was she carrying child?
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 13, 2008 21:00:57 GMT -5
In her arms.
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Post by krue on Nov 14, 2008 5:54:01 GMT -5
Right. What was the little one's name again?
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 16, 2008 19:59:40 GMT -5
Pearl. I think it's odd how Hawthorne portrayed her as a sort of wild, mischievous little elf.
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Post by krue on Nov 18, 2008 1:09:27 GMT -5
Pearl...right. Very appropriate. I believe the point was that she, although precious, was the manifestation of Hester's sin. She was meant to be 'borderline' burdensome.
Also, I think that the way that she acted toward her biological father was supposed to be important.
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 18, 2008 20:42:07 GMT -5
Aye...that's also backed up in the way Hester dressed her...all in red.
Poor Dimmesdale. I feel pretty awful for him. In that one part in the Governor's house, Pearl went up and was sweet to him - kissed his cheek, if I remember correctly. And then later, in the forest, would barely go near him.
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Post by krue on Nov 19, 2008 3:40:16 GMT -5
Hawthorne did a good job with that one. Emotionally gripping, I would say.
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 19, 2008 18:14:41 GMT -5
No kidding. Emotionally wrenching, too.
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Post by krue on Nov 20, 2008 3:50:09 GMT -5
Everything was a metaphor for something. The story played out on a number of different levels. There are some novels/novellas/poems that, when dissected and analyzed, tell a larger story with an even greater meaning.
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 20, 2008 20:31:26 GMT -5
Wow, man, that's deep. Groovy. It is pretty amazing how some authors build layers upon layers upon layers. Lewis, for example.....
I've never quite understood.....what's a novella?
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Post by krue on Nov 22, 2008 6:11:37 GMT -5
Oh...just a short novel. For example, typical lengths would be something like:
Short Stories -- 2,000 - 5,000 words Novellas -- 20,000 - 40,000 words Novels -- 50,000 words and up (usually no more than 200,000 words for binding and ease of reading)
Pajo was approximately 104,000 words. Most of the military short stories that I've written have ended up somewhere between 3,000 and 8,000 words.
A novella is really meant to be more in depth than a short story, but still able to be read in one sitting.
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Post by swordmaid on Nov 23, 2008 12:18:09 GMT -5
aaAAAaaahhhh, thank you. That's been bugging me for a long time...
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