After thinking about this discussion I reconsidered John's suggestion and set up an egroup for us. This will make it easier to keep track of threads and also...
Carole Estes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 26, 2000 7:10 pm
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... this ... like to ... another fan. ... of all ... Elias' story ... similarities ... of these ... your ... Hi Carole, I was equally drawn to both...
Carole Estes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 26, 2000 7:14 pm
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This message was sent by me...it might have some overlap to the last message: ... Elias' story ... similarities ... any of these ... hear your ... John's...
Carole Estes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 26, 2000 7:20 pm
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... Elias' ... Coincidently, I had just sent Carole an email about this subject seconds before I read Carole's email setting up the discussion group. Thought...
Carole Estes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 26, 2000 7:22 pm
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I have a copy of "The Wild Swans" sitting on my desk at work, waiting for me to find the time and space to read it. I'm very tempted to start it *right away*...
Flying Ford Anglia
neilward@...
Nov 26, 2000 8:39 pm
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... Being to neophyte writer that I am I did not have the vocabulary to identify this. All I remember is that I felt much more distant from Eliza than from ...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 26, 2000 11:47 pm
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I somehow missed all the above discussion on HPforGrownups--although, I've been away from my computer for several days now, so I guess that's not too strange....
Karin
karob_7@...
Nov 27, 2000 2:44 pm
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Excellent idea! Now, lucky me, I'll go reread the book!...
voicelady@...
Nov 27, 2000 3:27 pm
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... From: "Karin " <karob_7@...> ... You didn't miss anything, most of the messages I posted earlier (the first 4) were messages emailed off list to...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 27, 2000 6:26 pm
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... Yes, yes I did....thats what clinched it for me. ... You know I've found that naming characters is harder than I thought it would be. You want to give...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 27, 2000 6:40 pm
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... I wondered about the research you did for those scenes. They really made you feel like you were there..or at least like you (Peg) had been there. Did you...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 27, 2000 7:18 pm
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Regarding the POV's on WS: I also had wondered why I felt more drawn into Elias' story than into Eliza'a. I didn't even think to look at the POV's to see how...
Karin
karob_7@...
Nov 27, 2000 9:54 pm
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Hey. I think I know most of you from either the PoU group or the HPanonymous eGroup, but for those of you who don't know me, my name is Stacy. I read The Wild...
Stacy
love2write_11098@...
Nov 28, 2000 6:15 am
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... Baby name books. I collect baby name books to use to name my characters. I find it very difficult to write about a character if I don't have a name for...
Peg Kerr
pkerr06@...
Nov 28, 2000 12:26 pm
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This is a line from the end of the Kirkus Reviews piece about The Wild Swans: Both stories are effectively handled and heartfelt, but between them no sparks...
Peg Kerr
pkerr06@...
Nov 28, 2000 12:32 pm
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I have had many people tell me that they've enjoyed the book, but when I've asked them, "Did you see that the parallel to the nettle shirts were the panels to...
Peg Kerr
pkerr06@...
Nov 28, 2000 12:33 pm
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... No, I didn't see that, though perhaps I would have on a second or perhaps third reading. I tend to fly through books the first time and miss a lot that I...
Karin
karob_7@...
Nov 28, 2000 4:42 pm
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... I disagree. I think each story enriches the other. The two combined become something different altogether. Each story brings out things in the other...
Karin
karob_7@...
Nov 28, 2000 5:07 pm
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... That would be really helpful. I'll have to look for that book. Something else I've found that helps me is to think about characters in books I've read that...
Stacy
love2write_11098@...
Nov 29, 2000 12:54 am
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... You know, when I read those reviews, all I could think was, "Did they *read* the same book I did? Did they think about it at *all*?" Because I found the ...
Stacy
love2write_11098@...
Nov 29, 2000 12:57 am
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... I didn't notice that. I've only read the book once (I loaned it to a friend shortly after and have yet to get it back -- *growl*), and I might have noticed...
Stacy
love2write_11098@...
Nov 29, 2000 1:01 am
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... SHIRT/AIDS QUILT ... particularly necessary to the plot in the way that Eliza's nettle shirts were. If, say, you'd written about Elias laboring over them...
John Walton
john@...
Nov 30, 2000 1:15 am
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... Ah -- John has hit on something that also particularly impressed me. I was very taken with Peg's discription. My description in my stories has always been...
Stacy
love2write_11098@...
Nov 30, 2000 2:48 am
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... Here we have a prime example of the difference between what the author intends and what the reader gets for the text. For me the author, that was meant to...
Peg Kerr
pkerr06@...
Nov 30, 2000 5:02 am
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... My brother lives in the neighborhood I wrote about--in fact his old apartment is Sean and Elias' apartment. I threw details in that I had seen around the...
Peg Kerr
pkerr06@...
Nov 30, 2000 5:02 am
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... From: "Peg Kerr" <pkerr06@...> ... Heartily disagree. Like what has been posted before, I think the resonances are all through the book, but...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 30, 2000 8:04 pm
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Eeeeek I've been meaning to respond to these threads, but been occupied with ironing out chapter 11 of ASA with Penny and other household duties. I think its...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 30, 2000 8:04 pm
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... intends ... to be ... because ... one. The ... All ... simply run ... Does this bother you that we missed, what you thought was such an important detail...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 30, 2000 8:04 pm
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... seen ... I loved that apartment..with the courtyard with the trees. ... landmarks. ... York, ... Your descriptions felt very real. I too am lacking an...
lrcjestes
lrcjestes@...
Nov 30, 2000 8:04 pm
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... Once more, I *really* wish I had my book, but is Patty's counterpart the midwife? I can't remember her name. Drat. Patricia? Stacy ...
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