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Subj: Princess is a high risk occupation in fantasy stories. Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 05:51:23 am EST (Viewed 2 times) | Reply Subj: Princess Amaralyn got too close Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 at 10:45:03 pm EST (Viewed 546 times) | ||||||
Quote: Quote: What do you mean, "now"?Quote: Well, true. But you bring it on yourself. It's a sickness. Quote: Quote: Clean shirts and some groceries would be more practical. And a new garderer, since mine is apparently in prison now.Quote: Would that I could in a practical way. Quote: And, what did he/she do to end up there? He served six months for domestic violence, came out on probation, and has now mysteriously vanished again. Quote: I just did some work in the garden, there was/is a stubborn thorny asparagus fern which was really growing wild everywhere and has multiple root stocks. As I was working to get rid of it all I actually blamed spiffy out loud. My problem right now is climbing ivy. It's on every outbuilding and this week I removed it from the living room windows. It is now trying to invade the cellar via the coial chute. Quote: Quote: At this stage I need to bring a lot of strands together and the "short chapter focussed on one person" format is a bit of a limitation. So we've had several chapters where focus characters either report on or see what is happening in the other plotlines. I'm afraid it is inevitable as we get towards a resolution.Quote: It's a good way of keeping things moving without having to go into the detail. The Visionatus chapter, which has to bear an excruciating amount of expositon, will be very hard to assemble. Quote: Quote: Trying to find fresh ways of doing that (with Laurie and Beth's visions and Zania's cosmic senses and so on) is a bit of a challenge. So I was happy to have a character at hand who could legitimately see some borders and the events there.Quote: Yes, it was quite different but worked. Now to get everyone into a single room to reveal whodunnit. Quote: Quote: Doubtless Lisa would claim she was ending an old life. Like her cat, Lisa can be an old softie. Honestly.Quote: I wouldn't refer to the cat that way. Lisa does. ] Quote: Quote: Like Zania ever bothered to answer my phone.Quote: Good help is hard to find?When I was a student, at 20, I worked a six month industrial placement at one of the UK's largest breweries, down in London. I was assistant to the South of England sales manager who supervised a sales team that was exactly like you'd imagine a mostly-young all-male 1980s sales force. Working with me was this manager's secretary, Sue, also 20, who was one of the best-looking girls I have ever met, and who eventually ended up as my secretary during the latter part of my stay there. As you can imagine, competition was high for Sue, and she really enjoyed it. She mostly dated older guys who had good cars and plenty of cash to spend on dates, and she played the sales team like a fiddle. Since I was clearly nowhere near her league we ended up being quite friendly because I was probably the only man in the plant not hitting on her all the time. She probably thought I was her gay friend. Anyhow, when Sue's car had some serious problems and needed a week in work the repair shop, I helped her out by dropping her off at her flat after work since it was pretty much on my way to my flat, and bringing her in in the mornings. This did not go unnociticed by the sales force, who realised I was turnign up with Sue in my car each day and disappearing off with her each night. Conclusions were drawn. Hatred was expressed. Denials were taken as proof. In the middle of this, my university tutor Dr Abbott turned up to do my mid-placement assessment and spend the day with me. He was also greatly impressed with Sue, noting how fortunate I was to have such an excellent secretary and even taking the time to interview her about my performance (he didn't interview my boss). At some point during the day, Sue said something to me like, "Will you be taking me home again, tonight, Ian?" "Mr Watson takes you home?" "Yes, most nights. He's really good." This, added to comments made to Dr Abbott by certain workforce, led to Parodyverse-style false conclusions. Dr Abbott went back to university and must have told pretty much the entire course staff, "Ian Watson is shacked up with this drop-dead gorgeous secretary." This had a number of opinion-changihg effects amongst the denizens of the staff-room, ranging from congratulatory to feministically-condemning to connvinced I was distracted from my degree and needed putting in my place. And this got to the student body too. So when I got back to my course I had an entirely undeserved rep as a ladies man and was a target for professorial attention that I could have done without. And I still never dated Sue, or even asked her out. I'm not sure she was that good a secretary. I'm not sure anyone cared. That was the same placement where Shep convinced me to go to Paris one weekend with £9 in my pockets to look for this girl I quite fancied at the time but didn't know where she lived or how to contact her. But that's another story. Quote: Quote: Well that narrows down the field. Quote: Quote: Indeed.Quote: MelissaTroia Enthralless Lisa Cobra Sorceress Hagatha Darkness Valeria Laurie Layton Ziles Grace Kelly Shazana Pel Yuki Cleone Swanmay Uhuna Citizen Z All of those meet some criteria. Also Champagne and Gurl. Quote: It strikes me that the daughter of a Sea-Monkey-Human combination would possibly be rather exotic or have some kind of powers. Noted. | |||||||
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