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Reading Excuses / Re: What would you like to do?
« on: December 23, 2008, 03:54:04 AM »
Yeah, Monday may make more since once we set the routine, but I kind of feel like we already missed a week since nothing was submitted today. And most everyone else seemed to be saying Sat....
Oh, well whatever works and keeps people smiling would be good with me. And yes, I too have been pleased with RE so far. Much better than another writing group I was in, but that is another long boring story no one needs to hear.

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Reading Excuses / Re: What would you like to do?
« on: December 23, 2008, 01:12:55 AM »
I just wanted to make sure we weren't stepping on anybodies toes, but I don't really care who does it, as long as it happens sometime.
And yes, I am also in the Let's-do-it-as-soon-as-possible-but-I-can-wait-until-Saturday-or-even-Monday-if-I-have-to camp... Or LDITASAPBCWUSOEMIIHT for short (Let's see a few of you try to pronounce that). :)

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Reading Excuses / Re: What would you like to do?
« on: December 22, 2008, 09:49:13 PM »
Do we need one of our great leaders to take charge for us? Silk, Chaos?... Input Please?

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Reading Excuses / Re: What would you like to do?
« on: December 22, 2008, 04:56:00 PM »
For what it's worth (which is probably about two cents at the most), I'd be ready for another round any day now.
We're kind of snowed in over here and I have way too much time on my hands....

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 21, 2008, 08:58:34 AM »
First off Wilson, that character is in Opal plenty. And I should hope you haven't finished Heir because with all my revisions, I haven't come close to finishing Heir and it would be a shame if my book was so predictable it started writing itself... ;)
Poor Vernack. I hope he doesn't hear all your sarcastic comments. Even if he can't really talk, he does have a bit of a temper among other things... (i.e. smacking certain people with his tail...). Though I must say that thought of 43 Vernacks would terrify certain people....
And yes, I am seriously considering investing in a gag. Or handcuffs...they would probably be more effective in this case.

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 21, 2008, 06:15:13 AM »
Wow, I was totally kidding...through all of it. You can jack my thread anytime you want...and  thanks for the ego stroke. You're good about that, even though I understand that you have to be a little biased. And I was very surprised to see that you missed that one character which actually shall remain nameless. :)
Yes, your next chp is very interesting and I can't wait to see what you've done with it.

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 21, 2008, 05:41:24 AM »
Quit jacking my thread! This is where people are supposed to be ripping my book apart, not where you ruin it for everyone by raising expectations and naming off characters that haven't been introduced yet and talking extensively about an author that I've already been traumatized by once in this whole writing process, as you well know (someone in another group compared my dragonets to her werewolves). I am going to have so much fun when you start posting your stuff again.... ;D

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 21, 2008, 05:11:28 AM »
I've killed off Drynn and lots of other characters in atomic detonations (w/e they annoy me somehow or I am frustrated by writing in general) I just fix it later when I figure it out and life is good again. And I meant you've told me your favorites before and I could add a few more to my hit list if I wanted to.
Oh, if I pulled a SM, it hardly would matter at this point. After all, It's hard to disappoint fans that you don't have... or leak a book that isn't published.... So, I still have to work quite a bit before you can hate me as much as her. An interesting goal,  but it could be entertaining.
He's staying crazy. Get over it. :P
I did so kill off Aaron. I killed him so completely that he's not even in the book anymore, so there! I just don't like to do it just for the heck of it, only if it really adds to the plot (like a certain Queen's death that everyone else already knows about).... or puts a certain person in their place. 

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 21, 2008, 04:34:13 AM »
You do realize your playing a very dangerous game... I could take a leaf out of a SM's book and throw a hissy fit where I decide not to finish the books (sorry if there is any Twilight lovers in the audience), and  start killing off your favorite characters in unsatisfying ways like atomic detonations in a fantasy book (it helps since you already told me who they are, including the 'recently crazy' and Vernack's new companion)  along with denying you your exclusive access... oh the possibilities are endless....:)

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 20, 2008, 10:06:50 PM »
Actually, it is commas in my ms, but somehow they got turned into brackets while I was putting it on here for some reason.... Which is why I'm not a secretary.
Oh, and eventually you do get the 200o years later...I just am being stubborn about putting it in the narration. As long as you get a generational gap feel, I would be satisfied for now.
I'm glad you want to know those kind of things about Vernack. It means I have an semi-interesting subject and since I already have it explained later in my ms, I get to play the evil author and not tell you.   ;)
Thank you!

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 20, 2008, 09:30:04 PM »
Oh, that's something I already changed after reading a previous post. This is how it reads now:
"Human lives were short. The years passed and Vernack had many different companions, but the barrier remained even when its original purpose was forgotten. Vernack’s current companion (a pleasure seeking alcoholic and the King of Kalum) was convinced that elves were faceless spirits and fairies that drunks and simpletons liked to blame when they got turned around in the forest. And Vernack wasn’t about to correct him."
Any better? Overboard or not enough? because my next jump would be saying "over two thousand years later" and that sounds as lame as the footnote idea...at least to me.
I'm hoping you also get from that that Garrad will not be coming back (at least outside of flashback mode) because he is well...dead. Very dead. But there will be plenty of evil and not so evil wizards to take his place and Vernack is still going strong, trying to whip them all into shape (No one pities his fate more than me).
I'm also thinking of sending out my 1st chp again once we decide when the next round is to see if I am showing Drynn any better or if I should just shut up and get on to the other characters before I lose my whole audience with my lame MC (I love Drynn, but I can see why it may take awhile for you guys to feel the same), but if I do, it will be with the 2nd chp instead of the Prologue, because it's tiny and besides little things like that, I didn't change the Prologue that much.
Oh, and speaking of which, do you think it is okay that I'm still in past tense when I talk about Vernack's current companion and the sentence after it, or should I switch into present tense (use 'is' instead of 'was')? Any opinions on that?

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 19, 2008, 05:56:31 PM »
I think my biggest obsticle at this point is that while Vernack is very careful to seperate the drow/demons and elves/Elbans, Garrad is more than happy to string them together. Which is a character thing that I don't think I want to change. I guess I was holding out hope that by the time you get to Drynn in chapter 1, and he thinks about the 'dark skinned demons of the Drow War that are only in stories,' that it would be clear enough... oh well. There will be other oppertunities, especially when they appear in about 100 pages and start causing havok :). Hopefully they won't disappoint (thanks for the added pressure Chaos! ;))
I wonder if we'll still be around by then. It doesn't seem that far away in my ms, but when you start breaking it down into RE approved chunks...well it may take awhile.

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 19, 2008, 07:24:43 AM »
Hmmm...well I'll keep banging my head on the keyboard and see if I can come up with anything to make it clearer... other than putting on  a footnote that says "drow are demons", because that's just lame. If anyone is still wondering why I prefer to use established races...you may have found your answer. I just don't want to have to explain every detail from the get go. That's why I wrote a whole 500 something pages of stuff after the prologue. But it is all part of the process, and for some reason, I still enjoy it, so thank you!

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 18, 2008, 10:49:31 PM »
I wish I was that good...
Anyway, basically a drow is a dark/demonic version/sub race of elves. Mine are a bit different then the forgotten realms version, so they are eventually throughly explained. For now, I'm just hoping you get from the reading that they are evil and scary and we don't like them without necessarily being into those aforementioned series. How'd I do?

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Reading Excuses / Re: Dec 15 - Queen'sOpal - Part 1
« on: December 18, 2008, 08:37:12 PM »
But it was a pretty big thing... You still are my favorite fan! (And no, I don't pay her nearly enough for all the nice things she says about me. She's just cool that way.)
The book really hasn't changed all that much. Just the beginning, the end and me attempting to fix some of the structural/fluffy/telly stuff in the middle. Are you disappointed?

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