I have been a little sidetracked lately, and have not really had my head in fiction writing. You know how you can come to love a fictional being, and they walk beside you through your day
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I confess I know very little about Marlowe, but from what little I do know, I can understand why you have fallen for him! If your crush leads to fic I will be very happy to read it :)
I love your description of falling for a character or person so hard that you want to know everything about them. That strange giddy feeling... I can still vividly remember the improbable astonishment of discovering Archie. It's a rare thing for me :}
PS Did you get my e-mail saying thank you for my wonderful birthday book? It was such a lovely unexpected treat! I am really looking forward to dipping in to it.
I identify with that falling in love with a character sooooooooooo much.
I hated history at school. All dates and facts and general boredom. No sense of a 'feel' for a time. Now I love immersing myself in a period, through as much contemporary stuff as possible.
Same here. Not that it leads to intensive reading, but also I forget so much afterwards :) Or I remember to have known something, but not so very detailed, you know?
About Pullings and his tatoos *g*: I know that the ordinary sea-men had them - but officers??? Or soon to be leaders??? Hm. See - that needs investigation. How doesn't seem to be unexplainable. I think on the ship, made by a talented shipmate, or in harbour. What vexes me: Why? And what and why that motive and not another one?
My, I know what you mean :) Being in love :) Isn't it odd that you can fall in love with a fictional character????
I think officers did too, sometimes. I think Pullings may have a secret under his shirt...
I am so glad to be able to come to LJ and find a place where people don't look at me cross eyed when I admit to belng in love with a fiction-- or a long dead person.
I know nothing about Christopher Marlowe, but did you know about the Christopher Marlowe Mysteries? I've got one on my harddrive that I could upload if you're interested.
And I totally know what you mean about falling for a fictional (or historical) being so hard. It's a fantastic, dizzying feeling and I love experiencing it so much. I wish it'd happen more often.
No I had not heard of the Marlowe mysteries. If you want to upload I would be very grateful.
As for loving the fictional and historical-- doesn't it feel just like falling for a right-in-front-of-you person? Fantastic and dizzying, yes. So glad I found a place where people understand!
I've got two major historical crushes: the German poet and satirist Heinrich Heine, with whom I fell in love after I read his letters, and Lucy Maud Montgomery of the Anne of Green Gables fame. I read her journals last year and I loved them. I am now thinking about buying the new edition of the journals as well, as the previous ones were censored. With both of them, I had such a strong sense of the person behind the words, across the centuries, and, as I kept telling people, they both read surprisingly modern. I felt like I could be friends with them in RL.
Oh, and funnily enough, LM Montgomery writes at one point about a book she's been reading, in which a young girl from South Africa experiences the same doubts and fears that she, LMM, does. It seems odd to her that she should feel so close to some individual so far removed from her through time and space. And there's me, reading LMM's journals and feeling the same sort of spiritual kinship with her, through time and space. It's great
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I love your description of falling for a character or person so hard that you want to know everything about them. That strange giddy feeling... I can still vividly remember the improbable astonishment of discovering Archie. It's a rare thing for me :}
PS Did you get my e-mail saying thank you for my wonderful birthday book? It was such a lovely unexpected treat! I am really looking forward to dipping in to it.
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In a way it was Archie who led me to Marlowe. Archie has a bit of a thing for Dr Faustus, I think. And there is the whole 'boys and tobacco,' thing.
Anyway, in my addled brain they somehow go together.
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It was such a lovely surprise! I've been dipping into it and it never fails to make me smile :)
I would love to Skype sometime soon-- but probably not this weekend.
This weekend's no good for me either, maybe next weekend sometime?
In a way it was Archie who led me to Marlowe.....in my addled brain they somehow go together.
Of course they do.... ;)
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I hated history at school. All dates and facts and general boredom. No sense of a 'feel' for a time. Now I love immersing myself in a period, through as much contemporary stuff as possible.
Ah, Marlowe. A great reckoning in a small room...
Have you read KC Warwick's Prove a Villain?
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About Pullings and his tatoos *g*: I know that the ordinary sea-men had them - but officers??? Or soon to be leaders??? Hm. See - that needs investigation.
How doesn't seem to be unexplainable. I think on the ship, made by a talented shipmate, or in harbour. What vexes me: Why? And what and why that motive and not another one?
My, I know what you mean :) Being in love :) Isn't it odd that you can fall in love with a fictional character????
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I am so glad to be able to come to LJ and find a place where people don't look at me cross eyed when I admit to belng in love with a fiction-- or a long dead person.
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And I totally know what you mean about falling for a fictional (or historical) being so hard. It's a fantastic, dizzying feeling and I love experiencing it so much. I wish it'd happen more often.
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As for loving the fictional and historical-- doesn't it feel just like falling for a right-in-front-of-you person? Fantastic and dizzying, yes. So glad I found a place where people understand!
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I've got two major historical crushes: the German poet and satirist Heinrich Heine, with whom I fell in love after I read his letters, and Lucy Maud Montgomery of the Anne of Green Gables fame. I read her journals last year and I loved them. I am now thinking about buying the new edition of the journals as well, as the previous ones were censored. With both of them, I had such a strong sense of the person behind the words, across the centuries, and, as I kept telling people, they both read surprisingly modern. I felt like I could be friends with them in RL.
Oh, and funnily enough, LM Montgomery writes at one point about a book she's been reading, in which a young girl from South Africa experiences the same doubts and fears that she, LMM, does. It seems odd to her that she should feel so close to some individual so far removed from her through time and space. And there's me, reading LMM's journals and feeling the same sort of spiritual kinship with her, through time and space. It's great ( ... )
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http://www.mediafire.com/?dznz5ibam84z47u
I might be able to find some more, so let me know if you like it.
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