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[greygirlbeast]

This is a democracy. You will always be voting for the lesser of two (or three, or four) "evils." So vote, or don't vote, but stop whining.

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Sirenia Digest #81 is almost ready to go out. There were some snags last night, but I think we've gotten past those now. So, hopefully you'll get it sometime today, if you are a subscriber. This is not

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[docbrite]

Question unrelated to gaming or vertebrate paleontology: did you make up the name Abalyn, or have I just never heard it before? It's pretty.

[greygirlbeast]

did you make up the name Abalyn, or have I just never heard it before?

I found it on a tombstone. It's very obscure these days.

[witchchild]

I'll be in attendance at Comicon, my first time. And as a professional no less! Guess that degree is paying off a little.

And I am halfway through the season 4 finale of Farscape, with the disc of the ending in my house. Soon, soon! I shall know how this all ends.

[greygirlbeast]

I'll be in attendance at Comicon, my first time. And as a professional no less! Guess that degree is paying off a little.

Again, my attendance is tentative. Not even listed yet.

And I am halfway through the season 4 finale of Farscape, with the disc of the ending in my house. Soon, soon! I shall know how this all ends.

Yup.

[witchchild]

Well if it ends up happening I'll at least give a tip of my (likely invisible) hat.

[stsisyphus]

...the problem of "Chekov's gun" is literary nonsense, a bugaboo to be ignored, unless you need the gun to be fired.

Hmm. RP tends to be much more fluid and forgiving for dropping potential plot details because of the nature of the activity, that's certainly true. I know Synge has about twenty-teen fallen and scattered plot elements which I know I'll never get back to (and probably don't need to do so). Continuity within RP scenes can be a terrible beast to wrangle, particularly as the importance of established events and details wither or swell according to stimuli and improvisation and other factors. Details get lost or forgotten. I didn't mean to suggest that the particular "gun" in question was required to be referenced, like I had a list of things that needed to be checked off. Given the subjective importance placed on the plot point early on, it felt satisfying (from a narrative standpoint) to let the established detail have it's payoff before Lizbeth exited the story.

I can think of numerous brilliant novels, stories, and

[stsisyphus]

Aaaaaand I just realized that this was probably intended as a friendly helpful writing tip and not a prompt for serious writing craft discussion....

[martianmooncrab]

if you dont vote, you cant bitch about it...

Having your article cited is bittersweet, but it shows your workmanship is appreciated.

[ulffriend]

I remember the first time that I saw that my work had circulated, and the first time that I saw it had been cited. It was a truly surreal experience.

I look forward to all of your books, but "The Dinosaurs of Mars" holds a special place in my heart, sight unseen (or in this case unwritten). That title is simply too great not to have a great story attached to it, rather like "The Dry Salvages". (I do love Eliot's poem as well, he's one of my three favorite poets - your novella works nicely with it. After all, "The hint half guessed, the gift half understood, is Incarnation.")