. In February 2003, Elizabeth posted to the SentinelAngst list -- How about a story with a teenage Jimmy Ellison riding in a steeplechase race with Naomi involved with the owner of the stable where Jimmy's horse is kept -- a young Blair could be hanging around the horses and meets . . . well you can see where this might go. The idea caught my fancy immediately, and the muse even tossed me a hook -- Fortunately, the moon was almost full. Unfortunately, the broken layer of clouds dimmed the light at crucial moments. At the time, however, I didn't feel I had the skill to do justice to the story. So I saved it carefully in my plot-bunny folder, where it waited patiently until I needed to start a new story this past August. The application of a little math tells me this took six months to write, though only 30 actual days of writing effort (I kept track). This story now replaces "Moving Forward" as my longest, with another 1,585 words -- but it took nine fewer months to write. Yay
( ... )
Of course, young Blair's incipient Shamanic Talent probably didn't hurt.
Hunh; I didn't think of that! I was afraid it might seem much too easy for him, but that's the way the story insisted on being told. I like your explanation much better.
On the other hand, as inept as Jim looked on horseback on the show, can one really believe that he had been a champion steeplechaser as a youth?
In this instance, I prefer to stick with what the writers/producers intended to convey. (Rose-colored glasses firmly in place.)
Or... there was another, untelevised case the week before, and he was still stiff from getting knocked around by the bad guys, so he couldn't relax into the saddle, which made his riding more awkward than it normally is.
...Yeah, that sounds good.
*g* Regardless, I'm pleased you enjoyed the story. Thanks for letting me know. .
Re: Looking forward to have my saystarwatcher307April 13 2011, 23:43:43 UTC
. Hi. I hope you come back to see this. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and I really appreciate you letting me know. It's such a kick to get a comment on an old story; thank you.
BUT, I've deleted all the pages in this journal that didn't have comments, because of the ads that readers see. This 'story' is actually part of a much longer one; it starts with Jim and Blair as children. You can find the whole thing -- without ads -- on Dreamwidth:
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In February 2003, Elizabeth posted to the SentinelAngst list -- How about a story with a teenage Jimmy Ellison riding in a steeplechase race with Naomi involved with the owner of the stable where Jimmy's horse is kept -- a young Blair could be hanging around the horses and meets . . . well you can see where this might go. The idea caught my fancy immediately, and the muse even tossed me a hook -- Fortunately, the moon was almost full. Unfortunately, the broken layer of clouds dimmed the light at crucial moments. At the time, however, I didn't feel I had the skill to do justice to the story. So I saved it carefully in my plot-bunny folder, where it waited patiently until I needed to start a new story this past August. The application of a little math tells me this took six months to write, though only 30 actual days of writing effort (I kept track). This story now replaces "Moving Forward" as my longest, with another 1,585 words -- but it took nine fewer months to write. Yay ( ... )
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On the other hand, as inept as Jim looked on horseback on the show, can one really believe that he had been a champion steeplechaser as a youth?
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A very good story.
Thank you.
Of course, young Blair's incipient Shamanic Talent probably didn't hurt.
Hunh; I didn't think of that! I was afraid it might seem much too easy for him, but that's the way the story insisted on being told. I like your explanation much better.
On the other hand, as inept as Jim looked on horseback on the show, can one really believe that he had been a champion steeplechaser as a youth?
In this instance, I prefer to stick with what the writers/producers intended to convey. (Rose-colored glasses firmly in place.)
Or... there was another, untelevised case the week before, and he was still stiff from getting knocked around by the bad guys, so he couldn't relax into the saddle, which made his riding more awkward than it normally is.
...Yeah, that sounds good.
*g* Regardless, I'm pleased you enjoyed the story. Thanks for letting me know.
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Hi. I hope you come back to see this. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and I really appreciate you letting me know. It's such a kick to get a comment on an old story; thank you.
BUT, I've deleted all the pages in this journal that didn't have comments, because of the ads that readers see. This 'story' is actually part of a much longer one; it starts with Jim and Blair as children. You can find the whole thing -- without ads -- on Dreamwidth:
http://starwatcher-fic.dreamwidth.org/13959.html
I have other stories linked on the title page of that journal: http://starwatcher-fic.dreamwidth.org/
I hope you enjoy whatever takes your fancy.
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