tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post3018355976859906361..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Flat StanleysEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-16272204962967305302008-04-10T22:47:00.000-05:002008-04-10T22:47:00.000-05:00Flat Stanley was one of my favorite stories when I...Flat Stanley was one of my favorite stories when I was going up. Well, if I'm being completely honest, I still have the book it was in and read it at least once a year. It's a regression thing. Probably why I reread my Nancy Drew books.<BR/>Glad to know I'm not the only one who remembers that story!Tara Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946455259276780544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-51351902218102654472008-04-09T08:02:00.000-05:002008-04-09T08:02:00.000-05:00Prissy would be a crustacean? LOLSorry, I get my j...Prissy would be a crustacean? LOL<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I get my jollies from typoes like that. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I think you did that very well.Dave Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773380114295267509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-43523156140871856462008-04-08T17:20:00.000-05:002008-04-08T17:20:00.000-05:00Why would Sneerlip care about Prissy? It seems to ...Why would Sneerlip care about Prissy? It seems to me that he's much more likely to try and ruin his old rival Hotstuff, and she'd be just a prawn. <BR/><BR/>Encouraging her to come to Almack's in an unsuitable dress would be a good start. *Someone* will have to explain the rules of society to the poor thing. Have him arrange it to be someone who can help her make a fool of herself. It probably won't need much. <BR/><BR/>What are Sneerlip's good sides? In which ways is he similar to Lord Hotstuff?<BR/><BR/>Those question might be the key to make her fall for him, find out what a cad he is, and then spurn *all* men displaying the same attributes - Hotstuff might be tall, dark and handsome, but if Sneerlip is, too, then getting Prissy to trust _him_ will be much more difficult. <BR/><BR/>And, of course, the romance will have a much harder time getting off the ground if Hotstuff arrrives drunk and bloody furious because he's just lost the ancestral home at the gaming table, which would never have happened if Sneerlip hadn't gotten him conveniently drunk.<BR/><BR/>One of my antagonists is working long-term revenge on an ex-teacher, and he does it by ruining his reputation as a teacher in a two-pronged attack - on the one hand, he tries to lure away students into a world of balls and dinners (It's not a Regency. I just borrow a little) and feeds them a narrative about how apprenticeships should be and how little Ilyakis measures up. On the other hand, he's bribed Ilyakis' housekeeper to make the stay of any student truly miserable. Anyone who starts an apprenticeship finds themselves with a long catalogue of overheated/damp rooms, early morning noises, badly-mended bedlinnen, ill seasoned food (just *their* plate, mind - how can you complain when your teacher praises his food and scoffs it down?) and, and, and. It takes my protagonist to cut through that, but at that point Ilyakis has several years of vanishing students and has almost lost faith in his abilities as a teacher...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-88561550342909934282008-04-06T11:23:00.000-05:002008-04-06T11:23:00.000-05:00Jody, that's just... EVIL! LOLJody, that's just... EVIL! LOLDave Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773380114295267509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-53006196316819063072008-04-06T09:23:00.000-05:002008-04-06T09:23:00.000-05:00For the ultimate revenge Sneerlip can overshadow t...For the ultimate revenge Sneerlip can overshadow the hero because he actually has a personality, causing readers to demand the author write HIS book... Hee!<BR/><BR/>Jody W.Jody W. and Meankittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733607365443126784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-20656132018483341832008-04-05T00:47:00.000-05:002008-04-05T00:47:00.000-05:00Right, the second mind never quite goes away, even...Right, the second mind never quite goes away, even when she merges - gives new meaning to the 'little voice' concept. At the beginning of the book she doesn't know that she has the potential to split involuntarily, and the first time she does, all the anger she feels over being experimental comes out (after all, she didn't get a choice, and they screwed some things up, including her lifespan - only half of a 'Normal'). She finds out when some criminals try to abduct her and she kills 4 of them, 1 with her teeth (heavy worlder with genetic mods and berserker tendencies = pint-sized death machine when provoked). This causes her a host of problems, especially since the one whose throat she ripped out was an important politician's grandson. On top of that, although she's psych conditioned to not do it, she has the ability to 'turn herself off' - suicide by thought. But the 'other' doesn't always get the conditioning effect when it fires up, and guilt can have a bad effect on a person...<BR/><BR/>How's them consequences? ;-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ooo, a girl who speaks in hex - that could be the ultimate geek date, Ian. (I'm speaking in my daytime persona as a computer programmer now.) Do you have at least one character who finds that hexy? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)Dave Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773380114295267509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-68712419512292521802008-04-04T21:32:00.000-05:002008-04-04T21:32:00.000-05:00One of the characters in my current WIP has a simi...One of the characters in my current WIP has a similar situation to Dave's character. In my book, the character is a cybernetic hacker who has had her mind "invaded" by an Artificial Intelligence. So now I've got two minds inhabiting one brain, each jockeying for position and dominance. She/they do have advantages of incredible hacking abilities and the most secure data storage in the world. But on the other hand, she/they occasionally lose control of her body, and she tends to lapse into speaking in hexadecimal, which is awkward in social situations. :)<BR/><BR/>Ian<BR/><BR/>PS: What do you all think about the Amazon/BookSurge power play going on right now? I've already weighed in on my blog...Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497045412007902460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-89416734195220546932008-04-04T20:48:00.000-05:002008-04-04T20:48:00.000-05:00Hmmm...maybe Sneerlip can drop a large vase on Pri...Hmmm...maybe Sneerlip can drop a large vase on Prissy and then fold her up and put her in his pocket with none the wiser...<BR/><BR/>CatherineCatherineBerlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546381290722581834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-53883519262263809982008-04-04T18:08:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:08:00.000-05:00Yes, exactly! This has a real Jekyll and Hyde flav...Yes, exactly! This has a real Jekyll and Hyde flavor, except that she's always aware of both her minds, right? And you are on the right track -- you're coming up with different ways she might use the two minds. But what about consequences? Think about that a bit. What would be the consequences of people witnessing her split? Or of demanding that she split at certain times? Or for certain purposes? Think about all the ways this could interfere with a normal life. I think what you have so far are mostly advantages.<BR/><BR/>TheresaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-37638055821707482962008-04-04T17:42:00.000-05:002008-04-04T17:42:00.000-05:00The following is something I'm using in my SF nove...The following is something I'm using in my SF novel, set in the 26th century.<BR/><BR/>Sally is one of only 3 people who have been given a secret experimental genetic alteration called the 'Mindsplit mod' (the other 2 are her older sister and her younger first cousin, neither of whom is important in this book). With an experimental psychological conditioning set, some training, and lots of practice, she can, for short periods of time, divide her consciousness into what amounts to 2 separate egos (both still her), and determine which one gets any pre-existing emotions such as anger, worry, joy, etc. Sometimes she uses it to work on 2 problems at once, sometimes to allow 1 mind to concentrate while the other gets emotional, and sometimes just to talk things over with herself. She even argues with herself, especially if she stays split for too long (the 2 minds drift apart fairly rapidly). Her conditioning causes it to feel relaxing to merge back together, to help keep her from staying split for too long. <BR/><BR/>I've been trying to come up with other uses for it and consequences of it, because I feel like I'm only skimming the surface here. Am I on the right track?Dave Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773380114295267509noreply@blogger.com