MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2328

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: 'Membering Companions(tired)
	by Kenneth Allen Hyde <kenny-+AT+-UDel.Edu>
  2) Re: Genetics and Magic
	by IFJANS-+AT+-aol.com
  3) Re: Items Various
	by Sarah <MoonStalker59-+AT+-excite.com>
  4) RE: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 2326
	by "Hill, Susan" <susan.hill-+AT+-weyerhaeuser.com>
  5) Re: 'Membering Companions(tired)
	by XShadowXBladeIX-+AT+-aol.com
  6) RE: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 2327
	by "Hill, Susan" <susan.hill-+AT+-weyerhaeuser.com>
  7) Re: 'Membering Companions(tired)
	by "Rhianna Lynn" <ashke-+AT+-greenapple.com>
  8) Re: SPOILER BRIGHTLY BURNING!!
	by sadisma-+AT+-excite.com
  9) RE: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 2327
	by Melanie Dymond Harper <mel>

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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:09:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kenneth Allen Hyde <kenny-+AT+-UDel.Edu>
To: Misty Lackey List <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 'Membering Companions(tired)
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.10006151200540.9039-100000-+AT+-copland.udel.edu>

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 troll-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk wrote:

> On 06/15/00 01:30:52 Pam wrote (quoting someone else):
> >>'Wakaremashita.'?-what does that mean?

It is the semi-formal (out-group-directed) perfective form of the verb
"wakaru." It means something like "someone didn't understand" or "someone
was not understanding."  Since Japanese doesn't have subject agreement,
the "someone" can be almost anyone (I/we/you/he/ she/they/etc.

> The troll is not Japanese either, but has a smattering of the language...
> I thought "Konichi-wa" was hello. "Ohio", to the best of my knowledge, is
> an American state :)

O-haio is "morning" and "konnichi-wa" is "this day."  Both are used
as a greeting, similar to "hello."  In the evening, the correct greeting
is "konban-wa."  BTW, if you want to be really formal, in the morning, you
can say "O-haio gozaimasu."  

Hmmm.  ObMisty: well, she has a Japanese "monster" in "Children of the
Night," even if it's not terribly authentic.  Japanese spirit creatures
tend to be mischievious rather than evil.  Evil spirits were almost always
human (ghosts, kitsune, etc.)  Gakki(sp?) are not really dangerous, in any
Japanese legends that I've ever seen.

May the seas be your solace and the forests a refuge for your spirit,

Cennydd
Councilor of Mist

Kenneth Allen Hyde     |  No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife
Univ. of Delaware      |  between the shoulder blades will seriously
Dept. of Linguistics   |  cramp his style  -- Old Jhereg proverb
kenny-+AT+-Udel.Edu         |  A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me

//www.ling.udel.edu/hyde/prof/ken.html



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Date: Thu Jun 15 14:42:33 2000
From: IFJANS-+AT+-aol.com
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Genetics and Magic
Message-ID: <200006151850.TAA15302-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>

PLEASE PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS MAILING LIST!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!

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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:16:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sarah <MoonStalker59-+AT+-excite.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Items Various
Message-ID: <2652883.961096595415.JavaMail.imail-+AT+-magic.excite.com>

Heyla, Bright-the-day, Zhai'helleva and such like to all listsibs! 
Especially to Paul!

**--**Fluff**--**
Moonstalker wakes and streches her arms resulting in clouds of dust and
English essays being scattered over the immediate vicinity.  "Well it seems
an appropriate time to de-lurk and give my 0.02 in whichever denomination
you wish (my denomination of preference at the moment is the Euro but there
isn't a key for that at the moment on my keyboard)."  Seeing a new face in
the Halls Of Mist she digs around under piles of unread books (not for long)
and bring out, shock horror, the Enchanted Bucket #2 TM.  Magically full she
creeps over to the (with any luck) unsuspecting newbie and *SPLOOSH*. 
"Welcome to the Halls Paul!  If you ask nicely I'm sure that someone will be
willing to offer you a fluffy sheep shaped towel in exchange for
something!!!"
**--**END Fluff**--**

I'm not going to go where the disagreement about typos is but just to say
respect other listsibs, it's their list as well as yours.

Paul said
>  Forthcoming at some point in the near future we hope, and it seems likely

>  that herald.co.uk will be hosting, is Misty's own website. No doubt I'll
be 
>  trying to keep the information on there up to date as well.

Wayhey!! can't wait!! pls. let us all know as soon as it is launched!!

>  2> I'm human. Please don't forget that. I make mistakes. If I'm busy 
>  explaining why vanyel was actually bright green I've probably made a 
>  mistake. Clearly I was thinking of Firesong.

Someone (bad delete finger) said that firesong would most likely be luminous
(i can't remember if luminous was the exact word but it was bright anyways)
pink.  I whole heartedly agree with that mental picture!!!!!  

On the whole Age/Location thing, I am 15 (one of the younger listsibs but by
no means the youngest) and live in Southampton on the south coast of
England.  (which incedentally was *actually* warm today [people rejoiced in
the streets, or maybe not, but hey?!?])

On the Companions thing (i forget what the original spark was) wouldn't the
Heralds be more inclined to rely more heavily on their Companions for things
if they knew the *whole* truth about the extent of their Companions
wisdom/powers? To take a modern day example; I am particularly good at
maths, so when my close friends have major problems they can't slove they
often ask me for help.  I don't usually mind giving help provided they are
willing to think for themselves as well, but when someone comes to me and
expects me to provide the answer i get ticked off with them.  I expect that
if a Herald came to rely soley (sp) on their Companion then they stop
thinking for themselves.  I'm gonna stop this thought here coz i've confused
myself!

Oh, sudden thought, didn't this list once have a birthdays list?  I thought
that mebbie i could resurect that.  Could you e-mail me privately your
birthdays so that mebbie once a week (or mebbie less often) we could sing
happy birthday to that week's listsibs.  

Oh and i'd just like to share with my listsibs that it is ONLY 39 DAYS until
i get so see my she'enedra/best friend Brynn (Jenny).  (For those of you who
care, she lives in California and I haven't seen her in 10 months.)

I think that's all i have to say at the moment.

Oh but congrats to all who have-had/are-having-soon children.  Goodluck to
you!

Sheep shaped hayfever tablets and tissues (that don't hurt your nose) to all
listsibs that need them (i HATE pollen)

Zhai'helleva
Moonstalker :)
She'enedra to Brynn
Temporary Bearer of the Enchanted Bucket #2 TM
"Friends, however distant, are always present." - Cicero





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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:48:44 -0700
From: "Hill, Susan" <susan.hill-+AT+-weyerhaeuser.com>
To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: RE: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 2326
Message-ID: <872A9D7CC09CD11188CE00805FBB042E05BFFCFD-+AT+-emswwc7.weyer.com>

RE:Rolan
> From: "Abigail Laughlin" <abbykat-+AT+-hotmail.com>
> Therefore it's probably unlikely that he ever "went away"... all that
> would 
> do is make another Companion be MOC whilst he was gone, and I think we 
> decided that the point of the MOC living as long as he does is to gather
> up 
> 
Well, my theory is that its the same "person/soul"... every time he dies,
he's reincarnated in a new body. Must be hard on him. But its the same
soul... Taver is Rolan is whomever.

> From: kat1-+AT+-austin.rr.com
> 	*Why* don't Companions want Heralds to know they're 
> guardian-spirits? And do they affect the minds of everyone in 
> 
Well, if you think about the "no one true way" philosophy, it would probably
screw up the whole country's attitude to know that the Heralds, chieftans of
loose morals and casual sex <grin - no flames!> were actually god-touched
and god-chosen. 

And you might add to the whole "I'm herald, I'm divine, I'm too good for
words" complex that might occur. And you get the same "the reason clergy are
forbidden to pray for victory" scenario there too...You get a herald with
different beliefs than the people in their Sector, and add a little
smackerale of divinity to their person, and you've got serious conflict and
borderline religious wars on your hands.

-S

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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:47:21 EDT
From: XShadowXBladeIX-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: 'Membering Companions(tired)
Message-ID: <8e.6748348.267ab6f9-+AT+-aol.com>

In a message dated 6/14/00 5:50:50 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jaec_songblade-+AT+-yahoo.com writes:

<< 
 
     What the Companions didn't want them to know was that they 
 
 (Companions) were reborn Heralds. And now that that fact has been uncovered, 
there 
 
 is no reason why the Companions should make the mages forget. ( I hope that 
 
 makes sense ;) )
 
 Really happy colored sheep to all!!(Summer's here)
 
  Jaec Songblade  >>


HOw did theheradle find that out?

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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:58:13 -0700
From: "Hill, Susan" <susan.hill-+AT+-weyerhaeuser.com>
To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: RE: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 2327
Message-ID: <872A9D7CC09CD11188CE00805FBB042E05BFFD02-+AT+-emswwc7.weyer.com>

> From: "Misty's Secretary" <mistysdesk-+AT+-hotmail.com>
> Paul Fisher
> Business Manager, Highflight.
> 
Paul - first - welcome! If you truly are whom you say you are (and we all
know there has been past occurrences of people not being what they truly
appear to be) then welcome even more!!!

Second - I think I speak for many on this list when I say "Give Misty our
love and greetings. Tell her we think she's just swell" and we ask you -
make sure she's got what EVER she needs to write the best books as fast as
she can possibly stand. <grin>

Here's a question for you (and maybe the Lady herself): When these books are
contracted or "thought up" are they purposely put together as trilogies?
(obviously not all of them are, but you get my drift...) Is that something
the publishers want to see for selling purposes, or is it more a writer's
perspective of "uhh, this story is going to take alot of pages to reach the
resolutions I am looking for - probably better do it in book size sections."

And another question for you - in Jinx High, Di talks to the high schoolers
about "what its like to be a professional writer." - How much of that was
Misty's own personal work philosophy - and how much if at all has that
changed as she's written more books and found her stride?

Hey - if these questions are No-no's in your book...no problem, man. If you
don't know the answer, no problem. Just some stuff I was curious about...
<grin>

Again, hope you're legit. Thanks for joining the chaos - May I be the first
(I dunno - I get the digest version!) to give you a big SPLOOSH!!! and hand
you a sheep covered in towels - or was that towels covered with sheep?

-Susan



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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:19:37 -0400
From: "Rhianna Lynn" <ashke-+AT+-greenapple.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: 'Membering Companions(tired)
Message-ID: <200006160022.UAA12419-+AT+-core.greenapple.com>

Heyla, all!

> HOw did theheradle find that out?

	I'm curious about that one, too, actually. I know it was alluded 
to several times, but I can't recall where it actually came to light. I 
recall several places that one of the characters had a double vision 
of his or her Companion as a horse-shape and then as a person-
shape. I believe, also, that Karal saw Florian in the Moonpaths in 
human-shape. I don't recall where the Heralds actually made the 
connection, though. Was it actually stated and we missed it or 
was it just alluded to?
	I finished Black Swan a while ago. I really enjoyed the last few 
chapters. I wish Burning Brightly would come out in paperback 
soon! It sucks not being able to get it in hardback when all of you 
have read it and I've accidentally read a few spoilers and it's making 
me crazy to not be able to read the whole story! *grins* Alas, it 
can't be helped. I'll get the book eventually.

Sheep-shaped storm clouds
Rhianna



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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:27:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: sadisma-+AT+-excite.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: SPOILER BRIGHTLY BURNING!!
Message-ID: <10289856.961115246102.JavaMail.imail-+AT+-ally.excite.com>

I beleive the phrase you are looking for is "the brightest stars burn half
as long."  And i do have to agree with the fact that there was so much that
could have been explored in the book if it was as trilogy - this one would
have kept me hopping for the next one - as it is I cant wait until the next
Valdemar book comes out.                            Thats my take:)  night
all





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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:50:56 +0100 (BST)
From: Melanie Dymond Harper <mel>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: RE: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 2327
Message-ID: <200006160950.KAA23549-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>


> > From: "Misty's Secretary" <mistysdesk-+AT+-hotmail.com>
> > Paul Fisher
> > Business Manager, Highflight.
> > 
> Paul - first - welcome! If you truly are whom you say you are (and we all
> know there has been past occurrences of people not being what they truly
> appear to be) then welcome even more!!!
> 


I'll just put on my listmistress hat and say yep, this is the real deal. Paul
is definitely who he says he is.

Mel


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