MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2643 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: After Midnight/Gwena/Music etc. by "Dionne, Judith" 2) Re: Sword of Ice by "Molly McAllister" 3) RE: After Midnight/Gwena/Music etc. by =?iso-8859-1?q?Jasmin=20Haviland?= 4) OT with apologies by "Devin Alicia Harris" 5) RE: OT with apologies by RachaelPoet-+AT+-aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:23:29 -0400 From: "Dionne, Judith" To: Subject: RE: After Midnight/Gwena/Music etc. Message-ID: <2CCA5938BD61874BBDFD97AA9B6DAF5C415F32-+AT+-scheexc01.FHS.COM> From: Misty's Secretary On a slightly different note, it's becoming common practise on the bar to snippet pieces of upcoming books (maybe the first chapter or two, that sort of thing). Would this be a good thing to send out to the list? Would it spoil the books for you to have rough draft material for you to examine, or would you be champing at the bit to get hold of Skif and Alberich ahead of time, even if only in part? :-) Would you just be interested in Valdemar stuff, or do you want (for example) Spirits White as Lightning snippets too? I'm not promising these things mind, I'm just suggesting that they may be possibilities once in a while.. Let me know how you all feel. Paul ~~~~~ I, for one, am all for it. Even though I can be considered an impatient Witch-with-a-Capitol-B, I'd love those teasers. My vote also goes for all of Misty's works; my favorites are the Diana Tregarde books, but I have enjoyed all of them. Well, all that I have read, which for sure is not all of Misty's works. Just got in Serpent's Shadow yesterday, but I have to finish the current book I'm reading (Harry Potter) before starting on it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- Yah, but I live in New Zealand where at the moment the exchange rate puts things at double to triple the price PLUS the cost to import... It's a headache. ~Silvershadow~ ~~~~~ This is one of the reasons why I think that sites such as Napster are not the end-all, be-all evil conglomerates the legal battles make 'em out to be. Granted, there is copyright infringement going on (I won't deny that) but it does serve a purpose for getting music out to fans all around the world who would normally not have any access to such music. Also, I know sites such as mp3.com charge fees so that they can pay the royalties due to artists. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- Re Gwena and her continuous bombardment of Elspeth down one path, didn't it say somewhere - the text people will probably put me right - that Gwena was very young? tamlin I believe it was in the second Winds book, after Vanyel yanked on the Gate to make 'em all come to Valdemar. Van was talking to Darkwind, Elspeth, and Firesong and mentioned that (paraphrase of quote) "Remember, Gwena is young." Whether or not that's referring to her age as in when she was Grove-born or if the spirit of Gwena, reincarnated Herald, was someone who died young so has not the benefit of years of experience that, for instance, Savil/Sayvil has. Ciocia Judi, Mistress of StyxJam III The Polish Blonde in Worcester AND Rabid Styx Fan of Central Massachusetts Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:32:53 -0000 From: "Molly McAllister" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Sword of Ice Message-ID: Heyla List-sibs, I thought that the After Midnight story was great, personally. I think that it would be awesome to see her rough drafts/ snipets of upcoming books. I also am a huge fan of her non-Valdemar books, so I would be totally cool with that :-) > >Question. Someone brought up Sword of Ice, and a story >about a women who wanted to know why she hadn't been >Chosen. Now, I have read the story, but the book is >packed away in NZ, and the library doesn't have a >copy, so could someone please put me out of my misery >and tell me how the story ended. Okay, well jsut in case some people haven't read that book, even though it has been out forever. S P O I L E R In the end it turns out that she can make a different and halp out people without being a herald. She doesn't need a companion to become an important person and live a good life. Since she doesn't need one (Because she has worked so hard at developing all those traits) she doesn't get one. Many chocolate dipped >strawberry-flavoured sheep to that (those) lovely >person (people). Mmmm..... Yummy :-) Zhai'hellava, Starshadow* Royal Defender of the Brat She'enedra to Lightsong _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:30:23 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jasmin=20Haviland?= To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: RE: After Midnight/Gwena/Music etc. Message-ID: <20010717153023.60911.qmail-+AT+-web11607.mail.yahoo.com> --- "Dionne, Judith" wrote: > From: Misty's Secretary > > On a slightly different note, it's becoming common practise on the bar > to > snippet pieces of upcoming books (maybe the first chapter or two, that > sort > of thing). Would this be a good thing to send out to the list? Would it > spoil the books for you to have rough draft material for you to examine, > or > would you be champing at the bit to get hold of Skif and Alberich ahead > of > time, even if only in part? :-) > > Would you just be interested in Valdemar stuff, or do you want (for > example) > Spirits White as Lightning snippets too? I'm not promising these things > mind, I'm just suggesting that they may be possibilities once in a > while.. > > Let me know how you all feel. > Paul > ~~~~~ Oh me too!! Rough drafts are our friends. :) I bless your warm little soul. > I believe it was in the second Winds book, after Vanyel yanked on the > Gate to make 'em all come to Valdemar. Van was talking to Darkwind, > Elspeth, and Firesong and mentioned that (paraphrase of quote) > "Remember, Gwena is young." Whether or not that's referring to her age > as in when she was Grove-born or if the spirit of Gwena, reincarnated > Herald, was someone who died young so has not the benefit of years of > experience that, for instance, Savil/Sayvil has. Gwena is Grove-born, therefore, I'm almost possitive that she is NOT a reincarnated Herald. Vanyel also said that (also paraphrasing :) ) "She has no real human experience." Therefore she wouldn't know that people like to plan their own lives. Not that that's any excuse or makes it less annoying. :) Jessie ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free -+AT+-yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free -+AT+-yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:58:20 -0700 From: "Devin Alicia Harris" To: Subject: OT with apologies Message-ID: <00e601c10f2d$2081b180$33811c0c-+AT+-computer> The shaych-friendly on this list (particularly those in the US) might want to check out the following link regarding a proposed amendment to the US Constitution. http://www.PetitionOnline.com/0712t001/ Dev ***** "That's it, I ain't takin' no more lip from a statue." http://www.greendragonpress.net/openzines.htm _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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