MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1463

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Hi.
	by Danielle May Marrone <dmarrone-+AT+-ic.sunysb.edu>
  2) Re: Misty Alphabet
	by "Robin Lao" <vree333-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  3) braid
	by Beth Cavanaugh <canchaser-+AT+-valint.net>
  4) Storm Breaking
	by Brika Steinberg <bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca>
  5) Re: Storm Breaking
	by estellem-+AT+-worldstop.com (Estelle Moore)
  6) Re: Storm Breaking
	by Stasia <stasia-+AT+-gte.net>
  7) Re: braid
	by "Fam. Verkuijlen" <maddie-+AT+-fly.HiWAAY.net>
  8) Re: Storm Breaking
	by Brika Steinberg <bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca>
  9) Herald cover art pet-peeve
	by AERDEN-+AT+-delphi.com
 10) Storm Breaking
	by KATE REYNOLDS <SH_KATE-+AT+-4cty.org>

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 15:12:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Danielle May Marrone <dmarrone-+AT+-ic.sunysb.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Hi.
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980120150225.1043A-100000-+AT+-sparky>

Heyla! I'm kinda new. I may have made an introduction letter before winter
break, but I don't remember. My name is Danielle but I also go by Ari Anna
and (this is what everyone calls me) Joey. I'll only explain that last one
if someone asks. I like reading fantasy but unfortunately I read too fast.
I say this is unfortunate because my funds cannot keep up with my need to
read (not to mention my shelves). I like cats, fairies, the moon, dragons,
unicorns, etc. I am a Christian which kinda contradicts my love for
fantasy. I attend SUNY Stony Brook and I am an English major hoping to
minor in Medieval studies (just for fun).  I like this list and its
discussions and i am also looking for people to write to on a non-list
basis. (I just read this over and boy is it boring.  I hope I don't put
anyone to sleep.)
				May the moon light your paths,
					Ari


------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:24:17 PST
From: "Robin Lao" <vree333-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Misty Alphabet
Message-ID: <19980120212417.1296.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

I noticed that everyone keeps on missing out Tarrn.  He's one of the 
kyrees

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 23:45:24 GMT
From: Beth Cavanaugh <canchaser-+AT+-valint.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: braid
Message-ID: <199801202345.XAA14835-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>

<Companions range from blue to (ick) pink and purple?>
  I like to think of myself as an artist, and I draw Heralds and Companions
all the time, and I want to tell you that drawing a white horse, and a
person wearing white in the same picture is a little hard to do. I do not
think that pinks and purples are the correct way to go about in adding color
to a Companion and Heraldic whites, I think going for more of the blue and
greys would be better.

<Elspeth and Gwena are fighting the discription of wyrsa >
 As for not drawing the covers of the books to fit exactly, Jody Lee (who
does most of the covers) has artistic lisence, and her covers have to be eye
catching. So she can put what ever scene, combanation of scenes, or picture
she wants.  Also we each preive what the characters should look like, and no
two would be exactl alike.

 TAG LINES:

It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door!

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for

A blank sheet of paper is God's way of letting you know what it feels like
to be God

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: IT GOES ON

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things
the same way other people
 did. Dad's advice? Don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

When in doubt, make of fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin
line between being brilliantly
  creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the
hell, LEAP!



------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 21:58:56 -0500
From: Brika Steinberg <bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Storm Breaking
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980120215852.006aba58-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca>

Hi... Looking for a bit of help remembering something... It's been 2 years
since I read the Arrows books, By the Sword, and Winds of * and I'm now
working on the last of the Mage Storms books...

Firesong is remembering being conscripted by Vanyel to help Valdemar... "By
now he must have recovered from the effort of taking down the Web - and
Vanyel at full strength had been powerful enough to wrest away control of a
Gate he had not erected to transport 5 humans, 4 gryphons, a dyheli, two
Companions and two bondbirds all the way from a site at the edge of the
Dhorisha Plains to the heart of the Forest of Sorrows beyond Valdemar's
northern border."

What "conscription" he is talking about, what Web, and when/why did this
event happen?

If someone can help answer my question without spoiling anything in this
book, it would be much appreciated. :)

Thanks.

Brika. :)
 bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca  http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~bsteinbe 	 
<---------------------------------------------------------------+
"A day can shift into a profound place by the reading of        |
 a single perfect sentence at the perfect time." (SARK)    <----+


------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 21:33:35 -0600
From: estellem-+AT+-worldstop.com (Estelle Moore)
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Storm Breaking
Message-ID: <199801210333.VAA20922-+AT+-intrigue.innuendo.com>

     Hi I am new, my name is Estelle.  Some call me Mouse or Miraghe.  But I
am posting to help Brika.  All of the details of the web ar covered in the
Last of the Herald Mage series.  To be specific it's in the last book
"Magics Promise".
Have fun reading.


>Hi... Looking for a bit of help remembering something... It's been 2 years
>since I read the Arrows books, By the Sword, and Winds of * and I'm now
>working on the last of the Mage Storms books...
>
>Firesong is remembering being conscripted by Vanyel to help Valdemar... "By
>now he must have recovered from the effort of taking down the Web - and
>Vanyel at full strength had been powerful enough to wrest away control of a
>Gate he had not erected to transport 5 humans, 4 gryphons, a dyheli, two
>Companions and two bondbirds all the way from a site at the edge of the
>Dhorisha Plains to the heart of the Forest of Sorrows beyond Valdemar's
>northern border."
>
>What "conscription" he is talking about, what Web, and when/why did this
>event happen?
>
>If someone can help answer my question without spoiling anything in this
>book, it would be much appreciated. :)
>
>Thanks.
>
>Brika. :)
> bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca  http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~bsteinbe 	 
><---------------------------------------------------------------+
>"A day can shift into a profound place by the reading of        |
> a single perfect sentence at the perfect time." (SARK)    <----+
>
>


------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 23:04:32 -0500
From: Stasia <stasia-+AT+-gte.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Storm Breaking
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980120230432.0071ce04-+AT+-mail.gte.net>

At 03:07 AM 1/21/98 GMT, you wrote:
>What "conscription" he is talking about, what Web, and when/why did this
>event happen?
>
>If someone can help answer my question without spoiling anything in this
>book, it would be much appreciated. :)

Well, I can't remember the answers to all the questions, but here is what I
*do* know <or think I know, anyway!>

The "web" was the one that Van constructed with Savil, Lissandra and
Kilchas to help the Heralds keep a magical "eye" on Valdemar... the one
that had the Vrondi keeping an eye out for magic being worked and made the
magicworker feel uncomfortable.  As far as when Firesong, Elspeth et al met
Van, Stef and Fandes... sad to say, I can't remember which book it was in,
but I can tell you when, in the scheme of things it happened.  It was when
everyone was moving to the new vale, and Elspeth, Darkwind, and co. were
being gated back to Valdemar.  I wish I could remember which book, but
since I don't have the Winds and Wars series in my possession, I can't
reference it.  Hope it jogs your memory a little and answers your
questions.  %^}

Amber


------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 22:23:37 -0600
From: "Fam. Verkuijlen" <maddie-+AT+-fly.HiWAAY.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: braid
Message-ID: <34C57849.10C42847-+AT+-mail.hiwaay.net>

Beth Cavanaugh wrote:

> <Companions range from blue to (ick) pink and purple?>
>   I like to think of myself as an artist, and I draw Heralds and Companions
> all the time, and I want to tell you that drawing a white horse, and a
> person wearing white in the same picture is a little hard to do. I do not
> think that pinks and purples are the correct way to go about in adding color
> to a Companion and Heraldic whites, I think going for more of the blue and
> greys would be better.
>
>

I agree that greys would be better! A *lot* better.
I also see your point that it's difficult to draw a person dressed in white on a
white Companion. If I look at the books, a lot of times the whites are hidden by
shields, colorful capes and a lot of other props.

Well, at least the pictures aren't as bad as the 'blurbs' on the back. If we are
talking about pet-peeves, that's mine I guess.

Mariet


------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 23:49:32 -0500
From: Brika Steinberg <bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Storm Breaking
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980120234931.006af1e4-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca>

Thanks for refreshing my memory re: the Web...

Any takers on my other questions? :)

Brika.

BTW, I have read all of the Velgarth novels except for Storm Breaking, so
information that comes from any of those is quite all right. :)

 bsteinbe-+AT+-chat.carleton.ca  http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~bsteinbe 	 
<---------------------------------------------------------------+
"A day can shift into a profound place by the reading of        |
 a single perfect sentence at the perfect time." (SARK)    <----+


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 06:39:17 -0500 (EST)
From: AERDEN-+AT+-delphi.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Herald cover art pet-peeve
Message-ID: <01ISMNWTBCVM95WFBH-+AT+-delphi.com>

On 20-JAN-1998 23:50:18.2 mercedes-lackey said to AERDEN
 me>If I look at the books, a lot of times the whites are
 me>hidden by shields, colorful capes and a lot of other props.
 me>Well, at least the pictures aren't as bad as the 'blurbs' on the back.
 me>If we are talking about pet-peeves, that's mine I guess.

Mariet--My big pet peeve about the cover art is that it's too busy.  There
are too many things in the border and too many decorations that seem just
stuck in there--weaving patterns, etc.



     Chantal


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 9:41:18 -0500
From: KATE REYNOLDS <SH_KATE-+AT+-4cty.org>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Storm Breaking
Message-ID: <980121094118.1007e-+AT+-4cty.org>

Brika and listsibs --
The part where Van 'kidnaps' the gryphons, Firesong, et al is early in Winds of
Fury.  They were supposed to gate to k'Treva but Van diverted the gate and took
everyone to Sorrows instead.  He did to get to talk to them all at once and
explain about the new Heartstone in Haven. 

Hope that helps!

Kate (a newbie)

------------------------------

End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1463
**********************************