MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1700

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Up coming books
	by "Kethryvis" <kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net>
  2) Re: many things
	by "Kethryvis" <kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net>
  3) reading reasons/Sacred Ground/erotic?! *snort*/night fright
	by "Nelson Greenslade" <grenslde-+AT+-nbnet.nb.ca>
  4) Burning Water/Sacred Ground connection; SFBC; gathering?
	by "marty l. adkins" <adkinslawfirm-+AT+-mindspring.com>
  5) Re: Big Long Braid
	by Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com
  6) Re: many things
	by "Judy L. Wood" <auntysocial-+AT+-BellSouth.Net>
  7) Re: Fluff
	by Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com
  8) Random braids, and other mess
	by Aoife Moon ni Reille <myth96-+AT+-flash.net>
  9) Re: Up coming books
	by "Alexia/Sabrina" <i.casale-+AT+-ukonline.co.uk>
 10) Re: orders/Intoduction to Misty
	by troll-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk
 11) Re: Up coming books
	by "Kethryvis" <kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net>
 12) Re: Random braids, and other mess
	by Matt Bowerman <silverwind-+AT+-earthpath.com>
 13) Misty candlelights <bg> Was (RE:Fluff)
	by "Old Nicodemus" <oldnic-+AT+-se-tel.com>
 14) Re: New here
	by Hobbs Tina <thobbs-+AT+-thomas.butler.edu>
 15) Re: god(desse)s, intro to Misty, fluff
	by Greg Wooledge <wooledge-+AT+-kellnet.com>
 16) Re: Random braids, and other mess
	by Aoife Moon ni Reille <myth96-+AT+-flash.net>
 17) religion stuff, OAM
	by "Brynn/Jennifer Ireland" <jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 18) FLUFF GALORE
	by nathanh124-+AT+-juno.com (Nathan D Henderson)
 19) Re: FLUFF GALORE
	by "Thea Bergermann" <listen-+AT+-doso.de>
 20) Re: New here
	by Matt Bowerman <silverwind-+AT+-earthpath.com>
 21) Re: Newbie
	by "Josephine Pang" <flamemoon-+AT+-hotmail.com>

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:05:58 -0700
From: "Kethryvis" <kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net>
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Up coming books
Message-ID: <19980827181648620.AAA124-+AT+-Shipping-1.it.inreach.com>

Alexia,

A good amount of them from what I've seen.  I am so extatic...the story
where Tarma and Kethry meet is in Oathblood!! <jumping for joy>  I've been
looking for a copy of S&S III for YEARS.  Now I don't have to. :)

Many of the T&K stories that have appeared in S&S over the years are either
in Oathbound or Oathblood.  

This makes me rather happy. :)

-Keth

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From: Alexia/Sabrina <i.casale-+AT+-ukonline.co.uk>
To: kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net
Subject: Up coming books
Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 9:02 AM

On the andre norton page = http://andre-norton.org/ in the section of
upcoming books there are two entries exactly as follows:

ELVENBORN

with Mercedes Lackey
Sequel to Elvenblood. Is now being worked on (information directly from Ms
Norton)


ELVENBRED

with Mercedes Lackey
Sequel to Elvenborn


I thought Andre Norton was male! oops.... just thought you'd all like to
know... other possibilities I heard of:

Triangle Park
Arcanium 101
Beyond the World's End
Tempus Fugit
Wearing a Mask
Exit
Space Opera
Firestorm
Return to Darkover
Phoenix and Ashes
The Gates of Sleep
The Serpent's Shadow


Anyone know of anymore or know anything else about these?

Also what single stories in anthologies like Sword and Sorcery can be found
in ML book anthologies now?

Thanks

ALexia


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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:08:28 -0700
From: "Kethryvis" <kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net>
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: many things
Message-ID: <19980827181917744.AAA203-+AT+-Shipping-1.it.inreach.com>

LOL!

Back when I was first on this list <eons and eons ago> we had a listing of
all of the actors/actresses we wanted to play certain roles...I wish I had
saved it!!  We had tapped James Earl Jones to provide the voice of Roland I
know.....

Drat...now I wish I HAD saved it!!!

-Keth
<cursing her evil hard drive format comissioned by the evil ex boyfriend>

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From: Emerald Dragon <emerald_teardrop-+AT+-yahoo.com>
To: kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net
Subject: many things
Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 10:28 AM

---Michelle Needleman <dragonvampmilynn-+AT+-yahoo.com> wrote:
> Who now has only been around for a few weeks and have managed to not
> get splooshed......
> 

well, you can be like me and hide in lurkdom for a long time so that
no one really knows that you are a newbie on this list (for the
record, yes i am a newbie and have NOT gotten wet)  ::runs around
looking for her umbrella, finds it, and opens it::  i always come
prepared  ::grins sheepishly::

now, on to business....
well, i have a real good misty question for all of you....since it
seems that a lot of books are becomming movies, tv specials, and
shows, i was wondering if any one thought that a misty book(s) should
become a movie or show.... me, i think that a heralds of valdamar tv
show would be really neat ((and probably very expensive with a lot of
special effects))...so, what do all of you think??which book(s) do you
think would make a great movie, tv show, ect....

Good day to you all!

Meg
==
Follow your heart!!!  
You never know where it may lead you.





_________________________________________________________
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Get your free -+AT+-yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:16:52 -0300
From: "Nelson Greenslade" <grenslde-+AT+-nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "Misty" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: reading reasons/Sacred Ground/erotic?! *snort*/night fright
Message-ID: <01bdd1de$7bdd7da0$51f1a4c6-+AT+-epzfbrwg>

<<I take books to work to read on my
breaks, and I am always being asked why I am reading something, or if I
am reading it because I have to or because I want to.>>
   *rifles through Delete folder* Oh! Found it! As Ddecember (on another
list) put it:
"My point with books and chocolate is always the same.
I can have it anytime I want it.  I can do it in public and no one cares. I
can do it alone and enjoy it.  I can take it with me and do it or not as
suits
me.  And it is the perfect waiting in line, traffic, for a bus......insert
your own here......activity.  It distrurbs no one with loud noise.  And most
importantly....I ENJOY IT!"

  Michelle, I don't think Misty writes horror. (Though some of her monsters
are pretty horrifying!) Think of the Di Tregarde series as Anita Blake with
hippy connections. Sacred Ground is good, too, but there are no vampires.

<<Que'est-ce que c'est?>>
   Er... don't hate me, but I can't stand spelling errors (yes, I was
cringing when I received my last letter, but I was tired!) It's "Qu'est-ce
que c'est?" You had one "e" too many. *hides from rotten fruit and levin
bolts being hurled her way*

   Yvonne, you appear to be gaining assistants.

<<Dont' think I've been splooshed, either.  I'm the one sitting in the
corner wearing full rain gear singing badly.  "My Bonnie lies over the
ocean......">>
   Strange. I was just thinking about that song, because I've heard this
other song to that tune that was parodied in a commercial on the radio
today....

<<No One Mentions Sacred Ground?>>
   I bought the HC for 5 bucks. *evil grin* And I read it while sitting on
the washing machine, which was trying to dance into the hallway. (See? I do
live in a strange little world!) I personally loved it.
   Oh, and, um... *makes wards against Copyright Demons* I had to invent a
band and give them two hit songs, one of which I had to write (music project
last year). So I used the title 'Sacred Ground'. I honestly didn't base it
one the story! It's the writer saying she doesn't want to talk about the
past (her twin bro was killed) {she considers the topic 'sacred ground'; no
trespassing} but her friend is making her, so .... that's the premise I
wrote it on. But then after I'd presented and everything, I read it again
and realized it 'does' sort of fit the book...

<<How do you get those nice signature lines??????>>
   Join groups! (if I understand your meaning) Any newbie, lurker, or
regular can join a group (as long as it doesn't conflict with your other
affiliations) There's so many!! i think they're mentioned on the Newbiefest
page.

<<The "erotic" scenes in Misty's books don bother me at all.>>
   I'm sorry, but I don't find any of the sex scenes 'erotic'. Or even
'explicit'. The torture scenes were explicit (sometimes) and the fights were
usually, as well. I'd say the (consensual) sex scenes left most of it to
your imagination. Usually I spared my mind the work and just had warm
fuzzies that the characters were getting some comfort. But misty's books
aren't all sex and violence; she puts a lot of emphasis on everyday life and
human character.

<<Also, in Burning Water, Di's cop friend Mark(?) was talking to
his Native American friend about getting magical protection from the
criminal that was doing the ritual killings, and the Native American
cop mentioned that he had the site, and that his grandfather back in
the South was a tribal medicine man.  Do you think it could be
Jennie's grandfather?>>
   It's not ~that~ small a world... is it?

   Okay, here's a personal tidbit: I was up on the computer last night, and
a little past midnight I got off my duff to let the dog in. I turned into
the unlighted hallway.. and was confronted by a frightening, shambling
figure which moaned upon seeing me!!! I was so shocked, I about had a heart
attack! At the very least, my ticker skipped a beat of two.
   Of course, it was just Mom, but still...

   Ummm...if I was supposed to be a member of the OLW, I forgot... can I
join now?

Elsa
Knight of Fluff
One in Black
OoUH Champion of Jonne, Moonbeam, and Iceshadow
Member of the Order of Drifting Ashes
caller of monsters

- Spirit. In every language in all the Realms, surface and Underdark, in
every time and place, the word has a ring of strength and determination. It
is the hero's strength, the mother's resilience and the poor man's armor. It
cannot be broken and it cannot be taken away.
Drizzt Do'Urden, Exile


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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:13:37 -0400
From: "marty l. adkins" <adkinslawfirm-+AT+-mindspring.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Burning Water/Sacred Ground connection; SFBC; gathering?
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980827151337.0069949c-+AT+-pop.mindspring.com>

Kay Silversong asks:

>       Also, in Burning Water, Di's cop friend Mark(?) was talking to
>his Native American friend about getting magical protection from the
>criminal that was doing the ritual killings, and the Native American
>cop mentioned that he had the site, and that his grandfather back in
>the South was a tribal medicine man.  Do you think it could be
>Jennie's grandfather?  I always wondered that.  What does everyone
>else think?

That's a very interesting point.  As far as I recall, Jennifer's
grandfather only had one son, so there wouldn't be any cousins to be this
cop.  Still, in many cultures, "grandfather" and "grandmother" are terms of
affection and respect not limited to blood relatives.  If Mooncrow had
taught this man, they might have such a relationship, for example.  If
nothing else, that mention may well have put the idea in the back of
Misty's brain, to come out years later in the form of that excellent book,
_Sacred Ground_.  I too would like to see many more!

Someone mentioned wanting TLHM and Arrows in the hardcover compilations.
They are available [at least in the US; I'm not sure about overseas] from
the Science Fiction Book Club at

http://www.sfbc.com/

Are any listsibs coming to Dragoncon this year?  It's in Atlanta, Georgia
[USA] from Sept. 3-Sept. 6.  Ed Kramer [aka, "the incarnation of
incompetent evil"] can be avoided.  If anybody else is coming, maybe we
could plan a listsib gathering.

Jerrie, who wants all the listsibs to show up, so she can meet them and
take them to a cheap-but-good pizza buffet place she knows for *hours* of
fascinating conversation

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:18:49 EDT
From: Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Big Long Braid
Message-ID: <e6383174.35e5bf29-+AT+-aol.com>>



<< > By the way, I'm a newbie. And I'm DRY! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
 > Daine
 
 	Bwa ha ha ha ha!!! *Yvonne once more is on the prowl, and being 
 sneaky (as usual) manages to creep up behind one Daine who is buisy 
 laughing.* ~~~SPLOSH~~~ "Heyla & welcome to the MLML! Glad to have you, 
 and if you have any questions that aren't answered on the newbiefest 
 (http://www.ling.udel.edu/hyde/pers/misty/newbiefest.html) feel free to 
 bother one of the Councillors - that's what they're there for. :)" >>

:::Daine spits out a fine stream of water and grins ruefully::: And here I
was, hoping I might get away with it......Ah well........:::wanders off in the
direction of home, praying the cats haven't gotten fur all over her clean new
clothing::::

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:30:59 -0400
From: "Judy L. Wood" <auntysocial-+AT+-BellSouth.Net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: many things
Message-ID: <35E5C202.B425CF54-+AT+-BellSouth.Net>



Kethryvis wrote:

> well, i have a real good misty question for all of you....since it
> seems that a lot of books are becomming movies, tv specials, and
> shows, i was wondering if any one thought that a misty book(s) should
> become a movie or show.... me, i think that a heralds of valdamar tv
> show would be really neat ((and probably very expensive with a lot of
> special effects))...so, what do all of you think??which book(s) do you
> think would make a great movie, tv show, ect....
>

My greatest fear of a tv series, is that it will either stagnate, or end up
nothing like the books.  I think it would be great to start at 1 book and work
its way through all of them.  But, you know how Hollywood is.....

Glad Bonnie was not a repeat of Fran....
Jw.



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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:31:57 EDT
From: Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Fluff
Message-ID: <fe1af7ca.35e5c23d-+AT+-aol.com>>

<< "My Bonnie lies over the
 ocean......"
 Waiting for Bonnie (yes, I am in NC)>>

Moi aussi, listsib. 
I got the full brunt of it living where I do (oh joy! oh rapture! Raking up
bagfuls of pinestraw and Large Branches is better than chava!) so I have about
a couple thousand or so list-emails to catch up on. :::rolls up her proverbial
sleeves and gets to work::: Reading Misty by candlelight is very soothing, by
the way.

And I HAVE been "splooshed!"

Daine

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:39:44 -0700
From: Aoife Moon ni Reille <myth96-+AT+-flash.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Random braids, and other mess
Message-ID: <35E5E030.13A6-+AT+-flash.net>

Ardath6-+AT+-aol.com wrote:

> finished reading SBreaking today. Since I already knew that Bad Things were
> going to happen, ....  Anyway, I was shedding tears
> about Florian and everyone else - yes, even Firesong! Even if he did deserve
> what happened to him because of his vanity, I still felt really bad for him.

I felt the most sorry for Karral! Can you imagine being such a reader,
and then not being able to read anymore?!!!  (The only thing I can think
of that would be worse than that, to happen to *anyone* would be to be a
painter or a writer and not to be able to paint or write any more....)


> Besides this, I just wanted to say hi to Aoife, because I live in north Texas,
> too. Just north of Dallas, to be more exact. I hope you're having more fun
> with all the heat, humidity, and lack of rain than I am!

Nifty! If you get a chance to come out to Hawkwood Fantasy Fair, you
definately should! (I'm the only one there with the Valdemaran arms
embroidered on my stuff. <G>) (And I've actually got my own device that
really goes with my character, but I haven't gotten around to
embroidering it yet. I hate embroidering, but it looks so cool....)

Emerald Dragon <?> Wrote:
> shows, i was wondering if any one thought that a misty book(s) should
> become a movie or show.... me, i think that a heralds of valdamar tv
> show would be really neat ((and probably very expensive with a lot of
> special effects))...so, what do all of you think??which book(s) do you
> think would make a great movie, tv show, ect....

I thought that the Di Tregarde books would, actually, but I think that's
just because they remind me an aweful lot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
I'd love to see a Heralds movie (preferably LHM, cuz it's my fav) except
I just *know* they'd butcher it...

<Jerrie Wrote>
> Are any listsibs coming to Dragoncon this year?  It's in Atlanta, Georgia
> [USA] from Sept. 3-Sept. 6.  Ed Kramer [aka, "the incarnation of
> incompetent evil"] can be avoided.  If anybody else is coming, maybe we
> could plan a listsib gathering.

I was going to be there with the lady I work for (selling dragons, if
you want to know- you can see the dragons at www.flash.net/~sisaac/) but
with Hawkwood and all, it's not going to happen. Oh well....


Aoife

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 21:24:32 +0100
From: "Alexia/Sabrina" <i.casale-+AT+-ukonline.co.uk>
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Up coming books
Message-ID: <03c501bdd1fc$78e24360$207228c3-+AT+-i.casale>




>Alexia,A good amount of them from what I've seen.  I am so extatic...the
story where Tarma and Kethry meet is in Oathblood!! <jumping for joy>  I've
been looking for a copy of S&S III for YEARS.  Now I don't have to. :)
Many of the T&K stories that have appeared in S&S over the years are either
in Oathbound or Oathblood. This makes me rather happy. :)

Thanks for the info- I really appreciate it- and much thanks to everyone
else who took the time to answer my questions:) WEll I've got some more, but
the first is an opinion one... what is your fav. cover art and what is your
fav. illustration? I like winds of fate and owlflight ok but I'm not really
into most of the cover art... ok I HATE the arrows cover art and a lot of
the serrated edge/ urban fantasy art... lark and the wren is OK though
too... OK What books am I missing from this list of what there is from
misty?

Valdemar etc:
sword of ice
black/ white/ silver Gryphon
Magic's oawn/ promise/ price
Oathbound, oathbreakers, oathblood
arrows of the queen, arrows flight, arrows fall
by the sword
winds of fate/change/ fury
storm warning/ rising/ breaking
owlflight/ owlsight <upcoming>

Bardic voices/ choices:
Lark and the wren
Robin and the kestrel
Eagle and the nightinggales
Four and 20 blackbirds
A cast of corbies
fiddler fair

Bardic tales:
castle of deception
fortress of frost and fire
prison of souls
escape from roksamur <mark shepard solo>
chaos gate <josepha sherman solo>

Halfblood chronicles:
elvenbane
elvenblood

Serrated edge:
born to run
chrome circle
wheels of fire
when the bough breaks

Urban fantasies:
summoned to tourney
A knight of ghosts and shadows
elvendude <mark shepherd solo>
spiritride < mark shepherd solo>
Bedlam's bard <Ellon guon solo>
Bedlam boyz < ELlen guon solo>

Di tregade and related:
burning water
children of the night
sacred ground*
high jinx

Anthology:
excalibur <one story>
horse fantastic <one story>
lammas night

Other:
Tiger burning bright
the ship who searched
firebird
fire rose
reap the whirl wind <sword of knowledge 3>
wing commander
rediscovery
if I pay thee not in gold

Details of all from www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com <most>,
www.firebirdarts.com


OK, have I missed any?

ALso up coming books are: black swan and brightly burning which I missed off
the previous list. Robin and the kestrel is out of print but can be found in
the trilogy 'free bards' which has all three of the first bardic voices
books. Summoned to tourney is out of print. I believe that reap the
whirlwind as a separate books is also. Excalibur is out of print but the
story can be found in fiddler fair from it.

Thought this info might be useful. Also note the books above are not
necessarily in chronilogical order, sorry!

Can anyone add to this, and... can anyone make up a similar list off all the
stories ML has had in things like Sword and sorcery and if they are in any
of her anthologies as above. I will try and find availability is anyone
knows what stories there are and what mags they were originally in. I know
catfantastic also has something...

THanks. hope this is useful to people

Alexia






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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 21:54:40 +0100 (BST)
From: troll-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: orders/Intoduction to Misty
Message-ID: <1998827215819541-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk>

On 08/27/98 15:06:03 Shadowblade wrote:
>dragonvampmilynn wrote:
>:I have a question, on signature lines I have noticed that there are
>:several affliations, how do you get on these and where do I need to go
>:to request approval?
>
>just ask the person who's in charge. Umm. I don't know if the OIB head, 
Kalen is back... uhh.. who was his second i/c?

Kalen should be back on the list within two weeks, according to the
last email we in the OIB had from him. In the meantime, Seasong is
his second in command.

As for introduction to Misty, the first Misty book I read(so many
years ago now :)) was AotQ. Got it as a birthday present from my
oldest friend, read it, loved it, and took a year to find any more
Misty books. Thankfully London bookshops gradually started stocking
more and more Misty stuff :) and today I have 31 of her books.

Trollhugs and chocolate sheep,

Muranog Shadowbane
Troll Adept
Knight of Fluff
OIB
Member of the Mistic Circle
and his bondmate Sable, the giant black war sheep(also OIB)



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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:28:11 -0700
From: "Kethryvis" <kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net>
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Up coming books
Message-ID: <19980827213853525.AAA128-+AT+-Shipping-1.it.inreach.com>

Fave cover art...

Hm.  I happen to love the cover of The Lark and the Wren...I'm having that
dress made! :)  

Fave has gotta be Magic's Promise.  Oh.  I want a full sized poster of that
for my room soooooooooo bad.  all of the LHM art is really good.  I really
DON'T like any of Larry's illistrations for the books...<shrug>  sorry, not
my kind of stuff.  

But I also really like the Vows and Honor cover art....Kethry's dress on
Oathblood is just way cool.

-Keth

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From: Alexia/Sabrina <i.casale-+AT+-ukonline.co.uk>
To: kethryvis-+AT+-reachme.net
Subject: Re: Up coming books
Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 2:21 PM




>Alexia,A good amount of them from what I've seen.  I am so extatic...the
story where Tarma and Kethry meet is in Oathblood!! <jumping for joy>  I've
been looking for a copy of S&S III for YEARS.  Now I don't have to. :)
Many of the T&K stories that have appeared in S&S over the years are either
in Oathbound or Oathblood. This makes me rather happy. :)

Thanks for the info- I really appreciate it- and much thanks to everyone
else who took the time to answer my questions:) WEll I've got some more,
but
the first is an opinion one... what is your fav. cover art and what is your
fav. illustration? I like winds of fate and owlflight ok but I'm not really
into most of the cover art... ok I HATE the arrows cover art and a lot of
the serrated edge/ urban fantasy art... lark and the wren is OK though
too... OK What books am I missing from this list of what there is from
misty?



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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:38:07 -0500
From: Matt Bowerman <silverwind-+AT+-earthpath.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Random braids, and other mess
Message-ID: <1307882599-106413100-+AT+-equinox.net>

At 10:15 PM 8/27/98 +0100, you wrote:

>> Besides this, I just wanted to say hi to Aoife, because I live in north
Texas,
>> too. Just north of Dallas, to be more exact. I hope you're having more fun
>> with all the heat, humidity, and lack of rain than I am!
>
>Nifty! If you get a chance to come out to Hawkwood Fantasy Fair, you
>definately should! (I'm the only one there with the Valdemaran arms
>embroidered on my stuff. <G>) (And I've actually got my own device that
>really goes with my character, but I haven't gotten around to
>embroidering it yet. I hate embroidering, but it looks so cool....)

Greetings....    I am just in the process of relocating to the North Texas
area myself.  In fact, I was out at Hawkwood on the first Sunday and had a
wonderful time (as long as I was drinking lots of water, anyway).  I wonder
if I saw you at all there... 
  

********************************
Silverwind
silverwind-+AT+-earthpath.com
********************************

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:37:37 -0400
From: "Old Nicodemus" <oldnic-+AT+-se-tel.com>
To: "Misty" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Misty candlelights <bg> Was (RE:Fluff)
Message-ID: <199808272136.RAA12688-+AT+-bsd1.se-tel.com>

::: Reading Misty by candlelight is
> very soothing, by
> the way.
EEP!!! *my little rat-like heart is going bumpity bumpity bumpity*
Reading Misty by candlelight!!
Aaaaaah, *romaticist in me making an appearance* now add a dearly
beloved fellow reader, what could be better?
Soft candlelight, a glass of champaigne, your voice spinning the
triumphs and tragedies and the glowing smile of another cherished soul.
*sigh*
Alright alright, Im getting mushy, sue me! I'll shut up now. *vanishing
back to his little corner of the Hall*

ObMisty: Sorry, none this time, just me being melancholy. Listening to
Billie Joel has that effect on me...*scampers away humming "River of
Dreams"*

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"And I'll set my Sails of Silver, and I'll steer toward the Sun
And you False Love will weep for me, when I'm gone..."

            ---"Sails Of Silver, Steeleye Span

Old Nicodemus
ALOOFF, Leader of the Rats of the Delta Quadrant,
Knight of Fluff, Member of the Order of Light Warriors
One In Black.



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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:52:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Hobbs Tina <thobbs-+AT+-thomas.butler.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: New here
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980827184803.18841C-100000-+AT+-thomas.butler.edu>


Heyla listsibs, 

I am a newbie, still learning the rules of this society.  And no, I have
not been splooshed.  **standing by some very absorbent sheep**  I would
like to take the use name Silverwind, if no others object.  

In regards to whether Misty's books might become a movie, I' not sure that
that would be a good thing.  The people that the director casts never look
like the peopple in my mind,  I'm usually disappoanted with a movie made
from a book and vice versa.


tina  soon to be Silverwind (hope)

:-) 

Merry meet, merry part, merry meet, again.



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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:27:17 -0400
From: Greg Wooledge <wooledge-+AT+-kellnet.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: god(desse)s, intro to Misty, fluff
Message-ID: <19980827202717.C7470-+AT+-phoenix.local>

* Winddancer * (winddancer_13-+AT+-hotmail.com) wrote:

> I think ten hours 
> a day spent in shool related things (bus, homework, etc.) is a little 
> exessive, do you not?

I hate to disappoint you, but it doesn't get better.  A full-time job,
plus commute time, lunch, overtime, mandatory uncompensated meetings,
etc., can add up to that much (or more) quite easily.

> I Read at school 
> whenever I possibly can, and people are always acting like it's such a 
> weird thing to do--the sad part is, for that town it is!  And the thing 
> is, they despise anyone who is different . . . not a good thing for me.

It's not just your town.  The sad truth is that the vast majority of human
beings simply cannot accept anything different from what they consider to
be normal.  And although I'm not the most cynical person in the world,
I'm starting to think that the majority of human beings past puberty
are incapable of independent thought.

Perhaps I'm being unfair....

ObMisty: just look at Talia's family.  There are an alarming number of
people *just like that* in real life.

-- 
"Daddy, why do those people have to    |   Greg Wooledge
  use Microsoft Windows?"              |   wooledge-+AT+-kellnet.com
"Don't stare, son; it's not polite."   |   http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 19:32:44 -0700
From: Aoife Moon ni Reille <myth96-+AT+-flash.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Random braids, and other mess
Message-ID: <35E616CC.1440-+AT+-flash.net>

Matt Bowerman wrote:

> Greetings....    I am just in the process of relocating to the North Texas
> area myself.  In fact, I was out at Hawkwood on the first Sunday and had a
> wonderful time (as long as I was drinking lots of water, anyway).  I wonder
> if I saw you at all there...

Quite likely, if you were buying your water, or getting ice from the
soda boothes! <G> if you're there this week, I'm the red head with a
green skirt and brown vest, no shoes, the green and/or purple dragons,
and a weird hat.

Aoife

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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:35:39 PDT
From: "Brynn/Jennifer Ireland" <jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: religion stuff, OAM
Message-ID: <19980828013540.24021.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Heyla! about the "references to gods/esses", Tarma, as some have 
mentioned, refers to the Star-eyed, and *some times* to some of the 
other gods of that religion. remember, the "Star Eyed religion" *isn't* 
monotheistical (-sp?). so that means that there are refrences to 
multi-god/ess religions. also, how would someone go about joining the 
OAM? please write me privatly at jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com if u can 
tell me. thanks.
Zhai'helleva and sheep-shaped pencils or eraseable pens to all,
Brynn

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." -Cicero


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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 21:12:46 -0400
From: nathanh124-+AT+-juno.com (Nathan D Henderson)
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: FLUFF GALORE
Message-ID: <19980827.221920.4190.0.NathanH124-+AT+-juno.com>

I was wondering why people blab about being a newbie when they know they
will get splooshed. 

:GryphonStorm wings in on an unsuspecting TheaEvanda but instead of
buckets he carries what looks like a bathtub filled with lukewarm water.
It  was to good a target to pass up but as a sort of apology he drops a
towel as big as any sheet on anybody wet and uses his energy to mop up
what has been spilled in the day. He finishes to see more wet floor and
noticed mopping is a never ending task. He sees a ring that people call a
freindship ring and wonders what it is he stalks over careful to dodge
flying water and as he gets close he notices a racoon and three ferrets
munching away on food that is almost gone. He remembers something about
raisins and cheese so he conjurs up a nice warm basket with raisans and
cheese snuggled inside. He drops more blankets and makes a stack in the
corner. He then leaves a message. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS
IS I WILL GIVE YOU A WHOLE FLOCK OF CHOCOLATE SHEEP!!!!!(LOOK FIVE):



Gryphon Fanatic,

                GryphonStorm 

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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:57:36 +0200
From: "Thea Bergermann" <listen-+AT+-doso.de>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: FLUFF GALORE
Message-ID: <199808280556.HAA09796-+AT+-scatopharga.doso.de>

GryphonStorm wrote:
> I was wondering why people blab about being a newbie when they know they
> will get splooshed. 
We *want* to get sploshed!
It's better than getting hit by chocolate pies... 
Less of a mess...
 
> :GryphonStorm wings in on an unsuspecting TheaEvanda but instead of
> buckets he carries what looks like a bathtub filled with lukewarm water.
> It  was to good a target to pass up 

Ieeh! TheaEvanda stands there, blue gown soaking wet, 
water dribbing from her long hair and looks up to see a 
laughing gryphon winging silently out of range, trailing a 
huge bathtub behind him.

> but as a sort of apology he drops a
> towel as big as any sheet on anybody wet 

Thank you. Just what I needed... Fortunately, the 
instruments survived this without damage...

Greetings,

TheaEvanda

Addictee to filk and embroidery and sailing
Bad mage but a wizard on the recorder


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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 07:16:33 -0500
From: Matt Bowerman <silverwind-+AT+-earthpath.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: New here
Message-ID: <1307829892-246111-+AT+-equinox.net>

At 04:13 AM 8/28/98 +0100, you wrote:
>I am a newbie, still learning the rules of this society.  And no, I have
>not been splooshed.  **standing by some very absorbent sheep**  I would
>like to take the use name Silverwind, if no others object.  

Unfortunately, I think I would have to object in this case considering its
my Festival name and I've been using it since 1990.  But I'm interested in
why you chose the name....


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Silverwind
silverwind-+AT+-earthpath.com
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 05:23:58 PDT
From: "Josephine Pang" <flamemoon-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Newbie
Message-ID: <19980828122358.13777.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Hullo!!
Thanks soooooo much for your nice welcome!!!   ;)[wink]

From, 
Flamemoon!!!!

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>:The gryfalcon wings stealthly in for a closer look at the newbie and
>decides he is unsplooshed. Seeing it done once before he gives the 
newbie
>a hearty pat on the back leaving a sign reading !!!!UNSPLOOSHED
>NEWBIE!!!! He leaves knowing there will be a wet newbie by the mornings
>end.:
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