MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1892

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Question
	by Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com
  2) RE: Question
	by "L. J. Thompson" <ljt-+AT+-lclark.edu>
  3) Re: Question
	by "Abigail Laughlin" <abbykat-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  4) Re: Question
	by "Herald Katherine" <herald_katherine-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  5) Questions
	by Stars1467-+AT+-aol.com
  6) Re: Question
	by "Quietfire k'T'more" <quietfire_ktmore-+AT+-yahoo.com>
  7) Modern-Day Heralds
	by "Chuchulain" <Chuchulain-+AT+-usa.net>
  8) Re: Question
	by "Janet Bowen" <whitedeer27-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  9) Re: if i pay thee not in gold
	by "Herald Katherine" <herald_katherine-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 10) Re: Question
	by "Janet Bowen" <whitedeer27-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 11) Re: if i pay thee not in gold
	by "Sharry Adams" <sharry_lynn-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 12) Owlnight and new Misty
	by Amy Trujillo <trujillo-+AT+-southwind.net>
 13) Re: Modern-Day Heralds
	by Heather Arnold <typodrgn-+AT+-arches.uga.edu>
 14) Re: Question
	by Kenneth Allen Hyde <kenny-+AT+-UDel.Edu>
 15) Re: Owlnight and new Misty
	by "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 16) Re: new Misty books
	by Kristine Kilpatrick <kristinek-+AT+-qualisinc.com>
 17) Re: Question, If I Pay Thee Not In Gold
	by "Abigail Laughlin" <abbykat-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 18) braid
	by "Kristy Lyseng" <moonshade_noema-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 19) Re: Modern-Day Heralds
	by "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 20) Elspeth and Skif
	by "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 21) Re: Modern-Day Heralds
	by "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
 22) Re: braid
	by Laurel Redd <lredd-+AT+-du.edu>
 23) Re: if i pay thee not in gold
	by "Starshadow *" <starshadow_-+AT+-hotmail.com>

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:57:05 EST
From: Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <69b8d3f3.36db1b41-+AT+-aol.com>

I'm delurking for one little question. Don't know if it's been asked before,
but felt like asking again.
In WoFate, when Skif and Elspeth are fighting in the salle, Skif apparently
slaps the side of Elspeth's head and calls out "disable!" and it says "she
obediently went limp." It's on page 24. What IS that??? Is it a mental attack
not previously mentioned or is it just simulating a possible attack from a
Mindgifted attacker?
Just wondering...

Daine
Xenite Extraordinaire

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:38:03 -0800
From: "L. J. Thompson" <ljt-+AT+-lclark.edu>
To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Question
Message-ID: <01BE63F9.82BD4080-+AT+-BASIL>


Daine said:
>I'm delurking for one little question. Don't know if it's been asked 
before,
>but felt like asking again.
>In WoFate, when Skif and Elspeth are fighting in the salle, Skif 
apparently
>slaps the side of Elspeth's head and calls out "disable!" and it says "she
>obediently went limp." It's on page 24. What IS that??? Is it a mental 
attack
>not previously mentioned or is it just simulating a possible attack from a
>Mindgifted attacker?
>Just wondering...

I'm pretty sure that this was because Skif COULD have hit her hard enough 
to knock  her out, thus "disabling" her, but because this is mock combat 
and that would hurt, he did not. Instead, he just lightly tapped her and 
called "disable" to simulate that. It's probably a pretty standard 
convention for such fights.
L.J. Thompson
ICQ #6886878


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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 15:49:00 PST
From: "Abigail Laughlin" <abbykat-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <19990301234903.13638.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

My assumption was that Skif was simulating a blow to Elspeth's head that 
would have knocked her unconscious--he couldn't actually hit her that 
hard in sparring, so instead he tapped her and told her that she was 
'disabled' and couldn't fight him any more.

Seems more likely to me than any mental attack, which could have been 
feigned via something Mindspoken and which Elspeth could probably 
attempt to block with shields.

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Member of the Mistic Circle,
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Eldan, Champion of Kethra and Hyllarr, Devotee of Maclyn, and Worshipper 
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 16:09:10 PST
From: "Herald Katherine" <herald_katherine-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <19990302000910.24284.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>



daine wrote,.....
>I'm delurking for one little question. Don't know if it's been asked 
before,
>but felt like asking again.
>In WoFate, when Skif and Elspeth are fighting in the salle, Skif 
apparently
>slaps the side of Elspeth's head and calls out "disable!" and it says 
"she
>obediently went limp." It's on page 24. What IS that??? Is it a mental 
attack
>not previously mentioned or is it just simulating a possible attack 
from a
>Mindgifted attacker?
>Just wondering...


well, i think that Skif just meant by calling disable, that he has 
knocked her out. (or something close to it.) i doubt its a magical 
attack, because the valdemarans at that point were still under the 
protections of Vanyel's shields. 

by the way, about this art stuff, i think my favorite art is the covers 
of the WOF trilogy, and the work in Storm Warning. except that the 
illustration of Altra is COMPLETELY different on the cover than in the 
book. (katie shakes her head in confusion and disgust). but the one 
picture that COMPLETELY annoys me is the only one with elspeth in it, in 
Storm Breaking. that really bothers me, and i don't know why. i agree 
more with her portrayel on the cover of the mage winds books.

okay, okay, i'm done complaining
-katie reluctantly returns the soapbox to the more positive members of 
the list before somebody throws something at her.



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"There is no such thing as a coincidence, only mortals who have not 
fought the winds of fate."

Wind to thy wings,
Herald Katherine



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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:16:15 EST
From: Stars1467-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Questions
Message-ID: <e578c281.36db3bdf-+AT+-aol.com>

Hello! *pushes all the sheep off of the keyboard*

Does anyone know when Owlknight is coming out?  waiting...waiting

Orilaith asked:

>It seems to me that everyone here's read the Valdemar series(es?!), so my
>question is this, has anyone read the Bardic Voices? the Urban Fantasies?
>The Tregarde, Serrated Edge, etc.  Or the sci-fi (Of which I only remember
>"The ship that searched")? 

	I have never heard anyone mention one of my favorite Misty books, co-written
with Piers Anthony, "If I Pay Thee Not in Gold".  It's so good!  Has anyone
else read it? Did you like it? I would be particularly interested in the male
perspective on the subject matter.

Sugar Cube Sheep to all,  Jade

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 19:20:20 -0800 (PST)
From: "Quietfire k'T'more" <quietfire_ktmore-+AT+-yahoo.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <19990302032020.19108.rocketmail-+AT+-send501.yahoomail.com>

He ment he killed her.  She's dead.

Davin




---Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com wrote:
>
> I'm delurking for one little question. Don't know if it's been asked
before,
> but felt like asking again.
> In WoFate, when Skif and Elspeth are fighting in the salle, Skif
apparently
> slaps the side of Elspeth's head and calls out "disable!" and it
says "she
> obediently went limp." It's on page 24. What IS that??? Is it a
mental attack
> not previously mentioned or is it just simulating a possible attack
from a
> Mindgifted attacker?
> Just wondering...
> 
> Daine
> Xenite Extraordinaire
> 

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:10:31 -0500
From: "Chuchulain" <Chuchulain-+AT+-usa.net>
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Modern-Day Heralds
Message-ID: <001801be6462$9e8a7800$39119cd1-+AT+-oemcomputer>

Hi!  I'm somewhat new to the list (IOW, I've been lurking for the past month
or so and have decided to de-lurk, finally) and I've noticed that there has
been a lot of talk recently about people IRL doing awful things (i.e.
destroying gravesite flowers, etc.)  and our reactions to that.  I just
wanted to inject a positive note into the list, to remind us all that people
CAN do good things.

 My sister is a single mother and a graduate student at the University of
Georgia.  Last Sunday, the family housing apartment complex in which she
lived was destroyed by fire.  The roof caved in, rendering homeless thirteen
families, many of which consisted of three generations under one roof.

 Thankfully, many of her irreplaceable items were spared...there was very
little actual fire damage in my sisters apartment, but between the water
damage from the fire hoses and the damage done by the collapsing roof, a
great many things were lost. Worst of all, my nine-year-old nieces cat died
from smoke inhalation.

Now for the good part...the modern-day-heralds part.  Since the fire, the
community has united to help the victims of the fire. Donations of food,
clothing and other necessities have poured in.  Strangers have donated large
sums of money to help the families who lost things in the fire.  My sister
alone has received well over a thousand dollars in cash donations, not to
mention the clothing, textbooks, etc. that have been replaced.  Even though
she is only in her mid-thirties, she has a significant hearing loss in both
ears.  A hearing aid company has donated a pair of $2000 programable hearing
aids to replace the much simpler models destroyed during the fire.

This outporing of goodwill and help has moved me more than I can say.  I
have spent much of the past week cleaning salvaged furniture and clothing.
I do this because she is my sister and I love her, but to see people who
have never met her (or the other people from the accident) giving so much of
themselves renews my faith in people.  Sometimes we forget that people are
capable of such goodness, when we see the horrible things on the news all
the time.  I just wanted to inject a positive note about people.  I would
also love to hear about "modern-day Heralds" that you may have encountered.

Chuchulain



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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 20:19:59 PST
From: "Janet Bowen" <whitedeer27-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <19990302042000.14471.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

They didn't overshadow anyone, they complemented each other.  That's the 
difference.

Whitedeer

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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:09:53 PST
From: "Herald Katherine" <herald_katherine-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: if i pay thee not in gold
Message-ID: <19990302050954.6671.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

heyla(again)

just here to say that i read if i pay thee not in gold, and for sure it 
is one of my fave misty books. (even if it's part piers anthony) of all 
her work, i've read that book the most. and i strongly recommed it to 
EVERYBODY. just read it, you'll love it, too.


>Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 02:00:37 GMT
>Reply-To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
>From: Stars1467-+AT+-aol.com
>To: herald_katherine-+AT+-hotmail.com
>Subject: Questions
>
>Hello! *pushes all the sheep off of the keyboard*
>
>Does anyone know when Owlknight is coming out?  waiting...waiting
>
>Orilaith asked:
>
>>It seems to me that everyone here's read the Valdemar series(es?!), so 
my
>>question is this, has anyone read the Bardic Voices? the Urban 
Fantasies?
>>The Tregarde, Serrated Edge, etc.  Or the sci-fi (Of which I only 
remember
>>"The ship that searched")? 
>
>	I have never heard anyone mention one of my favorite Misty books, 
co-written
>with Piers Anthony, "If I Pay Thee Not in Gold".  It's so good!  Has 
anyone
>else read it? Did you like it? I would be particularly interested in 
the male
>perspective on the subject matter.
>
>Sugar Cube Sheep to all,  Jade
>


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Wind to thy wings,
Herald Katherine



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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:14:17 PST
From: "Janet Bowen" <whitedeer27-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <19990302051419.1328.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>


In WoFate, when Skif and Elspeth are fighting in the salle, Skif 
apparently
slaps the side of Elspeth's head and calls out "disable!" and it says 
"she
obediently went limp." It's on page 24. What IS that??? Is it a mental 
attack
not previously mentioned or is it just simulating a possible attack from 
a
Mindgifted attacker?
Just wondering...

Daine
Xenite Extraordinaire


It is similar to the Native American act of counting coup.  It showed a 
tag without hurting.  It takes more skill to do this than to kill 
outright

Whitedeer


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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:48:58 PST
From: "Sharry Adams" <sharry_lynn-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: if i pay thee not in gold
Message-ID: <19990302054859.21492.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>


Heyla listsibs!
  In response to recent postings:
    I've never heard of If I pay Thee Not in Gold.  I was just wondering 
what is it all about.  Would someone care to give a basic plot summary?  
And whose name would it be under in the book store, Misty's or Piers 
Anthony?  Thanks!

--Lovesinger (formerly, Nightsong)

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 00:09:29 -0600
From: Amy Trujillo <trujillo-+AT+-southwind.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Owlnight and new Misty
Message-ID: <36DB8095.29CD-+AT+-southwind.net>

Heyla,

>From what I understand Owlknight will be out in September or
October..yipee!!! If you can't wait till then for new Misty, Werehunter,
another anthology of short stories and Black Swan, a retelling of Swan
Lake will be out in another month or two.

My question is when does the next Serrated Edge or Eric Beth and Kory
come out???  As far as that goes when will the Andre book (Blood and
Soil?) be out?

Until next time,

Amy
Ferret Friend
Lady of All Things Missing, Especially Socks

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 07:42:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Heather Arnold <typodrgn-+AT+-arches.uga.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Modern-Day Heralds
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96.990302073012.33884A-100000-+AT+-archa12.cc.uga.edu>

Sorry for the short reply, but I had to answer this one.  One of my
co-workers also lived in the section of Family Housing that burned, and
though she lost a lot of her things to the fire, I agree that a community
pull together to help people in need is an incredible thing to see. They
say adversity brings out the best and the worst in peoples' characters -
sometimes it's easy to forget that though the flashing-sword-type heroism
may be exciting and easy to see, I think the best kind of courage, honor,
and heroism comes later.  When people work together with the strength and
patience to rebuild from a devastating loss, it really shows how loyal
they can be to one another.

Through sunsets golden,
Typo


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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:31:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Kenneth Allen Hyde <kenny-+AT+-UDel.Edu>
To: Misty Lackey List <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9903020925060.5642-100000-+AT+-copland.udel.edu>

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Janet Bowen wrote:

> It is similar to the Native American act of counting coup.  It showed a 
> tag without hurting.  It takes more skill to do this than to kill 
> outright

Actually, I don't think it has anything to do with counting coup.  It
seemed to me, given the context, to be clearly a convention of wargames
and other type of practice combat, where deadly force is simulated, rather
than actually used.  In such situations, disabling or deadly blows are
"called" when they are made.  It's sort of like calling "touche" in
fencing, rather than actually running someone through or cutting their
cheek open, or whatever (which is, after all, what they were practicing
to do).  Without this convention, there would be too much attrition in the
practice rounds and the Healer's Collegium would be full of dead and dying
Herald trainees who just weren't fast enough during practice. =)

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

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 06:40:14 PST
From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Owlnight and new Misty
Message-ID: <19990302144016.5368.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Heyla List-Sibs!

Amy wrote:

<<My question is when does the next Serrated Edge or Eric Beth and Kory 
come out???  As far as that goes when will the Andre book (Blood and 
Soil?) be out?>>

I don't know about the next Serrated Edge or Knights books.  But, when I 
just received my Firebird Arts Catalog, there was a note in there with 
the Diana Tregarde books.  It said that due to some people's actions, 
there would be no more Tregarde Investigations.  (Is this the same Andre 
from those books that we're talking about?)  Also, does anyone know if 
this is a fact?

Wind to thy wings!

Stormdance k'T'more and Kuus aka
Li'nia Stormdancer, Peon to the Powers That Be,
Devotee to the Order of Unsung Heroes, 
(Hopeful) Goddess of the Caffeine-High

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:21:53 -0600
From: Kristine Kilpatrick <kristinek-+AT+-qualisinc.com>
To: "'Mercedes Lackey list'" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: new Misty books
Message-ID: <01BE6496.7FFCD2A0-+AT+-qualis123.qualisinc.com>


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Firebird Arts website (http://www.firebirdarts.com) has The Last Straw =
and The Camel's Back from Misty. She explains why there won't be anymore =
Diana books in those messages. I personally think that she went =
overboard about the whole thing. The messages have a very angry tone to =
them both. But, in answer to your question, Li'nia, no. And Diana was my =
favorite character, too. :(
~AngelFire
"Just breathe." -- Ever After


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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:33:59 PST
From: "Abigail Laughlin" <abbykat-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Question, If I Pay Thee Not In Gold
Message-ID: <19990302163400.14367.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Davin wrote, replying to Daine's question:
<<He ment he killed her.  She's dead.>>

I'm pretty sure he didn't 'kill' her until later in the session--he 
disabled her with a mimed blow to the head, then tried to haul her out 
and was told the Companions had the escape routes blocked, so fell back 
to his secondary orders--"Sorry, kitten, you're dead."

As for If I Pay Thee Not In Gold...

It has its definite good points, but as a whole I can't bring myself to 
think too highly of it... the longer it went on, the more and more 
far-fetched it got and the less I cared about any of the characters. The 
slave (whose name I forget) that the heroine (whose name I also forget, 
which ought to tell you something about how concerned I was about her 
welfare) picked up early in the book had potential as a character but 
fell into the background as soon as they left the city, basically... 
Ware was my favorite character, and maybe it's just my own personal 
taste, but I really could have done without a certain quirk of demonkind 
which I will not specify so as not to ruin a major plot point for those 
who haven't read the book.

Personally, I'd have been a lot happier if the story had stayed in the 
city and they'd found some other way of defeating their enemy. Most of 
the strange new lands and bizarre creatures really just lessened my 
interest in the story.

It's easy for me to blame that far-fetchedness on Piers Anthony, 
who--though I like a lot of his books--had a tendency to go off on 
ridiculous paths from a really good beginning... though I expect both 
authors had a hand in it. On the whole, it's not a bad book, but falls a 
little behind The Elvenbane on my personal scale--largely mediocre, with 
occasional random flashes of the brilliance that I *know* Misty and 
Piers Anthony can both show.

Zha'hai'allav'a,
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Holy Hand of the Goddess of Elves,
Member of the Mistic Circle,
Webmaster of the Circle of Stone,
Knight and Founding Member of the Order of Unsung Heroes, Advocator of 
Eldan, Champion of Kethra and Hyllarr, Devotee of Maclyn, and Worshipper 
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:09:57 PST
From: "Kristy Lyseng" <moonshade_noema-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: braid
Message-ID: <19990302170957.24156.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Hey, y'all!

Obsidian wrote:  
>
><<In the Black Gryphon Amberdrake is talking about
>lifebonds and how one can't be stronger than the other because that
>person would overshadow the other. Is this true? How can that be? 
Didn't 
>Talia have Empathy and Dirk not? And what about Stefen and Vanyel? 
>Vanyel is Adept when Stef is only Journeyman. Does this count for mages 
>or just Healers?>>

Stormdance wrote:
>I believe they're talking about the strength of the personalities.  The 
>type and strength of the Gift didn't matter much.  Talia had Empathy, 
>Dirk had Fetching, and it was strong in both of them.  Stefen and 
Vanyel 
>had a lot of the same personality traits, so while Stef was a Bard and 
>Vanyel a Herald-Mage, their lifebond could succeed.  I think lifebonds 
>can happen with anyone, can't they?  Did I succeed in confusing anyone 
>besides myself? *g*

    I just thought I'd add in my .02 worth. I have to agree with 
Stormdance here that when Amberdrake was talking about lifebonds, he was 
talking about the personality and the love shared between one another. 
Lifebonds don't specifically have to happen to the elite, i.e.) Heralds, 
Talyedras, Shin'a'in (although we have yet to see this happen), and 
Bards. Lifebonds can happen to the most ordinary of people, *if* they 
love one another as much as, say Dirk and Talia do.
    Oh, Ambermoon, I think I was the one that mentioned StarTrek. Does 
everybody remember my rant? <g> Anyway, I heard from a friend that 
they're going to do one more StarTrek: the Next Generation movie and 
*then* a DSN movie. <bouncebouncebounce> Damn, I want one now! I want to 
see Bashir on the big screen! <Shado turns to Winterstar. "Not one 
word." She warns.>
    Does anybody know when Brightly Burning is about? I really want to 
read it. Although that'll probably mean another sad story where another 
favourite character of ours dies. Then again, I wasn't *really* sad when 
Vanyel died. He and I never connected as well as I do with some of her 
other charcters. But I will admit that he's a cool character, even if I 
didn't like the series.
Love, Light and Laughter,
    Shado the High Elf, Kristy of Reality, Starsong the Maximal, and 
Silverstorm the tanner

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:53:50 PST
From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Modern-Day Heralds
Message-ID: <19990302175412.15666.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

*Delurking again, nudging some sheep out of her way with her feet. Plops 
down on her footstool; this doesn't warrant a soapbox.*  *g*

Heyla, List-Sibs!

Chuchulain wrote:

<<I just wanted to inject a positive note about people.  I would
also love to hear about "modern-day Heralds" that you may have 
encountered.>>

I have a little thing to say about "modern-day Heralds".  I think I've 
mentioned that I'm in the Army.  Most people only hear the bad things 
about us; about how we're going over to other countries and stirring up 
trouble, and how much money we suck up.  But, most people also don't 
hear about the good we can do.  One of the units I work with here, an 
Engineer Company, just returned from Honduras, where they have been 
helping the people who've suffered from Hurricane Mitch rebuild their 
homes and lives.  In their eyes (and I've stood where they are) the US 
Army might look like some Heralds.  Also the fire-fighters and 
policemen, to name a few.  Some might argue that, yes, they do get paid.  
But so do Heralds with food, shelter, and clothing.  In the Army that's 
about what it amounts to.  But these people have taken oaths to protect, 
to serve, and to defend.  Isn't that what a Herald is about, too?

*Li'nia stops and looks down.  Somehow the footstool had become a 
soapbox again.  *g*  She steps down, shoos some sheep out of the way, 
picks up the footstool, and shuffles off*

Death-by-chocolate sheep to all!

Li'nia Stormdancer,                    |"I'm a-thinkin'.
Stormdance k'T'more and Kuus,          | And my head hurts."
Peon to the Powers That Be,            |    --Yosemite Sam
Devotee to the OoUH (Champion of FX),  |
(Hopeful) Goddess of the Caffeine-High |  


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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 10:10:42 PST
From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Elspeth and Skif
Message-ID: <19990302181045.6738.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Heyla List-Sibs!

I can't remember who (sorry, accidental deletion) asked, but they wanted 
to know what it meant when Skif "hit" the side of Elspeth's head and 
said "disabled".

We play war games a lot, and one of the things we still have to resort 
to is pointing a pistol at someone and saying "bang, bang, you're dead".  
Sad, but true.  I think that Misty was just having them simulate an 
actual fight; it's not very cost-effective or nice to the players to 
have them kill or maim or knock each other out every time. *g*  Anyway, 
that's my two cents!  Death-by-chocolate sheep to all!


Li'nia Stormdancer,                    |"I'm a-thinkin'.
Stormdance k'T'more and Kuus,          | And my head hurts."
Peon to the Powers That Be,            |    --Yosemite Sam
Devotee to the OoUH (Champion of FX),  |
(Hopeful) Goddess of the Caffeine-High |  


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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:53:29 PST
From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lstormdancer-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Modern-Day Heralds
Message-ID: <19990302175346.23320.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

*Delurking again, nudging some sheep out of her way with her feet. Plops 
down on her footstool; this doesn't warrant a soapbox.*  *g*

Heyla, List-Sibs!

Chuchulain wrote:

<<I just wanted to inject a positive note about people.  I would
also love to hear about "modern-day Heralds" that you may have 
encountered.>>

I have a little thing to say about "modern-day Heralds".  I think I've 
mentioned that I'm in the Army.  Most people only hear the bad things 
about us; about how we're going over to other countries and stirring up 
trouble, and how much money we suck up.  But, most people also don't 
hear about the good we can do.  One of the units I work with here, an 
Engineer Company, just returned from Honduras, where they have been 
helping the people who've suffered from Hurricane Mitch rebuild their 
homes and lives.  In their eyes (and I've stood where they are) the US 
Army might look like some Heralds.  Also the fire-fighters and 
policemen, to name a few.  Some might argue that, yes, they do get paid.  
But so do Heralds with food, shelter, and clothing.  In the Army that's 
about what it amounts to.  But these people have taken oaths to protect, 
to serve, and defend.  Isn't that what a Herald is about, too?

*Li'nia stops and looks down.  Somehow the footstool had become a 
soapbox again.  *g*  She steps down, shoos some sheep out of the way, 
picks up the footstool, and shuffles off*

Death-by-chocolate sheep to all!

Li'nia Stormdancer,                    |"I'm a-thinkin'.
Stormdance k'T'more and Kuus,          | And my head hurts."
Peon to the Powers That Be,            |    --Yosemite Sam
Devotee to the OoUH (Champion of FX),  |
(Hopeful) Goddess of the Caffeine-High |  


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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 11:35:49 -0800
From: Laurel Redd <lredd-+AT+-du.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: braid
Message-ID: <36DC3D95.6A069583-+AT+-du.edu>



Hi,

I am new to this list and kinda fell out of the loop, the last books I had
time to read were the Storm trilogy.  Have there been any new ones out about
Valdemar and surrounding area since?

Morgan


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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 11:19:56 PST
From: "Starshadow *" <starshadow_-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: if i pay thee not in gold
Message-ID: <19990302191957.29498.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Hi,
     I am new to this list so Ithought that I would introduce myself.  
I have read all of the Valdemar books as well as the Serrated Edge, Di 
Tregarde and Elven books.  I havethought that all of them were good.  
I have also read IIPTNIG And I thought that it was really goos but to 
me it was an only read it once book.  Another I really liked was 
Firebird.  I thought that it was really good.  I have also read the 
ship who searched.  That particular series is actually not Misty 
mainly. But it is still good.  Other books in that series are the ship 
who sang and the city who fought.  Both are pretty good but I liked 
the ship who searched the best.  I need to go now but I want to leave 
with saying that I have never read a Misty book or Co-Misty book wich 
I didn't love.

Starshadow

"Why do we kill people who kill people to show people 
that killing people is wrong?" ...off of a button I saw
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