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To: Corin Stormhands

She’s also reprising her role as Elizabeth I in a sequel. The cinematography looks yummy.


1,199 posted on 08/23/2007 2:54:02 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper

That one I want to see.


1,200 posted on 08/23/2007 3:04:14 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent. ALWAYS.)
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To: Corin Stormhands; JenB
So I was in the mood to read for fun and started in to Morgan Llywelyn's Lion of Ireland. I've read another book by her, Druids, that I enjoyed so she's on my list of authors I like.

Just prior to starting this one, I re-read Brown's Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print which is a nice do/don't-do text. By page two of Lion, the list of literary sins (according to Brown) was already very long. Adverbs modifying weak verbs, POV that was everywhere and nowhere, telling instead of showing, showing after telling (redundancy), no consistency on interior monologue. But the cover says, "The International Bestseller", the reviews say, "The best there is in the field of historical fiction" and "celebrated as the high priestess of Celtic historical fiction". The lesson is, I think, that good mechanics take a back seat to a sellable story. As Corin says... ~disciss~.

1,201 posted on 08/23/2007 3:07:58 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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