link for Thom's Journey: http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/library … read/41726
(Also added your story to the list of Sandahl WIPs thread and the LEE!! thread.)

Very good piece Jeanne. I like Thom's Journey and
will download this first part to do an edit. Send me your email
so I can send you back the edited doc when I get it done.

Great working with you. I also posted a hasty review but without
any nits (didn't see too many).
Lee

PS I have the edit done and just need the email to send it to you.
My email is oldecrow13@aol.com

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MattyZink wrote:

Hey Jeanne, I've been trying to post reviews of chapter 41 and 42 today, but to no avail! 

I'm not sure what the problem is but if it keeps up I'll report it.

Just letting you know I'm still reviewing.

I wonder what's wrong. I haven't posted any reviews today, but I have received some.

Marry - I just took a look from my end and they're not there either. Can you post reviews for others? It might be time to tell Sol. I don't know what's wrong, but like I said earlier, I've gotten a bunch of reviews today just fine.

I think Susan is right. The safest thing to do after posting a new review
is to go on to your account page. (And while you're there, see if it was added
to your list of reviews)

Jeanne- I wouldn't worry about those other reviews on Thom's Journey. You
told them in the story basic info that it was an unfinished piece. You will also
see a couple reviewers who hate fantasy, yet they insist on reviewing it and
giving us a bad review. (See what us fantasy folks have to put up with?)

Lee

C Lee Brown wrote:

I think Susan is right. The safest thing to do after posting a new review
is to go on to your account page. (And while you're there, see if it was added
to your list of reviews)

Jeanne- I wouldn't worry about those other reviews on Thom's Journey. You
told them in the story basic info that it was an unfinished piece. You will also
see a couple reviewers who hate fantasy, yet they insist on reviewing it and
giving us a bad review. (See what us fantasy folks have to put up with?)

Lee

Hi Lee - after a couple of low scores, I got a few 5s in a row, so I'm not worried. I'm still working away and did quite a bit more, but I hestitate to add it right now because I don't want more reviewers telling me they were disappointed in the ending (when it would still not be complete).

You poor fantasy folks - I feel your pain

Thanks so much Susan. I value your opinion...you're such a good friend

Jeanne M. Bannon wrote:

Jeanne M. Bannon wrote:

Marry - I just took a look from my end and they're not there either. Can you post reviews for others? It might be time to tell Sol. I don't know what's wrong, but like I said earlier, I've gotten a bunch of reviews today just fine.

Sorry for calling you Marry - Matty, lol

No problem JUST DON'T DO IT AGAIN!!!!

Just a dyslexic R & T key, could'a been worse, Maddy, Maffy or Maggy.

LOLOLOLOL  I do the same thing, Jeanne, and have even been known to use improper gender when addressing my fellow forum buddies. hahahahaha

Hi Lee - my email is jdn02@rogers.com

byline: Jeanne Bannon

Thanks so much for your kind words Matty. It would be my biggest dream come true But first, I have to finish the darn thing, lol

Hi Jeanne!

Actually, I don't have any problem with Greg being half lizard.  It's just that the hand waving at genetic engineering seemed unecessary to me, given that the Dark Angel is a supernatural being, presumably with supernatural powers.

On the appeal...In general, I've found that if you spend enough time watching, observing, interacting with any creature you begin to see beauty in it.  (The only exception for me so far has been the cockroach.  But even then, I have to respect cockroaches.  They have a design that has not been altered for 300 million years - so there's gotta be something good about it.)  Reptiles & spiders have such an elegance about them.  Especially snakes, with that sinuous beauty, and the kind of patience they have.  They are the quietest creatures of the forest, the hardest to find, the easiest to walk right past without ever knowing they are there.  The embodiment of tranquility.  We get kind of freaked out about them b/c they can be a threat to us (though only if we threaten them first), but there's so little in the natural world that threatens humans anymore -- I find it kind of cool that snakes still can. 

And spiders are kind of the same.  An incredible design, such grace & elegance when they move.  Unbelievable predators - no other predator, in my opinion, is as well built for that function as spiders are.  Watching a spider build a web is another exercise in awe & patience.  It takes them an incredibly long time to do it.  And every thread is so carefully & precisely placed.  I just can't help but admire it. 

I could go on and on, but hopefully that gives you an idea of what the appeal might be.


Coincidentally, Golfito is a center of diversity for reptiles in Costa Rica, so all my other gripes about misrepresentation of the town & people aside, Greg is probably right at home there.

Well, lots of people have spider phobias, so I never hold it against anyone. It's just I don't share the same perspective.


On a marginally related note - In "Uninvited", Helen's captor (who will eventually go by the name of Nathan, though that's not his true name) has - like all of his kind - some limited powers of shapeshifting.  He can assume various forms, but he prefers to appear as a human being, in part because he's much more likely to seduce Helen that way, but mostly because he views Homo sapiens as one of the most terrifying creatures the universe has yet produced - far more horrifying than those wimpy spiders & reptiles. So whenever he's in the mood to really scare someone, he shapeshifts into a human.

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