Acts/ Dictates/ Mandates/ Mantle - Amy's Thread (Page 71 of 77)

TTaCAotIAotDaSCHL is a cute little story. I like the idea of using it for a website or free material to promo your book. I've got a bunch of throwaway stories that I plan on using for the same purpose. Like when Airen killed the giant. And a couple extra stories about Kha that didn't find a place in the books.

I will get rid of bootie. Fine. Just fine :-)

And why can't I frigging sleep right now? I haven't been on nigh shift for over two months. You would think that I could flip to days easier than this.

Was thinking about watching it as well. So many great actors and so very Gilliam. It's showing on one of the side-band channels of regular TV, so I don't have to dig out the DVD. If not, then I'll delve in and try to find the thing.

Your dad watches Gilliam? OK, he's cool in my book. Tell him I said so :-)

I promised you the position at which the force on Jaylene's rope (and Solace's rope) are maximized.  I'm not getting the algebra right just now (or else I'm botching the chain rule in the calculus, which I don't think I'm doing) so I'll have to work on it some more.  On to more reviews.

I'll see if I can get you a drawing

Amy, I have a question about burns. My characters use crispers in battle, which are basically my version of blaster rifles. In chapter one, I used one to blow the arm off a colonel, who then goes on to bleed profusely from the wound, eventually dropping dead from blood loss. Can a severe burn go on to cause profuse bleeding like that? I have a new scene to write with a lot characters getting hit. I'm wondering how much to make them bleed, if any.

Thanks
Dirk

Boiling fluid sounds cool. :-)  I think my problem may be that I'm calling them crispers, which suggests burning. As far as I can find online, burns can leak a lot of fluid, but there's no discussion of bleeding.

Thanks, Amy. This is getting tricky. Crispers have an impact, like a body blow, which makes them great for blowing things up (e.g., heads, chests, transmitters, headlights, etc.). They're also great for burning things (bodies or parts thereof). The latter makes them ill-suited for bleeding. I'll have to go back and check, but the only instance I recall where I need profuse bleeding is the colonel in the prologue when his arm is blown off.

Lightsabers are supposed to burn tissue, yet I recall the scene in Star Wars, where Obi-Wan slices of the arm off the guy in the Cantina, and when they showed the arm on the ground it was covered in blood. Ditto when Luke cut off the arm of the snow creature on Hoth.

I could just say "it's space opera, stupid; roll with it." I'm leaning that way.

Day 6&7 of chemo is rough. I'll spare the details but there is a lot of nausea. New Jersey put a bow on his head and drove himself out to visit which was a marvelous distraction. (Happy bday to me) In the midst of me saying, "I gotta go lay down," there was a lot of conversation about books and freeway interchanges:-)

So we played it by ear. Today is a much better day. Helps that I slept 18 hours. This kind of fatigue is a new kind of torture. You wake up tired no matter what you do.

Good news is that I'm tolerating the chemo so will get round 5&6 and then a CT scan. If scan shows decreased tumor(which I believe to be the case) then I get referred to a surgeon again-good news if it happens.

They are better, at least for today. Thanks for asking and your good thoughts. I think they help tip my "C" in the right direction so that I can spend more time on this book.

OK, I revised chapter 16's ending. There is a LOT more investigation of the crime scene and observations rather than passive observances. Lewellyn asks a key question. Alda dreams of peeling potatoes. Tazar proves his worth.

All reviews thus far are integrated into the master copy.

If any have time, I would appreciate short reviews of the ending. Owe you guys. (Hey Norm, I'm writing!)

E Free, I'm getting to ya, but my energy today is gone gone. Will try to get to a story about DRAGONS AND MORE DRAGONS tomorrow

A

Just to spite you, there is another chapter up. I'm on fire! (new material included in the beginning)

Hey, Norm, I'm writing again! Let's see if I can whip through these next two chapters with only a few name changes. Will change the voice so that the right people sound real.