Day 4 (Team July)

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I'm butting in here to post, because it's evening of the 4th here, and there is no post! So join me in the boasting progress reports and encouragement for this day's creative work!

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Not really. After That Scene she kinda disappears for a while until Eva tracks her down after the war is over. Roma is hosting a party and she does not take Eva's arrival very well, to put it mildly.

Since Kenyon resembles a soggy pie, it's fitting he eats one, I guess ;-)

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

That said, I will keep an eye out when reading over the draft for possible character inconsistency. Thanks for the heads-up.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

...to make sure everybody is alive/dead/out of the country/pregnant/in love when they should be

Loved the way you put this! It's so important, but sounds so funny this way.

The common law legal time limit is within 10 months after death, allowing for conception on the day of death. A birth close to that limit would, no doubt, raise doubts among the population.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Maurice and Roma weren't really as close as Kenyon implies - it was a friendship that on Maurice's side carried a certain guilty irritability, I think. But the timing is not great.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Great progress.

Edward has quite a network! I hope he makes it back to Italy.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm confused - the heir of the *late* Duke? Turkey baster? Necrophilia? My brain is breaking ;-)

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

He had a lot to think about.

Heh. I'll bet he did ;-)

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I wonder what will be in store for Firiel when she leaves her homeland...

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

I have family trees and everything.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Part of me just wants it to be done - but the other part can't help getting sucked back into the sheer joy of swashbuckling!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Edward is very good at keeping track of people, even if he connects better with them on the more superficial levels.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

I had to play this one for laughs, really. It is a ludicrous situation, but kind of vital, or my plot telescopes into about a week.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

:-)

It's been a busy morning for him.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

I'm going on the assumption that it will at least be obvious one way or another by five months after the death - she may not even be pregnant.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Servants. Jesus. Even for MY characters that was beginning to fade out a bit towards the end of the novel ;-)

Ah I misread the reason for the stripping. I suppose at least they left him his underpants, though that's not much comfort.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

They have to allow for the possibility that the Duke, having very recently married a young and presumably fertile wife, managed to impregnate her before he was mysteriously thrown from a horse and died at a very convenient moment for the rival pretender.

The Duchess is very well aware that her own chances of survival are greatly increased if she's not pregnant, so is being particularly cooperative.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

You're having a good time with Napoleon aren't you ;) I can see the poor man clinging precariously on that ladder.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

You're making a lot of progress, and this is another effective scene! One thing about making it several stories is that you can kind of jump over certain plot holes. Not that I would ever do a thing like that mind... ;)

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

And when you say "The Duke" was present in the room, does that mean the dead guy? (just wondering, sorry)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

That's pretty funny :) I hate to think what will happen when she moves to another room!
You're so close though. The overall story is in place.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I assume the weasely man is no more. A rather major difficulty!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Not to worry about the commenting. I'd rather read snippets from you ;)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

She comes from Pakistan; her father is something in the government. But I gather all the wealthier ones have servants. She never even made her bed till she came here. She really needs to absorb a bit more about cultural sensitivity that, you know, goes the other way.

Yeah, not so much comfort at that point. He was shot down fully clothed though.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

A lot of changes... :)
thanks