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GeithJiseo2 Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 8/6/06 7:15pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	I agree. In fact, the more I read Planet of Twilight, the more I like it. When I first read it, I thought the plot was really bizarre. But now I really enjoy it. It's still kinda weird with Dzym/Beldorion/Taselda/the drochs, but it's a good kind of weird. And the Luke/Callista goodbye scene was very well done (and it was really understated, too, which I liked; it was basically Callista and Luke waving goodbye and exchanging brief thoughts to each other). Please understand. I understand. Just...wow. Hambly was able to convey more emotion through four little words than KJA can do in an entire trilogy of novels, IMO. -----signature----- "NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! AGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!?!?! AGGGHHH!!!!" --ashsecho's (a.k.a. Darth Slowest Writer in the World) reaction after having read the ending of Falls the Shadow: Book One
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LostJedi26 Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 7:22pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Oh absolutely, re PoT. When I first read it, I loved it, but each time Ir ead it, like with CotJ, I keep finding new things. While I didn't like the ending with Luke and Callista, I loved how Hambly handled it. Luke was sad, grieving, but he wasn't this desperate person KJA portrayed. Yeah, I agree, to some extent I like KJA's writing, but I do not think his portrayals of some characters were accurate, and some of his descriptions were way, way too repetive. They should hire me as a critic and editer of books. I love critiquing sentence structure, grammar, etc. And i'm sad, cuz I wish I had some idea for you guys with the fic, but I don't. If I could just a good plot... Ditto, about Daala. I really liked her in PoT. She was human. I almost wish someone would do a vignet about how her life went after that reunion. It was so beautiful. -----signature----- "I think the human capacity for loving is too great for a single loss, however enormous, to blight. if you keep walking, you come out of the dark at last." Liegeus "I love you, and I want you with me--forever, if we can manage it." Luke to Callista
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jedi2187leia Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 7:24pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	pm me, LostJedi26; I'd be happy to brainstrorm with you! -----signature----- 100th page reached! 2006-2008 The Callista+Luke saga continues! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30307661/p1/ EU Senate rep for the Callistars
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GeithJiseo2 Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 8/6/06 7:26pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...) - Date Edited: 8/6/06 7:26pm (1 edits total) Edited By: GeithJiseo2
	LostJedi26 posted: And i'm sad, cuz I wish I had some idea for you guys with the fic, but I don't. If I could just a good plot... If you're interested, I can PM you some of the stuff we'll be doing in Falls the Shadow. -----signature----- "NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! AGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!?!?! AGGGHHH!!!!" --ashsecho's (a.k.a. Darth Slowest Writer in the World) reaction after having read the ending of Falls the Shadow: Book One
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LostJedi26 Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 7:52pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Really? For real? dances Thanks both of you guys! Jedi2187Leia, I'll send you what I wrote, several months back, so you can look over my writing style. It's mostly just a review of what happened in CotJ, PoT, etc, but it'll give you an idea. Well... both of you... Maybe... thinking instead of just putting it up here, which was my thought, I"ll PM both of you with it, so you can see my style. And I would loooooooove ideas, and to see what you guys are doing with Shadowlight and all. I'm reading that one now, for the first time--just finished the second one...Maternal Instincts? My problem is the weakness with politics, and action/fighting scenes, but I think I can handle just about anything else, except you might want to add space battles to that, since I don't have the knowledge of visual things to really give a real sense of what's going on. I'll PM you guys. Ideas have been swirling around in my brain, but I can't seem to grasp any of them, and when I try, they just look lame or not appealing. -----signature----- "I think the human capacity for loving is too great for a single loss, however enormous, to blight. if you keep walking, you come out of the dark at last." Liegeus "I love you, and I want you with me--forever, if we can manage it." Luke to Callista
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jedi2187leia Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 9:07pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Thanks for the pm, LostJedi26. I'll take a gander at it later in the week, once I get Darth Work and Darth Deadline out of my way. Wow, the Callista lovers' thread is still going strong! L+C forever and a day! -----signature----- 100th page reached! 2006-2008 The Callista+Luke saga continues! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30307661/p1/ EU Senate rep for the Callistars
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Ambassador Cara Jade Registered: Oct '99	Date Posted: 8/6/06 9:14pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Hey guys!!! Steve, thanks so much for the idea--Geith told me about it and I think it's brilliant! I'm going boating in Tampa with some friends tomorrow, so I'm hoping I may be able to get some writing done on the boat. Plus I've got an overnight parade rehearsal on Tuesday night, I imagine I'll have lots of downtime then too. -----signature----- Yeah, I have my own icon. Visit the Callista Fans Thread http://boards.theforce.net/eu_community/b10194/23653771/p1
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jedi2187leia Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 9:32pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	You're quite welcome, my dear. And don't forget to thank Barbara Hambly for that as well Don't forget your sunscreen tomorrow. -----signature----- 100th page reached! 2006-2008 The Callista+Luke saga continues! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30307661/p1/ EU Senate rep for the Callistars
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LostJedi26 Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 9:44pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Oooh, Tampa. I miss FL! I lived there for all of 17 months or so, not too far from Tampa at all, and it was home in a way no other place had ever been, or is even now. It's no problem, jedi2187, just get to it when you can. Active thread is a very good thing! Cara, I hope you get some writing done. That wiill be cool! And I echo the reminder for sunscreen. Especially this time of year in FL. Shadowlight is ! Hope is in the garbage masher... I won't give anything away just in case not all of you have read it... whoa, speaking of grammar problems. This is fun reading though. I have a hearing test tomorrow, and I"m a bit nervous cuz I've had some drainage that might just be my ear healing, might be something else. I"m hoping it's all okay... Trying not to worry too much. Off to read some more! -----signature----- "I think the human capacity for loving is too great for a single loss, however enormous, to blight. if you keep walking, you come out of the dark at last." Liegeus "I love you, and I want you with me--forever, if we can manage it." Luke to Callista
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jedi2187leia Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 8/6/06 10:16pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	We got our fingers crossed for you, LJ! -----signature----- 100th page reached! 2006-2008 The Callista+Luke saga continues! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30307661/p1/ EU Senate rep for the Callistars
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Callista Sunrider Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 8/7/06 4:12am Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	GeithJiseo2 posted: And the Luke/Callista goodbye scene was very well done (and it was really understated, too, which I liked; it was basically Callista and Luke waving goodbye and exchanging brief thoughts to each other). Please understand. I understand. Just...wow. Hambly was able to convey more emotion through four little words than KJA can do in an entire trilogy of novels, IMO. Aaaah, that scene makes me sooo sad. But it is very well done. Hambly is very good at engaging my emotions; I wish she could have writen more about Luke and Callista. sigh Luke and Callista forever. -----signature----- "I am a Jedi, like my father before me." "I've got a bad feeling about this." "There is-and always will be- my love for you."
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jedi2187leia Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 8/7/06 4:58am Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	I can't wait for 2007 to roll around; Barbara Hambly will be stopping by St. Louis for a sci-fi con, and I can't wait to tell her in person what a wonderful character she created with Callista! -----signature----- 100th page reached! 2006-2008 The Callista+Luke saga continues! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30307661/p1/ EU Senate rep for the Callistars
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LostJedi26 Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/7/06 9:55am Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Jedi2187, you live in St. Louis? Me too! Where will she be in 2007? That would be awesome if I could meet her... Oh wow! Yes, she has a gift with words, a real gift with descriptions, and staying true to the characters and with their speech patterns. That scene in PoT made me cry so hard. But she handled it with dignity, and I respect her for it. -----signature----- "I think the human capacity for loving is too great for a single loss, however enormous, to blight. if you keep walking, you come out of the dark at last." Liegeus "I love you, and I want you with me--forever, if we can manage it." Luke to Callista
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jedi2187leia Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 8/7/06 10:19am Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	I live outside of St.Louis, but I work in Creve Couer. She'll be at the convention center in Collinsville in October, '07. It'd be awesome to see you there! -----signature----- 100th page reached! 2006-2008 The Callista+Luke saga continues! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30307661/p1/ EU Senate rep for the Callistars
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Ambassador Cara Jade Registered: Oct '99	Date Posted: 8/7/06 8:21pm Subject: RE: Callista Fans!!! (v.7 something or other...)
	Oh, I would so love to meet Barbara Hambly. Have you guys read any of her other stuff? Her Dragonsbane series is quite good. Unfortunately, no writing done at the lake, I was to busy pwning all the guys on the raft. And not that sunscreen helped much, but I'll definitely look good tomorrow! Anyway, still got the overnight rehearsal tomorrow, so maybe I'll get some done then. I do have some idea for the last few scenes of FTS. Good luck on your hearing test, LJ! -----signature----- Yeah, I have my own icon. Visit the Callista Fans Thread http://boards.theforce.net/eu_community/b10194/23653771/p1
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