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Um, SHADOWS [message #47879]

Wed, 25 January 2012 20:42

jmeadows
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Um, Shadows

Smooshes!

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47880 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 20:44

jmeadows
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Huh. I did notice the days are passing oddly quickly. I guess we have you to blame for that.

Smooshes!

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47881 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 20:46

equus_peduus
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I sympathise. I am moving on Tuesday. Eep.

As the Japanese would say, "Ganbatte!" I know we all look forward to the finished product Smile

(sort of translates as good luck and work hard, but not quite... there are so many useful little phrases and words in Japanese that aren't in English...)

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47882 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 20:46

ravenandrose
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Location: Oregon

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Oh my. I don't know whether to laugh rather loudly at your post or to cry in sympathy...

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47884 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 21:00

b_twin_1
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Eeek. I'm so conflicted. I want the rest of the week to go sloooooow for you but I want it to go fast for Jodi.

Sorry, Jodi, I'm requesting that the TARDIS intervene....!

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47886 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 21:18

Piankatank
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Virginia, USA

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I certainly enjoyed the Um,SHADOWS posting. Robin might be going mad with the deadline looming, but at least she has me smiling with her crazy posting. I hope that Robin is able to make the transition back to sane (or at least a more comfortable state of madness) once Shadows is sent to the publisher. Good luck!

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47887 is a reply to message #47886 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 22:08

Jacky
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Registered: October 2011

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Oy. May I suggest a break of knitting and chammomile tea so you can get through this, Ms McKinley? I find I do some of my best story telling when knitting. Now granted, I never get it writtten down, and that would be a problem for all of us, but it is very good for sorting things out. But not so good for the knitting, so I would choose hellhound squares for this one, not your lovely ribbing.

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47888 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 22:14

anne_d
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Orange County, California

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sends: [hugschocolatechampagneroses]

"The creative urge can come out in any form: in embroidery, in... cooking, in painting, drawing and sculpture, in composing music, as well as in writing books and stories... the artist's inner satisfaction was probably much the same." ~ Agatha Christie

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47889 is a reply to message #47884 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 22:38

blondviolinist
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b_twin_1 wrote on Wed, 25 January 2012 21:00

Eeek. I'm so conflicted. I want the rest of the week to go sloooooow for you but I want it to go fast for Jodi.

Sorry, Jodi, I'm requesting that the TARDIS intervene....!

This.

"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47890 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Wed, 25 January 2012 23:46

L.R.K.
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Location: Sweden

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Oh... dear...

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47891 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 00:17

EMoon
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It's OK. We understand. Breathe. Breathe again. Now: here's the virtual chocolate, the virtual cup of tea. Another breath. It's OK. Sympathy, very gentle virtual hug, and see you 24 hours after next Tuesday.

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47892 is a reply to message #47891 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 00:31

danceswithpahis
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EMoon wrote on Thu, 26 January 2012 00:17

Yes, exactly. Or even 48, if you need it. Maybe the next week's worth of blog posts could be made entirely of the word "Shadows". Or be nonexistent. We'll be candle lighting and things that you'll finish up without too much insanity.

"Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw!"

-- Lilo ("Lilo and Stitch")

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47894 is a reply to message #47892 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 02:44

KatydidNL
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Location: The Netherlands

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In complete agreement here. Spend your words where you most need them now. We will be patient -- and sending you good thoughts while you slog through to the end!

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47895 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 03:41

Diane in MN
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Wishing you a week of strong tea, cooperative circumstances, and sleep when you need it. And looking forward to breaking out the virtual champagne when you post that it's finished. Smile

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47896 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 05:38

tassiegal
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Registered: November 2008
Location: NSW

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I just at a chocolate with a chai tea filling and I thought of you. Imagine I am sending you virtual ones.

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47898 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 12:06

Mockorange
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Registered: January 2012
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Good luck! You can do it!

By the way, is this a record for being the first post with no footnotes? I ... may be getting withdrawal symptoms.

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47900 is a reply to message #47898 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 12:43

Aaron
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Mockorange wrote on Thu, 26 January 2012 09:06

Good luck! You can do it!

By the way, is this a record for being the first post with no footnotes? I ... may be getting withdrawal symptoms.

Perhaps they were lost in the . . .

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47906 is a reply to message #47879 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 14:39

Mrs Redboots
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Registered: October 2008
Location: London, UK

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I was about to say, Wot, no footnotes!

Maybe Jodi should take over the blog for the week - would that sort it all out for everybody (longing for my parcel from Amazon, and then later next month for the one containing EMoon's latest).

Mrs Redboots
I love my computer because my friends live in it!

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Re: Um, SHADOWS [message #47911 is a reply to message #47881 ]

Thu, 26 January 2012 21:35

librarykat
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equus_peduus wrote on Wed, 25 January 2012 19:46

I sympathise. I am moving on Tuesday. Eep.

As the Japanese would say, "Ganbatte!" I know we all look forward to the finished product Smile

(sort of translates as good luck and work hard, but not quite... there are so many useful little phrases and words in Japanese that aren't in English...)

The Hawaiian pidgin sort of equivalent is "geev 'um!" So, Robin, GEEV' UM!

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