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Mon, 19 October 2009 19:30

jmeadows
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Okay...*

Smooshes!

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Mon, 19 October 2009 19:38

jmeadows
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Hurrah! Now I can let out that breath I've been holding for you.

Smooshes!

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Mon, 19 October 2009 19:39

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WOOOO PEGASUS!!!

WOOOO BROWN VELVET JACKET!!!! Out with it, let's see those pictures! Smile

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Mon, 19 October 2009 20:16

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YAY for the editorial approval. BOO for November's insistence on arriving at the usual time.

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Mon, 19 October 2009 20:28

Robin
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Maren wrote on Mon, 19 October 2009 20:16

BOO for November's insistence on arriving at the usual time.

*Snork.* A woman with the deeper understanding of time that so FEW publishing people have. . . .

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Mon, 19 October 2009 23:20

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And you know that a bunch of us stand ready to give you more guest posts so you can do what you need to do to get PEG I ready on time.

Of course, I'm now in the middle of my own crunch time - son's wedding is on the 31st, I haven't even begun to address the piles of boxes in the bedroom where I'll have to put my brother, not to mention the tall (and growing taller) piles of books (comics and graphic novels) in the front room ... I've promised myself to start tomorrow, even if it means tossing books willy-nilly into boxes to cart to the public library and jamming other boxes of books (the "keepers") into the storage shed for temporary keeping.

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Tue, 20 October 2009 00:59

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YAY PEGASUS! Boo on October for being so drattedly short, at least at this point.

Robin, if you ever figure out how to stretch time, I'd love to borrow some of your magic off you- I've got an evil bel canto listening exam on Wednesday and I just need time to get this music in my brain. I'm only really familiar with the really famous stuff (Una furtiva lagrima, ah non credea/ah non giunge, a few others). I can generally get the composer right, but as for actually playing "pin the Italian (usually, if it's in French it's kind of a dead giveaway) name on the selection" it's sort of a crapshoot. I do actually have a decent excuse as to why I didn't study this weekend, though- "home" (where I was visiting) got its earliest snowstorm in recorded history while all the trees still had their leaves, so there were massive power outages EVERYWHERE. No power = no studying for the listening exam. At least now I've made myself up a study guide, so I know if there's an instrumental piece, it's only from one of four operas. For instance. And telling four mad scenes (Lucia di Lammermoor, Anna Bolena, I Puritani, and Macbeth) apart from each other is really not going to be fun.

~Annagail, up much, much too late

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Tue, 20 October 2009 02:43

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I'm looking forward to reading the flock of Pegasi (two volumes equals a flock, right?!), whenever it comes out! I'm absolutely rooting for you to be able to get it done for the earlier release -- selfishly for my reading pleasure, and for you for easing of monetary strain. Even though I'll miss it when you don't post, I'd much rather you do what it takes to keep yourself as sane and happy as possible while you write. Yes, yes, I know sane and happy may not be the two words that spring to *your* mind in describing yourself, but I hope you know what I mean anyway. Smile

I'm delighted to read about your continuing progress in singing, by the way. The teacher part of me can see the progress even from this far distance. Yay, Robin!

Wendy

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Tue, 20 October 2009 05:55

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Thank goodness the waiting to hear bit is over for you. And let's hope for editorial mercy on the rewrites--am beaming end-November thoughts over the pond!

Lucy xx
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Tue, 20 October 2009 06:41

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end of novemer,end of november,end of november,i can chant louder if i need to!

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Tue, 20 October 2009 10:40

Mrs Redboots
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Hoping for end of November for you - or, better still, 15 December! But you can do it, I know - and I know I'm not the only one longing to read it!

Don't worry about the blog - I'm sure none of us would mind a few blank days, with or without a guest post (and you know many of us would be willing to guest-blog for you, if and when necessary).

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Tue, 20 October 2009 13:37

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Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 20 October 2009 16:40

I would love a guest post about skating from you!

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Tue, 20 October 2009 15:56

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I think if Micaela can be played as a woman rather than a fluffy bunny, and the production of Carmen we saw at Glyndebourne last year proves that she can, someone can bring off a Lucia who dies because her entire social structure is stacked against her, not because she has the moral conviction of overcooked spaghetti.

Micaela can be played as a woman? ::blinks eyes as entire worldview shifts::

practise the frelling Warlock so Oisin won’t snigger at me on Friday

A noble goal, surely. Very Happy

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Tue, 20 October 2009 17:06

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Bratsche wrote on Mon, 19 October 2009 23:43

I'm looking forward to reading the flock of Pegasi (two volumes equals a flock, right?!), whenever it comes out!

Wendy

Flock? I think we can do better than that. I don't recall there being a collective noun for Pegasi, which seems to give us license to invent one. The reference to Pegs I and II suggests that it might be "A Cribbage Board of Pegasi" but that does not exactly flow trippingly off the tongue.

Perhaps Robin has already addressed this question.

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Tue, 20 October 2009 19:40

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Hmm. I had assumed herd was the obvious choice. But maybe only obvious to me.

Smooshes!

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Tue, 20 October 2009 19:47

Robin
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[hysterical laughter]

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Tue, 20 October 2009 19:58

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Aaron wrote on Tue, 20 October 2009 14:06

I don't recall there being a collective noun for Pegasi, which seems to give us license to invent one. . . .

Perhaps Robin has already addressed this question.

If we let Robin name them right now, we'll probably end up with a Frelling Ungelfarb of Pegasi, which really wouldn't be fair to them at all. ;-P

All I can come up with is a Flerd of Pegasi.

It was the only lullaby she would ever sing, and it was sung in Hell. --Laini Taylor

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Tue, 20 October 2009 20:19

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Kim A wrote on Tue, 20 October 2009 19:58

If we let Robin name them right now, we'll probably end up with a Frelling Ungelfarb of Pegasi, which really wouldn't be fair to them at all. ;-P

::laughs loud enough to startle the dog::

Very true. Smile

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

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Tue, 20 October 2009 21:07

Melissa Mead
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LOL. Yay, whatever you call it!

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Wed, 21 October 2009 06:42

holmes44
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snork,very good.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Wed, 21 October 2009 16:52

Diane in MN
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she says it’s still worth a shot at the autumn ’10 list for PEGASUS and how fast do I think I can do the rewrites—?

Good news indeed, but shouldn't an editor appreciate that that's not a simple question? Smile

May she be generous with her deadline and may the gods give you a few extra hours in the day . . .

find the homeopathic remedy(ies) that will have hellhounds eating promptly and eagerly every day for the rest of their lives

When you find this, pass it on to me, would you? And then we will find someone to package it and we will sell it at dog shows and become fabulously wealthy.

Something I would like to see some day is a Lucia who never collapses on the floor and rolls around in despair however. I think it would be possible to play her as merely crushed by circumstance

I think this was more likely back a few decades when directors didn't think it was necessary to have their singers roll around on the floor to provide verisimilitude or whatever. Many of them don't seem to trust the music, and do seem to think that the "acting" part of performance requires a lot of physical business.

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

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Wed, 21 October 2009 19:15

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*Snork.* How well you know me. But I totally approve of the cribbage board. Hee hee hee hee.

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Wed, 21 October 2009 19:19

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If your dog is startled by laughter, it doesn't get out enough. :) My guys after three years of *me* are proof of ANYTHING in the noise department short of the arrival of the Borg. Which I imagine as a lot of grinding and crashing as well as the resistance-is-futile thing.

They'd probably LIKE a flerd of pegasi. Or a cribbage board. A FLYING CRIBBAGE BOARD (hee hee hee. Sorry, I'm very tired . . . )

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Wed, 21 October 2009 19:21

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I've told you, haven't I, that one of Peter's and my Rules is that anything that involves the actors/singers rolling around on the floor LOSES? This began with a performance of Hamlet that seemed to be staged ENTIRELY rolling around on the floor.

And I LIKE the fabulously wealthy part. I'll get back to the search as soon as I get the rewrites in . . . No, then I have to write PEG II . . . whimper. . . .

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Wed, 21 October 2009 19:48

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Robin wrote on Wed, 21 October 2009 16:21

Lynn and I don't attend many operas but we are similarly suspicious of ballets that involve dragging dancers along the floor.

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Wed, 21 October 2009 20:34

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Robin wrote on Wed, 21 October 2009 18:19

They'd probably LIKE a flerd of pegasi. Or a cribbage board. A FLYING CRIBBAGE BOARD (hee hee hee. Sorry, I'm very tired . . . )

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Wed, 21 October 2009 20:38

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Who else remembers the flying toasters on the early Mac? I have forgotten what they were -- an early screensaver? I just remember the image...

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Wed, 21 October 2009 20:44

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[hysterics]

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Wed, 21 October 2009 20:45

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Yes, and then Microsquishy stole it. Remember the flying pigs you blew up?

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Wed, 21 October 2009 21:05

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Robin wrote on Wed, 21 October 2009 18:21

That is a GOOD rule. (Hamlet? Floor-rolling?? What odd fancies some directors do get . . .)

I like the fabulously wealthy part too, and believe me a sure-fire eating fix would sell like the proverbial hotcakes, but at this stage I'd be happy enough if some people would eat twice a day and produce collectible poop. At least he eats once a day. SIGH.

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

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Wed, 21 October 2009 22:33

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Oooh! I loved the flying toasters. Especially when toast would pop out of one of them Smile

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Wed, 21 October 2009 23:01

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I had ENTIRELY forgotten the toast popping out! Thank you!

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Thu, 22 October 2009 09:17

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Yes. The scene between Hamlet and Gertrude was especially . . . rivetting.

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Fri, 23 October 2009 22:14

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Robin wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 08:17

Yes. The scene between Hamlet and Gertrude was especially . . . rivetting.

Oh my. What an unfortunate picture this calls up. The mind does not boggle, but rather wishes it did.

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

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Sat, 24 October 2009 10:47

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LOL! Yes.

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