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#101 2005-12-17 17:55:00

Sadalian
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From: Tucson, Arizona
Registered: 2001-06-03
Posts: 3146

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Sesame Street International.

South Africa has an HIV positive character who has been adopted. Although, Palestine has an computer literate character who likes to read.

 

#102 2005-12-17 23:23:00

spiritusvult
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From: Sunnyvale, CA
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Sounds like one of those exclusive LA parties.


"The goat might look dimly on that."
—Robert Scott

 

#103 2005-12-18 10:06:00

grnwoodtree
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From: Lafayette, CO
Registered: 2005-12-17
Posts: 4

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Hi Tad -

I'm entirely new here - but since I found a place to actually compose  - and I certainly haven't had the time to read EVERYTHING else here (Ive tried) - I was wondering - is there anyway the Twilight people could be more developed and less evil, I mean especially from the ancient history - that they were the ones terrorized out of the lands, mistakenly, by illiterate farmfolk! 

(SIDE NOTE:The Sithi were awesome - and that was why that series was so sad for me...why I wove a special shawl dedicated to them (Im a weaver)...that series inspired me to want to begin weaving a series of shawls...)

..So back to the so-called evile Shadowfolk -  They are my primary interest, secondary would be Qinnitan  - thirdly, your underground world...I'd love to do, or see, some artwork of these things - I'm an artist, so I could try my hand at fantasy art...

But yeah, Im mumbling-rambling...but all in all, I truly, truly hope/wish/have faith that the next book will have more in depth look at the Shadowfolk - humans are so dull and often predictable, unless drugged, enchanted or yogis!

Also, thanks for creating Barrick - he is a wonderful character. 

peace,
Holly
PS - hope thy cold has not run-away with thy nose!


"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - M. Ghandi

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had
happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

 

#104 2005-12-18 17:57:00

Desperate Elf
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

I'm sorry to interfere, especially when there are Shadowmarch Lore questions around.(I wish I will have my copy of Shadowmarch at Christmas(AT LAST!)) and will drag Tad from wherever he is hiding to ask, ask, ask questions about this world( totally unknown to me yet)

But now, I have a minor business not to Tad-writer but to  Tad-musician. My band has at last made a demo record and it will be outstanding if you would be able to say what you are thinking about the song. It's very interesting what can you say(Actually, I'm afraid). There is a topic in  Community, where one can download it.Sorry if I draw too much attetntion. Thank you. Take care all,
                                 DE

[ December 18, 2005: Message edited by: Desperate Elf ]


"Today the world is run by three of the most secretive institutions in the world: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, all three of which, in turn, are dominated by the U.S. Their decisions are made in secret. The people who head them are appointed behind closed doors. Nobody really knows anything about them, their politics, their beliefs, their intentions. Nobody elected them. Nobody said they could make decisions on our behalf." - Arundhati Roy

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#105 2005-12-19 04:56:00

ylvs
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From: On the sunny side of life
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Posts: 5030

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Hullo Tad,

I hope you are getting better - christmas with a cold would really suck!

Here's my season concerning bold and very barefaced question:

May we pplllleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssseee
get the second chapter of Shadowply as christmas present?????

*wishes it sooooo much*

*wrote already ten letters to Santa*

*humbly retreats hoping the matter was not too daring*


In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan

 

#106 2005-12-19 06:49:00

Lunar
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Desperate Elf wrote:

.(I wish I will have my copy of Shadowmarch at Christmas(AT LAST!)) and will drag Tad from wherever he is hiding to ask, ask, ask questions about this world( totally unknown to me yet)

[ December 18, 2005: Message edited by: Desperate Elf ]

yeah u will have ur copy,my present to you as i promised ,-)
hope they dont lose it on the way or something like that...

[ December 19, 2005: Message edited by: Lunar_strain ]


"This heart gets stronger, this skin gets thicker, this mouth gets louder"

 

#107 2005-12-19 08:39:00

Ruby
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From: Krautland
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

*coughs*
beeing sick over christmas IS bad. And all the snow those want-to-be-childrenn throw at you is NOT making it any better.

I'm having a question for Tad and everbody else writing storries in here:
Today there've been a woman in my German-class who called herself an author, and she said it is making you feeling really down and depressed to write something, because rereading it you'll only have eyes for all those terrible faults. I thought, that if she thinks so, why IS she writing at all. Now my question: Does writing influence your ego in a negativ or positiv way?


Dream on.

 

#108 2005-12-19 08:48:00

Sahi
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Posts: 37877
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Positive! I always feel proud that I actually finished the thing. *is a Nanowrimo writer* On the other hand I know it's not terribly good and accept it as such. I don't aim to be a professional writer.

*hands Kamiko a towel* Sorry bout the snowballs. We really are children in the Mint. *beams*

yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#109 2005-12-19 10:48:00

Tad
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From: California
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Posts: 6981
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

If you look at the time of my last posting here, that's about four or five minutes before the power went off here and just came back on this morning.

It's Deb's birthday today, which means I was wrapping her presents by flashlight.  They look like it.

As far as questions...

grnwdtree: Welcome aboard!  There will be LOTS more about the good and bad sides of the Qar in the second volume, I promise.  We'll learn a lot more about them, and travel with a Qar character for a bit.

D-Elf: I'd love to hear it, but I have no downloading music software.  I have no iPod and I must scream.  (Sorry, Harlan Ellison reference there for the older folk.)

Ylvs: An entirely reasonable request.  I'll see what I can do.

Kamiko: Excessive negativity or positivity about your own writing is a phase you have to get over to be a successful writer, I think.  You have to do your best to see things as even-handedly -- as much like outside readers -- as you can, otherwise it's very hard to make judgements on what needs fixing and what works.

Okay, off to open prezzies with Deb...


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#110 2005-12-19 10:55:00

ceywren
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Tad wrote:

Ylvs: An entirely reasonable request.  I'll see what I can do.

before anyone else can say it....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *loves christmas all over again*

and much happy birthdayness to deb!


"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#111 2005-12-19 10:56:00

Ren
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From: Austin, Tx
Registered: 2001-07-29
Posts: 14963

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy Birthday to Deb from all of us I'm sure...8)


"You know, if you ate more comfort food you'd probably kill less people"
- Hurley, Lost

 

#112 2005-12-19 11:05:00

Stuart
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From: Yorkshire
Registered: 2002-07-08
Posts: 3736

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy birthday to Deb.  One of Angela's friends has got one of her presents from me (I couldn't find one) and she offered to wrap it for me.  My reply was god no, she'll know instantly that I didn't buy it from the quality of the wrapping alone.  Perish the thought of man wrapping in the dark, hope you're not further hampered by say, invisible tape.


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#113 2005-12-19 11:34:00

cyan
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From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22772

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy Birthday to Deb!


"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

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#114 2005-12-19 11:42:00

TTSnowlock
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From: Maryland, USA
Registered: 2001-08-22
Posts: 54

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy Birthday Deb! 

Today is my Birth-Mom's Birthday, too.  I sent her an e-card, so please allow me to share it with you as well...
http://www.bluemountain.com/view.pd?i=1 … rce=bma999

And for the record, not all men have difficulty with wrapping gifts.  We're a minority, I'll grant you, but we do exist...  :)


"I've got a bad feeling about this..."

 

#115 2005-12-19 11:57:00

ylvs
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From: On the sunny side of life
Registered: 2001-06-19
Posts: 5030

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Have a very happy birthday Deb!

Probably getting power back is one of the most comfy presents ...


In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan

 

#116 2005-12-19 14:12:00

Lunar
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From: Germany
Registered: 2006-03-29
Posts: 4347
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy birthday to deb!
Best whishes from here...


Tad wrote:


I have no iPod and I must scream.  (Sorry, Harlan Ellison reference there for the older folk.)

i have no mouth and I must scream
right?
theres also an computer game with that titel...very old one but good one
first knew the game than the story...


"This heart gets stronger, this skin gets thicker, this mouth gets louder"

 

#117 2005-12-19 14:13:00

Miiru
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

~barbershop quartet rendition~

Now let us raise a glass to Deb, most tolerant of wives,
Who tho' we're rowdy, loud, uncouth, hath patiently withstood
Our foibles and our oddnesses with charity and good
Grace; and hath by doing so enriched our humble lives.
So here's to Deb! The wife of Dog! All mirth and laughter, too,
Be yours this day and all the year: Happy birthday to you!


Ted Kennedy in a speedo is just another sign of the coming apocalypse.
-wiked

 

#118 2005-12-19 14:16:00

strangeshe
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From: Texas
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 11251

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

*raises glass* Happy Birthday, Deb!

 

#119 2005-12-19 14:22:00

Desperate Elf
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From: Pskov, Russian Federation
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Posts: 262
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy birthday to Deb! All the best!


A big pity that you can't get the song. ( I understand that I'm a little  too noisy about it, yelling about it here and there, but it's just important step for me...) ,
-waits for Shadowmarch, thanks, Lisa!-


"Today the world is run by three of the most secretive institutions in the world: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, all three of which, in turn, are dominated by the U.S. Their decisions are made in secret. The people who head them are appointed behind closed doors. Nobody really knows anything about them, their politics, their beliefs, their intentions. Nobody elected them. Nobody said they could make decisions on our behalf." - Arundhati Roy

http://www.myspace.com/sludgeband

 

#120 2005-12-19 14:49:00

Kiema
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Registered: 2004-12-29
Posts: 560

Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy Birthday, Deb! *joins in the toast*

 

#121 2005-12-19 14:55:00

bumadax
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

tell deb she owes me lectures.


smile at people

 

#122 2005-12-19 23:02:00

ArcticSwan360
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From: Minnesota
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Posts: 1075
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

I would also like to say Happy Birthday to Deb, and also wish both of you, your kids, and pets a happy and merry christmas.

While I'm at, I would like to ask two simple questions. I recently got The Dragonbone Chair at my school library, and I'm almost done with the first part. Already, I'm noticing a heavy theme of Christianity, being it mere words or important parts of the history of the world of Ostan Ard, like the Execution Tree and how the man died for everyone.

So here is the question: Does the theme of Christianity remain strongly throughout the entire trilogy? And also, what made you decide to do this? For example, was it the inspiration of CS Lewis and his Narnia books, or was it being a Christian itself?

The last question: I remember you telling me of a script for a cartoon. I think it was called Dogs Vs. The World. I'm just wondering if this is still an active project?

[ December 19, 2005: Message edited by: Stefan ]


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#123 2005-12-20 00:16:00

Sahi
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy birthday Deborah!

*glitters Stefan for his 100th post* All your soul are belong to Tad! But don't worry it's for a good cause.

Yalahii!


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#124 2005-12-20 00:19:00

ArcticSwan360
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Thanks for thought on my hundredth post.


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#125 2005-12-20 00:33:00

Hiragana
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Re: DOGBLOG: Beyond Poodledome.

Happy Birthday, Deb!

 

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