Comments on: “The Urchin’s Dark Kite” at A Fly in Amber http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber Mad Ramblings of Michael J. DeLuca Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:39:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jsridler http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-649 jsridler Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:52:49 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-649 Deluca rocks. 'Nuff Said. Deluca rocks. ‘Nuff Said.

]]> By: Jeff Howell http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-648 Jeff Howell Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:27:10 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-648 Congrats! I look forward to reading it soon. Congrats! I look forward to reading it soon.

]]> By: Erin Hoffman http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-647 Erin Hoffman Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:12:47 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-647 Again, cool. :) Always good to sell those stories. Your writing style is of course immediately recognizable, and I also knew it was a DeLuca story because about midway through I had no idea what was going on. :) But by the end I think I figured it out, and was enjoying the glimpse into the abstract but highly intentional alternate world. I didn't even notice the "watched"s. =P I don't think I knew you went through an epic F novel phase. I'm about 3/4 of the way through a rather strange mishmash collaboration between James Mallory and Mercedes Lackey, in the horrible epic F novel milieu, and will no doubt have fruminous thoughts on it soon, and the respective and conflicting values of storytelling vs writing... Again, cool. :) Always good to sell those stories. Your writing style is of course immediately recognizable, and I also knew it was a DeLuca story because about midway through I had no idea what was going on. :) But by the end I think I figured it out, and was enjoying the glimpse into the abstract but highly intentional alternate world.

I didn’t even notice the “watched”s. =P

I don’t think I knew you went through an epic F novel phase. I’m about 3/4 of the way through a rather strange mishmash collaboration between James Mallory and Mercedes Lackey, in the horrible epic F novel milieu, and will no doubt have fruminous thoughts on it soon, and the respective and conflicting values of storytelling vs writing…

]]> By: mjd http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-646 mjd Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:24:30 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-646 Thanks, all! Erin, it was written in late 2004, during the post-horribble-epic-F-novel/pre-Odyssey era of the DeLuca. It sat in the trunk for a good long while, and has been through 2 or 3 significant revisions since it came out again, but a few of the hallmarks are still there---note the flagrant violation of Odyssey rule #371b in the third paragraph, where I use the verb "watched" no less than 4 times. :) I am a stubborn bastard. Thanks, all!

Erin, it was written in late 2004, during the post-horribble-epic-F-novel/pre-Odyssey era of the DeLuca. It sat in the trunk for a good long while, and has been through 2 or 3 significant revisions since it came out again, but a few of the hallmarks are still there—note the flagrant violation of Odyssey rule #371b in the third paragraph, where I use the verb “watched” no less than 4 times. :) I am a stubborn bastard.

]]> By: Erin Hoffman http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-645 Erin Hoffman Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:34:26 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-645 Cool story, Mike. For my curiosity, in what 'era' of the DeLuca was this originally written? Cool story, Mike. For my curiosity, in what ‘era’ of the DeLuca was this originally written?

]]> By: Liz http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-644 Liz Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:31:36 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-644 Cool! Cool!

]]> By: Shara Saunsaucie http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/writings/the-urchins-dark-kite-at-a-fly-in-amber/comment-page-1#comment-643 Shara Saunsaucie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:22:51 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=309#comment-643 Congrats! I'll have to remember to catch that. :) Congrats! I’ll have to remember to catch that. :)

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