hey, kinda like Coyote. He is more than Loki; he is foolish man who keeps trying :) I have always been fascinated by the sacred clowns, ever since I heard of them.
Dana On 7/20/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yeah the pseudo latin used in the spells is a bit > > annoying. But still. The target audience is what, > > aged 7 through 15 approximately? Nor do I think > > that overly ornate writing is, in and of itself, > > a good thing. There's a lot to be said for the > > lean and elegant prose of Roger Zelazny or Ed > > McBain. The woman who wrote the sample bit I > > pasted is actually a friend of mine, but she's > > wrong on this one. > > The first chapter of my novel is pretty stark... intentionally so > actually... The writing becomes more detailed / involved as the story > progresses, although I think even at the end of it there have been > very few of what I would consider "ornate" passages. > > Most of the language is pretty darn plain actually -- it's the > situational aspect of the passages that really carries its meaning, > like the passage where the main character mentions his only prior > exposure to indians having been a plastic toy he played with as a > child, and one of the other characters asking if he thought the indian > character played with a plastic doll made to look like a businessman. > > I'd be honored to be considered heyoka for that: > > http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/heyoka.html > > I like the idea of Heyoka or of being Heyoka -- although there's a > difference between being and wishing. I guess I can count points in my > favor for having had the idea and scribed it before ever hearing the > word Heyoka. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165629 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
