This is delightful, funny, and intriguing all at the same time. And I love all these colourful characters - an excuse for me to use the word 'quintessential' as in quintessentially English.
I am really enjoying this story and it's put a big smile on my face - thank you!
thank you Evelyn! im so pleased that you like it! i have been trying to get into the Katrina time frame to contine reading it but was rather drawn into your initial discourse on the evolution of the world and was intrigued by the 250k word plot outline you refer to! i shall need a clear run up at it ! times like this you cry out for a single paper volume!
I know what you mean about a clear run. Obviously I would love to get things published as a proper book (i.e. paper).
Yeah, the 250k word thing was actually for her life in her own world, which I was intending to write a series for. It then turned out the amount of historical research I'd need to do would've been insurmountable, as we're going back to 80s and 90s. So instead I just thought what would happen if she showed up in this world in the present day - in terms of research that's so much easier because everything's on the Internet, if you know where to look. And just as her world is 'parallel', I can still describe the main points of that world to highlight the differences and make people think. I might insert some 'flashbacks' at some point though. I will give you a nice clue/semi-spoiler though, which is that you'll get to see her own world in Act II.
Maybe one day I can write her backstory. Or maybe long after I'm dead some adoring fan will take up the challenge with my outline...
The part about the black basalt Devil’s stone reminded me that in Islam when the pilgrims perform the circumambulation of the Kaaba, one of the stations that they stop at is to cast pebbles and aspersions at a Devil’s stone that stands in the desert. So many congruences in these traditions. Another wonderful instalmant.
I did want to mention that your most recent and concluding chapter is missing the hyperlinks to the previous chapters at the top of the post.
yes i will amend and put the links in... im a bit slow... the ending was really hard to decide upon... and i went for the humorous one... hope it works?!
I'm about to jump into the last part - Oh, this is a good one! That Mike is a clever lad. Though I was a mite worried when he mentioned picking up a "genny" from the farm along the way, and very relieved when it turned out that he meant a generator and wasn't using some sort of British slang to refer to a female donkey... No donkeys were harmed in the writing of this story... 🐴
Naw, I could understand just fine. I've been reading a lot of Scottish and British mystery novels over the past couple of years. I do have to look things up pretty often, but that's why they invented Google. 😎
This is delightful, funny, and intriguing all at the same time. And I love all these colourful characters - an excuse for me to use the word 'quintessential' as in quintessentially English.
I am really enjoying this story and it's put a big smile on my face - thank you!
thank you Evelyn! im so pleased that you like it! i have been trying to get into the Katrina time frame to contine reading it but was rather drawn into your initial discourse on the evolution of the world and was intrigued by the 250k word plot outline you refer to! i shall need a clear run up at it ! times like this you cry out for a single paper volume!
I know what you mean about a clear run. Obviously I would love to get things published as a proper book (i.e. paper).
Yeah, the 250k word thing was actually for her life in her own world, which I was intending to write a series for. It then turned out the amount of historical research I'd need to do would've been insurmountable, as we're going back to 80s and 90s. So instead I just thought what would happen if she showed up in this world in the present day - in terms of research that's so much easier because everything's on the Internet, if you know where to look. And just as her world is 'parallel', I can still describe the main points of that world to highlight the differences and make people think. I might insert some 'flashbacks' at some point though. I will give you a nice clue/semi-spoiler though, which is that you'll get to see her own world in Act II.
Maybe one day I can write her backstory. Or maybe long after I'm dead some adoring fan will take up the challenge with my outline...
your writing and dedication are both highly commendable!
The part about the black basalt Devil’s stone reminded me that in Islam when the pilgrims perform the circumambulation of the Kaaba, one of the stations that they stop at is to cast pebbles and aspersions at a Devil’s stone that stands in the desert. So many congruences in these traditions. Another wonderful instalmant.
I did want to mention that your most recent and concluding chapter is missing the hyperlinks to the previous chapters at the top of the post.
yes i will amend and put the links in... im a bit slow... the ending was really hard to decide upon... and i went for the humorous one... hope it works?!
I'm about to jump into the last part - Oh, this is a good one! That Mike is a clever lad. Though I was a mite worried when he mentioned picking up a "genny" from the farm along the way, and very relieved when it turned out that he meant a generator and wasn't using some sort of British slang to refer to a female donkey... No donkeys were harmed in the writing of this story... 🐴
im pleased you can follow it even with the Yorkshire vernacular.
I thought maybe it was over the top...
Naw, I could understand just fine. I've been reading a lot of Scottish and British mystery novels over the past couple of years. I do have to look things up pretty often, but that's why they invented Google. 😎