
Pixen wrote in Antishurtugal, 2012-06-18 00:04:00
CURRENT LOCATION: Sydney, Australia
Inheritance Spork: Chapter Thirty Seven: Conclave of Kings
Firstly - so sorry! I had no idea my name was up on this one. (Note to self: check the signup sheet more often) Got a message from Torylltales this afternoon with a friendly reminder. Thanks for everyone's patience!
Secondly, a little anecdote. Once I had the reminder, I grabbed the book at home and found the chapter whilst my Dad was visiting. When he was leaving he happened to spy upon the book lying open.
"Conclave of Kings, huh?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm going to spork it [and then realised Dad probably has no idea what 'spork' means, besides the eating implement] . . . well, you know that internet writing group I'm in? We're going through chapter by chapter and pointing out everything that's wrong with it. This is the chapter I get to do."
Dad peered closer and pointed at a few places on the first two pages of the chapter. "This syntax is terrible."
"Yep."
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The magician quivered, startled, and the distraction allowed the elves to slip past his defenses." Dad quoted. "That's too ambiguous, because 'startled' is both a verb and an adjective."
"Yep."
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Anyway, let's actually spork the chapter from its beginning!
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