Author Topic: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll  (Read 3184572 times)

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2640 on: August 05, 2006, 11:56:38 pm »
Folks!

I have started a new Gallery thread over at the FANFIC board..
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=3719.msg70558#msg70558

I am in the process of adding the pix now, check it out when you got a chance!   :)


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2641 on: August 06, 2006, 04:00:10 am »
Folks!

I have started a new Gallery thread over at the FANFIC board..
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=3719.msg70558#msg70558

I am in the process of adding the pix now, check it out when you got a chance!   :)

Lucise - you forgot to include the cutoffs - see page 172.
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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2642 on: August 06, 2006, 04:49:50 am »
Okay folks,

I am here in London, trying to pump Louise for interesting plot developments and what comes next and the question came up, "Are Jess and Ben brothers?" Ben, of course, is Ben Tooey, who is due to get married in a few weeks. Jess is a young man who works at the ranch and gives Ennis a hand. I have one view on their familial connection, Louise has another. Obviously, the only way to resolve this if for input from all of you guys. So, vote in the poll....action in future chapters depends on this!

Thanks...

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2643 on: August 06, 2006, 09:09:41 am »
Folks, I am glad you have held up so well under my inexcusable absence.

As a reward for your great patience and perserverance, as well as to celebrate the opening of the Gallery Thread, I have written TWO NEW CHAPTERS.

And I would like to make special mention that after a moment of severe panic this morning when I lost my wallet, Leslie saved the day by crawling under the bed and finding it.  What all this means to you is that I am still scheduled to go home on time tomorrow, and will be arriving mid afternoon, in time to get back to the usual hectic update schedule.

Thank you all for reading!

http://louisev.livejournal.com/88751.html  "Chapter 52:  A Horse Man"
http://louisev.livejournal.com/89008.html  "Chapter 53:  Old Folks at Home"

Enjoy !

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2644 on: August 06, 2006, 10:03:08 am »
Folks, I am glad you have held up so well under my inexcusable absence.

As a reward for your great patience and perserverance, as well as to celebrate the opening of the Gallery Thread, I have written TWO NEW CHAPTERS.

And I would like to make special mention that after a moment of severe panic this morning when I lost my wallet, Leslie saved the day by crawling under the bed and finding it.  What all this means to you is that I am still scheduled to go home on time tomorrow, and will be arriving mid afternoon, in time to get back to the usual hectic update schedule.

Thank you all for reading!

http://louisev.livejournal.com/88751.html  "Chapter 52:  A Horse Man"
http://louisev.livejournal.com/89008.html  "Chapter 53:  Old Folks at Home"

Enjoy !



Thanks to you for writing, Louise!

Your devoted readers are very glad you have had this little break from the routine. We all need that from time to time, including Ennis and Ellery. These two chapters were a delightful respite from some hectic times, and now we have a massage to look forward to.

Enjoy the rest of your time and London, and have a safe, enjoyable trip home!
Peace be with y'all,
Fred

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2645 on: August 06, 2006, 11:14:56 am »
No Jess and Ben can't be brothers---sorry, but if they were Joe would be talking about both of them not just Ben--so Jess is unrelated, that is my view on it.
Joe mentions Ben by name all the time, and wants everyone to know about the wedding and how well he is doing---he has NEVER mentioned anyone named Jess-or ever even said my boyS-so that about tells me Jess belongs to someone else.

Plus they don't share any physical characteristics with each other, and Wes treats them some different too,in the responsibility dept., they could possibly be cousins or something but not brothers.
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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2646 on: August 06, 2006, 01:49:28 pm »
I'm curious why the possibility of them being brothers even came up? 

Seems to me we would know that by now - Joe saying something to Ennis about Jess working on the ranch, etc.  Unless of course, it's a big secret that they're brothers, but don't we have enough secrets in Laramie already?

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2647 on: August 06, 2006, 02:06:38 pm »
Hi everyone!

Long time lurker, but I felt I should pop my head up and say 'hi.'

I'm wannabebrit over at LJ, and I've been following Louise's wonderful story for a while.  Most of the time, I am providing comments over there, but you folks seem like a hell of a nice group, so I thought I'd just introduce myself.

I'll just jump in and say that I don't think Jess and Ben aren't brothers - Joe seems real proud of Ben, and if Jess was his son, he'd mention him too.

Looking forward to chatting with you all!  :D

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2648 on: August 06, 2006, 03:54:02 pm »
Lucise - you forgot to include the cutoffs - see page 172.

Cheers MM!
We already had cutoffs in the gallery, but I updated it with that pic!  :)


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #2649 on: August 06, 2006, 03:57:24 pm »
To The L-Ladies ~ Leslie & Louise:

Sounds like you've been having quite the adventurous time together !   
Cant wait to see some pix!   ;)