Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll

[mariez]

Chapters 8, 9 and 10 are up and available for your reading pleasure, my friends. And yes, we meet Ellery in Chapter 9. Squee!

Leslie   

A pleasure indeed. I've never actually "squeed" before, but I have to call your squee and raise you one - Ellery is just so dang Squeeworthy.   

I love the Colson/Cole thing - I don't imagine Colson is going to let that sllide too many times! 

Thanks,
Marie




 

[MaineWriter]

Chapters 11 and 12 are up....

http://louisev.livejournal.com/5339.html
http://louisev.livejournal.com/5475.html

Enjoy...feedback welcome!

Leslie

[louisev]

I have done a good deal of thinking during the late hours of software testing, while I am rereading and reworking the text, and as you may be able to tell, those who are doing a close reading, there are many subtle edits in there which are giving further depth to what landed Colson in Tourmaline, and why he felt obligated to stay to help Pete and Ellery, and now that we have the end product as evidenced by the story being completed up to January 1985, it provides an anchor for a view of Tourmaline that is far more literary and less literal.

For those who have never seen one, I got a small tumbled tourmaline for meditation purposes, and will throw up a photo of that when I have a photo in the clear light.

A smaller view of the stone is here / the first is a crysanthomite *or something  - it looked pretty*, the second down is a green jasper, the smallest one with the purplish tinge, is the tourmaline.

[MaineWriter]

Chapters 13 and 14 are up for those on the friends list...

http://louisev.livejournal.com/5881.html
http://louisev.livejournal.com/5975.html

Enjoy...

Leslie

[mariez]

Thanks for the picture - about a month ago I spent a couple fascinating hours in the mineral hall of a local science museum and saw some awesome tourmaline exhibits.  Naturally, the tourmaline attracted me as it made me think of Ellery 

Thanks for the new chapters - I certainly am enjoying  - this made me smile -

No truck, he thought. Now that ain’t typical of any men I know.

That's one word that never comes to mind when I think of Ellery - typical.  LOL!

Thanks,
Marie

[MaineWriter]

Chapter 15 is up...

http://louisev.livejournal.com/6241.html

Leslie

[MaineWriter]

Chapter 16, for your reading pleasure...

http://louisev.livejournal.com/6535.html

Leslie

[MaineWriter]

Chapter 17 is open to the friends group.

http://louisev.livejournal.com/6751.html

Leslie

[MaineWriter]

Chapter 18 is open to the friends group.

http://louisev.livejournal.com/7146.html

Leslie

[MaineWriter]

Chapter 19 is open to the friends group.

http://louisev.livejournal.com/7201.html

Enjoy!

Leslie