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New Greenlea Tale: The Grey Girls
louisev:
And here is chapter 9!
http://louisev.livejournal.com/259021.html
mariez:
SPOILERS
Oh, Lord. I did not see that coming. I could've sworn that Colson and Edna made a big point to the girls at the ceremony that they were not to tell their mother!
Well, now I'm going to repeat myself, Louise - you're not predictable that's for sure! And yes, that's a compliment! :laugh:
Now what ........?
Thanks!
Marie
louisev:
SPOILER
Yes, and Edna was doing SO WELL up till that point! I guess she isn't going to be running for president after all!
As far as what's next... I guess I'll just have to SLEEP ON IT. It feels good to be writing something that feels completely, entirely NEW. Truth to tell I was getting a bit weary of what was going to happen next with ol' Amos Marigold! Onward with the new generation!
mariez:
--- Quote from: louise van hine on March 08, 2008, 12:47:02 am ---SPOILER
Yes, and Edna was doing SO WELL up till that point! I guess she isn't going to be running for president after all!
--- End quote ---
Ha Ha! I thought of that, too. But I'm hoping Edna makes a comeback - most candidates stick their foot in their mouth sooner or later.....let's see how Edna comes out of this one!
But, seriously, it's so great that you're always careful to show that no one is perfect. We've seen before that sometimes Edna can be a wee bit too intrusive into the boys' lives, although she's usually quick to realize it.
And this discussion about getting over past hurts is made even more interesting and poignant because of my re-reads of the revamped original stories. Just last night I read the chapters where we see that Ellery is still hurting over his relationship with Beagle in college (which was almost 20 years ago), in spite of the fact that he is now in a deeply loving and committed relationship. He may not be pining for Beagle anymore, but it was touching to see that reminders of Beagle - and seeing Beagle with another man - bring out some irrational behavior on his part, and I felt his pain. Edna is absolutely right that the only thing to do is "go on" but getting your heart and your mind in sync about that is the tricky part for all of us.
--- Quote from: louise van hine on March 08, 2008, 12:47:02 am ---... It feels good to be writing something that feels completely, entirely NEW.
--- End quote ---
That's great, Louise - and I can certainly understand it! We're starting to venture more deeply into some territory that we've only skirted before and who knows what else this journey may bring .... and there is still the matter of Jeremy and his sister and their unresolved issues and how that may tie in....
Thanks!
Marie
louisev:
yes I do go to a lot of trouble to paint the warts in. And it confuses people who get really REALLY mad at my characters when they do boneheaded things, mean things, or say nasty things to other people.
It got a few really intense arguments about just how misogynistic Ellery is and whether Colson was being fair to his wife. They are all flawed, and it does make some readers pretty uncomfortable that they are not idealized. But I really can't do it any other way.
I wrote a novel in the winter of 2005-06 which I posted on my LJ called 'Your Skinny Girl' and the main character is a rather selfish, exploitive and narcissistic person who doesn't treat women very well, and I had to test it with an audience to find out of there was ENOUGH likeable about my main character for people to care about him. But there was a reason I wrote him that way, and he had to have that nasty streak in him, because it was part of the theme. Just as, in this story, Colson's hot temper and simmering violence masks his fear and vulnerability, and Ellery's arrogance and hard driving nature are compensations for his own feelings of isolation and loss even as he struggles to help his own kind... and of course, the cast of characters around them bring out either the best or the worst in them.
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