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Quicksilver
coffeecat33:
--- Quote from: mariez on March 18, 2007, 09:23:06 am ---I haven't read any other story that covers this time period or perspective and you've done it perfectly. Your prose is exquisite - a pure joy to read. Looking forward to more! Thank you, Marie
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With the amount of detail you include, I'm not surprised your chapters take shape slowly. I really liked Dead Horse Road and The Wind Rivers but Quicksilver is - as Marie said - exquisite. -Leslie
here's a couple photos of our Jack
coffeecat33:
Fern,
Did you say you titled your story "Quicksilver" because of a remark by Annie P. re: Jake as Jack? If so, what was that reference?
Leslie.
fernly:
--- Quote from: coffeecat33 ---Fern,
Did you say you titled your story "Quicksilver" because of a remark by Annie P. re: Jake as Jack? If so, what was that reference?
Leslie.
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It was in her wonderful interview with a public radio station, KCRW. Here's the link: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw060119annie_proulx
I thought the word fit Jack, and Jake in the role, so perfectly. And the scene where Lureen sees Jack at the window and sees him as quicksilver, well, that was the first clear image/metaphor I had of the story, and I was writing toward it for a very long time.
Thank you for the pictures :D and your generous comments. The details come from a lot of research (including going to rodeos and taking riding lessons - oh, the sacrifices we fic writers have to make ;D)
coffeecat33:
--- Quote from: fernly on March 18, 2007, 10:14:28 pm ---It was in her wonderful interview with a public radio station, KCRW. Here's the link: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw060119annie_proulx
I thought the word fit Jack, and Jake in the role, so perfectly. And the scene where Lureen sees Jack at the window and sees him as quicksilver, well, that was the first clear image/metaphor I had of the story, and I was writing toward it for a very long time.
Thank you for the pictures :D and your generous comments. The details come from a lot of research (including going to rodeos and taking riding lessons - oh, the sacrifices we fic writers have to make ;D)
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I just listened to this interview for the first time today. It was really interesting! I wrote down what she said.
"Jake made his own Jack Twist and a very excellent Jack Twist it is, too." She goes on to describe Jake's Jack Twist as complex, quicksilver, beautiful, hungry, bitterly disappointed again and again, love, electricity, and inchoate longing.
I just read ch. 6 of Quicksilver. The description of Jack as quicksilver and how Lureen sees him at the window I think is poetic and true.
Hope ch. 7 is coming along for you. - Leslie K.
mariez:
Oh, look what I found - Chapter 7 in two parts. Here's a link - the story, the writing, the insights - all too good for anyone to miss:
http://jtsbar.livejournal.com/4818.html#cutid1
Thanks, Fern
Marie
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