Date: May 13, 2007 12:20 am Title: Chapter 9 - An Irish knight amongst the cinders
...she spied James, son of Halpert astir, watching her. Um... I'll bet Jim has been astir many a time, watching Pam. (Quiet, you!)
The Scottish knight had donned not his armor. Only leggings he wore. The man upon the ground would have heard neither chink of armor nor trod of shoe.
I see that you've given us the description of James' partial nakedness so we will understand why he was so stealthy. I'm sure there was no other thought in mind. Well, maybe a few thoughts. Totally pure ones.
He was fair short and without the meat necessary to handle heavy lance. Okay, I could TWSS this, but I'd rather just say that I loved this turn of phrase. We'd never hear "without the meat necessary" in our current times - it just fits this story so beautifully.
What conniving question for a man who is found lost in forest like a babe. Wouldst the Lady truly wish a son-in-law who canna find the road home? Love this. And hey, I don't even have to ask you: I already knew about "canna".
“My family be the Howards of Kilkenny and I am not wed.” Are Dinkin Flicka and Bailey08 reading this? Because they should be now.
Now we have Scottish, English, and Irish, right? We need a nice Welshman to even things out. I'm enjoying this so much. I'm going to catch up on my reading on Mother's Day, I think, when I don't have to do any mothering (that's my present).
Author's Response:
One of my goals is to see how many times I can get James undressed. Seriously. For purely altruistic reasons. I can't think what they are at the moment....
Dinkin Flicka and Bailey08 may be a tad upset that I called Ryan short and low on 'meat'... hopefully the 'shiny armor' makes up for it. The ladies love them some nice 'shiny armor'.
There will be tons of Welshmen but then chi dalt fymryn bach, so just assume all the people talking jibberish in the background are Welsh. Especially the tenors.
Date: May 09, 2007 09:41 pm Title: Chapter 9 - An Irish knight amongst the cinders
Hah! I like Lady Beesly--she reminds me of Mrs. Bennet of Pride and Prejudice.
So, Ryan cometh for his Kellieth...
Author's Response: Well, she and Mrs. Bennet certainly have a lot of things in common, five daughters who have no dowry, a husband who is not trying to find husbands for them, and an English country house! I adore Mrs. Bennet in all her hideous glory!
10 [Report This]Date: May 09, 2007 08:52 pm Title: Chapter 9 - An Irish knight amongst the cinders
A story that never should have worked, but in the right hands seems perfect. Thank you for writing this. I look forward to more.
Author's Response:
Thank you! I had been mulling over this for weeks and finally figured out where I wanted to set it in Britain and then everything came together!
Date: May 09, 2007 07:42 pm Title: Chapter 9 - An Irish knight amongst the cinders
Ryan!!! (not short, average, check your almanac!) Muggins, we are so lucky you have so many boring meetings!
Author's Response:
Actually if Ryan lived in Medieval England he'd be a giant. I just wanted to show that Philomena is comparing him negatively to James. Plus I love that Ryan is so sensitive about his height!
Oh god, I just got out of a meeting this morning where we discussed for an HOUR whether we should change the color of our Departmental Memos to make them look more historic. So no more white paper, now it's beige! Yeah. That was really necessary for me to sit through.