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    Default The Seventh Thief - Comments Thread

    If anyone wants to comment on the any of the chapters, feel free to do so here
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    The chapters break up as:

    Chapter 1: Introducing the frame story and the characters of the young man and the old thief. - Zuul - Link
    Chapter 2: Story set in 1945-7 in Britain or the US. - The Original An Gadaí - Not Started
    Chapter 3: American Civil War. - Elendil's Heir - Link
    Chapter 4: Story set in the early 1800s. - Malacandra - Link
    Chapter 5: - What Exit? - Link
    Chapter 6: Southern France during the renaissance. - CatInASuit - Link
    Chapter 7: Concluding chapter, returning to the young man. - Marsilia - Not Started

    I'll have some of chapter one up tomorrow!
    Last edited by CatInASuit; 30 May 2013 at 06:52 AM. Reason: Updated with links to chapters
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    What's the deal, does the old thief have a Methuselah-length lifespan or is he telling stories he heard from these different eras?

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    He's retelling stories. Though since no one is doing one during the present day, if you like, AG, I can set the frame story present day and it's the old thief's youth in your chapter.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Yeah that fits in all right. FWIW it's set in a hospital full of injured soldiers.

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    So we can post our chapter at any time? We don't need to wait for earlier chapters to be done?

    A link to CIAS's postings thus far: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/sho...hief-Chapter-6
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    Its going to take me all 30 days to write my chapter. If I waited, you would probably get my chapter mid-Jan sometime as Xmas is in the way.

    The idea was that everyone would write simultaneously, not sequentially.

    So why wait?
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    I've got the start of chapter one up.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Quote Originally posted by CatInASuit View post
    ...The idea was that everyone would write simultaneously, not sequentially.

    So why wait?
    OK, thanks. Hope to get to it soon.

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    There. My first installment is up: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/sho...hief-Chapter-3

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    I don't think I will deliver. I have yet to start and feel no inspiration. So expect me to be a no-show.

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    I'll hopefully be delivering but it's gonna be a hectic schedule. I can't really start writing until next week.

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    Only gonna get started on this tonight. What was the chapter word count again?

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    Quote Originally posted by The Original An Gadaí View post
    Only gonna get started on this tonight. What was the chapter word count again?
    With What Exit? unable to write, that's pushing it up to about 8,000- 8,500 words apiece.
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    I've thrown a thousand words together just now, but I need to walk the dog. More later hopefully.
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    I haven't forgotten. Hope to be able to get back to it before too long.

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    The first quarter of my share, at any rate.
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    I now realise that if I had written this amount every day, this part of the story would be long over.

    I'll get it right next year, if we do this again.
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    I'm going to be under quota, sadly. I'll provide some more before we're done, if I can find the time tomorrow (I have finally done something that needed doing and has also been put off for too long).
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    I'm swamped here, but I will be churning out the rest of Chapter 1.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    OK wonder if I can write 7500 words tonight!

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    Not that it really matters but where's the thief meant to be from?

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    ...or I could get further swamped and not finish. Ah well. I'm still going to get my chapter done, just for the sake of finishing it.

    We never did nail down where the thief comes from, AG.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Glad it wasn't just me.

    slinks out shamefacedly
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    I'm definitely going to try and finish it.

    I'm looking at it as spending thirty days writing. I've used about 10 of those so far
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    Quote Originally posted by CatInASuit View post
    I'm looking at it as spending thirty days writing. I've used about 10 of those so far
    There we go! That's the spirit.
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    The thief is from Newport, Rhode Island. Or not.

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    Works for me. I'll make reference to his Rhode Island accent.
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    I just read Malacandra's posting - wow! Good stuff. I hate to leave anything incomplete, and hope to finish my American Civil War story soon.

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    Malacandra's absurdly talented. For anyone who missed what he posted for this story, it's here.

    I'm going to try to finish mine as well. I went through all the trouble to set up characters and the situation. I might as well let them see things through.
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    Ditto. Things are getting less busy at work so I may find some time to finish it off.
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    Since I've nowt better to be doing I'll give mine another go.

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    That was indeed excellent Malacandra.

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    Well it is only a first draft and but 1177 words but at least it is something.
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    That was fun, What Exit. I haven't thought of Toots Shor in several years, and by sheer coincidence, a friend mentioned him to me just this afternoon!

    But I wonder if
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    Richard Nixon, who was Vice President in 1953, would be so public in arranging for black-bag skulduggery.

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    That was why he nearly panicked when he saw Winchell. No one else would have noticed him but the most notorious gossip of the time would have. Who's going to notice the VP in casual disguise when Marilyn is in the same bar with Joltin Joe.

    Besides I recalled Nixon use to visit Toots and just took a liberty.

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    I've posted another installment in my story.

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    Well, well, well. NaNoWriMo has come round again. I wonder if I can finish my bit of the story this month.
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    I've been meaning to get back to mine. Best intentions and all that....

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    Well, it's done. Apologies for taking so long. Any and all comments welcomed here.

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