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- Go to Rough Draft of simple 1st Chapter of my book, sort of, minus additions and
It's like a soap opera! :)
I've posted, by the way... please forgive your granddaughter her suckiness in staying away so long!
posted by
LadyKenobi
on February 22, 2004 at 8:21 AM
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Tell on, B.
posted by
majroj
on February 9, 2004 at 7:41 PM
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LadyK, her rack will fill the room as does her attitude and confidence. AND
She'll have excellent Health Coverage and a wonderful rich jockey husband who adores her. Okay?
posted by
benzinha
on February 9, 2004 at 12:49 AM
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are you kidding me?!
I would be honored. Only, make sure her rack is, like mine, truly excellent.
posted by
LadyKenobi
on February 7, 2004 at 10:49 PM
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LadyKenobi, thanks for reading my work. I will try to use more of your
acidity in the story, in fact I would like a sister of mine to speak like you do within the story. I love your voice. May I?
posted by
benzinha
on February 7, 2004 at 9:57 PM
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just lovely....
What a privlege to be present at the birth of this!
posted by
LadyKenobi
on February 7, 2004 at 5:59 PM
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So, beachbelle, did you make the tea and read the rest of it? Your thoughts
would be greatly appreciated....thanks for starting the chapter read.
posted by
benzinha
on February 7, 2004 at 2:14 PM
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dear beachbelle, it felt wrong to post this part of my writing, BUT
I say that because I know my words here are the thinnest bones upon which I will build the book. I hope to write a book for gringos, but written by someone who only half understands them, us.....I will name the saints to pray to for everything, naming them superstitiously and torturing them and bribing them, negociating with God as we do out west. I will lie throughout the book and be disappointed with myself. Dogs and family will prevail, but I will include real "Santeros" stories and profiles from the southwest, real stores will be mentioned and their lovely owners. I will describe pueblo ceremonies from the inside, knowing some of the dancers.
I will speak of some of the real and the publically unstudied history of this area. George Washington Gomez and other authors will be mentioned.
Smoking will plague me and quitting will be my eternal goal. I will tell the southwestern legends of La Llorona and Skin Walkers and others and bring them into the stories, real or unreal, they will talk to and move Abuelita around as she travels. She will consult the spirits of all religious beliefs and bring in all the folklore that she knows of. The book will be full of funny old Mexican sayings and some newly generated ones. I'll speak of the rituals in depth, like Day of the Dead from a real family's point of view and take the reader on a wild ride around the southwestern USA and maybe into Nogales, Mexico.....and will even help the President of a certain Central American nation solve a bit of a mystery.
Gringos and Chicanos and Indians will all mix and have their opinions about each other and mostly get along.
posted by
benzinha
on February 7, 2004 at 4:49 AM
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Benzinha my dear
I have read half of this and will get a cup of hot sweet tea so I can settle in for the rest.....
posted by
beachbelle
on February 7, 2004 at 3:43 AM
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