Let's see what happens

[ksmith]

Well, looks like we will be doing something about all the large-scale junk in the garage--Mom phoned a junk guy, who will be coming over this afternoon to give her an estimate for the hauling. If he proves reasonable and this works out, it will be such a relief. There are 2 refrigerators, an old upright organ, assorted chests of drawers, and a couple of broken-down exercise bikes--yes, I used them until the bearings wore out. There are old desks and chairs in the cellar. I've gotten pretty handy withthe 4-wheeled dolly over the last few months, but there are some things I just can't move on my own.

Still awaiting word about whether the Feds have accepted my e-filed return. If memory serves, I think TT was supposed to email me that they had received word, but in case what memory served up turned out to be a big zero, I will check tonight when I get home.

Still fiddling with the new Jani 5 Chapter 1, and the secondary POV. This character isn't what we would call normal, but I need to give the impression of obsession and not-quite-rightedness while avoiding the tumble into barking-madness. Also working out conversations between Jani and other characters--her Dad, Lucien, Niall, John. I often make notes of this dialogue with an eye toward using it in the book. Sometimes I do, but usually all it does is serve to align everyone's attitudes and help set the tone for relationships. There's a talk with her Dad that's going to play a part in this book, I think. She needs to realize at that point how much she's scaring people who care about her.

Jani had a difficult relationship with her parents, but she was too self-absorbed and intent on getting off Acadia to realize it. She tends to run over people--is that a surprise?

This conversation with her father is going to occur about halfway through the book, I think. It's going to be interesting.

Comments

[galeni.livejournal.com]

I started reading her when the second book came out, and then bought the others as I found them (and then found Amazon). I can't remember if I discovered it on a shelf or saw you (on GEnie?) first and picked it up. In fact, I ended up with two copies of one of them because I'd forgotten I'd stashed it in another room. (All bought new, so, like, you care!)

Jani's inability to accept that anyone cares is irritating to me, but I do like her. And Niall is equally frustrating because he seems to be -only- camoflage and not person except when he's with Jani, and only maybe then. Working two layers below them would be fun. Working with or (gawd forbid) above them would be hell. But Niall would make a very uncomfortable lover, I think, if he ever really -saw- you and not just the particular challenge you might represent.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Never played on GEnie--I think it was on its way out about the time I joined SFFNet, late 1998. I recall reading the complaints about billing and such as the whole thing wound down.

Sounds like it was fun while it lasted, though.

Thanks for buying--new books are Good!

>Jani's inability to accept that anyone cares is irritating >to me, but I do like her. And Niall is equally frustrating >because he seems to be -only- camoflage and not person >except when he's with Jani, and only maybe then.

I think he's himself with Jani, as he is with Mako or anyone who shares his secret. I think his problem with Jani, which is one that would prevent them from ever being lovers (yes, I considered it), is that he doesn't feel he deserves her friendship. It's a challenge, but of a different sort. He aspires to her standards, and feels that he doesn't quite measure up. He finally brushes some of the stardust from his eyes in CI, but even then it's difficult for him. Like Jani, he's not happy unless he's beating his head against the wall about something.

>Working >two layers below them would be fun. Working with >or (gawd >forbid) above them would be hell. But Niall would >make a >very uncomfortable lover, I think, if he ever >really -saw- >you and not just the particular challenge you >might >represent.

Again, I think he would see the challenge more from his side--what can I do to prove that I deserve this woman, rather than what do I have to do to win this woman? I think he'd be a very romantic, cultured lover. Many opera/concert dates and museum visits, lots of intellectual discussion. I see his girlfriends as university professors, museum curators, collectors. Intelligent, possibly high-maintenance women who would bail when they realized that while they had Niall's heart and mind, another woman had, and always would have, his soul.

Not that I think about this sort of thing much.

Kris, who could rattle on about her characters for *days*