On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:55:49AM -0400, chris cunningham wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pddb at demesne.com> > To: "David Silberstein" <davids at kithrup.com> > Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:04 PM > Subject: Re: funny the things you catch > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 04:32:49PM -0700, David Silberstein wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 pddb at demesne.com wrote: > > > > > > >On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:26:52AM -0400, chris cunningham wrote: > > > >[snip] > > > > > > > >> now, amidst _athyra_, i've just realised, hopefully correctly, that > the > > > >> wizards savn reads about in _the book of the seven wizards_ are the > > > >> scribblies, and/or other authors of mr. brust's acquaintance. > > > > > You know, that never ever occurred to me. Kewl. > > > > Sometimes it doesn't occur to us either. > > only reason it occurred to me was that i had the recent posts about > publishers in _phoenix_ in mind just as i came upon the "book of the seven > wizards." I know that a reference to that book is likely to contain in-jokes, but where they are not so flagged I have been known to miss them, and so have other Scribblies. > > > >> but which is which? > > > > > > >> she who is small > > > >> she who is tall > > > >> she whose hair is red > > > >> he whose eyes are green > > > >> he whose hair is dark (skzb?) > > > >> the gentle one > > > >> the master of rhyme > > > > > > > >I could tell you, but how much fun would that be? I mean, I'm willing, > > > >but do people want to play more first? > > many thanks for not spilling the beans. just joined the list and had no > idea that one of the wizards was around and about. Some people who know us all are also here. If I did spill the beans I'd have to explain myself to Steven. > > > Well, can you confirm that they are all current or former Scribblies, > > > or are there others in there as well? > > > > I find a very easy correlation for six; the remaining one is actually a > > bit of a puzzle. You know Steve is perfectly capable of throwing > > in a ringer. > > thanks. at first i thought the ringer was megan lindholm or jane yolen, not > knowing whether either might have been later/honorary scribblies. Jane hasn't been -- which is not to say that we don't admire her tremendously, but she has her own writing group and is miles ahead of us in technique and experience. Megan was critiqued by us when she and Steve were writing THE GYPSY, but she never critiqued us in turn. I don't know how one would categorize that. [snip disquisition on later incarnations of the Scribblies] > hmmm. i'm gonna stick to the original seven, for the nonce, to preserve my > already addled wits. When the Book of the Seven Wizards is specifically invoked, this will work. At least until Steve sees this and decides to get tricky. -- Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet (pddb at demesne.com) "I will open my heart to a blank page and interview the witnesses." John M. Ford, "Shared World"