tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post2801374614722902337..comments2023-10-30T12:00:57.306+00:00Comments on Romancing the blog . . . Fun-Writing Blog: RFW Challenge/Blogfest.Francine Howarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-15729033665752680752012-08-25T23:04:44.688+01:002012-08-25T23:04:44.688+01:00Dear Francine: Something I didn´t understand but I...Dear Francine: Something I didn´t understand but I consulted with 2 traductors. I know it isn´t perfect but I can feel the esence what you want to say.<br />I saw your magnifique books ans really you´re great. It´s nice to learn of writers as you and others I knew. Thank you very much for your kidness. Kiss Elen Elen Lackner-Poemas de amor. - Pianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335967868559873522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-22216102494646547592012-07-29T15:44:00.238+01:002012-07-29T15:44:00.238+01:00Adura has it to a tee! ;)Adura has it to a tee! ;)Francine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-2328599652180135062012-07-29T15:43:25.642+01:002012-07-29T15:43:25.642+01:00Hi Anna,
Thanks for your kind comments. I do so f...Hi Anna,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind comments. I do so feel at home writing historical novels and yes, I do tend to toward cliffhanger chapter endings! <br /><br />Re your Jenny story. In the same way letters can tell a story, so too dialogue can keep a story moving along whilst revealing the past as well as present tense happenings. She could audio record her thoughts or maybe someone can Francine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-73022765131678740402012-07-29T15:34:21.184+01:002012-07-29T15:34:21.184+01:00Hi Adura,
Astute as ever you've picked up on ...Hi Adura,<br /><br />Astute as ever you've picked up on the inner strife the hero faced in writing the letter, which seemingly sets Christina free. But, the hero then does something that leaves Christina in no doubt she is his everything. What he does takes great courage, and ends with a touch of humour! ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-66856196989257940882012-07-29T15:24:51.768+01:002012-07-29T15:24:51.768+01:00Hi Andy,
Thanks for stopping by. Hee hee, no doub...Hi Andy,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by. Hee hee, no doubt your soothing poetic prose would lighten her heart a little but the hero is a true knight and he does something so unexpected she cannot doubt him, ever. ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-88383327562310483342012-07-29T15:22:09.491+01:002012-07-29T15:22:09.491+01:00Hi Radwa,
Thank you for your kind words. I feel h...Hi Radwa,<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words. I feel honoured in having inspired your muse! ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-82664854997292999062012-07-29T15:20:16.191+01:002012-07-29T15:20:16.191+01:00Hi Linda,
Thank you for stopping by.
All the ins...Hi Linda,<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by.<br /><br />All the instant techno media begs the question how in the devil will kids manage in the future when technology fails as it will eventually: post oil = no manufacturing as we know it. Will the art of spoken communication be now't more than grunts, whoops and squealing! Planet of the Apes. ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-76005996766056288552012-07-29T15:14:18.235+01:002012-07-29T15:14:18.235+01:00Hi Madeleine,
Thanks for dropping in. Believe it...Hi Madeleine, <br /><br />Thanks for dropping in. Believe it, there's action to come when the hero does his knight honour bit! ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-56199303670126931102012-07-29T15:12:25.145+01:002012-07-29T15:12:25.145+01:00Hi Sue,
Thank you for visiting my blog. The langu...Hi Sue,<br /><br />Thank you for visiting my blog. The language aspect is indeed interesting re periods through history. Not a lot changed from the Elizabethan era through the English Civil War period and early Regency. Yet, during the Napoleonic era, I guess anti-French feeling, French words were dropped and speech shifted dimensions from formal to a more relaxed tone, and as you say less Francine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-63291221384964665722012-07-29T15:04:16.319+01:002012-07-29T15:04:16.319+01:00I have letters from my father to my mother: precio...I have letters from my father to my mother: precious indeed as I never knew him. Beautiful words, too.<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-12495722569360974382012-07-29T15:02:44.528+01:002012-07-29T15:02:44.528+01:00Hi Donna, yep, quite a bit to sort out and the her...Hi Donna, yep, quite a bit to sort out and the hero sorts it in good Knightly fashion. ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-17659967064595548482012-07-29T15:01:40.360+01:002012-07-29T15:01:40.360+01:00Thanks for stopping by, Heather. There is a happpy...Thanks for stopping by, Heather. There is a happpy conclusion! ;)<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-72423147217590679962012-07-29T14:29:19.040+01:002012-07-29T14:29:19.040+01:00Oh, Adura said something interesting here: 'Me...Oh, Adura said something interesting here: 'Men are from Mars and women are from Venus'! Yes. I think she has a point here. Your poor heroine!<br />AnnaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926688000745346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-43699896728859670452012-07-29T14:26:22.158+01:002012-07-29T14:26:22.158+01:00Dear Francine,
I love letters. Letter-writing is a...Dear Francine,<br />I love letters. Letter-writing is also an important part of the birth of the novel as a literary form. (I'm thinking of Richardson here.) I can well understand why you would want to write historical novels where letters are a natural form of communication for anyone who could write. (Then there were many people who could not read and write. But they don't make very Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926688000745346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-75003190016554280572012-07-29T14:23:33.858+01:002012-07-29T14:23:33.858+01:00Hi Francine,
I think the letter shows a classic &...Hi Francine,<br /><br />I think the letter shows a classic 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' type scenario. If one reads between the lines of the letter, here is a man who is trying to remain restrained in his emotions, regardless of the depth of love he feels for her. He seems to be struggling with not asking the impossible of her - to wait for him until he gets back. It's Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-42568096356536836702012-07-29T01:31:33.869+01:002012-07-29T01:31:33.869+01:00My dear Francine,
Who wouldn't feel sorry for ...My dear Francine,<br />Who wouldn't feel sorry for her? Poor woman!! I would have comforted her from the start (smile). So many lovers have this experience today. Thanks for sharing my dear.The Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667034322952126127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-63550811671851986612012-07-29T00:57:22.761+01:002012-07-29T00:57:22.761+01:00what had she done wrong?
that question will be hau...what had she done wrong?<br />that question will be haunting her for a while till her heart and head meet at one point but until this happens,she will keep asking herself that question,onetime blaming herself for being fool that she believed him and another telling herself may be one moment he meant what he said,<br />she was trying to find any excuse for him so as not to see herself being this Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807379993272964636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-34528043096711354002012-07-28T05:19:38.818+01:002012-07-28T05:19:38.818+01:00I like your use of the letter in this piece. Very ...I like your use of the letter in this piece. Very effective. It's interesting to see how much our communications have changed over the years. You probably would not get this much mileage out of a tweet.Scheherazadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906467791904395295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-47943785832744369422012-07-27T16:55:35.846+01:002012-07-27T16:55:35.846+01:00YOur poor heroine. I feel for her. I like the use ...YOur poor heroine. I feel for her. I like the use of the letter and the estrangement between them it creates great action and emotion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-42240109497140515212012-07-27T12:15:18.163+01:002012-07-27T12:15:18.163+01:00Letters are important in my current historical nov...Letters are important in my current historical novel, Coachman. I have some original early Victorian letters (1839 or so) that are amazingly modern in tone and don't sound at all archaic. The main difference from today's writing seems to be the use of quite long sentences, and very few of our common contractions like "can't" for "cannot".Sue Millardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022262338933600748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-35505146114469532922012-07-27T09:43:40.449+01:002012-07-27T09:43:40.449+01:00I've read Scandalous Whispers Francine, and I ...I've read Scandalous Whispers Francine, and I loved it. It races along at a nice fast trot from go to whoah! Great little extract for the challenge.<br /><br />Yes, people did like to write, receive letters once. There is a new generation that will never know, or rarely know, the absolute delight in receiving a beautiful, handwritten letter on gorgeous stationary, where you can smooth out theDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-92007633994216352092012-07-27T06:38:12.521+01:002012-07-27T06:38:12.521+01:00Such heartbreaking angst. These lovers have a lot...Such heartbreaking angst. These lovers have a lot to work out.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233495210852135611.post-45994318503270974092012-07-26T23:28:42.614+01:002012-07-26T23:28:42.614+01:00My heart breaks for her! This is so sad!My heart breaks for her! This is so sad!Heather Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847855601653718033noreply@blogger.com