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Congrats on the curie vote @viking-ventures! :)
I enjoyed reading your story. I could picture the scenes of every paragraph in my head as I read along, from the clothes that Rachel was putting on to the kitchen where she met Katja to them walking out to the country park. Looks like they both have an adventure ahead of them :)
“I wish we had two gorgeous men to come with us,” Rachel dreamed.
Thank you so much!
I'm working harder to describe what I see.
Describing the "kissing gate" was challenging. They are some of the better types of gates to encounter, but yes, can be a real challenge to get a stroller/pushchair through. (I've done it.) Better than a stile though. :-p
You are good at it, describing what you see and I really like that. It helps my mind to imagine and I love to imagine scenes :)
Aah.. is "kissing gate" real? Haha.. stile would be impossible to push through a stroller/pushchair. Probably better to just throw it over the stile hehe.
Stiles are great! But not with a stroller!
Here's the "kissing gate" from Wikipedia. It's a pretty cool invention, actually. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kissing_gate,Glastry_Nature_Reserve-geograph.org.uk-_1183273.jpg
This example would not be pushchair friendly though...
This one works better though - from geograph.org.uk
As you can (hopefully) see, the gate swings from one closed point to another closed point. You get into the arc and swing it the other direction and get out again. Very clever design.
Ooo.. so that is what the gate is called. It kisses as it closes? Hehe. Cool, I learnt a new thing! I have seen this type of design and never did I know it is called a kissing gate! So cute :) Thank you @viking-ventures!
Prince Edward Island is a very different sort of place. English, but French, but American and even a dash of Gaelic for good measure. An interesting place that I'd love to visit one day.
The author also got a bit into "dream land" in her later books which definitely detracted a bit - though the experiences of the Islanders of war were very interesting and educational.
That is funny to have two friends who are so alike, in their taste, thinking and understand each other very well. Both Katja and Rachel very sympathetic, when you read it feels like they never really have had a good friend since being children but now they found each other, it is almost like two sisters who were separated in past but now they found each other. As they both orphans who knows may be that is the truth behind it :)
Yes, they do seem to be sisters separated. Their main difference are their temperaments as you will shortly discover...
I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
I enjoy this style of writing.. I can imagine reading your book after a busy day, wrapped in a blanket and sipping my latte :) Easy reading and very interesting. You are a great story teller! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your lovely comment.
That is the sort of feel I'm aiming for. I like to read my books while lying in bed on a lazy afternoon or early evening. Of course, the one I'm working on is usually the one I read and reread, part of being a writer.
I'm so glad you're enjoying it!
I'm actually a figment of your imagination... (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
I'm going to recommend beginning with Rebound of Power (link in post) - which is free. I will get Friendship on Fire re-edited in the next couple of days and put the collection together (as I've been promising everyone I'm going to do for awhile now) and then you can buy the collection rather than the parts. But you get the free sample (five chapters before Friendship takes off) first. :-)
Otherwise, Birth of the Neví which I just finished serializing, is also in the links in the post. Another good place to start - and then check back here every day for an evening read. (I don't post chapters on Sundays so that I get a writing rest.)
Okay - I got the re-edit done and not only republished by itself, but I also got the collection out today. Pay attention to my A'mara Books update on Sunday as I'll give you the new links then. (It usually takes a couple of days for them to hit all the epublishers.) I do not use Amazon anymore because they don't like that I share them here first.
Dang, You got another one(I just got my first curie). That's awesome, and congrats on the minnow push that was pretty sweet, I was worried that it wasn't going to happen yesterday, but glad it did.
Thanks! Yes, it didn't look like it, but I had a last minute push last night that sent me over the line. But, with another curie, I knew I'd be there this week. I just didn't want to let @hitmeasap down on his push.
I believe we're going to be working on you as well - with the minnowbuilder3 program (through pifc). I've bought my five shares this morning to contribute to that. So, already working on paying if forward again!
I'm going to have to check the minnow builder out, I saw a little a couple months ago on discord but you are now the third person to mention me in connection with minnow builder.
I'm going to spend part of my curie on my contest this week, doing 10 sbi shares, the rest I'm going to power up and see if I can place in the redfish league, just to say I did, lol.
I like the hippy tone of this series. Time to catch up with the chapters before this one. As always, very brilliantly presented. Keep them coming :)
Akpan,
Nigeria
Thank you! I guess I'm a bit of a hippy myself and it comes through. :-)
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Thank you! You've really made my week!
Congrats on the curie vote @viking-ventures! :)
I enjoyed reading your story. I could picture the scenes of every paragraph in my head as I read along, from the clothes that Rachel was putting on to the kitchen where she met Katja to them walking out to the country park. Looks like they both have an adventure ahead of them :)
Aah.. I wish too :)
Thank you so much!
I'm working harder to describe what I see.
Describing the "kissing gate" was challenging. They are some of the better types of gates to encounter, but yes, can be a real challenge to get a stroller/pushchair through. (I've done it.) Better than a stile though. :-p
You are good at it, describing what you see and I really like that. It helps my mind to imagine and I love to imagine scenes :)
Aah.. is "kissing gate" real? Haha.. stile would be impossible to push through a stroller/pushchair. Probably better to just throw it over the stile hehe.
Stiles are great! But not with a stroller!
Here's the "kissing gate" from Wikipedia. It's a pretty cool invention, actually.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kissing_gate,Glastry_Nature_Reserve-geograph.org.uk-_1183273.jpg
This example would not be pushchair friendly though...
This one works better though - from geograph.org.uk
As you can (hopefully) see, the gate swings from one closed point to another closed point. You get into the arc and swing it the other direction and get out again. Very clever design.
Ooo.. so that is what the gate is called. It kisses as it closes? Hehe. Cool, I learnt a new thing! I have seen this type of design and never did I know it is called a kissing gate! So cute :) Thank you @viking-ventures!
The English have a lot of cute names for things. :-)
Hehe yah.. Oh and I love Anne of Green Gables 😍
I love Anne of Green Gables too.
Prince Edward Island is a very different sort of place. English, but French, but American and even a dash of Gaelic for good measure. An interesting place that I'd love to visit one day.
The author also got a bit into "dream land" in her later books which definitely detracted a bit - though the experiences of the Islanders of war were very interesting and educational.
That is funny to have two friends who are so alike, in their taste, thinking and understand each other very well. Both Katja and Rachel very sympathetic, when you read it feels like they never really have had a good friend since being children but now they found each other, it is almost like two sisters who were separated in past but now they found each other. As they both orphans who knows may be that is the truth behind it :)
Yes, they do seem to be sisters separated. Their main difference are their temperaments as you will shortly discover...
I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
I enjoy this style of writing.. I can imagine reading your book after a busy day, wrapped in a blanket and sipping my latte :) Easy reading and very interesting. You are a great story teller! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your lovely comment.
That is the sort of feel I'm aiming for. I like to read my books while lying in bed on a lazy afternoon or early evening. Of course, the one I'm working on is usually the one I read and reread, part of being a writer.
I'm so glad you're enjoying it!
Are you a real writer? Can I buy a book from you? :) I really enjoy your writing style and it's perfect for my reading before going to bed :)
I'm actually a figment of your imagination... (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
I'm going to recommend beginning with Rebound of Power (link in post) - which is free. I will get Friendship on Fire re-edited in the next couple of days and put the collection together (as I've been promising everyone I'm going to do for awhile now) and then you can buy the collection rather than the parts. But you get the free sample (five chapters before Friendship takes off) first. :-)
Otherwise, Birth of the Neví which I just finished serializing, is also in the links in the post. Another good place to start - and then check back here every day for an evening read. (I don't post chapters on Sundays so that I get a writing rest.)
Hahaha, I'm sorry! English is not my first language and I didn't find a better expression than saying that you're a real writer :D
Good, thank you! I will start with Rebound of Power! :)
Your English is wonderful! I was only teasing you. :-)
I'd better get off Steemit now and get that re-edit done for you. :-D
Okay - I got the re-edit done and not only republished by itself, but I also got the collection out today. Pay attention to my A'mara Books update on Sunday as I'll give you the new links then. (It usually takes a couple of days for them to hit all the epublishers.) I do not use Amazon anymore because they don't like that I share them here first.
Dang, You got another one(I just got my first curie). That's awesome, and congrats on the minnow push that was pretty sweet, I was worried that it wasn't going to happen yesterday, but glad it did.
Thanks! Yes, it didn't look like it, but I had a last minute push last night that sent me over the line. But, with another curie, I knew I'd be there this week. I just didn't want to let @hitmeasap down on his push.
I believe we're going to be working on you as well - with the minnowbuilder3 program (through pifc). I've bought my five shares this morning to contribute to that. So, already working on paying if forward again!
I'm going to have to check the minnow builder out, I saw a little a couple months ago on discord but you are now the third person to mention me in connection with minnow builder.
I'm going to spend part of my curie on my contest this week, doing 10 sbi shares, the rest I'm going to power up and see if I can place in the redfish league, just to say I did, lol.