Come what may, gonna dance the day away

[rolanni]

Apologies…today became disorderly, and I did not get back to the discussion of harvesting Weird Words.  I thought I might make it back this evening, but some paperwork has landed, and it needs to be dealt with, um, now; and I still need to sort out our readings and anchor lines for the talk at Rockland Library tomorrow evening, so!  Discussion resumes Friday.

I am bummed — rather ridiculously so — to find that I have missed seeing “John Carter” on the big screen. *saves it on Netflix*

Socks continues to accommodate the household.  He has a quiet and unassuming disposition, and what’s looking like a whim of steel.  Mozart objects to his presence, periodically, by growling, and occasionally bopping him on the head.  This morning, in fact, Mozart was on the co-pilot’s chair, and Socks entered the room, strolling up to the chair to see what was doin’.  Mo growled and bopped.  Socks retreated exactly two cat steps, sat down on the rug facing Mozart, closed his eyes, and continued to sit there — just drowsing, you know, and Completely Unconcerned™ –  until it was time for us all to troop down the hall in search of caffeine and multigrain bagels.

Overall, the occasions of bopping and hissing are very low.  I’m thinking that the half-house refurb  in November gave Scrabble and Mozart a new benchmark:  “How bad is it?”  “Well, they haven’t torn up the floor yet.”

I have, for those who may be interested. uploaded eBook editions of  my mysteries, Barnburner and Gunshy to the Kindle Store and the Nook Store (the Smashwords editions are going to be a loooong time coming, I fear).  As of this writing, both books are available in the Kindle Store; they’re still “processing” at BN.

And now?  Paperwork calls.

 

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

their three majesties

[barbinbandon.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the cat story. Made my day.

*grin*

Sounds like

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

they are all actually GETTING ALONG, in the feline sense. they are still setting boundaries, but they're not trying to kill the new one.

[adriannem.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I think the Jen Pierce novels are my favorites of your work.

Misc

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

I am so glad the cats are getting along pretty well through the drama of a new cat being introduced. Socks indeed seems to have a very calm consitution. Not going to attack. Not going to be bullied either. Excellent.

As for me I am very happy with my paper books of Barnburner and Gunshy.

Good luck with future kitty strategies. Sorry. In the cat rescue world cats are often refered to as kitties. Actually a term of affection and respect)

Kitteh Cat

[bridget a wheeler-gehrling (from livejournal.com)]

New Cat is NEWZ.....lol

[estara.livejournal.com]

Yay, all around!

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Totally!

[dmellieon.livejournal.com]

Ahh, the ... joy ... of introducing a new cat to a household with older cats. Nothin' else quite like it!
Thank you for the new Kindle books! Adding them to my shopping list for purchase next payday.

Barnburner

[barbinbandon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up. Just finished Barnburner and loved it.

There's a new Debora Geary lined up next then I'm for Gunshy.

[vythe.livejournal.com]

Speaking of weird words - will you count almost-indigenes like "near-cousin" and "quartershare"? They are not exactly weird, but they are not in the dictionary, either. Not in my dictionary, in any case.

But I have a more serious question, if I may have a moment of your time, which concerns language. As I am reading the Korval stories, I realise that the more aristocratic characters there actually speak a language that is both consistent and natural... for them (and I admit that watching them speak is one of the quirks that makes your opuses so enjoyable for me). It may be further assumed that any half-way educated English speaker can understand them perfectly. And I come to suspect that any regularly-educated American person can in fact speak (or, rather, write) this language, even if they normally choose not to.

It is, however, definitely not the "standard English" and it is obviously different from any standard styles that are involved in standard exams of situations.

So, the question is: can you perhaps reflect on where/how you learned to speak like that, and do you expect your readers to perceive it as generally familiar or weird?

Thanks.