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[Judith Bron]

I understand where you are coming from Helene, but your readers have to know 
what time frame they are reading in.  Lori is right.  Putting colquial (I 
know I misspelled it) are the late twentieth century or early twenty-first 
century.  If the story is being told in the future your reader should know 
this by hinting about it in the early part of your text.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:38 PM
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> Hi Lori,
> Thanks for correcting grammar.
> In this world modern inventions (such as CI, trains, solar panelling)
> etc run side by side with magical items such as (flying carpets,
> seeker stones, firtility charms).
>
> That's just the way my world operates.
>
> Helene
>
> On 07/09/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
>> Add a comma before your quote marks (presuming that's how they do it in
>> England?).
>> I'm thinking that a cochlear implant is a modern scientific invention
>> (technological) but your story is magical.   Perhaps you could invent
>> something
>> that works similarly to the implant, but call it something else, and 
>> modify
>> the way it works, so long as it is magical?   Otherwise, it's like giving 
>> a
>> cell phone to one of the dragons, and feels out of place.
>> Lori
>> In a message dated 9/5/09 4:43:09 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> "Never mind Talmon, you could be dead by the time he gets to us"
>>>
>>
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