[stylist] question about word usage

[Marion Gwizdala, M.S.]

Judith,
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Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] question about word usage


> Justin, there is only one character named Jennifer.  What do you feel 
> about the word spooked?  Judith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] question about word usage
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>
>> There are two people naned jenifer in the passage.  I was just a little
>> confused, but otherwise, it was good and suspensevull.  I would love to 
>> read
>> more.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Judith Bron
>> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:37 PM
>> To: Stylist
>> Subject: [stylist] question about word usage
>>
>> Here is a section from my novel "The Letter."  I use the phrase "Totally
>> spooked" and wonder if there is something more appropriate that I should 
>> be
>> using.  Any help would be most appreciated.  Thanks, Judith
>>
>> On her way to the car Sheila thought about the little book with an 
>> inserted
>> paper delivered a few months earlier by a strange man.  He had said, 
>> "Mrs.
>> Hamilton, I'm a lawyer representing a family that perished in the 
>> holocaust.
>> This little packet containing a small book and paper were given to me to
>> deliver to you for Jennifer Rabinowitz.  They are left by her parents. 
>> It
>> should be presented to her on her seventeenth birthday.  Please don't 
>> tell
>> Jennifer or your husband about this meeting.  A good day to you."  The 
>> man
>> left the house and she ran to the front window to watch him drive away. 
>> But
>> no car appeared on the driveway or street.  There was no man walking away
>> from the house.  Totally spooked, she ran to her bedroom without looking 
>> at
>> the little packet and placed it with other papers in her dresser.
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