[stylist] question about word usage

[Judith Bron]

Thanks Marion.  Since I'm working on Jaws 7.1, an older version, it now 
takes me a very long time to link to the Thesaurus.  I just did it.  How 
does, "She felt her blood run cold." sound?  Thanks, Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala, M.S." <marion.gwizdala at verizon.net>
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> Judith,
>    Check out
>
> HTTP://WWW.THESAURUS.COM
>
> for some suggestions that may fit better! I love this resource; it is 
> always open when I am writing!
>
> 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
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>> 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
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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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