There are another couple of short stories Diana has written that don't belong on either of the boards I also think it would be fun to discuss. They fit nowhere else. One is "A Stillness at the Heart" from the book; Father's and Daughters. A non-fiction story about the death of her father..heartbreaking. There is a fiction story, written with her daughter Laura in another collection of short stories; Mother's and Daughters, it's called "Dream a Little Dream for Me" fun and fascinating. I can't imagine not wanting to read every word she's written myself. People who claim to be fans, but refuse to read John's books surprise me. I can believe the tiny short stories might not be worth the trouble for some people to bother looking for them. After all, even I never tried to find the technical writings, or the Disney cartoons she'd written before starting to write the books. -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 19:32:30 01/31/08 Thu
Author: Jane
Subject: There are another couple of short stories Diana has written that don't belong on either of the boards I also think it would be fun to discuss. They fit nowhere else. One is "A Stillness at the Heart" from the book; Father's and Daughters. A non-fiction story about the death of her father..heartbreaking. There is a fiction story, written with her daughter Laura in another collection of short stories; Mother's and Daughters, it's called "Dream a Little Dream for Me" fun and fascinating. I can't imagine not wanting to read every word she's written myself. People who claim to be fans, but refuse to read John's books surprise me. I can believe the tiny short stories might not be worth the trouble for some people to bother looking for them. After all, even I never tried to find the technical writings, or the Disney cartoons she'd written before starting to write the books.
In reply to: Jane 's message, "Oh Carol, You are way too kind. It is only that you, Catherine, and Jesse have set the bar so high for the introductions to the Broch talk discussions, I'd be terrified to even attempt one myself. I'd feel that way even if the subject weren't as contentious as Lord John. There are those who take any mention of John as a red flag before a bull, especially if we were to start talking about John and his sense of honor, they see him as anything BUT honorable. We can never change their minds. While you and I can't imagine NOT reading every scrap of anything Diana writes, these people have no intention of EVER reading the Lord John books. That's why we need to keep this board open in some form, so we can keep a place for the discussion of John's books and if people who don't care for John come here, they can hardly be shocked or upset by our passion for him." on 19:16:33 01/31/08 Thu

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Personally, I would much rather keep our discussions focused on the stories that are readily available to everyone. How about a discussion of "Succubus", if you don't think it's been beaten to death already? I've seen almost no discussion of that story since HAND OF DEVILS came out, and to me, at least, it's a brand new story, even if it might be very old news to the rest of you. (NT) -- Karen Henry, 01:52:38 02/01/08 Fri
- I' doing the Stephan portions of Succubus my next turn for QOTD 2/17. Last time I picked the first Stephan quote I liked from Succubus, I already had too many from PM and BOB. I hadn't reread Succubus in years or I would have remembered there were tons of great quotes I could have used to illustrate my points even better than those I'd picked. You are right if we are doing a Lord John board we should focus on his books. My point was I didn't think people should dismiss a whole chunk of a favorite author's books as not worthy of their time. Usually, if we like an author's style ALL of their books are worthy. I am thinking of Jane Austen, P&P is my favorite, Emma and Persuasion tie for 2nd, but I'd still rather read say Northhanger Abby than a Nora Roberts or any of the other (cranks out a book a month) author's offerings. Not to say I don't read those others occasionally, just that I KNOW when I pick up Austen, Bronte, or Gabaldon I will be reading something worthy of my time. (NT) -- Jane, 06:46:24 02/01/08 Fri
  - well i for one am all for this board (as i have said). i dont know enough about broch talk to weigh in, but might hop over and check it out. When I have some time again (wishful thinking?) I think i'll to a quote of the day. I really enjoyed my last one, but it was my first ever, and felt unfinished when i was done. (oh wait, thats because I disappeared and didn't finish...silly me!) (NT) -- Oleander, 11:23:16 02/01/08 Fri

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