Tapestry of Dreams, Part 2 Discussion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 11-03-2008, 05:49 PM

Take care, then. As you can see, I'm still hanging around here more than half a year after announcing my departure. I'm only in this and the Scarburg Meadhall threads anymore, and my involvement in that is winding down. When you're ready to start up, just post here. I'll set up so posts here send me an email.

alaklondewen · 11-10-2008, 06:48 PM

Helen, you are certainly in my prayers.

I thank you both for your prayers regarding my mama...we've just received official word, she's now cancer free after surgery and doesn't need radiation! Glory be to God!

In other news, this mama is going to have another little one coming in May

, so I'm finding more time in the evenings when I wish to sit with my feet up. I'll not guarantee anything as to amount of time, but when you get started again, I'll attempt to put some into it, so it's not just the two of you.

mark12_30 · 11-11-2008, 09:52 AM

Alak?!?!? Oh, is it good to 'see' you!

I amdelighted to hear about your mom'
s good news. Praise God for that!

And a munchkin on the way??? Does it get any better???

Well, then. My folks leave for FL in a week or so. Work has calmed down, a little. And I think I can start thinking about poor Nimrodel again...

mark12_30 · 11-11-2008, 09:58 AM

Thinking about having to reread all the back posts and remember what we've resolved and not-resolved and... er, it was a little overwhelming. And then it hit me: MIcrosoft Reader, with text-to-speech add-in! Yeah, it 's flat and atonal, but when I was listening to Phantastes, langsyne, that actually made the suspense more intense, and the grimness more grim.

I'll have to install it on my laptop-- let's see how it goes...

EDIT

Haven't installed it on the laptop yet but I did install it on the desktop; sound is a little warbly but not bad. However the big news is that I converted Tapestry Book 2 (thus far!) to a cleaned up txt file in order to be able to convert it to a lit file. (MIcrosoft Reader reads lit files.) So now I have a cleaned, spellchecked file, both in txt format and lit format. It was a lot of work. Ever spellchecked an entire RPG? Hoo boy. Our threads are a bit of a mess. Anyway it is done, and if you would like a cleaned up, readable version of the story (book 2) thus far that you can either print, or have read to you by Microsoft Bob, let me know.

mark12_30 · 11-11-2008, 03:31 PM

Eeermy. Aroooo. Onetoedog. Mancub.

AROOOOOOOO pant pant pant WAUGH

mark12_30 · 11-11-2008, 03:51 PM

Done. Both TapestryBook1.txt and TapestryBook2.txt are now available.
TapestryBook1: 665 pages.

(0_0)

littlemanpoet · 11-11-2008, 04:13 PM

Okay, now what?

mark12_30 · 11-19-2008, 12:05 PM

Was reading a web page on Stonehenge and came across this :

Quote:

...4000.... to 2000 BC...

"...more trhan 40, 000 megalithic sites have survived in the British Isles, this number exceeding the number of modern towns and villages, and yet ony a small percentage of these have been thoroughly studied."

Seems obvious, to me on the surface, that all them Numenorean monuments-- Orthanc, Minas Ithil and Minas Anor, and the big statues (what are they called again?) on the Anduin... and wasn't the Morannon (Black Gate) built by Numenoreans, and then cheerfully taken over by Sauron...? Anyway, it all seems to connect somehow. But hare there already threads about that? I was going to start a new one but decided I'd check with trusty friends first.... comments?

11-10-2008, 06:48 PM	#2
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	Helen, you are certainly in my prayers. I thank you both for your prayers regarding my mama...we've just received official word, she's now cancer free after surgery and doesn't need radiation! Glory be to God! In other news, this mama is going to have another little one coming in May , so I'm finding more time in the evenings when I wish to sit with my feet up. I'll not guarantee anything as to amount of time, but when you get started again, I'll attempt to put some into it, so it's not just the two of you. __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

11-11-2008, 09:52 AM	#3
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Alak?!?!? Oh, is it good to 'see' you! I amdelighted to hear about your mom' s good news. Praise God for that! And a munchkin on the way??? Does it get any better??? Well, then. My folks leave for FL in a week or so. Work has calmed down, a little. And I think I can start thinking about poor Nimrodel again... __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-11-2008, 09:58 AM	#4
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Thinking about having to reread all the back posts and remember what we've resolved and not-resolved and... er, it was a little overwhelming. And then it hit me: MIcrosoft Reader, with text-to-speech add-in! Yeah, it 's flat and atonal, but when I was listening to Phantastes, langsyne, that actually made the suspense more intense, and the grimness more grim. I'll have to install it on my laptop-- let's see how it goes... EDIT Haven't installed it on the laptop yet but I did install it on the desktop; sound is a little warbly but not bad. However the big news is that I converted Tapestry Book 2 (thus far!) to a cleaned up txt file in order to be able to convert it to a lit file. (MIcrosoft Reader reads lit files.) So now I have a cleaned, spellchecked file, both in txt format and lit format. It was a lot of work. Ever spellchecked an entire RPG? Hoo boy. Our threads are a bit of a mess. Anyway it is done, and if you would like a cleaned up, readable version of the story (book 2) thus far that you can either print, or have read to you by Microsoft Bob, let me know. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve. Last edited by mark12_30; 11-11-2008 at 01:44 PM.

11-11-2008, 03:31 PM	#5
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Spellchecking Tapestry Book 1.... Jorje Eeermy. Aroooo. Onetoedog. Mancub. AROOOOOOOO pant pant pant WAUGH __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-11-2008, 03:51 PM	#6
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Done. Both TapestryBook1.txt and TapestryBook2.txt are now available. TapestryBook1: 665 pages. (0_0) __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-03-2008, 05:49 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Take care, then. As you can see, I'm still hanging around here more than half a year after announcing my departure. I'm only in this and the Scarburg Meadhall threads anymore, and my involvement in that is winding down. When you're ready to start up, just post here. I'll set up so posts here send me an email.

11-11-2008, 04:13 PM	#7
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Okay, now what?