tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37083420.post617935509805543005..comments2024-01-27T16:10:28.502-08:00Comments on Tara Maya's Tales: FrustrationTara Mayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095632631554776002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37083420.post-36463161332485408772008-12-30T15:34:00.000-08:002008-12-30T15:34:00.000-08:00Thanks! I'm glad you were able to follow it. Yes, ...Thanks! I'm glad you were able to follow it. Yes, Yorgush is actually older than the Peace of Shadri -- he (or rather, a previous avatar) was involved in the first war between Thedros and Demaitria.<BR/><BR/>You might be right about not cheapening Jivad's victory. I was striving for humor, but maybe it's just cheesy. :)Tara Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095632631554776002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37083420.post-13317285958889743562008-12-30T06:04:00.000-08:002008-12-30T06:04:00.000-08:00I read the prologue to The Great Games, and genera...I read the prologue to The Great Games, and generally it was very good. I did not find all the allusions to places, things, and concepts that I was not familiar with confusing, but I would assume that these would be individually identified and explained later in the story. (I would keep a notecard for each novel concept introduced and reference it later, but you know me with notecards). Just some comments, though. Yogush claims to live a thousand years; the dragons have been running the games for 1100. Is this right? Isnt the Empress helping Jivad a form of cheating? "Oh damn it, Yougush died annoyed" is pretty lame! He is a champion! He would be anguished, frustrated, devastated! Dont cheapen Jivad's victory. I would end the prologue with something like "Jivad turned to face the tumultuous crowd. He knew that the battle had just begun." Or something like that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com