spuriousstarlight
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello Lois! A while back I read somewhere that when you were writing A Civil Campaign you originally had a draft where Ivan and By had to hide a body, which you scrapped because it didn’t fit the tone of a comedy of manners. Is there any chance you could tell us what the gist of that scrapped storyline was? (Whose body was it?) I’m dying to know! :-) Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful stories with us!
Lois McMaster Bujold
Hiya!
It never went as far as a draft, just unsatisfactory planning notes scrapped instantly when I had a much better idea. I don't actually remember who the victim was supposed to be, possibly Richars, but I do recall a plan to plant him in the garden under/in where the structural construction work was going on, under the walkway. Sort of like those murder victims who end up under a basement with new concrete floor poured over them.
It would have given Ekaterin's new gift garden an awfully weird vibe. Donna/Dono was a much better way to thwart Richars' nefarious plans, and was actual science fiction for a bonus win.
Not that by and Ivan, not to mention Dono, aren't all perfectly capable of hiding a body at need, mind.
Ta, L.
It never went as far as a draft, just unsatisfactory planning notes scrapped instantly when I had a much better idea. I don't actually remember who the victim was supposed to be, possibly Richars, but I do recall a plan to plant him in the garden under/in where the structural construction work was going on, under the walkway. Sort of like those murder victims who end up under a basement with new concrete floor poured over them.
It would have given Ekaterin's new gift garden an awfully weird vibe. Donna/Dono was a much better way to thwart Richars' nefarious plans, and was actual science fiction for a bonus win.
Not that by and Ivan, not to mention Dono, aren't all perfectly capable of hiding a body at need, mind.
Ta, L.
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Gard Evyr
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Lois, I noticed in reading Chalion/Paladins that out of all modern fantasy 'greats', your writing in the medieval 'idiom' is the most authentic in terms of colloquialism / style of language / manner of speaking, syntax, turns of phrase. Many authors write very 'modern' medieval prose. How/where do you learn this authentic manner of accurate syntax/dialogue/prose? Reading a lot of historical fiction, or? Thanks!
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