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DianeL
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Great one, Ben! Hee.
"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"
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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers
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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers
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http://dianelmajor.blogspot.com/
I'm a Twit: @DianeLMajor
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writerinthenorth
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Justin Swanton
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How about:
I'm sure you appreciate that I prefer to stick to standard spelling and grammar rather than the American variety.
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You may notice a heavy use of the colon in the MS: others have commented on this but take note: this is part of the overall artistic effect and hence must be retained.
I'm sure you appreciate that I prefer to stick to standard spelling and grammar rather than the American variety.
and
You may notice a heavy use of the colon in the MS: others have commented on this but take note: this is part of the overall artistic effect and hence must be retained.
Last edited by Justin Swanton on Sat June 23rd, 2012, 10:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Justin Swanton
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I posted this on Writerinthenorth's blog, but couldn't resist copying it here 
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We all know that the standard synopsis and 3 chapters goes straight into the bin, which is why I have submitted my entire historical novel as an illuminated manuscript on imitation parchment paper. Got your attention, didn't it?
:We all know that the standard synopsis and 3 chapters goes straight into the bin, which is why I have submitted my entire historical novel as an illuminated manuscript on imitation parchment paper. Got your attention, didn't it?