tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post2409384364080177766..comments2023-10-30T12:29:06.215+00:00Comments on Sophie's Thoughts and Fumbles: A to Z Challenge 2014 - Ghosts - V is For Vacuum, Pamela Vincent, Verdley Castle & Vernham DeanSophie Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-10598791652652095702014-04-28T17:54:58.785+01:002014-04-28T17:54:58.785+01:00It was a rough ride to get there, but yes, at last...It was a rough ride to get there, but yes, at last!Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-13028013839765998872014-04-28T17:47:37.200+01:002014-04-28T17:47:37.200+01:00Well, I'm glad Xander finally believes!Well, I'm glad Xander finally believes!Mina Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483363743530076604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-20505203857256632812014-04-25T22:01:11.814+01:002014-04-25T22:01:11.814+01:00It's a really good book :)It's a really good book :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-69230165607885862102014-04-25T21:44:01.652+01:002014-04-25T21:44:01.652+01:00OOO!
I think I had that book. The cover is so fa...OOO!<br /><br />I think I had that book. The cover is so familiar looking.<br /><br />--<br />Timothy S. Brannan<br /><a href="http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Other Side</a>, April Blog Challenge: The A to Z of WitchesTimothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-27935828937190789422014-04-25T21:39:54.076+01:002014-04-25T21:39:54.076+01:00I remember Vincent Price in all those films based ...I remember Vincent Price in all those films based on Edgar Allan Poe's stories - very creepy voice that man had :)<br /><br />It took a bad knock to get Xander to believe...Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-31143235356543839642014-04-25T21:16:12.190+01:002014-04-25T21:16:12.190+01:00I constantly remember 2 of my favourite actors, Da...I constantly remember 2 of my favourite actors, David Niven and Vincent Pryce whenever I read the summaries from the recommended books in your posts. I'm glad Xander is finally seeing the light, so to speak.Michelle Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070440041078195958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-78196675443399810622014-04-25T20:55:23.377+01:002014-04-25T20:55:23.377+01:00I never realised how important the background musi...I never realised how important the background music, or lack of it is in movies until I saw a documentary talking about it all and the film without and without the background track was just a different scene.<br /><br />Silence can be terrifying, especially after a lot of sound.Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-19632551697446822182014-04-25T20:16:04.486+01:002014-04-25T20:16:04.486+01:00When you said vacuum moment, it made me think of A...When you said vacuum moment, it made me think of Alfred Hitchcock movies and the lack of music in some scenes. That vacuum of sound is ten times more scary to me.<br /><br />~Patricia Lynne~<br /><a href="http://storydam.com/" rel="nofollow">Story Dam</a><br /><a href="http://www.patricialynne.com/blog.html" rel="nofollow">Patricia Lynne, YA Author</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-74302785227685016952014-04-25T19:31:29.998+01:002014-04-25T19:31:29.998+01:00It is sad that we managed to wipe out such majesti...It is sad that we managed to wipe out such majestic species, although it does make stomping around our wild heaths a lot safer - we just couldn't cope with big predators here in the UK, we can't even get folks to close the gates when they go rambling!<br /><br />It was a rough ride for Xander to finally see Margaret and I take your comment the way it was meant :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-11880218243250730852014-04-25T17:26:43.185+01:002014-04-25T17:26:43.185+01:00Sad tale of the bear, and even sadder that we no l...Sad tale of the bear, and even sadder that we no longer have them here. :(<br />I'm glad that Xander has finally seen the truth, although a smack around the head wasn't the best way (I mean that figuratively and not in any way an insult to your writing). ;) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-1736343262139172522014-04-25T16:50:42.324+01:002014-04-25T16:50:42.324+01:00We hunted bears and wolves to extinction in this c...We hunted bears and wolves to extinction in this country. Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-54233844522887607932014-04-25T16:49:02.281+01:002014-04-25T16:49:02.281+01:00I didn't even know we'd ever had bears...a...I didn't even know we'd ever had bears...although maybe that's why. Laura Clipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748489198957473503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-7349275155518090162014-04-25T16:43:32.468+01:002014-04-25T16:43:32.468+01:00Pace is important - I've had to do similar thi...Pace is important - I've had to do similar things, both add scenes in and take them out to make plots flow properly. You just know as a writer sometimes, don't you :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-47462249935381929542014-04-25T16:22:36.687+01:002014-04-25T16:22:36.687+01:00I believe in pausing a story to give readers (and ...I believe in pausing a story to give readers (and characters) time to breathe. That was one thing I had to work on with the first book in my unpublished series. Something kept nagging at me, telling me it wasn't quite right. It took me a long time to realize I had to add in parts to spread some of the action farther apart. After I did that I knew it was done. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-12957898031390830092014-04-25T13:38:35.395+01:002014-04-25T13:38:35.395+01:00Since a few of the authors appeared in both the Ar...Since a few of the authors appeared in both the Armada and Fontana ghost books, you could be right that she used that pen name just for the ghost books. <br /><br />We all feel like that about our WIPs from time to time ;P, only thing I can do at those moments is walk away from it for a little while. Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-70855877490532732722014-04-25T13:27:04.248+01:002014-04-25T13:27:04.248+01:00It sounds like Pamela Vicent was a pen name and th...It sounds like Pamela Vicent was a pen name and the author either stopped writing or changed pen names. I have several stories out in anthologies under different names! Right now I feel like my entire WIP is a vacuum because it sucks! lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-43198975530468830032014-04-25T12:27:17.937+01:002014-04-25T12:27:17.937+01:00We don't have bears in Britain now, except in ...We don't have bears in Britain now, except in zoos/safari parks - we don't actually have any large predators. That's why we're such fools when we blunder around true wilderness while visiting other countries ;PSophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-31603385530681975862014-04-25T12:23:30.010+01:002014-04-25T12:23:30.010+01:00Aws poor bear! That's so sad. Do yall not have...Aws poor bear! That's so sad. Do yall not have bears at all anymore? That's so strange to me since we have them out and about wild in areas. <br />Anna (herding cats-burning soup)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422129120413380189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-78051325992719972542014-04-25T11:57:06.826+01:002014-04-25T11:57:06.826+01:00It's another item in the arsenal of pace :)It's another item in the arsenal of pace :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-12289887893066725972014-04-25T11:55:48.698+01:002014-04-25T11:55:48.698+01:00Those vacuum moments really aid a good ghost story...Those vacuum moments really aid a good ghost story. Anything and Everything Paranormal Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213325043787248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-35601610772205225082014-04-25T11:15:31.679+01:002014-04-25T11:15:31.679+01:00I'm with Sara, he should pair up with the bear...I'm with Sara, he should pair up with the bear from the tower and then they won't be lonely.Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-85940675218182993062014-04-25T11:05:27.260+01:002014-04-25T11:05:27.260+01:00That poor bear - being the last and still having t...That poor bear - being the last and still having to come back and haunt too.<br />Tasha<br /><a href="http://tashasthinkings.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Tasha's Thinkings - AtoZ (Vampires)</a><br /><a href="http://fantasyboysxxx.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">FB3X - AtoZ (Erotic Drabbles)</a>Tasha Duncan-Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-39192489652782963052014-04-25T06:59:46.114+01:002014-04-25T06:59:46.114+01:00Looks like the artist had a good time creating tha...Looks like the artist had a good time creating that one - that cover used to give me the heebie jeebies when I was a kid.<br /><br />Yeah, those two ghost bears should hang out together, maybe the town bear could visit his country cousin as well :)Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469021061129080712.post-44100977399675559692014-04-25T06:32:02.211+01:002014-04-25T06:32:02.211+01:00I love the cover of that book. Such a great expres...I love the cover of that book. Such a great expression! Hehe. The Moon story sounds lovely. And sad about the last bear haunting. He should go to London Tower, and hang out with the ghost bear there. ;)Sara C. Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16148040154590535970noreply@blogger.com