..............Fritz Leiber, Sr. in his studio..................Note: The novel from the start can be found by clicking on Lets Write a Novel , my associated blog.
Some corrections and changes appear there as well as some notes and questions I need to address. As you have no doubt noticed, writing a novel is, at least for me, a bit ragged. But the creation is starting to jell, at least in my imagination. I am contemplating a rewrite of Chapter 1 for obvious reasons. (It stinks).
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101 North Washington Street
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Chapter 3, Paragraph 1 - 2
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It was going to be a wonderful evening! Sara floated around the dining room double checking the table setting. Tonight they would have 4 guests, 2 couples, Marge Warner and her husband Tom and, the terribly exciting and interesting guests, Fritz Leiber the great Shakespearean actor from Chicago and his charming and talented companion, Miss Ethel Drew. Tomorrow night Mr. Leiber and Miss Drew were presenting “Impressions from the Bard” at the Reiss and Warner Opera House. The production, sponsored by the Starke Center Woman’s Arts Council, Mrs. Weiss Chairwoman and Mrs. Werner Vice-Chair, promised to be the highlight of the entertainment season in Starke Center. It certainly was a moment to savor.
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Abe strolled into the room wearing his new and handsome lounge suit. Sara was quite pleased that she had convinced Abraham to acquire this bit of fine tailoring, perfect for “less formal gatherings of just a few couples”, that right off the pages of “Town and Country”. Mr. Leiber certainly would see that they weren’t all bumpkins in Starke Center. Sara had on finery equal to her husband’s, a lovely silk taffeta dress, not too formal of course. Still, this wasn’t going to be equal to an evening in New York’s Club at Tuxedo Park. Sara was pretty certain that Marge and Tom would be attired in something awfully old fashioned.
It was going to be a wonderful evening! Sara floated around the dining room double checking the table setting. Tonight they would have 4 guests, 2 couples, Marge Warner and her husband Tom and, the terribly exciting and interesting guests, Fritz Leiber the great Shakespearean actor from Chicago and his charming and talented companion, Miss Ethel Drew. Tomorrow night Mr. Leiber and Miss Drew were presenting “Impressions from the Bard” at the Reiss and Warner Opera House. The production, sponsored by the Starke Center Woman’s Arts Council, Mrs. Weiss Chairwoman and Mrs. Werner Vice-Chair, promised to be the highlight of the entertainment season in Starke Center. It certainly was a moment to savor.
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Abe strolled into the room wearing his new and handsome lounge suit. Sara was quite pleased that she had convinced Abraham to acquire this bit of fine tailoring, perfect for “less formal gatherings of just a few couples”, that right off the pages of “Town and Country”. Mr. Leiber certainly would see that they weren’t all bumpkins in Starke Center. Sara had on finery equal to her husband’s, a lovely silk taffeta dress, not too formal of course. Still, this wasn’t going to be equal to an evening in New York’s Club at Tuxedo Park. Sara was pretty certain that Marge and Tom would be attired in something awfully old fashioned.
3 comments:
Hi.
I've been introduced to your blogger and have come to find it very interesting. I've lived in Knox a total of 5 years and since that time, I've grown a bit more irritated with the "people" of Knox.
I can hardly wait until you write about certain things, such as: The lack of public education, Why people tailgate, Sex Education, The lack to GROW further into some type of future, Cheapness, "The Board" and several other issues I've found to simply irritate the hell out of me.
Perhaps many of these issues are simply because I'm from a large city (Chicago) and I'm just not used to "country folk" or even the way they live, but there has to be a limit to the seemingly growing level of stupidity.
Here's an issue I would LOVE to solve, or even discuss with your readers. The lack of reading.
While I do like living here? Simply because the beauty this town offers, there are things that make it unbearable. I can picture in my minds eye, this is what Chicago was like, 100 years ago (give or take a couple years).
There is a rich and very fascinating history with Knox. Most of which doesn't really have to be read, simply walk around and view it for yourself.
I guess I simply love this blog. Keep up the good work and I hope to continue reading your views, thoughts and perspective on Knox.
In paragraph 1: "Reiss" and Warner Opera House? Or was this a test?
This was a slip up on my part. However I already caught it did correct this on the Let's Write a Novel blog where the novel is listed from the beginning and some corrections have been incorporated.
Thanks.
Good eye.
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