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Gaudy Night, chapters 15-16

ibmiller wrote in talking_piffle Apr 14, 2011 01:00

Gaudy Night Chapters 15-16

Brief Synopsis: In which there is much Gazing, capital letter most definitely indicated. Also, a Villain Sighting. A punt is involved in one of these things.

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Gaudy Night, chapters 13 & 14

nineveh_uk wrote in talking_piffle Apr 07, 2011 21:41

Brief synopsis: In which there is much tension, and Peter arrives at last. We meet the punt.

( Chapter 13 )

Gaudy Night: Chapters 11 & 12

jlh wrote in talking_piffle Apr 01, 2011 22:46

A day late and hopefully not a dollar short, but as my chapter opens on 1 April, I thought it appropriate! (Also, I'd never really noticed before carrying the book around with me all the time for this project, but the cover I have-the US paperback cover that ties into the BBC series- has Harriet looking like Harriet Walter but Peter mysteriously ( Read more... )

gaudy night

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colonial_abroad wrote in talking_piffle Mar 27, 2011 12:15

Firstly, my sincere apologies for the lateness of this post (it's always the mods, isn't it) But I hope you enjoy it anyway. These are two of my favourite chapters!

Chapters: 9&10

Brief synopsis: In which several things happen which have nothing to do with Saint George. Sadly.

( More Below )

Gaudy Night: chapters 7 & 8

kalichan wrote in talking_piffle Mar 19, 2011 05:05

I am so sorry to be so late and no excuse to offer. *hides face in shame* Mea culpa, as Saint George says when he spills the pastries.

Chapters: 7 & 8

Brief synopsis: Harriet the Ghost Hunter spends a goodly amount of time in the library following the model of many scholars of my acquaintance catching up on sleep researching Sheridan Lefanu and ( Read more... )

gaudy night

Gaudy Night, Chapters 5-6

spikewriter wrote in talking_piffle Mar 10, 2011 23:47

My apologies for the lateness of this, but both of my copies went missing for a while. By the way, Gaudy Night is currently not available pretty much any place I looked. Possibly this means the publisher is preparing a new edition (and, hopefully, an electronic one as well).

Brief synopsis:
( Chapter 5 )

gaudy night

Gaudy Night - Chapters 3--4

antisoppist wrote in talking_piffle Mar 02, 2011 23:56

Brief synopsis

Chapter 3

Last day of the Gaudy. Miss Lydgate is drowning in typefaces and really really needs the invention of WYSIWYG word processing for which she will have to wait another 60 years. That said, she would be the sort to cover the final pdf with last-minute changes in electronic sticky notes and still have DTP departments everywhere ( Read more... )

gaudy night

Gaudy Night - chapters 1-2

shinyopals wrote in talking_piffle Feb 24, 2011 20:54

Chapters 1-2: in which we meet a whole host of complicated characters talking about complicated things.

Brief synopsis:
Our story begins with our intrepid heroine, who clearly feels she hasn’t had enough to angst about the last few years so has decided to attend her High School reunion college’s Gaudy. It turns out she was BFFs with one of the ( Read more... )

gaudy night

Apologies,

shinyopals wrote in talking_piffle Feb 23, 2011 18:58

Personal issues happened. Will try and get 1-2 up tomorrow and delay everything by a week. If that doesn't work, will look into handing over main-mod-ness because I suck.

modpost, sorry all

Four things

shinyopals wrote in talking_piffle Feb 17, 2011 19:36

Firstly, colonial_abroad is now helping me mod!

Secondly, work has been a killer so I might be late with starting Gaudy Night. Maybe tomorrow instead of today.

Thirdly, we still have spaces for people to sign up, so please go here if you haven't yet!

And fourthly, I bring a template:
Chapters: which numbers?

Brief synopsis: be as creative as you want! We've ( Read more... )

template for posting, modpost