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| |   | | Karina
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| | | | | Betty Fasig
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|  Subject: Re: Prologues  Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:00 am | |
| I wonder if a prologue should be the preface to the beginning in that it tells some of what happened before the story begins like an epilogue is small glimps of the continuation after the ending of a story. I used an epilogue for the characters in Wooffer because they kept on going after the stories were written and so it was a kind of glimpse into the future.
I post it here. These characters are so much a part of my life and in the writing of the stories, I shared them with everyone who ever reads Wooffer. One day, I will continue the stories. But, life has a way of getting in the way and livings have to be made and bills have to be paid. I will start the new books where I laid down this pen at the end of this epilogue.
EPILOGUE
A lot has been going on with Wooffer and the Animals on the farm since the writing of these stories. Matilda and Agnes and Gertrude, The Banana Spider Republic, come back from their Winter vacation every year and take up their old stations under the trees and hedges and next to the kitchen window. Even Reba, The Three Legged Frog, showed up the other night; I was glad that she was still around. Henry, The Tail-less Lizard, I have not seen yet. I do hope he is alright.
Mr. A.A. Corn and Sir Doodah and Mr. Hoy T. Toity are all raising families in the The Old Oak Tree, and are so proud and protective, that they have no time for Wooffer right now.
The man down the road has put up a sign that says, “Sandhill Sanctuary,” and Sandy and Sandra Crane are living there as happy as could be. Mildred and Claudie Dillo have discovered the ditch and made a summer home on the banks, and Maudie and Ibie The Ibis are still best of friends. Ibie goes out on expeditions to gather news about everyone and flies back and shares it with Maudie as they wander around the pasture and have their important discussions.
Old Agnes, Mother Of Thousands now, Grandmother Of Thousands has knitted over 958 sets of slippers… all a little different in size and design… and Basil and Marygrey, the rabbits have 243 children and more on the way… they are so PROUD. Camille The Chameleon has learned the color PUCE and was so encouraged that she decided she would like to sit on the Dalmatian down the road and see if she could do black and white spots. Wooffer thinks she could do anything she wanted to do very badly. What a show she will make at the next, “Changing Of The Colors!”
Margaret and Reginald have gone to live in the Chicken Commune next door. Better food, more company, and lively conversations. Cho Lee Yen brings a report about them once in a while. Cho Lee, himself, has fallen in love with a Quail. He fans his beautiful feathers and she is VERY, VERY, impressed, but so far that is as far as he has gotten to winning her affections. You know how reserved Quail are.
Ho Chi, the Vietnamese pig, still visits with the Crows, but no longer believes what they say. She has gained a lot of weight and just wants to lay around and listen to the “Crow Soaps,” as she calls them. She lives in her imagination and secretly believes that she is Miss Piggy. Wooffer thinks she is too, especially when she sings and does her dances. She is charming!
Wooffer loves her.
Wooffer is himself. Still the same good friend to all the animals and especially to his mom. He has grown a little wiser with the years, but he is still the same in his heart.
Love,
Betty
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| | | | Dick Stodghill
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:55 pm | |
| I'm pleased to hear that everything seems normal in the world of Woofer. I imagine Henry will turn up one of these days. Priceless stuff, Betty.
  
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| | | | Betty Fasig
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:45 am | |
| You know, Dick, I am amazed at times the way that things go on in the small world of critters. A big oak hangs over our patio. It was there for twenty years before we built the house or the patio. Every year a momma squirrel has cut branches and enlarged the drake until it was huge! This year, the new momma was adding to it in a fever of hurry to get it ready for her brood. It was, at last, too heavy for the branch and the whole thing fell onto the bricks. What a frenzy she went into to repair and rebuild. No, she did not move, but rebuilt the old homestead.
Animal or person, we do have our own territory where we know who we are and where we are.
I hear the new babies up their crying when they are hungry just like human children. How beautiful the world is.
Love,
Betty
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| | | | Shelagh
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:48 am | |
| Hi Betty,
Good to see that you are still writing about animals. Did you send your story for the anthology? I haven't received anything yet but I would be interested to read your contribution.
~Shelagh
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| | | | Dick Stodghill
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:19 pm | |
| Send something, Betty. It would add joy to all that read it.
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| | | | Betty Fasig
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:53 pm | |
| Dear Shelagh,
I have been working on the story, Meet The Stankers. I wondered if I were too late. What is the deadline?
Love,
Betty
PS: Dick, I wanted to write the story of Joey and Mr. Zip-Zip but I have not gotten around to it yet. One day!
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:22 pm | |
| Betty,
Send the story as soon as you can.
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| | | | Code9
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:03 am | |
| | Sue Sunshine wrote: | With all the word usage about prologues, the answer that was exactly what I was looking for came from another group on ning.com, Write It! Publish It! Market It!, by Carol Gill.
| Quote: | I think of Shakespeare's quote: "the past is prologue."
That then means, to me, the prologue is going to encapsulate some history--right there before the story begins. A kind of backstory really to set the mood, the tone--or to prepare the reader in some way for what is to follow. |
It explained it exactly to me. I thought perhaps it might give a definition to everyone, so I wanted to share it.
Thank you all for your insightful help. It made me sit up and take notice I appreciate all the help I receive here. You are the greatest! |
I decided to use a prologue in my novel, The Ezekiel Code. The reason was because I wanted the reader to be confronted with a sense of both mystery and intrigue right from the get-go and I knew my first chapter was not going to do that, at least not with the punch that I wanted. The first chapter pretty much just introduces the two main characters and sets the location of the story. It does introduce a bit of mystery but nothing dramatic. The prologue, on the other hand, is full of mystery, intrigue and murder and the two characters in it will not appear again until later in the book. Well, actually, only one of them appears in person later on. The other one, well let's just say he met an unfortunate fate along the way, preventing his appearance anywhere at all in the future.
Sue said, "...the prologue is going to encapsulate some history--right there before
the story begins. A kind of backstory really to set the mood, the
tone--or to prepare the reader in some way for what is to follow." That's an excellent way to express it! That is precisely what my prologue did. It set the mood, encapsulated some history (even some ancient history) and it set up the backstory for the adventure that begins a few years later in Chapter 1.
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| | | | Sue Sunshine
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| | | | | Code9
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| | Subject: Re: Prologues Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:36 am | |
| | Sue Sunshine wrote: | Thanks for responding, Gary! I appreciate you sharing that with me. I can see how that works with building the intrigue right from the beginning.
BTW I am so interested in your book!!!! Did you do research and if so where did you get your material? I am 'into' The Great Shift/2012.
Thanks again, Gary! |
Hi Sue -
Well, I guess the answer to your question is that I've been interested in and researching a variety of esoteric subjects for many years. So The Ezekiel Code is kind of a composite of years of accumulated information all woven together into a single story. To quote from my press release:
It's all here in one puzzling page-turner of a novel: conspiracy, codes, secret societies, ancient mysteries, the prophetic Mayan calendar end-date of 2012, alternative interpretations of Biblical events, mystifying metaphysics, good guys, bad guys, murder most foul and, yes, even a touch of romance. All of this, and more, is intricately woven into the multifaceted storyline of THE EZEKIEL CODE.
The really unique thing about the book is the alphanumeric code idea that serves as the plot device that carries the story from beginning to end. That aspect of the book is derived from my real life exploration of the possibility that the English alphabet may be somehow encoded in such a way that it could be used as a form of gematria (a kind of "sacred numerology") in the same manner as was employed by the ancient Greek and Hebrew priests and mystics using their own respective alphabets. In case you might be interested in seeing the details of my work in that area you can go to my other website, Synchroni-City (http://hometown.aol.com/codeufo/gematria.html).
The whole 2012 thing is interesting, isn't it? I found Geoff Stray's book, Beyond 2012, to be perhaps the most comprehensive book on the subject. He does a masterful job of weeding out the facts from the fictions concerning the end of the Mayan calendar and what it might or might not mean. It seems most of the general population is still unaware of the Mayan calendar and the 2012 phenomenon. I'm sure we'll be hearing more and more about it in the mainstream press and TV the closer we get to the prophetic date.
What is your take on it? I'd be interested in any ideas you might have on the subject. (Or maybe this should be a topic for a new forum?)
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See the video trailer and more info:
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"2012 is coming...The clock is ticking...The code must be deciphered...And only one man can save the planet...If he can just figure out how...Before it's too late." |
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