Date:         Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:15:42 -0500
From: tink again? <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      EXERCISE: Elves and Ghosts and Others...

I'm indulging myself a little with some light fantasy...
and here is something I stumbled over in it...

from "Bardic Voices" by Mercedes Lackey- "...something about elves...Try
something--where a ruler makes a bargain with an elf, then breaks it.  Make
the retribution something original. No thunder and lightning, being turned
into toad, or dragged off to hell. None of that nonsense; it's trite."

[you know, that almost sounds like an exercise for a writer.]

and if you feel up to it, here is a title that might help:

    The Ghost That Drank Colors

let's see.  a bit of a plot idea, a possible title...

oh, someone wants the first line?  how about:

    Where the wind turns off the road and wanders lost in
ancient oak trees, elves and other eldritch beings are said to find their sport.

So, there you have it.  A bit of plot, a taste of a title, and a line to
start the dance.  Now let the little neurons
do their thing, dream and wince and make the keys bounce.

Quite write!

be reading you soon
tink