Re: Time and place in the breakout novel

In article <48ba59ee8796f2690c7f507ee504822f.8364@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Nicola Browne" <nicky.matthews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"David Friedman" <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How do you feel about poetry? How does Patricia?

It occurs to me that deliberately playing with syntax is more typical of
poetry than prose.

I used to write it - badly - as a vehicle for teenage angst. In my case
the odd word order of some of my stuff derives mainly from 'wenglish'
- the form of English spoken in South Wales. My parents both came from
there and as a consequence I find it quite natural to write slightly
inverted sentences eg 'She'd like that, I would imagine.'
or 'That would be important, I expect.

Both of those look pretty normal to me.

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Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic.
Published by Baen, in bookstores in April 2006.
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