Louise Fowler

Oh, and @valtmy I can’t wait to read your book once it’s completed! 😉

@seekjustice @catwing @valtmy This was so much fun!  And very useful. 😀 😀

I’m going to depart now.

Goodnight everyone!   Happy writing!

@catwing @seekjustice @valtmy 342 words.

My chosen sentence:

The ache in her stomach intensified, and she pressed a hand against it as though it would calm at the touch.

The last sentence I wrote:

I shall go tonight.

@catwing @valtmy @rochellaine

I just finished my fifteen minutes. I got 415.

My last sentence (hence my interest in colts):

Several foals, all varying shades of brown, three black mares and a yearling colt, who looked big enough to be kicked out of the mob any day now.

@rochellaine

Well, I’ve just noticed a lot of use of the word colt. Just then I saw “rounding up mustang mares and colts”, etc. So I was wondering if it had a different meaning.

“Some guns are called colts” was also my immediate thought.

All right, I’m putting on my timer again @Catwing

@catwing I’ll start now, then. 🙂

@jenwriter17 I’ve heard many things about Nadine Brandes, but I have never read any of her stuff. 😛

@valtmy Glad you’re here!  See you at the end of the word war!

@seekjustice Do you mean in horse books that you haven’t seen Americans using those words to describe horses?  Or just in general that Americans don’t describe horses correctly?

Because somewhat depending on the part of the country they’re from, or how they were raised, a lot of Americans don’t know anything about horses.  Or any animals.  I me…[Read more]

@catwing

But some people are named Colt.

😛 And my first thought was “Some guns are called Colt”

If we’re doing last sentences, then mine was pretty boring too.  It was

And then Yishay had been there to meet her.

😀

@jenwriter17

Righto. The things I was reading seemed to indicate it meant more generally a horse that hadn’t reached mature age. Here it very specifically means a horse between 1-4. Younger than 1 is a foal, and a female is a filly. I’ve never really seen any Americans use those terms though, which was why I was a little confused.

@catwing Okay, my sentences were all pretty short in the last section I wrote, so I’m going to give two that go together:

“We have not killed your brother, girl.  We speak the truth.”

@jenwriter17 @seekjustice Shall we have another word war?

@valtmy Are you home yet?

@rochellaine @catwing @jenwriter17

And I’m pretty sure I have no interesting sentences, but this one…

This brumby was one of a highly sought after colouring–not quite pure white, but not cream or golden either.

…is a reference to one of my favourite childhood books, The Silver Brumby.

@rochellaine @jenwriter17

Guess what? I got 269. Without eating pizza.

I’m sort of stuck on the details of capturing brumbies though. Exactly how one does it with a horse and no helicopter.

By the way, Jen. Since you are an American horsie person, what does the word colt mean? You seem to use it in a different way to we do.

@seekjustice @catwing @jenwriter17 I got 339 words.  What sentences are we supposed to share?

@rochellaine

My guild did not win the last word war though 🙁

@catwing @jenwriter17

Okay, I’m putting my timer on.

@catwing @seekjustice @jenwriter17 @valtmy Or, as Catwing suggests, favorite sentence.  I have no preference. 😛

@seekjustice @catwing @valtmy @jenwriter17 So are we having a ten minute word war?

Sure, let’s do the “last sentence” game.  🙂

@jenwriter17 I think we all agree that there is no real competing with Seekjustice in terms of how fast we write.

…but we can all dream. 😀

@seekjustice 😛 But Sir Patrick Stewart was bald first, and he was/is considered one of the most handsome men of his time.

@catwing She didn’t particularly do anything…it was more her brother’s fault. …[Read more]

@jenwriter17

I have a secret… for some reason Scrivener counts more things as words than Word, I’m pretty sure.

But yes, I would love another war. Pizza calls right now, but I’m sure I can eat and type. I need a handicap anyhow.

Also, do you want to do that “share the last sentence you wrote” or something like that for some fun?

@Catwing @rochellaine

@jenwriter17 @valtmy @rochellaine @catwing

Um, hello again!

My timer has gone off, though I’m not sure about Catwing’s. I got 596 for all who wanted to know.

I was also just laughing because “Prince William gave hope to thousands of bald Englishmen by losing his hair”.

@catwing What if breakfast tagged you back?  Would you invite it over for dinner?

@valtmy Hello!  Good question.  The more I think about it, the more I’m seeing that the direction may work out very well if I handle it correctly.  It just freaked me out because it makes things WAY more complicated!  But that can be a good thing, as it might add…[Read more]