Flight of the Heron read-along: Part III chapters 1-2

[regshoe]

Charlie chose the place himsel', the graveyard of Culloden...

Well, it looks like Keith's prophecies about the fate of the Jacobites, at least, weren't too inaccurate...

Next week we'll read chapters 3 and 4 of part III.

Comments

[tgarnsl]

Hello!

I've been recording an audiobook with a few naval terms in it, and they're always shortened, and never in quite the way you expect. — Yes, it's a bit like Gaelic in that you have to alter your understanding of how phonetic pronunciation works. I'm sure that there's some underlying rule, but I have yet to work it out.

I agree that it's hard to tell where one's own interpretation of character ends and the author's begins — I'm in the midst of writing some fics right now and am still working out Alison's voice and motivations, but I do feel that she is given a little more agency than other standard love interests of the era.

So much slashy goodness left. Oh, is there ever. I'm currently working on a story that slightly alters the events of the final three meetings and every time I look at the book I marvel at the fact that for every single event Broster went as far as she did, which I very much look forward to rereading in the upcoming weeks :-)

[luzula]

Yay fic! \o/ Looking forward to it, and let me know if you want a beta reader. : )

[tgarnsl]

Thank you! At this point it's looking like a serious longfic, so it might be a while.

[luzula]

Even better, then. : )

[regshoe]

Ooh, you're writing fic, how exciting :D