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Quiz #3 Answers and recommendations go here! Good luck and have fun!
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*** ANSWERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS *** MID-LENGTH STORIES *** ANSWERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS *** MID-LENGTH STORIES ***ANSWERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS *** MID-LENGTH STORIES *** A N S W E R S * A N D * R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S QUOTES:1 - Winter Wonderland by Kathy B (also ) 2 - My story! What a Gentleman Desires 3 - Vagrant by Shane Terry 4 - Tales of Dystopia by Mouserocks 5 - Enduring Power - Lady Loisette 6 - Doodles by KatherineKent 7 - The Wedding - Female Hawk 8 - Strangers to the World - AntiK 9 - All Shook Up – Matchmaker Style KenJ 10 - Unexpected Visitor - Morgana EXCERPTS:Keeping all my answers from quotes, please. RECOMMENDATIONS:Winter Wonderland by KathyB. Doodles by KatherineKent Vagrant by Shayne Terry * * * M I D - L E N G T H * S T O R I E S * * *
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S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O I L E R S P A C E Spoiler space for today’s active topics. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque metus nec arcu imperdiet sit amet laoreet augue egestas. Etiam vestibulum semper blandit. This one’s likely even harder than the previous one. I had so little time… Quotes: 1. Really? ‘Kimberly’? Okay, I’m certain that if you have read the story, that one’s a glaring hint. 2. /plunks down What A Gentleman Desires by VirginiaR 3. Let’s try Tales of Dystopia: Civil Disobedience by Mouserocks 4. Could also be a good contender for Dystopia, but I’ll try Enduring Power by Lady Loisette 5. Maybe one of Ken’s? 6. 7. I’m still reading that one and maybe…Winter Wonderland by KathyB 8. Also a possibility… Winter Wonderland by KathyB 9. I don’t see a Nightfall in the list… 10. Aaahhh! Another one in the Nigerian Princess Diaries! An Unexpected Visitor by Morgana Excerpts: 1. Is it wrong to use Winter Wonderland by KathyB with every quote and excerpt? 2. Yes, I did BR it… Moving on…moving on… 3. Sticking with the quote. 4. Fits nicely with the title. I’m sticking with my #4 quote of Enduring Power. 5. That has to be one of the Matchmakers… 6. ! Doodles! Doodles! Doodles! By Katherine Kent 7. Okay, that could work with The Wedding by Female Hawk. Stupid RL taking away time from story reading 8. Nope, that’s not Winter Wonderland. So… Thanksgiving in Smallville – Matchmaker Chronicles Volume 1 CE by KenJ? 9. This is most definitely a Nightfall story. I even remember a scuba quote but none of the titles ring a bell 10. Quote. It’s getting harder. And I applaud the effort, Susan! Michael
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Answers are here, (I hope). Probably need a *lot* more spoiler space. Ring around the rosie, pockets full of posies, ashes, ashes all fall down. Hmmm from the Black Plague days. How did my mind go there? more spoiler space B E S T * M I D - L E N G T H * S T O R I E S ********* QUOTE #1: “Oh … Kimberly!” Winter Wonderland By Kathy Brown QUOTE #2: “Even though I’ve got to say, you couldn’t have picked someone who would rub Lois more raw: blonde and a lawyer!” What a Gentleman Desires By VirginiaR QUOTE #3: At the very least, his time at this foster home was done. At the most, he’d be tried as an adult and spend years in jail. Vagrant By Shayne Terry QUOTE #4: “You’re a monster, you know. Everyone knows it. You’re a dictator, a tyrant —” EXCERPT #4: To this day, this very moment, Jason Kent would do anything for his father, in spite of how he was treated in return. It only made Jason hate himself all the more, but he couldn’t help it. What he wouldn’t do for one shred, one iota of love or admiration or even respect from the man he’d like to call father. But no. He finished last on his father’s lists of cares. If the four of them were to be ranked, from most to least cared for, Jason was sure that the order would go: Jada, then Johanna, and then Jerome Jr. and himself. Of course, his father hated Jerome for everything he did — but hate was at least an emotion. There was nothing left for Jason, he thought bitterly to himself.” Tales of Dystopia: Civil Disobedience By Mouserocks QUOTE #5: “Clark, please don’t let my death destroy you. The world still needs you. Both sides of you. The reporter and the superhero. I want you to go on with your life.” Enduring Power By Lady Loisette QUOTE #6: Wash behind your ear. Doodles– by Katherine Kent QUOTE #7: If that happened, Lois would fly to Metropolis tomorrow, throw herself into her work, and resolve that she would never again waste one moment thinking about her weekend in Des Moines. There's only one Des Moines. The Wedding – by Female Hawk QUOTE #8: “Oh! And both of you, it might be a good idea to stay inside after dark. Like you already noticed, we do have wolves — safest not to go around at night.” Strangers to This World By Anti-Kryptonite QUOTE #9: Lois handed him his coffee, shook her head and said, "The sun just … blacked out! But why?" EXCERPT #9: When she finished relating this latest incident, Clark said, “Hold that thought,” stood up and strode to the secret compartment. After opening it he pulled out one of the uniforms and said, “Excuse me for a second.” He stepped into the bedroom. They heard a wind and then Superman stepped back into the living room. Lois whispered in awe, “He’s back!” Clark crossed to Lois and taking her in his arms kissed her and then said, “You brought me back. First, by loving Clark and now by telling me how I had rescued you as Superman, you rescued me. Mom, do you still have that SCUBA gear at the farm?” O.K. This one drove me nuts because I *knew* I beta'd it for Ken. But the word count on the Kerth website puts it over the limit for this category. But if you use Ken's new word count, it fits. Anyway it is::::::::::tah dah:::::Indeed a Nightfall story, Michael! (Add this after your post). All Shook Up Matchmaker Style (264k) – byKenJ Needs the count to be corrected to 181K. I think likewise for all of Ken's stories that weren't on the Archive yet. and finally: QUOTE #10: Jor-El grabbed the billionaire by the front of his shirt — ripping the fabric in the process and threw him bodily through the portal. An Unexpected Visitor: Part One of the Visitor Trilogy By Morgana Whew!!! Artemis I'm leaving town Friday for Phoenix and thus won't get to do more on the quizzes. It's always much harder for the long stories. I'll be reading to vote, though. (No, I'm not staying for the Superbowl! GOOOO SEAHAWKS!!!!)
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Quote 1 – Winter Wonderland - KathyB Quote 2 – What a Gentleman Desires by VirginiaR Quote 3 – Vagrant by ShayneT Quote 4 – Tales of Distopia by Mouserocks Quote 5 – Enduring Power by Lady Loisette Quote 6 – Doodles by KK (I’d better know this one. I beta’d it.) Quote 7 – This sounds like Blind Date by VirginiaR Quote 8 – Strangers to this World by Anti-Kryptonite Quote 9 – All Shook Up – Matchmaker Style by ME Quote 10 – An Unexpected Visitor by Morgana (I’d better know this one. I beta’d it.)
Excerpt 1 – Winter Wonderland - KaTHYb Excerpt 2 – What a Gentleman Desires by VirginiaR Excerpt 3 – Vagrant by ShayneT Excerpt 4 – Tales of Distopia by Mouserocks Excerpt 5 – Enduring Power by Lady Loisette Excerpt 6 – Doodles by KK (I’d better know this one. I beta’d it.) Excerpt 7 – This sounds like Blind Date by VirginiaR Excerpt 8 – Strangers to this World by Anti-Kryptonite Excerpt 9 – All Shook Up – Matchmaker Style by ME Excerpt 10 – An Unexpected Visitor by Morgana (I’d better know this one. I beta’d it.)
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New quiz! I waited all day for this. I’ve only read a few of the longer stories though.
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Really? ‘Kimberly’? Okay, I’m certain that if you have read the story, that one’s a glaring hint. Oh, yeah...even if you've just read the feedback, it's enough of a hint! LOL And I love reading your thought process as you go through the quiz! But the word count on the Kerth website puts it over the limit for this category. But if you use Ken's new word count, it fits. I used Ken's revised k counts for all of his stories in the quizzes. The revised counts moved some of his stories to different size-based categories.
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Hi Susan: That's great about the revised counts for Ken's stories, but the list of Eligible Stories on the Kerth site could use fixing too. That's what I missed. I used the Kerth site count. Maybe a revised story list could be put up. Artemis
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Agreed...I'll send a note along to Annette
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Quiz time ...And I know I haven't read as many of these stories as I've wanted to...so...here goes nothing . T i m e f o r a b i t o f S P O I L E R S P A C E Quotes: 1. Got it! Awesome quote . Winter Wonderland by Kathy B 2. Gunna have to wait for the quote, I think... 3. Uh-oh. 4. Again, uh-oh. Do not know. 5. Hmmm. 6. So familiar...waiting on the quote. 7. Des Moines --Has to be The Wedding by Female Hawk 8. Do not know. 9. Not sure. 10. Ummm. Excerpts 1. Winter Wonderland by Kathy B 2. Ah. 'blonde'...What a Gentleman Desires by Virginia R. 3. Don't know. 4. Still don't know. 5. Yes! Enduring Power by Lady Loisette 6. Yep, it would be--Doodles by Katherine Kent 7. The Wedding by Female Hawk 8. Still not sure. 9. Unfortunately don't know. 10. Still trying to figure it out... Yep, definitely need to catch up on my reading . Thanks so much, Susan. You are pulling great parts out of the stories--lots of fun playing along . Laura
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I missed the first two quizzes. Not surprising, as my time is amost non-existent right now. But let's see if I can make it up for the lost ones. * * * S P O I L E R * * * S P A C E * * * From Quotes: 1) Winter Wonderland by KathyB 2) What A Gentleman Desires by Virginia R 3) Vagrant by ShayneT 4) Itlooks like Tales of Dystopia: Civil Disobedience by Mouserocks 5) It must be a deathfic, so I mustn't have read it. From the eligible stories it must be Enduring Power by Lady Loisette 6) Uh... I don't know... 7) Des Moines means The Wedding by Female Hawk 8) Strangers to this World by Anti-Kryptonite 9) It must be Nightafall so... Now or Never by Sue S.? 10) Jor-El and Luthor is from An Unexpected Visitor by Morgana From Excerpts: 6) Doodles by Katherine Kent 9) It's not Sue's story, but I don't know the answer. Andreia
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From the quotes: 1 KaythB's delightful Winter Wonderland 2 Virginia R's What a Gentleman Desires 3 Shayne Terry's Vagrant 4 Mouserock's Tales of Dystopia:Civil Disobedience 5 Lady Loisette's Enduring Power 6 Kathryn Kent's Doodles 7 Female Hawk's The Wedding 8 Anti-Kryptonite's Strangers to this World 9 Ken J's Halloween in Metropolis? 10 Morgana's An Unexpected Visitor
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I guess I had read more mid-length stories this year than I had thought. Thanks for another fun quiz.
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Originally Posted By: Artemis But the word count on the Kerth website puts it over the limit for this category. But if you use Ken's new word count, it fits.
I used Ken's revised k counts for all of his stories in the quizzes. The revised counts moved some of his stories to different size-based categories. So that's why I couldn't get it! I developed a list of stories of the appropriate length from which to choose, but I hadn't put Ken's All Shook Up on that list. I had been looking for an ASU-episode related story title, too, for quote and excerpt #9. Bummer! Joy, Lynn
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Yes, imagine my consternation since I had beta'd the story. I thought senility had crept up on me!! So, since the Kerth site still has the "old" story length, here is what Ken posted for his word count. PML - Matchmaker Style clock in at - 190 K HiM - Matchmaker Style clock in at - 139 K ASU - Matchmaker Style clock in at - 181 K Witness - Matchmaker Style clock in at - 132 K Illusions of Grandeur - Matchmaker Style clock in at - 122 K Hattie and Mr. 'X' Matchmaker Chronicles Volume 1P clocks in at 213 K Halloween in Metropolis - Matchmaker Chronicles Vol 1 CD 29 K Thanksgiving in Smallville - Matchmaker Chronicles Vol 1 CE 28 K I just checked and the list of Eligible Stories contains the original numbers for Ken's stories and Annette has said previously in a post that that is what they are going by, I guess we need a formal ruling or else change the numbers for Ken's stories that were not yet posted to the Archives. The change is that all of Ken's stories in this list go to Mid-Length except for "Hattie and Mr. X". Artemis
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Actually, the txt counts put Halloween in Metropolis and Thanksgiving in Smallville in the short story category.
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Right. I was concentrating on the longer stories. Didn't make that clear. r/ Artie
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Thanks for playing along, everyone! Here are the answers:
1. “Winter Wonderland” – By Kathy Brown 2. “What a Gentleman Desires” – By VirginiaR 3. “Vagrant” – By Shayne Terry 4. “Tales of Dystopia – Civil Disobedience” – By Mouserocks 5. “Enduring Power” – By Lady Loisette 6. “Doodles” – By KatherineKent 7. “The Wedding” – By Female Hawk 8. “Strangers to this World” – By Anti-Kryptonite 9. “All Shook Up – Matchmaker Style” – By KenJ 10. “An Unexpected Visitor” – By Morgana
Here are the recommendations that people made:
Winter Wonderland by KathyB. Doodles by KatherineKent Vagrant by Shayne Terry
Here are the scores that everyone got:
VirginiaR: 20 points and a gold star Lady Loisette: 14 points and a gold star Artemis: 18 points KenJ: 18 points and a gold star Lynn S.M.: 19 points LMA: 7 points Darth Michael: 7 points UltraWoman: 16 points
And here are the overall running totals over three quizzes:
VirginiaR: 49 points and 3 gold stars Lady Loisette: 54 points and 2 gold stars Artemis: 57 points KenJ: 46 points and 1 gold star Lynn S.M.: 32 points and 1 gold star LMA: 25.5 points Morgana: 10 points and 1 gold star Darth Michael: 31 points and 1 gold star Deadly Chakram: 2 points and a gold star Mouserocks: 2 points and a gold star UltraWoman: 16 points
Quiz #4 (Long/Epic Story) will be posted at midnight...come back and play again tomorrow!
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And I love reading your thought process as you go through the quiz! You're welcome! I figure, quizzes deserve FDK, too! Michael
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I just noticed something and it is discouraging.
If you look at the list of participants in the quizzes you should notice something.
I think that Michael and Artemis are the only ones participating who don't have a story in the running and Artemis has a vested interest since she is one of my beta readers.
As a side note I don't see Tank's TOGOM 2014 on the list anywhere.
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Actually, I had mine up in Q#1 Labby mentioned that authors who'se story isn't yet archived need to put their story up explicitly. As for the participants. The list fairly the same as from last year. Nancy is missing, though Michael
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As for the participants. The list fairly the same as from last year. Nancy is missing, though And the newbies.
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Sorry Michael
Makes sense. That was the one story I missed in the quiz even though I did read it.
That makes Artemis the only one with no story eligible, but she is one of my betas and a die hard fan of L&C.
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That makes Artemis the only one with no story eligible, but she is one of my betas and a die hard fan of L&C. Actually, Ken, both Laura (LMA) and Ultra Woman are avid readers on the boards, too.
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My mistake, I thought that they both had eligible stories.
Now that you mention it, it was Ultra Lucille not Ultra Woman.
The point remains. With all of the registered users it is a disappointing turn out.
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The point remains. With all of the registered users it is a disappointing turn out. Let's hope all those lurkers show up for nominations and Kerth voting.
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It doesn't surprise me a lot. There seem to be fewer and fewer people who post to the MB in general -- not just for the quizzes. I agree that that is discouraging, though; I'd love to have more people contributing to the list as a whole.
Lurkers, please join the conversation!
Joy, Lynn
p.s., FWIW, I will probably be dropping out of the quiz competition, at least for the remaining length-based categories, for the simple reason that I haven't had time this past year to read (m?)any longer stories. if I were to put in any answers, they would be 100% guesses, rather than being based on having read the stories.
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I will probably be dropping out of the quiz competition, at least for the remaining length-based categories, for the simple reason that I haven't had time this past year to read (m?)any longer stories. Well, the next quiz is long/epic, but after that are the theme categories. And they come from this list , and I suspect you've read a lot of these stories. So keep playing! It'll be fun. Remember, everyone...high score wins a personalized story by me.
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