Thank you, Courtenay. We had a super day.Courtenay wrote:Oh yes, almost forgot — Happy Anniversary, Eddie and Chick! Hope you've had a lovely special day.
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'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Yes,happy anniversary Eddie & Chick.
Where did that last year go!!!
Where did that last year go!!!
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Thank you. Pete.
The last year has just flown by.
The last year has just flown by.
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Happy Anniversary Eddie and Chick. I'm sure you both had a wonderful time; particularly Chick as it was alsop Mother's Day so a double celebration for her.
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Thanks, John. We had a great weekend of celebrations. As you rightly say, not only was it our Wedding Anniversary yesterday, it was also Mother's Day and today is the 47th birthday of our son, Neil. So we had a three-way family celebration yesterday.
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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I suppose having to drive in the dark COULD be the cause for the increase in traffic accidents, but everyone is implying that it is because the drivers are sleepy.
But the darkness wouldn't cause strokes. The strokes seem to be caused by the lack of sleep. This is why I try to get a full eight hours every night.
But the darkness wouldn't cause strokes. The strokes seem to be caused by the lack of sleep. This is why I try to get a full eight hours every night.
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But it's only One night and one hour.
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What I'm doing now is trying to cut my Barney mystery, 'The Rawlins' Reach Mystery' down from 72,195 words to a more Enid-Blyton-like word-count!!! I don't think I'll manage it!
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Rob, that would be such a pity! Why can't it be as long as it is? Is the amounts of chapters a must?
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I don't think I will really cut that much out. It doesn't really have to be a certain length, although I do try to make them a similar length to the originals. My Famous Five was much longer too. This book is 32 chapters long - which is one chapter longer than The Rilloby Fair Mystery -- but each chapter averages around 2, 400 words, which is quite a bit longer than Enid's chapters.
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I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Can't see anything wrong with that.Rob Houghton wrote:This book is 32 chapters long - which is one chapter longer than The Rilloby Fair Mystery -- but each chapter averages around 2, 400 words, which is quite a bit longer than Enid's chapters.
In any case, I would certainly love to read it in it's entirety/long version later on (once you've published the shortened version chapter by chapter on EBS).
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I don't think I'll actually cut any more out of it - just going to go through it again tomorrow and check things.
It will be quite a while before its 'published' on EBS (if ever!) as there are other things in the pipeline, I think.
It will be quite a while before its 'published' on EBS (if ever!) as there are other things in the pipeline, I think.
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Now that you've mentioned it, I am very curious to know. What is the typical range of Enid Blyton-word-count for her books?
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It depends on which book and series - I think the Barney books are around 60,000 words but some (like Ragamuffin) are of course shorter.
I think Famous Five are around 40,000 words but this is only rough estimate. I think Tony has official word-counts for each series somewhere.
I think Famous Five are around 40,000 words but this is only rough estimate. I think Tony has official word-counts for each series somewhere.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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I personally wouldn't give too much thought about body, ah, word-count, Rob. If you take the adventure series as an example (I happen to have the Piper editions from the late eighties, without illustrations), you'll see that usually there was a chapter about 6 pages long (apart from some odd chapters) in the first seven books, while in "River" they had only 5 pages as an average.
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