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Jul 26, 2023Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

It looks like I'm caught up with Dr. Samuel's adventures in Egypt. I'm getting major Indiana Jones vibes. :)

Though I must say that I am distracted by the fact that the lines of dialogue are not attributed to characters. With so much dialogue I am really losing track fast.

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Jul 26, 2023·edited Jul 26, 2023Author

Yes, indeed. Carter could be seen as my little homage to Indy.

Re: Dialogue. Ever read Ingrid Persaud? In 'Love after Love' she even did away with quotation marks, because they are not needed. ;)

She still used them in 'The Sweet Sop': https://granta.com/the-sweet-sop/

No dialogue attribution whatsoever, though.

Whenever there are two characters only, the new paragraph/line should suffice to indicate the speaker change, although if the dialogue goes on for too long, it's hard to keep track, which is where some sort of attribution in between can be helpful, of course. Preference.

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Not more 🕷️ !?! You had me laughing at the symphony reference. Makes me think of all the people on a Bluetooth call walking around, gesturing like the person is in front of them. Always makes me wonder if they’re having a mental health crisis or just on a Bluetooth.

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So glad you’re enjoying this. And best time to read, since it will be going behind the paywall once the physical book is ready for sale.

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Jul 31, 2023Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Hm still not sure what to think of this, to be honest. It all seems a little sensationalist to me (although I'm guessing that's exactly what you intended). Never really got into Indiana Jones so no nostalgic vibes for me. The short chapters make it easy to follow along even when undecided though.

And how fun is it that both our latest chapters have poison in it?

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Jul 31, 2023·edited Jul 31, 2023Author

Thanks for reading, Vanessa. Hope you stick with Carter and let me know your thoughts along the way. Always great to hear feedback from all sides. I would argue though that it is the nature of all fiction to be sensational (in absence of facts) as it seeks to elicit strong feelings of shock, anger, or excitement to various degrees. Reader preference varies, of course. Carter is - if you will - a tongue-in-cheek satirical take on the SF/Adventure genre.

I have yours bookmarked. Better going to start at Ch1!

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Jul 31, 2023Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

At least I categorized it correctly? :D I enjoy humor & satire, just not in my fiction (usually) & I personally tend to write more about quiet moments, details that can still have huge impact & deep characterization so that's quite far away from Carter. We'll see! And I hope you enjoy Requiem of the Moth too, despite everything I've just said about my preferences haha.

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Well, I recommend enjoying humour and satire wherever it presents itself ;)

And it's also good to read a broad spectrum of texts, including Moth Requiems! And so I shall.

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Jul 28, 2023Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Non-stop action!

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Next chapter will be a bit of a breather. ;)

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Jul 26, 2023Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

👏

This is whizzing along at a fine clip. Très bien, Alexander!

Gripping, amusing. Very enjoyable.

The worm and kettle lines gave me a good chuckle. I could see this as a graphic novel. And the special alternate art collector's cover would have the monster worms instead of spiders coming out of the altar ;)

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Thanks, Nathan. All I was hoping for! To entertain, weave in some intertextual nuggets and let the adventure unfold. Graphic novel! Now there's an idea. Illustrators, hark and sharpen yer pencils for worms galore!

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Jul 26, 2023Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Once they are sharpened and an illustrator sought, send them my way too 😜

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Ah, we need @mention in comments! Lure them illustrators to the blank canvas. 😅

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