Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Check this fic out! A different take on the whole Harry Potter / wizarding world secrecy thing. justaguy's The Muggle Way. He uses an organization run by muggles centered around a character from Katherine Kurtz' Adept series as the interface between the different magical groups. Very well thought out. For comparison purposes - in my Red Raider series I have a department in the Ministry of Magic (MoM) pretend it serves that function when in 'reality' it's just another sign of the MoM's attempt at control of muggle access to magic. Sort of. His idea probably wouldn't work in something like my series because I'm looking at the relationship between members of two specific magical groups that aren't really aware of each other (And I came up with a convoluted way to stick with the MoM secrecy rules in the process.) while he's using it as an organizational structure for his story. I think. His doesn't really focused on relationships between several characters but between social groups. Which requires a different kind of story telling. But dang... it works so well the way he's using it I wish I'd thought of it... must be jealous. Even though I don't think my style of writing would work in that structure. 10:47:09 PM    Notes [] Got it! The TN Dept. of Safety approved my license plate. Now I just have to wait until late Sept. for it to show up at the local County Clerks office and pick it up. Yeah!!! 6:38:42 PM    Notes [] Really not my year for car issues... On my way home tonight... A rock or two came flying off of a truck several hundred feet in front of me and hit my windshield... I now have a crack on the passenger side. The actual impact point was approx. an inch above the bottom corner but the cracks on the inside go up midway. Not good but not the worst it could be. And, of course, filing an accident report with the local police is probably pointless since the truck was too far ahead to identify it when it happened and there's no proof that the truck I saw a few minutes later was the same one (I think it was). The real issue is insurance... if I make a claim will they cancel my insurance when it goes up for renewal in October? This would be my 2nd claim in a year. I have no idea yet on how much a windshield for a 94 530i costs... but when I had one replaced on my 91 318 back in 2003 the windshield was just barely more than the deductible. I have pictures but taking a picture of a windshield in the bright sun ... not the best conditions. 6:35:07 PM    Notes []

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