It has been mentioned that the book might work better with an introduction. Originally, it was the trip to Blatherhorn Vale, but that no longer works now that the poems are coming from a journal. So, I’m thinking of an introductory poem like so:
The Mauled Notebook
We found it
Laying by the stream
Beaten and torn
Sticking in the mud
Underneath a stone
Its cover torn
Bitten and mauled
Traces of slime
Found along the spine
Cracked by abuse
This bestiary survived
While its owner is long lost
A final chronicle
Of creatures long unknown
Only poems to their names
We ponder these poems
As we sit around the camp
Considering if they ring true
Or are they ramblings
Of a missing madman
We have no proof
For either of our theories
Fact or madness?
Perhaps you can find the truth
As you read along
Legends of Windemere 
I like that introductory poem. For those not privy to your blog, and/or thoughts, it’s a handy transition. (In my head, I see it as a slip of cleaner paper stuck into the beastiary – almost like a warning note).
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Definitely. I’m going to see how people take to this and add it in if it’s successful.
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I think this introductory poem is great. I definitely think you should use it. What I like about it is that it is very straight forward, nothing cryptic about it, but lets you know that you are about to go on a poetic adventure.
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Thanks. I’ll put you down for a yes. 😀
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Another yes vote. I like it.
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Thanks. Looks like it’s winning and I’ll have some formatting to do tonight.
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What moron suggested that? Good idea .
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I know. Foolish (genius!) suggestion. 😛
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People are just never happy. I found another star over here, is it yours?
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I think so. If not, I’ll still take it and put it somewhere.
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I’ll just donate it to the cause. I’m special like that.
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The cause is currently an adamantium spine for me. I assume it shouldn’t cost too much. Maybe get the claws too.
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Ha! Pictures.
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Would you settle for a picture of Hugh Jackman without a shirt? That’s the best I can do right now.
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Ugh. No. Johnny Depp. Now we’re cookin
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The original ‘Edward’, huh? 🙂
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Stop swearing at me.
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Sorry. I’ll behave.
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Now I’m going to need counseling.
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At least that horror is all behind us.
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Until he auditions for the part of Luke
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Not sure if that’s better or worse than Bieber like one of my friends joked about. I pity anyone who plays Luke and Nyx. They’d have to handle the originals.
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Peter jackson would vomitus.
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Andy Serkis as the Lich?
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Aha! Who plays Selenia? I vote for Ionia Martin:p
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I’ll second that. 😀
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🙂 tiny yet tough!
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Hmmm. Maybe we should save her for Sari then.
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Or Nyx.
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I would just like to say that I am over 5 foot in heels and I can make it to 100 lbs after Christmas. Lol
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What about after Thanksgiving?
Sounds more like Sari’s size and weight, honestly. She’s a tiny, gypsy badass.
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I could rock badass
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That you could. It’s a badass that comes with flowing skirts and knives too.
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I like sharp instruments. I collect medieval weapons:)
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Me too. Mostly swords and daggers. Sadly, I only have one saber. I couldn’t buy a matching one before I moved away from the store.
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Just got a set of Japanese katanas the other day I really like. Hey come in, single mum here. Gotta protect the house. 😉
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Good point. I have a katana, wakizashi, tanto set in the basement. There’s no space to have the swords unpacked, so they’ve been sitting down there for a few years.
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I have a library and that’s where mine are at. I do worry some now that the boys are getting older
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Kids always get into things. I only worry about Aidan finding the hand-axe and decorative Isis sword (Tracy’s) in the closet.
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Us and our collections
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It makes us happy. I come from a long line of habitual gatherers too. My dad did coins and non-sport cards. I was comics and swords.
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I’m books and weapons no idea where I can from everyone else has stamps
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Never understood the stamp collecting.
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Booooring
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The day I figure out how to cut off a head with a stamp
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I’m sure there’s a ninja out there somewhere who has figured it out.
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Or a USPS worker gone postal
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Ninja postman?
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The next mortal kombat
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That’s a series that needs to retire. After you have Scorpion Vs Superman, what else can you do?
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You can make legends into a movie 🙂
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Some day. Though, how would they turn a 15 book series into a movie series? I mean, I know how I would do it, but I’m insane.
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They would combine your genius into shorter darlings and squish them together
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And people will go on about how the books are better. Maybe an epic tv series would work better. Seems to be doing wonders for Game of Thrones.
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Martins they are geniuses no?
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That they are. Must be magic in the name.
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Oh no—it worked I thought all manner of dirty things
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Like carrot top playing an elf
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I’ve seen pictures of him where he’s built like a body builder or something. Creepy.
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The immmmages !!!!
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Or he he Edward being eaten by a zombie
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Save him for Clyde’s story. I’m sure they’d get along real well.
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Okay that wasn’t dirty that one was kinda fun or a Bella zombie working for the litch
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How can you tell if she’s alive or a zombie?
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Easy. Can she still walk without her head.
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I thought decapitation would kill a zombie too.
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Not in my imagination
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I see. Where were we going with this one again? Zombie Bella vs Nyx?
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Poor zombie Bella I laugh at the idea
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I think I’d feel sorry for her. Nyx would take her out in a second and that’s with playing around.
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I want a Bella shrunken head for my rear view mirror
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Wonder if she’ll ever live that character down.
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I like the poem, Charles.
Ellespeth
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Thanks. Hope it helps the book. Though, it appears poetry is a different game than novels.
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