06-29-2018, 11:49 AM | #61 |
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Open to Interpretation and Lost in Translation feel like they have a lot of overlap to me. I like them both but they should probably have a decent amount of separation if we use them both.
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I am fine to make mine more specific in that it should be a matter of translation of some kind of language. IE country to country or earth civilization to an alien one. Interpretation does not say the same thing to me at all that translation does, though. |
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06-30-2018, 12:23 AM | #63 |
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Just a thought, is all.
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We've seen this sort of thing in action already with "It's All Relative, time-ly books" vs "Doomed to Repeat It, History". It wasn't a huge surprise to see books in the first that would have fit well in the second and vice-versa. But I don't think either needs to be changed, as Dazrin suggested, I think we just be mindful of the possible similarities and use them a few months apart. ... And if that's not convenient we just live with it - the time/history themes didn't seem to slow us down too much. |
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06-30-2018, 03:05 PM | #65 |
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Keep in mind that Open to Interpretation is not my nomination; I used mine up already. I was just speculating on the concept and whether it would be a good theme.
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07-06-2018, 03:38 AM | #67 |
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I have been struggling to come up with a short description to cover the possibilities of Naturally Gifted. How about From wildlife to world-beaters?
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07-06-2018, 08:22 AM | #68 |
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Looks good to me.
Long range, perhaps by the end of this month the list will settle and we can discuss particulars in order to have the slate in place by mid-August. |
07-31-2018, 10:46 AM | #69 |
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Bumping this, so we can get it into final shape by mid-August, so people can be thinking about it before nominations start September 1.
Does anyone have suggestions for tweaking the various themes, or for fleshing them out where the theme/tag is incomplete? |
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Do we want to choose the six we like the best, rather than committing ourselves to all ten, or however many we finish up with? We might feel like a change of pace, or a different way of doing things by next March. We don’t want to take the fun out of it by insisting on using up every last theme before we move to something else! |
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I'll add, though, that anyone who hasn't suggested a theme is still welcome to propose one and we'll sort it out. We're still in the discussion phase. |
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07-31-2018, 08:01 PM | #72 |
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Well, I'm happy to pull mine out as I don't have any bright ideas at the moment. That would take it down to seven, and leave space for anyone else who might want to suggest one.
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Let's leave the list as it is right now, subject to tweaks and other input from the members. |
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07-31-2018, 08:18 PM | #74 |
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I think the orphans right now are Trade Secrets, Courtly Behavior, Open to Interpretation, and (although I said it in jest) I Feel a Breeze (issybird had some good suggestions.)
If Bookworm_Girl still wants to nominate retellings and doesn't have a second choice, I would change to (rolls dice) Trade Secrets to get another one on the list. If not, I still really like retellings so want to make sure it sticks around. @Bookpossum, I think your's works better when switched. Naturally Gifted: From Wildlife to World-Beaters. Or maybe change the tag a little to "from wildlife to prodigies"? And I think Dngrsone's needs an exclamation point at the end but doesn't need a tag. If we really want a tag, it could be "having a blast!" which opens up other ideas and still fits the "Just plain fun!" part. |
07-31-2018, 08:21 PM | #75 |
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I can't speak for everyone, but I suggested a theme just to add to the options, so to speak. I'm not going to feel disenfranchised by not having it used.
Now if people don't start voting for my book nominations that's another story! (Just joking.) |
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