Jennifer:
> Cool response. :-)
When something's so cool that it's obviously going to become part of GAG, I like to stay compatible with it.
> Either:
> 1. it wasn't central to the story so it didn't get recorded,
Which it wasn't.
> or 2. it's the way things used to be done 300 years ago, but
> no one bothers about it these days,
You're set that long ago? Yes, just read your 3 sentences -- nice! In fact, better yet. Clearly one person does bother about it these days. The honour-obsessed one. And she isn't even a local.
And if anyone else wants to use it in their game/story, they can revive the tradition.
> 3. incorporate it into the next iteration of your story and
> start putting version numbers on your writings.
"Start"?? (sigh) I don't advertise them, but the version of "Captured" that went public was 6b. "Duel" (this one) was, I think, on about 4c. I try not to revise after publication though, it confuses people too much. Though when "Captured" goes into print, John Hughes as editor may of course request changes and so on.
> I've started versioning my stories, but most are sketches or bits of
> background for a particular purpose and don't get beyond "the
> first telling".
Yes, same here. Though I keep trying to polish them up enough to make them available.
> Hey, _I_ didn't know about that story until today (haven't
> found a copy but
> have now heard the summary). It turns out that Steve's the
> only person who's had access to both our resources.
For now, go and buy a copy of "Magnus Liber Rerum" (the Continuum con book). Once that's out of print, the story will be back on line with the rest of them, here:
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