Lynn greets Marcus and asks if he read her last post, as Marcus' opinion on "devil colours" would be welcomed at this point
In response to Marcus' opening post, Lynn hopes that the domestic arguements have not taken too heavy a toll on Marcus (Lynn hates arguements and they always leave her cranky and irritable) and is impressed that Marcus s writing - Lynn has not written anything substantial fiction-wise since her Major Work. Lynn thinks that she is waiting for inspiration to strike. Come to think of it, Lynn's last source of inspiration was a vivid dream. Lynn has since had two others that might work well as stories. Lynn begins to ponder...
Lynn admits that Marcus' major work is not the sort of think Lynn would jump at reading. Lynn admits to being a fantasy and historical/romantic novel fan, even more of a fan if they are written well. Lynn once came across a literary mantra - "If a reader has to back-read to figure out what's happening, you've lost them" - and this is one of the stronger lines of thought that influences the way Lynn writes. Lynn is not an overly complex nor intelligent person, and seeks to read things she understands, and to write things that she understands. Lynn's major work was an outlier, Lynn had never written anything like it before, and probably never will again. Lynn is wondering what possessed her to write it, although she has a strong feeling EE1 was to blame.
However, Lynn does appreciate a well-written story. There is a slighty snobbish prig inside Lynn that delights in her slightly-more-than-average (but only slightly) understanding of english literature and in particular moods, Lynn gets very excited when she is able to link concepts and themes within texts. To apply "this reading" to Marcus' work, Lynn got very excited when she started to link the cycle of events (ie how power was held by one party, then the other in turn) to history of mankind. Lynn honestly didn't "get" a lot of the first half of the story but the second half presented a lot of interesting moments where Lynn could apply what was suggested in the story to real life.
Lynn enjoys entertaining stories but at other times she desires articles or stories that make the audience think, because as both a reader and author, she likes to entertain, but at the same time feels that it is extremely important to speak to your audience - to use it as a medium to express opinion.
