The arrival of a new schoolteacher causes quite a stir in the small New England town of Pattaquasset, not the least of it in the house of Mrs. Derrick and her daughter, where the young man boards. Mr. Linden's idea of teaching stretches far beyond the dusty walls of his classroom, and he is not slow in finding much work to be done for his Master. The schoolboys are soon captivated by their new teacher, and Miss Faith Derrick quickly joins the ranks of his eager pupils.
But Mr. Linden is not the only man in Pattaquasset who is attracted to the bright young woman, and his rivals have no intention of letting him carry the field unopposed. When perplexities and dangers begin to multiply, will Faith have the strength to stay true to her heart--and to her newfound Lord? (Summary by BookAngel7)
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BookAngel and I have decided to turn this into a duet, you can leave her in as DPL though cause we will pl each other's chapters! Anything we need to do/change, like the intro?
The only part you would change is the where you say your name but don't do both names for each chapter; each of you just say your name for the chapter you are recording, just like a group project.
After you fill your names in for each chapter in the MW, I will move this to Readers Found.
Barry My Recordings
Darn stuff! I have books to read!
Is it correct that for a duet we each only need the full intro in our first section (respectively), and after that we can use the shorter intro as in a solo?
BookAngel7 wrote:Is it correct that for a duet we each only need the full intro in our first section (respectively), and after that we can use the shorter intro as in a solo?
bookAngel7
Sorry about the delay; been working 12 hours a day, everyday. Yes, you can use the shorter disclaimer for a duet.
Barry My Recordings
Darn stuff! I have books to read!
Just so you know, my iPad accidentally got wiped, so I lost 3 hours of recordings including chapter 10 so when I am done my other duet, which is close, I will start at the beggining of this one and record chapter 10 again when I get there!
By the way, how do you plan to pronounce "Pattaquasset"? I couldn't find any help on the internet, so I thought I'd at least try to keep my pronunciation consistent with yours.
fiddlesticks wrote:I said it phonetically, with all the a's short like pat - a - qua - (like quack) set, but if you think another way is better we can go with that!
Sounds as likely as any other way! I'll use it.
One other question that has nothing to do with recording... (I am working on reading, too; honest, I am!) Do you ever create covers for your own books? I've started doing it for some of the projects I've working on and was thinking of volunteering to create this one, but I didn't want to yank it out from under you if it was something you wanted to do.