Here's an example of something I recently wrote concerning a new series I am planting as we speak:

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Avast ye landlubbers! Heave to and prepare to be boarded! Rumor has it that the scourge of the Pacific seas, Captain Thomas Cavendish, rich with the plunder of the Spanish ship the Santa Ana, the Manila Galleon, with the fabled Black Pearl of Manila in hand, has been blown ashore somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. We be searching for the fabled Black Pearl of Manila and hear tell that Captain Cavendish, the scurvy dog, may have hidden it here about's.... Let me warn you, we'll take no lip from the likes of you about this, dead men tell no tales. We aims to find the treasure and we don't care what we has to do to gets it.

Now, if your interested in joinin' me in this treasure hunt there matey, I'll give you an equal 1/16 share iffin' I find it and an equal 1/8 share iffin' you find it. Rumor has it that Cavendish hid a map in these parts when a storm blew him off course and into the Sound. Find that map and ye'll be started on the journey. Legend has it though that the map is missing pieces..... Matter of fact matey, the entire map is missing right now. There may be some clues at http://www.myndworx.com but no one is sure at this point. All I know is that the one that finds the map and deciphers Cavendish's clues, gets the Black Pearl!!!
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Steve of Rayvenhaus
----- Original Message -----
From: ehughes52
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Inspiration for writing clues


*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* What inspires a good written clue? I'm not that gifted when it comes
to writing, and creating a good story line for clues is difficult.
After reading Silent Doug's last few boxes I just sit back and think
"WoW", how'd he do that? The illustration naturally follows the
words, that I understand, but where does the whole new idea come from?
Any hints (and looking for a new topic that I haven't seen lately,
although the subject may be buried somewhere in the archives) for
current ideas.

catbead


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Well! Looks like all the talent went west and not north! LOL Looks
like some of us just have the writing gene and some don't. :-))
catbead


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Kerjin" wrote:
>
>
> Here's an example of something I recently wrote concerning a new
series I am planting as we speak:
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Avast ye landlubbers! Heave to and prepare to be boarded! Rumor
has it that the scourge of the Pacific seas, Captain Thomas Cavendish,
rich with the plunder of the Spanish ship the Santa Ana, the Manila
Galleon, with the fabled Black Pearl of Manila in hand, has been blown
ashore somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. We be searching for the
fabled Black Pearl of Manila and hear tell that Captain Cavendish, the
scurvy dog, may have hidden it here about's.... Let me warn you, we'll
take no lip from the likes of you about this, dead men tell no tales.
We aims to find the treasure and we don't care what we has to do to
gets it.
>
> Now, if your interested in joinin' me in this treasure hunt there
matey, I'll give you an equal 1/16 share iffin' I find it and an equal
1/8 share iffin' you find it. Rumor has it that Cavendish hid a map in
these parts when a storm blew him off course and into the Sound. Find
that map and ye'll be started on the journey. Legend has it though
that the map is missing pieces..... Matter of fact matey, the entire
map is missing right now. There may be some clues at
http://www.myndworx.com but no one is sure at this point. All I know
is that the one that finds the map and deciphers Cavendish's clues,
gets the Black Pearl!!!
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Steve of Rayvenhaus
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ehughes52
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:28 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] Inspiration for writing clues
>
> What inspires a good written clue?
>>snip>>
>
> catbead

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

This sounds like a fabulous LB, but for the life of me I can't figure
out where to begin the search. I don't see in this state at all. Please
don't say it's only fiction. :-(
ROC'nRON

Elizabeth Hughes wrote:

>
>THE GAMBLER AND BIG SLICK
>
>THE ACE OF DIAMONDS:
>
>

I'm still working on it. I posted it by mistake, at the time I thought
I was putting it thru just on email, but Big Slick will stride into
the central NY landscape soon. We were out Wed. 8/13 and were able to
walk right up to the box that was hidden in near darkness (amazing in
itself) along with planting another in the series in the same park. So
I need to tidy up and finish the clues and post it. If you are ever
around Syracuse you can look him up....soon.

And thanks for your kind words ROC'nRON. :-)

catbead

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Ron Salladin wrote:
> This sounds like a fabulous LB, but for the life of me I can't figure
> out where to begin the search. I don't see in this state at all. Please
> don't say it's only fiction. :-(
> ROC'nRON
>
> Elizabeth Hughes wrote:
>
> >
> >THE GAMBLER AND BIG SLICK
> >
> >THE ACE OF DIAMONDS:
> >
> >