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**The new “Three Days Ago” Dr. Warren Short Story is now for sale!**
Three days have passed since the battle of Bunker Hill and rumors that the famous Dr. Warren was killed have reached the people who loved him most in this brand new Dreamer story, “Three Days Ago.”
We are excited to offer you this story in three different formats: PDF and ePub for digital reading as well as an Audio Book MP3 version, read by yours truly, Lora Innes, the author!
Buy the text versions or the audio book for $5 each OR get BOTH for only $7!
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So to all of you who already bought and read the story, which chapter is YOUR favorite?
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I’ll be in New London, Connecticut, next weekend, June 30th at 2 PM for the grand opening of the exhibit I wrote and drew for the Nathan Hale School House.
The exhibit features six giant sized comic pages on the wall that describe Nathan Hale’s year as schoolmaster of the Union School House in New London.
I’ll be speaking about the project, and will have Dreamer books and teeshirts for sale and I’d sure love to meet you- a well as show you the amazing comic-on-the-wall exhibit we made about Nathan Hale’s year as a schoolmaster in New London.
Oh I wish I could go to New London. :(
And poor Alan. He’s got good reason to be torn up inside. And I love how the smoke looks on the VI.
Will buy the short story this weekend. :D
LOL! You and I both comment about the smoke at the same time! That is funny!
It’s the same technique I always use for the smoke. It just isn’t as obvious once the pages are colored. http://thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=364
It always looks super cool in the line-only stage!
Oh wow!
I cannot get over how real that smoke looked in the VI! It adds a touch of whimsy!
Last page. :( Then, are we traveling to the future?
Oh, and I LOVED your short story. It was…sniff…touching. You did an excellent job! :)
So which chapter was your favorite??
Thanks for buying! <3
Oh. That is a tough one! Uh. Can I say all of them??????
:)
I love how the Warrens all look like they belong together, but they all look really distinct. I think Eben is my favorite one to look at (besides Alan)–he just has a lot of distinctive character to him.
Eben’s nose is the most fun to draw. John’s hair is. Alan has the best eyebrows. <3
John’s hair. *swoon* …but I could settle for Eben’s nose.
It’s his nose that makes me want to smoosh him… :) <3 Warren Boys!!!
Lol, the Warren boys can capture any girl…
Dude! The smoke is in 3-D! Awesome!
So now it’s real, Alan, hm? Yeah, good luck pal, though you might want a disguise or something (something i was hoping to see him get in this flashback-heavy issue, but whatevs).
And why do i have the feeling that someone’s childhood loneliness fear is coming back slightly?
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!! (or several….)
Eben: “If something goes wrong and you end up with Joe, tell him I love him.”
Alan: “Okay…..if I see Joe, I’ll tell him I love him.”
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Eben: “Just……try not to overindulge on tea cosies before a big battle.”
Alan: “PFFFFT!!!! Like that’ll happen!”
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Eben: “……Say you’ll sing our song one last time.”
Alan: “Of course! Now?”
Eben: “Now.”
Both: *singing* “We are cosy kings….and we rule the world. Give us all your cosies and we’ll eat them til we hurl. If you take our cosies, you’ll be in a jam….”
Eben: “Cause we’ll hunt you down”
Alan: “and beat you up”
Eben: “–and kick–”
Alan: “–your–”
Both: “– ass! “
*cracks up*
Yes, it seems Eben shares Alan’s predilection. *shakes head sadly*
Silliness! So much silliness around here! <3
I would have said “insanity”, but “silliness” will do! :)
“So to all of you who already bought and read the story, which chapter is YOUR favorite?”
The audiobook is SO good! (And believe me when I say that I listen to a lot of audiobooks). Any time you can listen to the author read their own material is magic. Lora, you did an awesome job! Betsy’s is my favorite chapter in the story, followed closely by Alan’s. And then Mrs. Loring. ;) Dreamer-nation, do yourself a favor and grab the combo pack.
Now the update…Panel 4 makes me LOL….Alan looks petulant. How you going to go fight a war with that stance and look on your face? XD
*blush* Thanks, Albone!!! That was so kind I’m willing to overlook your Mrs. Loring crush.
re: Petulant Alan, well… some things just don’t change: http://thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=352
Ah, Alan’s keeping it real. Petulant away my apple farming friend. XD
Favorite comment of the day! :)
Just finished listening to the story…omg I can’t stop crying!!!! Betsy gave me chills…
Hmmm… favorite chapter. It’s a tie for me.
Jack, of course – woot!!! Cousin Will!!! I love his internal rantings: “I’ve been caught digging up a dead body! What woman will want me now?” (You’d be surprised, John…), and having read his bio, you can see how Joseph’s death really hung over and shaped the rest of his life. Good thing he was so driven and could lose himself in his work.
Mother Mary is neck-and-neck with Jack. I love the russet/late-bloomer “parable”. Even though spinsterhood and late marriages weren’t the accepted norm back then, I see a lot of strength in the women who waited (through their own choice or otherwise, whether it made them happy or not). [Heh - Lora, I still haven't told you who I was named after, speaking of strong, late-marrying women. More family history, involving yet another cousin in another famous time. That's a story to be told over a meal.]
Betsy’s story really made me cry. Maybe because it tied in with the cover art, which is beautiful but spooky, and I’m a very visual person? Or maybe my own run-ins with ghosts… not sure. Overall, I wish we knew Polly better – knowing what little you hinted at – and I just want to hug all those kids for a really long time. (Samuel too, even though he’d hate every minute of it.)
Sam would kick you out of his trundle bed. ;)
…part of me suspects he’s still sleeping there.
…Which in turn reminded me of Joseph’s scent on Ebenezer’s pillow, another favorite moment. I’m way into scents – which is probably why I could never switch to eBooks. (If I can’t smell the book, it doesn’t really exist.) Back in college, a professor got me into the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, where they plopped down a huge binder full of Joseph’s writings right in front of me. I had to wear white gloves, the whole nine yards, and strained to keep from fondling the papers too much. But at one point, I leaned way in – pretending to squint at a scribble – and sniffed deeply, trying to get some Eaux de Warren up my nose.
So yeah, pillow scents. I’m there.
At the Massachusetts Historical Society I was able to touch his medical ledger sans gloves. And touched his signature with my own fingers.
…Sam & I were a little afraid of it though. Those things were covered in pus? blood? and god knows what else. He couldn’t eat lunch until he’d washed his hands, lol!!!!!!!
P.S. Your icon is Dreamer Canon now!
Don’t tell Hamilton. He’ll want to fondle it.
LOL!!!!!!!!!
I’m so excited to read the short story but I’m waiting to read it for my big train trip coming up. After all, a girl needs something extraordinary to read on the train (besides her diary).
Any chance the other short stories will be released in ePub? I’d love to put them on my Nook as such as well! Definitely willing to pay a couple bucks extra for the formatting, too. Or another combo pack?
Have an excellent time at the Exhibit. Wish I could see it!
Lara, we’re working on it right now. I LOVE the ePub version. Look for the other stories’ release soon!
THANK YOU!!! :) I was super stoked when I saw that this one was in ePub format, and now I can look forward to getting the others in that format, too! *squees with joy*
nooo what must Alan promise?! haha I must wait for the next update I guess :)
So, I’m pleased as punch about getting an update full of Warren menfolk on my birthday. Happy birthday to me! *Grabs Alan and Eben in a hug, pulls Lora in for good measure, wonders where the flip is…* (All I’m lacking, really, is the presence of John’s hair, Fred’s blushes, Nathan’s purty scar face, and a mud-covered Knowlton… but a girl can’t have everything…)
Though I am a pale substitute for Nathan Hale and Fredrick Knowlton….
You have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY from a fellow Dreamer fan-girl!
:) Enjoy your birthday!
Thank you! :)
“Promise me you’ll bring me home a snow globe. Man, I love those things….”
They are pretty awesome.
Okay…favorite chapters of the new story (in order from most favorite to just regular favorite) are Betsy, Ebenezer, and Mother Mary. :) Of course I loved them all, but those three gave me goosepimples. :)
I thought the previous page would be the last one in this issue? But I’m DYING to know what the “promise” is…..
“So to all of you who already bought and read the story, which chapter is YOUR favorite?”
Listened to the audio. This is a wholly different experience from Ms. Innes, who apparently is the princess of all media. My favorite is Mrs. Loring for the insights about why she came to despise Joseph Warren from her earlier crush on him in Dr. Lloyd’s household. I share Albone’s preference for the bad girls – in fiction if not in reality. Actors and actresses auditioning for the screen version of “The Dreamer” will have to listen to this MP3 carefully in order to get the back stories of their characters just right.
I was hoping you’d my interpretation of Bad Girl Mrs. Loring’s, after we had talked about her awhile back.
Thanks for the kind words. I have a monthly podcast show. Which has helped me refine my “Radio Voice.”
How have I not run across this comic before? The art is absolutely gorgeous.
Why thank you! I’m glad you found me. :)
Welcome to the Dreamer-verse of epicness and awesomesauce!!! *glomps* I’m Caera, the crazy one.
Awesomesauce is my favorite kind of sauce.
Welcome, PJ! I’m Brent, the insane one!
….or is that the silly one? Oh, heckwiddit! Just go with the captioner!
:)