At 01:18 AM 11/19/2002 -0500, DB Sommer wrote:

Brian Randall wrote:

"That's a great idea!" Akane said. "We'll start off with how you two

met

and

go from there."

'Said' falls a little flat.

exclaimed?

Maybe you can rework this passage so no attribution is needed:

    Akane's face lit up. "That's a great idea!"

I think that works better than coming up with a substitute for "said" in
this case.
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