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Hello? He hangs out with the Horror Hounds? Of course he's trying to kill you. How else can he reanimate your corpse and add you to his unholy army of undead?

Pfft. Perish the thought.



I'd much prefer Tiffers live and warm than cold and dead.

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Blatant Shilling for Votes

Attention Cantinaites!!!

You have all read and voted in the Western contest here, right?

AW Western Short Story Contest

And if not, why the heck not??? Great stories, 40 of them, and although yes, they are all Western, there were a lot of cross-genre entries. (One of which may or may not be mine. But I am not telling.)

Go.

Read.

Vote.

Now. You have until a minute before midnight on the 15th.

:guns:
 

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All I'm saying is, I work in even numbers.

(And I am in awe and slight hero-worship mode over your system. :Hail: )

Hehe. Believe me, this is an elaborate revision, even for me.

Pfft. Perish the thought.

I'd much prefer Tiffers live and warm than cold and dead.

:D

:D

Attention Cantinaites!!!

You have all read and voted in the Western contest here, right?

AW Western Short Story Contest

And if not, why the heck not??? Great stories, 40 of them, and although yes, they are all Western, there were a lot of cross-genre entries. (One of which may or may not be mine. But I am not telling.)

Go.

Read.

Vote.

Now. You have until a minute before midnight on the 15th.

:guns:

Ohhh I love westerns. I will definitely check this out!

Really?

That doesn't earn me at least a :e2brows: ?

Kind of disappointed in you lot.

Here you go: :e2brows:
 

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I have emerged from the editing cave victorious following two epic revising sessions this weekend.

But it's Monday and I'm in the office. This is far less exciting. So, um, anyone have good news to encourage gratuitous :banana: replies?

I have successfully cut 750 words from a 3700 word short that I originally thought was fine. This without removing any story. Hrmm. Have no idea how all that extra stuff got in there.

"There" only appears 3 times now. And two of them I actually want, the final, I'm still debating.

Can I have a banana, too?
I just got asked out by our interim city manager :eek:

Dude is 54 (granted, a silver fox 54), has a wife and young kids.

*shakes head at the sad state of the world*

Um, uncool.

I think just thinking about this revision has broken my brain. Also, I may have used all the colors in the scrivener labeling system plus a few I made to keep this organized. Since I'm having a hard time remember what some of them mean, I'm not entirely sure I'm succeeding. :(

And you haven't even seen my multi-colored text used to show which revision I added it during.

*laughs maniacally*
Whoah, dude, the COLORS , cooool.

Hello? He hangs out with the Horror Hounds? Of course he's trying to kill you. How else can he reanimate your corpse and add you to his unholy army of undead?

Heinous.
 

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Ohhh I love westerns. I will definitely check this out!

Start reading now. Seriously. Votes are due by 11:59 EST (wonder if that's EDT now?) on Thursday. There are forty entries - on two pages - and many of them were very good.

I had a short list of seven. Took me two days, and that was even after making immediate rejections of ones that screwed up their grammar or formatting. Otherwise I'd probably still be reading.


Here you go: :e2brows:

Thank you. ;)
 
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Started a new WIP (or more accurately a rewrite of a WIP I've stressed over since December) today and am currently 2,153 words into it. It opens with Vikings fighting Zulus.
 

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Sorry. In a lot of pain tonight. Takes all the fun out of :e2kissy:or :e2brows:or even :censored

*pumps painkillers in through the ventilation* I hope you feel better soon.

Started a new WIP (or more accurately a rewrite of a WIP I've stressed over since December) today and am currently 2,153 words into it. It opens with Vikings fighting Zulus.

This sounds awesome!
 

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:e2poke:Hey, you ok in there Zanzjan? Here, :e2flowers.
 

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Ok, fixed it. I think. Works for me now. Sorry
 

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Who's October?



ahem


I have to "interview" my character for a guest blog. I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. *pokes word doc*
 

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Damn new iPod, still working it out.

Last night I saw Starship Troopers and the Star Trek episode where they fight against Space Communist Mongols. It really leaves you thinking weird things.
 

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Who's October?



ahem


I have to "interview" my character for a guest blog. I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. *pokes word doc*


I dunno who October is, but I got my notebook. I really wanna learn how to upgrade. I'm takin me some notes.

Character interview:
What's your name?
How old are you?
Where you expecting XXX to turn on you?
 

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Someone is gonna slap me one of these days in the poetry section.
I keep messing with their poem games.

I don't do it deliberately. I just have a way of thinking that makes me eternally praise the gods that be that there is no real telepathy.
 

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I have successfully cut 750 words from a 3700 word short that I originally thought was fine. This without removing any story. Hrmm. Have no idea how all that extra stuff got in there.

"There" only appears 3 times now. And two of them I actually want, the final, I'm still debating.

Can I have a banana, too?

Absolutely! Double banana, even. :banana::banana:

Those big cuts hurt, don't they? But I bet your pacing is better now, right? (I have to fight not to get too tangential when my heroine gets her snark on. So, my big cuts always improve flow.)


Started a new WIP (or more accurately a rewrite of a WIP I've stressed over since December) today and am currently 2,153 words into it. It opens with Vikings fighting Zulus.

Vikings vs. Zulus FTW!

I have to "interview" my character for a guest blog. I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. *pokes word doc*

You're having to come up with the interview questions and character responses? Odd.
 

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I have to "interview" my character for a guest blog. I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. *pokes word doc*

Pick a position that you're sure will annoy the character. Anything works, just pick something you know they'll get huffy about and want to argue with you.

It will annoy your character and get them talking, from there it should flow nicely. Depending on the character of course.
 
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