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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
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If I say "Yes!" will that make me look smart?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
Posts: 9,325
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How about a pair of glasses?
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113k on WIP! Someone tell me to shut up! Severe allergic reaction to the slightest traces of reality Kenneth Folta available on Smashwords |
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I'm not a man I'm a coast line
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ninth Circle
Posts: 4,246
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Why not just walk around wearing a mortarboard?
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
Posts: 9,325
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Better yet, the doctoral toque?
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113k on WIP! Someone tell me to shut up! Severe allergic reaction to the slightest traces of reality Kenneth Folta available on Smashwords |
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I'm not a man I'm a coast line
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ninth Circle
Posts: 4,246
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Are those recognized outside of Canada?
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I'm about to say something stupid
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Just to the left of normal - and no! I'm not a boy
Posts: 1,670
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Would they have a beaver on them? ... not that kind of beaver!
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Morning After Dark - Complete - 114k - Gag .. Barf - editing ... again ... still! Bully Killers Club - Trunked .. for now My Bad Karma - WIP - Entertaining my dark and evil side. No wonder it's flowing so well. |
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it's a start..
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: where I need to be..
Posts: 16,671
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Are you talking about the animal that is sometimes stuffed and mounted?
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There is not one big, cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person. ~ Anaïs Nin |
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,256
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What else would we talk about?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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I have a pet snake named Sparky :)
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Under the catapult in a bed of hay
Posts: 22,957
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Writing?
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"Modern Descent" (Watch this guy's life completely fall apart! - Novel): 9000 words "Caleb and Princess Nadine" (fairy tale) - in edits "Overturning Phoenix" Submissions: 3 out there, 1 rejection, 2 still waiting... |
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,256
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So you mean some writers actually write stuff?!
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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I have a pet snake named Sparky :)
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Under the catapult in a bed of hay
Posts: 22,957
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How would I know?
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"Modern Descent" (Watch this guy's life completely fall apart! - Novel): 9000 words "Caleb and Princess Nadine" (fairy tale) - in edits "Overturning Phoenix" Submissions: 3 out there, 1 rejection, 2 still waiting... |
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,256
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Through the power of reading, which I've heard some writers also do?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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I have a pet snake named Sparky :)
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Under the catapult in a bed of hay
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These writers you speak of are a real fun bunch eh?
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"Modern Descent" (Watch this guy's life completely fall apart! - Novel): 9000 words "Caleb and Princess Nadine" (fairy tale) - in edits "Overturning Phoenix" Submissions: 3 out there, 1 rejection, 2 still waiting... |
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,256
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With the power of the mind, they can visit ice castles, strange planets, and the queue at Starbucks, right?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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.. and the 'voices'
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec
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But can they visit a publisher?
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http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/ We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
Posts: 9,325
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Maybe in the hospital?
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113k on WIP! Someone tell me to shut up! Severe allergic reaction to the slightest traces of reality Kenneth Folta available on Smashwords |
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.. and the 'voices'
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec
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Wouldn't that be a bit cruel?
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http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/ We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
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Ah, cruelty, thy name is writer?
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113k on WIP! Someone tell me to shut up! Severe allergic reaction to the slightest traces of reality Kenneth Folta available on Smashwords |
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,256
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So it's alright for a writer to taunt small children?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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#12970 |
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queen of procrasti-nation
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Dirty Jersey
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How annoying are the children?
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I use antlers in all of my decorating. My, what a guy, that Gaston. |
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
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Doesn't that depend on who you ask?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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Honest, not Harsh
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: P-Town, OR
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Do you think people like us asking about their little children so often?
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
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Isn't that expected when the children are their parents' "pride and joy"?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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Riff-Raff
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 35,876
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And, as prison wardens, aren't we expected to ask after the inmates once in a while?
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Look at me! I'm a guitar!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: South Siiieeeddd! (Hint: Australia)
Posts: 28,256
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Especially when one just received a nail file in a birthday cake?
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Main WIPs The Enchanted City - need to write synopsis and query and submit. In other words, I've finished editing it. (Thank Goddess!) The Dead Of Winter - going to resume editing soon. The Anger That Drives Me To Heresy - need to start editing if I have time. I have a query here for The Enchanted City. (Password: vista) Any comments appreciated. ![]() |
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