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Jeremy Bustin from Virginia is reading The Passage by Justin Cronin April 21, 2012 - 7:43am

My name is Jeremy Bustin, and I am a young writer...okay I don't know how much longer I can say that--I'm 30 years old now. 

By day I'm a Public Relations Representative for the largest shipbuilder in the world--Newport News Shipbuilding. I spend time in my office writing speeches for executives and the president at the shipyard, as well as employee publications and copy for advertisements.

Having just completed my master's degree at GWU, I am ready to embark on the novel I have had in my head for five years. It's a psychological thrill-ride with a bit of dramatic-irony. The novel uses color as a literary device--the psychological moods associated with different colors.

I found this site through Chuck Palahniuk's page, and am excited to be here.

It has been a while since I actively participated on forums, so please forgive anything that contravenes any conventions or rules set on this forum.

Another avocation of mine is acting. I'm currently rehearsing for two musicals--1776 and Follies

My favorite writing tool is Scrivener, and I could never go back to using Word or Pages.

 

 

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner April 21, 2012 - 7:49am

Welcome ! Dave, or Davery or Averydoll should be along. No can say for sure, but you'll get a neat meme! 

 

In the meantime, read this. LINK

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Jeremy Bustin from Virginia is reading The Passage by Justin Cronin April 21, 2012 - 8:54am

Matt,

 

Thanks for the warm welcome.  I see you are in Richmond. I live near Williamsburg, but have many friends in Richmond. I'm up there a few times a week.

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Dave from Texas is reading constantly April 21, 2012 - 9:49am

Hello. I represent Davery as the (Un)Official LitReactor Welcome Committee. Her memes are my memes. So here's our welcome meme

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Typewriter Demigod from London is reading "White Noise" by DeLilo, "Moby-Dick" by Hermann Mellivile and "Uylsses" by Joyce April 21, 2012 - 9:56am

Hi, I for one am not Jeremy Bustin. I'm one of the resident "kids" here. Swing by if you wanna reminisce about your high school years or something like that.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner April 21, 2012 - 11:28am

Jeremy, yeah, well, it's Henrico, and I am not official there until the end of next month, but if you're around, hit me up, we'll grab a beer, talk writing ect ect 

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ReneeAPickup from Joshua Tree, CA is reading The Sound of Lonliness April 21, 2012 - 11:37am

My cousin used to work at Newport News. I'm a bad family member, because I can't remember if he still does. 

Anyway, welcome!

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ReneeAPickup from Joshua Tree, CA is reading The Sound of Lonliness April 21, 2012 - 11:37am

My cousin used to work at Newport News. I'm a bad family member, because I can't remember if he still does. 

Anyway, welcome!

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. April 21, 2012 - 12:02pm

Hi Jeremy.  You have much to learn from us, we are all amazing writers with incredible talent lol

Seriously though, I am.

 

Welcome, back massages for all new members at my place.

BYOO. (Bring your own oils)

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. April 21, 2012 - 3:18pm

Welcome.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human April 21, 2012 - 3:21pm

Salutations fellow traveler.

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Jeremy Bustin from Virginia is reading The Passage by Justin Cronin April 22, 2012 - 7:49am

Thank you everyone for the warm greetings! I'm excited to be here. I love to read the work of other people, and I love to provide critical feedback. 

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. April 22, 2012 - 3:07pm

Feel free to share nude photos!  Email them to dangrn77@hotmail.com and we will hook you up with hot chicks!

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. April 22, 2012 - 3:45pm

By 'hot chicks' do you mean a invite to a bear cave? Because that sounds like you.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner April 22, 2012 - 3:49pm

I think he means Uncle Danny's touchy room. 

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. April 22, 2012 - 4:35pm

Shhhhh!  I mean bodacious babes with big bazoongas!

 

 

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DorianxGrey from Transexual, Transylvania is reading A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin April 22, 2012 - 5:18pm

Welcome, fellow writer/actor! I love how lots of people do both.

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. April 22, 2012 - 11:43pm

Oh that's a bear cave for sure.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. April 22, 2012 - 11:45pm

Do you mean man cave?

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. April 23, 2012 - 12:12am

I meant bear cave.

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Jeremy Bustin from Virginia is reading The Passage by Justin Cronin April 28, 2012 - 6:17pm

I like bears!

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Batflower from Stillwater, Oklahoma is reading A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin April 28, 2012 - 8:10pm

Welcome, Jeremy! Newport News always makes me think of the Looney Tunes special where Bugs Bunny is stranded in Transylvania and stays at the vampire's castle. Probably because I've only ever heard of Newport News in that episode and I've seen it at least a dozen times.

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Dean Blake from Australia is reading generationend.com April 29, 2012 - 10:53am

Good luck with your novel, Jeremy!

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. April 30, 2012 - 5:19am

Hey Jeremy, grrrrr!

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Chris Davis from Indiana is reading A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews April 30, 2012 - 10:05am

I can't do it while at work since youtube is blocked, but someone needs to post the video for the Bear Force One medley stat.

And welcome Jeremy, the quality of the feedback you get here is amazing and I'm sure will be helpful. look forward to reading some of your work.

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Clutch from Detroit Metro Area now living in Charlotte, NC is reading "The Spooky Art" by Norman Mailer April 30, 2012 - 10:40am

Hi Jeremy. Welcome.

And thanks for turning me on to Scrivener. I'd never heard of it before and just now looked it up. Wow, that software looks helpful. I've paper notes all over the place. And different Word documents for my outlines and notes and such.

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Jose F. Diaz from East Coast is reading short novels by various authors that change so much it isn't worth posting here. April 30, 2012 - 5:51pm

Welcome to the pit.

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Bobby Detrick from Bakersfield CA is reading World War Z and The Hunger Games April 30, 2012 - 10:22pm

Hello, hello.

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Jeremy Bustin from Virginia is reading The Passage by Justin Cronin May 12, 2012 - 12:03am

Clutch,

Yes Scrivener is amazing. However, I still have my old school tools like a white dry erase board above my writing desk.

Thank you everyone for the many warm welcomes.

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RoaringJen from PDX is reading The Meryl Streep Movie Club by Mia March May 12, 2012 - 4:51am

Hey Jeremy, I was going to say "Welcome to the Lit" too, but I think you got here before me? Cool, I just turned 30. Wait...I have 38 more minutes before I actually turn 30.

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. May 12, 2012 - 5:24am

@Jermey - If it was old school it'd be chaulk.

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Clutch from Detroit Metro Area now living in Charlotte, NC is reading "The Spooky Art" by Norman Mailer May 15, 2012 - 4:07pm

Happy Birthday, Verbose Lobster.