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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 20, 2014 - 7:57pm

Hi, everyone.

I'm not new, but I'm not well-known, as I do more reading than typing here.

So, hi.

My name is Shannon Giglio, and I write books. Dark fiction, mostly.

http://shannongiglio.wordpress.com

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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated August 20, 2014 - 8:09pm

Welcome, how are things?

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Max from Texas is reading goosebumps August 21, 2014 - 12:11am

Shannon!!!

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Sarah DarknStor... from Melbourne, Australia is reading Mockingbird - Chuck Wendig and The Fire in Fiction - Donald Maass (plus about 3 or 4 other 'guilty pleasures.' August 21, 2014 - 12:38am

Hey Shannon.

Welcome!

Always love reading the darker stuff -  oh and writing it as well.

 

 

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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 21, 2014 - 4:13am

Hi, all! Thanks for the warm welcome!

Max, fancy meeting you here...

So, now what do I do here? Besides spam everyone with my book links, I mean? Is there a secret handshake or anything?

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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 21, 2014 - 4:28am

Oh, I know!

I'm running a contest on my blog called "A Picture is Worth 250 to a Thousand Words." Tell me a very short story and win a prize. You have until September 1st. (This should probably go in a different thread, right?

http://wp.me/p4JKnw-2G

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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated August 21, 2014 - 8:11am

Most of us go about 50% anything that could be useful and 50% pointless bickering.  

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Jack Campbell Jr. from Lawrence, KS is reading American Rust by Phillipp Meyer August 21, 2014 - 8:18am

50-50 might be being a bit generous. I am happy with 20 percent useful. I am always happy to see more dark fiction writers.

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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated August 21, 2014 - 8:29am

See how we bicker? Way less than half the posts here.

I'd say that 50/50 is a good guess if you consider class time and reading the articles that could matter.  You are just thinking of posting, which is how we bicker. Sometimes the bickering even has a point.  Rarely, but sometimes.

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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 21, 2014 - 10:15am

I've been reading articles, mostly. I'm not much of a bickerer. :-/

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L.W. Flouisa from Tennessee is reading More Murakami August 21, 2014 - 10:53am

I look forward to reading posts.^^

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justwords from suburb of Birmingham, AL is reading The Tomb, F. Paul Wilson; A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby August 21, 2014 - 9:56pm

Hey girl! Welcome.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin August 22, 2014 - 8:51am

Welcome to LitReactor :)

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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 22, 2014 - 11:31am

Thanks! Cheers!

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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 22, 2014 - 3:20pm

I have one friend. Yay!

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justwords from suburb of Birmingham, AL is reading The Tomb, F. Paul Wilson; A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby August 22, 2014 - 9:46pm

Alright! Collect 'em all!

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Skyler Nova from Ukraine is reading The Gun Seller August 24, 2014 - 11:52am

Hi, Shannon! Welcome to LitReactor.

I love the dark stuff, so you're doubly welcome. But it's just as cool if you were writing about fluffy pony rabbits who exude rainbows. 

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Shannon Giglio is reading THE PALE KING by David Foster Wallace August 24, 2014 - 4:34pm

Thanks, Skyler! I don't write about fluffy pony rabbits unless they're ripping people's throats out or shooting smack. :-D

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics August 25, 2014 - 11:53am

Ok, I'm officially now highly impressed. You had me at smack-shooting pony rabbits gnawing the throats of their enemies.

Welcome to the valley of the shadow of words!

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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated August 26, 2014 - 11:34am

That is just a rip off of last year's smack shooting rabbit ponies.