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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 6, 2012 - 8:47pm

Gotta get this much talked about message from Dave. Gonna sign up tomorrow for the workshop and get started. I'm excited.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters March 6, 2012 - 8:48pm

Welcome!  Again, but this time officially.  Dave will be here soon I'm sure. 

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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel March 6, 2012 - 8:50pm

Welcome to the pit. Make yourself at home.

I'm the serious one.

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R.Moon from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's Digest March 6, 2012 - 8:54pm

Welcome... Enjoy.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human March 6, 2012 - 8:59pm

Welcome!

ʕ◉ᴥ◉ʔ

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 6, 2012 - 9:06pm

Dave!!!!!! Why hast thou forsaken me??? Thanks for the official welcome.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig March 6, 2012 - 9:16pm

I always try to relate to people based on the info they present in their intro post. This one is easy. I do not like Applebee's either. I don't understand the appeal of bland, mass produced food. Yuck.

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 6, 2012 - 9:27pm

And overly cheerful people, I am not a fan of happy people in general. I would say as a rule if you are happy, well adjusted and you feel the need to show it, I will not like you. That and excessive preachy buttons, or is that some other equally horrible restaurant?

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz March 6, 2012 - 9:31pm

Well hello there Stacy! Welcome and make yourself comfortable! I am so glad you found us! Boy, this is exciting! 

Utah will be here soon to tell you what Avery already told you.

Is your hair red? Cuz we, awww, nevermind. That is pretty looking picture. I mean the background.

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Nikki Guerlain from Portlandia March 6, 2012 - 9:39pm

Hello Stacy. My name is Nikki and I too wait for "The Dave". Welcome and enjoy Avery's jumblies during the interim.

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Nick Wilczynski from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin March 6, 2012 - 9:43pm

Howdy.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig March 6, 2012 - 9:55pm

I think the buttons are Fridays. But yes.

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Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break March 6, 2012 - 10:10pm

Renee loves 2 for $20. I know your games, woman.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz March 6, 2012 - 10:11pm

This should tide you over, Dave will be along any time now:

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Fritz March 6, 2012 - 10:19pm

HI!   Sorry....  Was that too happy?   Maybe without the !...  Hi...  still too much.  lower case then...  hi.   oh hell, just think of Ross Gellar (sp?) on a bad day.

I would post a cool u-tube video, but have no clue how to go about doing that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G53OR6YdFEU

That is as close as I know how to do it.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig March 6, 2012 - 10:48pm

Brandon--I am cheap and easy...so I'll grant you that.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly March 6, 2012 - 10:55pm

 

Welcome Stacy, we need more redheads around here.  Stick around, it'll be fun.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. March 6, 2012 - 11:17pm

WELCOME!!

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner March 7, 2012 - 3:06am

No one likes Applebees and rightly so. 

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SConley from Texas is reading Coin Locker Babies March 7, 2012 - 6:44am

They have cheap beer sometimes. But then there's the food...

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. March 7, 2012 - 6:58am

It's like Applebee's without a bar. Oh, wait, Applebees has a bar. So it's like an Applebees. 

                                                                                                           -Roger

Welcome. I love anybody who joins the workshop.

And kind of jealous who gets a poster from Dave. Okay, so really jealous. Bitch. 

Kidding. I love you. Marry me?

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner March 7, 2012 - 7:04am

You're such a romantic Dakota. That was beautiful.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly March 7, 2012 - 7:21am

Post that in the poetry thread

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry March 7, 2012 - 7:37am

@alien:  is that the picture of Renee's cleavage I've been hearing so much about?

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. March 7, 2012 - 8:15am

LOL'd. Theres a first for everything I suppose.

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Bill Tucker from Austin, Texas is reading Grimm's Fairy Tales (1st Edition) March 7, 2012 - 8:39am

Applebee's in 49 of our 50 states?  Stinks.  Applebee's in Utah where you are required to have food in front of you in order to drink?  Even worse.

Welcome!

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks March 7, 2012 - 10:40am

"Guys, Applebee's is not the best restaurant in Indianapolis. Shocking, I kn--"
"IT'S NOT?!"

Direct quote from my high school AP English class.

I won't lie, I'm a fan of Applebee's. It's cheap food and somewhere to go when you're drunk on a Thursday night. That's basically been my only experience with it.

Anyway, welcome! I spend most of my time at the workshop and likely won't see you around the forums, but I hope you get some writing done soon so I can obsess over it and review it!

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 7, 2012 - 3:04pm

Thanks everyone for the warm reception.  Just joined the workshop so if you feel like reading stop by my page. 

Oh and yes I'm a redhead - joking about the happy, you can fart rainbows as far as I'm concerned and I will probably like you and be really impressed by your skills.

 

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series March 7, 2012 - 3:12pm

My hair is also red. But no one here knows that, unless they're really keen on facebook stalking me. Red power!

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Nikki Guerlain from Portlandia March 7, 2012 - 3:25pm

I'm red too!!!

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks March 7, 2012 - 3:25pm

My hair is also red, which you can't tell from my year-and-a-half old photo. I think the best female writers go through a least one period in their lives in which their hair is red... my phase has lasted on and off for seven years and is still going strong.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry March 7, 2012 - 3:38pm

My hair is not red. 

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series March 7, 2012 - 3:41pm

Utah's also not a girl!!!

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 7, 2012 - 4:02pm

I went through a black haired and platinum blonde phase in high school. Being a redhead growing up wasn't such a good thing not such a bad thing now.

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 7, 2012 - 4:05pm

can't delete posts I post multiple times due to my impatience

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks March 7, 2012 - 4:50pm

Utah, you do not count. You must have lady-parts to be involved in the red-headed-female group. I apologize.

I've had red, purple, blond, brown, and black hair either together or at separate points in my life. I am not a natural red-head, but every woman in my family has a love affair with red hair, except for my blond aunt. We tend to want to stick out when we attend family gatherings; therefore, everyone stands out.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters March 7, 2012 - 6:16pm

I'm not a red head.  CanI still watch the meetings from the outside?

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks March 7, 2012 - 7:05pm

You can watch, but when the ritual sex ensues, no touching.

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Nighty Nite from NJ is reading Grimscribe: His Lives and Works March 7, 2012 - 7:07pm

I'm late to the party but I just wanted to echo the Applebees hate going on.

 

Chilis is superior.

 

Also welcome.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human March 7, 2012 - 7:29pm

Chili's is great. I love their burgers.

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Nikki Guerlain from Portlandia March 7, 2012 - 7:59pm

Yes Avery you can watch.

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks March 7, 2012 - 8:09pm

Chili's is fantastic. That's all the input I have.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters March 7, 2012 - 8:14pm

I don't like Chili's either.  Everything is really salty.

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War March 7, 2012 - 9:25pm

So sad my thread is about horrible theme/chain restaurants. I can actually hear the I want my baby back baby back rib jingle in my head - not a good thing!

Courtney was kind enough to break me in, hard and rough for those of you watching. ;-)

I took it like a good girl though .....

And she was kind enough to edit it highlighting major flaws that I hadn't seen. She is amazing and as painful as it was I know what I need to do now.

That's why I'm here - that and the kinky sex of course

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly March 7, 2012 - 10:58pm

Wait, there's something else here besides kinky sex, SONOFA...

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters March 8, 2012 - 5:53am

Did you post a story already?  Slipped by me with all the war excitement.  I'll check it out later!

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks March 8, 2012 - 1:38pm

Hey, I warned you I would bite if I thought you were into that kind of thing. Obviously you are... otherwise you wouldn't be here. Also, red-heads are feisty.

Can't emphasize that enough.

As for horrible chain restaurants, I'm currently dating a hipster in all ways, so I'm getting my fair share of culture. My dad got me a limo for prom last year and said, "Baby, you doing this ironically?" I said yes. He nodded and drove me and five friends. We smoked in the back and ashed into wine glasses, listening to Ke$ha the entire way.

Kevin (current boyfriend) didn't go with us; he was downtown eating at a Spanish restaurant. Can't believe the term slips my mind, I'm pretty fluent in Spanish; it's the meal they eat right after school. They put the plate on your glass and it's a small snack. We ate at McAlister's for lunch and drove a fucking limo. I'm trying hard to break out of my mom's cycle of tackiness.