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 DigestMarch 14, 2012 - 3:56pm
Aww... Our first lit affair. So sweet.
Dave
from a city near you is reading constantlyMarch 14, 2012 - 3:58pm
Not quite the first.
YOU KNOW TOO MUCH
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 DigestMarch 14, 2012 - 4:01pm
Ha! I've been here since day one. I know all
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8March 14, 2012 - 4:08pm
Yeah, me, meat, and danny have been Lit married forever.
Jason Van Horn
from North Carolina is reading A Feast For CrowsMarch 14, 2012 - 4:15pm
Dmn y Wckd! Hw m sppsd t wrt my stry nw! Y sshle
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 14, 2012 - 4:38pm
"I know all"
He just doesn't understand most of it.
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 DigestMarch 14, 2012 - 4:50pm
Somethings I just don't want to understand.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 14, 2012 - 5:08pm
About the contest: Richard has been quiet, which means he's on to something good probably. I wish he would come on and say "shit I can't think of anything to write. My novella has consumed me, and I just haven't done one thing for this contest." (I'm Joking of course!).
Shit, I can't think of anything to write. Or maybe I'm lying and it's all done. Would it make you feel better or worse if I told you my last battle story "On a Bent Nail Head" has already been accepted for publication?
wickedvoodoo
from Mansfield, England is reading stuff.March 14, 2012 - 5:08pm
Dmn y Wckd! Hw m sppsd t wrt my stry nw! Y sshle
Mua hah hah ha!!!!
You could always write in in Welsh. I dunno if you ever saw Welsh written down but it looks a lot like what you wrote there.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 14, 2012 - 5:08pm
"Yeah, me, meat, and danny have been Lit married forever. "
True. I think Laurance started it. Not to mention the time I dedicated a Rod Stewart song to Utah. Or the time Matt and Courtney did...whatever it was they were doing.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 14, 2012 - 5:10pm
@Richard - I gave you the prompt for On a Bent Nail Head, so I hope you dedicate it to me.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 14, 2012 - 7:24pm
of course. how would you like that to read?
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 14, 2012 - 7:31pm
Hm...
Wonderful IntelligentMasterfulOkay I guess
That's okay, you don't have to. :)
SConley
from Texas is reading Coin Locker BabiesMarch 14, 2012 - 7:40pm
Shouldn't you guys be writing...
Nick Wilczynski
from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinMarch 14, 2012 - 7:57pm
It's all part of the process.
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsMarch 14, 2012 - 8:05pm
First sentence = down. It's pretty fuckin good.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.March 15, 2012 - 6:38am
I'm going to look at my story again today. It was just so amazing that the words blinded me and I couldn't take them. It was like that plastic bag dancing from "American Beauty".
Fritz
March 15, 2012 - 8:48am
@alien. Love that. I got one.
'so, i tried to read my story last night, but had to stop. IT kept screaming at the imbued awesomeness and relentless amazement spewing from its pages. The kids couldnt sleep. So im buying some earplugs and giving it another go today. Fingers crossed
Profunda Saint-...
from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy SeriesMarch 15, 2012 - 9:25am
I read my story yesterday and it was so incredibly fantasmagorical that I had to be rushed to the ER from an overdose of wang-a-lang-a-ding-dong (that's latin for "that which is so good no one word could describe it"). Yup. I'm getting ALL those fuckin' mugs. I'mma open a tea house. Bitches!
Also, my dearly beloved internet relationship boys, stop hogging all the sheets, I'm chilly at night and you guys only cuddle each other anymore. What have I done to displease you?
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 15, 2012 - 9:25am
good luck Fritz!
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 9:28am
"I'mma open a tea house. Bitches!"
One of the best lines I've heard recently. Good one.
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 DigestMarch 15, 2012 - 9:32am
Mine's finished. Time to revise, edit and add.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 9:36am
I might be done. Like...done done. I had a mental break down earlier - not pretty. But after I scooped up the remnants of my brain, I came to terms with what I had.
I'll throw up a lot more before I submit it though.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 15, 2012 - 9:59am
you guys are total badasses.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 10:02am
I just showed it to a friend. She said it was "egregious".
That isn't what I was going for.
O_0
Moderator
Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 15, 2012 - 10:38am
Maybe better than "egalitarian".
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 10:43am
I don't know. It might make "equal" sense.
manda lynn
from Ohio is reading Of Love and Other Demons (again)March 15, 2012 - 11:08am
maybe she just wanted to use the word egregious.
Covewriter
from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & SonsMarch 15, 2012 - 11:42am
"Would it make you feel better or worse if I told you my last battle story "On a Bent Nail Head" has already been accepted for publication?
Richard congratz on publication of On a Bent Nail Head. Makes me feel better in some strange way.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 15, 2012 - 12:55pm
Utah, I have some bad news for you. Regardless if I win or not, you are advancing. By the beginning of April I will be in some part of Europe. Where I have no clue. I will be flying into Dublin and spending 25 days running around trying not to get arrested.
Unless you want to pull up a alternate to take my place. I'm good either way. I know they won't have the amount of time they would like, but they would have a chance.
Let me know.
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 DigestMarch 15, 2012 - 12:59pm
Hate to see ya go Joe... You'll be missed, bud.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 15, 2012 - 1:03pm
I finally have the money and I no longer have the military holding me back. That and school starts for me at the end of May.
Not gonna lie. I'm really excited. Anyone else want to go?
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 1:05pm
Utah, I have some bad news for you. I'm never gonna give you up.
But seriously, Joe, that is sad for us, but sounds exciting for you!! Unless I'm misreading that.
Grigori Black
from US is reading Radium Girls by Amanda GowinMarch 15, 2012 - 1:06pm
@joseph
If you wind up in the Netherlands, specifically Maastricht let me know. We can hit a bar. Belgian, Dutch, and German beers flow like... well... beer.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 15, 2012 - 1:47pm
Nope, you're on point. I'll miss your snarkyness.
Grigori I will do that. Stand by for a holyshit drunken night sometime in April.
Jason Van Horn
from North Carolina is reading A Feast For CrowsMarch 15, 2012 - 1:47pm
I just finished my first draft. Yay!
I'm about 400 some odds words over the 2500 count. Boo!
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 15, 2012 - 1:49pm
And now for a last-minute panic story. My birthday is tomorrow, St. Patty's day is Saturday and there is no way in hell I will be up anywhere before 4pm Sunday.
*Jumps around and slaps self in the face* I can do this.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 1:54pm
I think I reached the final stage with my story: Acceptance.
Go with God little story.
Moderator
Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 15, 2012 - 2:35pm
I have faith in you, Diaz. You can do this. Kick it right in the nuts.
Covewriter
from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & SonsMarch 15, 2012 - 3:29pm
I think I'm done. Can we send them in early? Do we get points for earlyness? I'm ready to be done with it.
Covewriter
from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & SonsMarch 15, 2012 - 3:29pm
I think I'm done. Can we send them in early? Do we get points for earlyness? I'm ready to be done with it.
Nick Wilczynski
from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinMarch 15, 2012 - 3:33pm
You don't get points for being early (the voters will never know, well, they might be able to tell, but if they do it probably won't help). You can email utah your story whenever you want. But you can't resend after the first one.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 15, 2012 - 4:02pm
@Richard: You bastard. Good job man.
What is all this early talk? Good goin' Covey. I would submit mine early, but it would look like the end of writing, like Rauschenberg's the end of painting:
Diaz, if it is any consolation, I am nowhere and probably won't be until sometime Saturday-Sunday morning depending on when I break bad.
I am just about ready to start drinking heavily.
Okay, so this is last call for one-month Workshop memberships. Other than the aforementioned, please PM me so I can get those activated. For the sake of longevity, I will probably try to shoot for activation as close to the polling as possible.
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 DigestMarch 15, 2012 - 4:07pm
Did we ever find out who sent their story in already? I'd still love to know.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 4:32pm
It's like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Toostie Roll Pop. The world may never know.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 15, 2012 - 4:33pm
Whomever it was, I am confident that they sent in an egregious story.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 4:34pm
Oh no, that cannot be, for it was not I who sent it.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 15, 2012 - 4:35pm
Well, the dichotomous term could apply to just about any story my dear.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 15, 2012 - 4:37pm
Shush.
(notice I didn't say shut up)
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 15, 2012 - 4:50pm
Aww... Our first lit affair. So sweet.
Not quite the first.
YOU KNOW TOO MUCH
Ha! I've been here since day one. I know all
Yeah, me, meat, and danny have been Lit married forever.
Dmn y Wckd! Hw m sppsd t wrt my stry nw! Y sshle
"I know all"
He just doesn't understand most of it.
Somethings I just don't want to understand.
Shit, I can't think of anything to write. Or maybe I'm lying and it's all done. Would it make you feel better or worse if I told you my last battle story "On a Bent Nail Head" has already been accepted for publication?
Mua hah hah ha!!!!
You could always write in in Welsh. I dunno if you ever saw Welsh written down but it looks a lot like what you wrote there.
"Yeah, me, meat, and danny have been Lit married forever. "
True. I think Laurance started it. Not to mention the time I dedicated a Rod Stewart song to Utah. Or the time Matt and Courtney did...whatever it was they were doing.
@Richard - I gave you the prompt for On a Bent Nail Head, so I hope you dedicate it to me.
of course. how would you like that to read?
Hm...
WonderfulIntelligentMasterfulOkay I guessThat's okay, you don't have to. :)
Shouldn't you guys be writing...
It's all part of the process.
First sentence = down. It's pretty fuckin good.
I'm going to look at my story again today. It was just so amazing that the words blinded me and I couldn't take them. It was like that plastic bag dancing from "American Beauty".
@alien. Love that. I got one.
'so, i tried to read my story last night, but had to stop. IT kept screaming at the imbued awesomeness and relentless amazement spewing from its pages. The kids couldnt sleep. So im buying some earplugs and giving it another go today. Fingers crossed
I read my story yesterday and it was so incredibly fantasmagorical that I had to be rushed to the ER from an overdose of wang-a-lang-a-ding-dong (that's latin for "that which is so good no one word could describe it"). Yup. I'm getting ALL those fuckin' mugs. I'mma open a tea house. Bitches!
Also, my dearly beloved internet relationship boys, stop hogging all the sheets, I'm chilly at night and you guys only cuddle each other anymore. What have I done to displease you?
good luck Fritz!
"I'mma open a tea house. Bitches!"
One of the best lines I've heard recently. Good one.
Mine's finished. Time to revise, edit and add.
I might be done. Like...done done. I had a mental break down earlier - not pretty. But after I scooped up the remnants of my brain, I came to terms with what I had.
I'll throw up a lot more before I submit it though.
you guys are total badasses.
I just showed it to a friend. She said it was "egregious".
That isn't what I was going for.
O_0
Maybe better than "egalitarian".
I don't know. It might make "equal" sense.
maybe she just wanted to use the word egregious.
Utah, I have some bad news for you. Regardless if I win or not, you are advancing. By the beginning of April I will be in some part of Europe. Where I have no clue. I will be flying into Dublin and spending 25 days running around trying not to get arrested.
Unless you want to pull up a alternate to take my place. I'm good either way. I know they won't have the amount of time they would like, but they would have a chance.
Let me know.
Hate to see ya go Joe... You'll be missed, bud.
I finally have the money and I no longer have the military holding me back. That and school starts for me at the end of May.
Not gonna lie. I'm really excited. Anyone else want to go?
Utah, I have some bad news for you. I'm never gonna give you up.
But seriously, Joe, that is sad for us, but sounds exciting for you!! Unless I'm misreading that.
@joseph
If you wind up in the Netherlands, specifically Maastricht let me know. We can hit a bar. Belgian, Dutch, and German beers flow like... well... beer.
Nope, you're on point. I'll miss your snarkyness.
Grigori I will do that. Stand by for a holyshit drunken night sometime in April.
I just finished my first draft. Yay!
I'm about 400 some odds words over the 2500 count. Boo!
And now for a last-minute panic story. My birthday is tomorrow, St. Patty's day is Saturday and there is no way in hell I will be up anywhere before 4pm Sunday.
*Jumps around and slaps self in the face* I can do this.
I think I reached the final stage with my story: Acceptance.
Go with God little story.
I have faith in you, Diaz. You can do this. Kick it right in the nuts.
I think I'm done. Can we send them in early? Do we get points for earlyness? I'm ready to be done with it.
I think I'm done. Can we send them in early? Do we get points for earlyness? I'm ready to be done with it.
You don't get points for being early (the voters will never know, well, they might be able to tell, but if they do it probably won't help). You can email utah your story whenever you want. But you can't resend after the first one.
@Richard: You bastard. Good job man.
What is all this early talk? Good goin' Covey. I would submit mine early, but it would look like the end of writing, like Rauschenberg's the end of painting:
Diaz, if it is any consolation, I am nowhere and probably won't be until sometime Saturday-Sunday morning depending on when I break bad.
I am just about ready to start drinking heavily.
Okay, so this is last call for one-month Workshop memberships. Other than the aforementioned, please PM me so I can get those activated. For the sake of longevity, I will probably try to shoot for activation as close to the polling as possible.
Did we ever find out who sent their story in already? I'd still love to know.
It's like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Toostie Roll Pop. The world may never know.
Whomever it was, I am confident that they sent in an egregious story.
Oh no, that cannot be, for it was not I who sent it.
Well, the dichotomous term could apply to just about any story my dear.
Shush.
(notice I didn't say shut up)
I like it. With the accent and all.