Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 1, 2012 - 6:09pm
Good to know. I want to be placed up against who every body believes to be the front runner first. I either want to go in strong or get knocked out soon. No pussy footing around here. This is WAR!
That is if I can make that call. I think I can, I'm #1 on the list.
David Shepherd
from shepherdsville, KY is reading Idoru by William GibbsonMarch 1, 2012 - 6:38pm
My strategy will be a nude photo to go along with the story. Feeling confident.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 1, 2012 - 11:06pm
My strategy will be to have Wordgasms all over the place.
-Kilgore Trout was here.
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8March 1, 2012 - 11:08pm
I'm just going to upload blank documents and tell people it is whatever masterpiece they want.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.March 1, 2012 - 11:28pm
Hey, I wrote a story called Wordgasm.
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8March 1, 2012 - 11:31pm
I wrote you into my memoir as my greatest orgasm.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 2, 2012 - 5:52am
David - so weird - my strategy is also naked pictures. I just have to get my neighbor to agree to pose for me. You'll like him, he's 90.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 6:16am
<---- is suddenly glad that bias issues prohibit him from judging the tournament.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 7:51am
I'm getting excited! In about one week, ten hours, the first set of prompts will drop and WAR will begin.
We still need 5 or 6 tournament contestants. I'd also like to have maybe 5 people on a list of Alternates for those times when someone backs out of the tournament for one reason or another.
We're almost there. I'm going to devote some time this weekend to finding a good way to post the tournament bracket online so everybody can see it (If anybody knows a good hosting site please let me know. It would beat my crayon drawing .pdfs).
Profunda Saint-...
from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy SeriesMarch 2, 2012 - 8:27am
You could just ask Dave to make the scores into memes every day.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 2, 2012 - 9:04am
@Danny: Wordgasm, Kilgore Trout.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 9:45am
voodoo_em has just joined us on the Battle Roster! This brings our man:woman ratio (if I've counted correctly, somebody feel free to double-check) to 20:7. How's that make you feel, ladies? Have any friends you haven't gotten around to contacting about getting involved in the tournament? Might be a good idea to start sending those emails!
wickedvoodoo
from Mansfield, England is reading stuff.March 2, 2012 - 9:47am
Utah persuaded me. It's war folks. Grease the guns.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 10:07am
Aaaaaaw, sheeeeeit!
And in honor of our two latest entrants:
Love the intro for this intro. Just feels ominous.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffMarch 2, 2012 - 10:36am
I've seen worse sausage parties
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 2, 2012 - 10:39am
20:7?
I think the men should be worried.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 2, 2012 - 11:01am
is nikki in? if not we should invite her. also, i don't see bryan howie on the list. anybody else missing?
David Shepherd
from shepherdsville, KY is reading Idoru by William GibbsonMarch 2, 2012 - 11:03am
Avery- I'm holding you to it, I want to see some liver spots!!!
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 11:41am
@Richard: I'm not familiar with Nikki, but she's welcome. If you link me to her I'll invite, or you can talk her into it and I'll add her.
Bryan Howie is currently in negotiations.
And there are some other people missing, like cowboywerewolf and razorsharp, et al., but I haven't seen them around lately.
.
March 2, 2012 - 11:44am
I asked Brandon but he's busy with his book. I'm sure Nik is probably busy too.
Where's the lurkers at to fill the slots?
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchMarch 2, 2012 - 12:49pm
I'm in! Be afraid... be very afraid!
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 2, 2012 - 1:10pm
^awesome^
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 1:11pm
Two more slots open on the Battle Roster, and the men:women ratio is beginning to swing toward the ladies! We have 9 or 10 now, and that's way cool. And to the ladies:
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 1:14pm
I feel as if I should say that I would have put a powerful femino-centric heavy metal song up there instead of Madonna, but I don't know any. So ladies, how about you post your inspirational warfare songs instead of relying on my admittedly poor motivational selection.
David Shepherd
from shepherdsville, KY is reading Idoru by William GibbsonMarch 2, 2012 - 1:17pm
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 2:33pm
Wow, how exciting, right? Anyhow, from what I understand, every other Friday starting March 9, 2012 I will be given one week to write a story based on a prompt. At least, until I get bumped off. Is that right?
Did I mention how exciting this is?
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 2, 2012 - 2:37pm
Only two spots left. Holy Cow. This is going to happen. I feel like I'm about to lose my virginity.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 2:48pm
@Nikki: I'm glad you're excited, because I'm about to pee my pants. Part of me can't wait for a week from now, and another part of me is glad it's a week from now because there's still quite a bit of work to do to get it organized.
Your understanding of the scheduling is correct.
@Diaz: No joke, dude! I saw that gap closing up earlier today and got really psyched.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 2, 2012 - 2:57pm
I'm geared up and ready for WAR! Bring it bitches!
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterMarch 2, 2012 - 3:18pm
@Utah - Is this rockin' enough? Peaches? She assaults with her sexuality.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 3:22pm
@Beka: Jesus Christ, that woman terrifies me! Holy shit.
Dave
from a city near you is reading constantlyMarch 2, 2012 - 3:24pm
<---Has a man crush on JD
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 3:26pm
@Diaz: do you have Vaseline on your upper lip in that pic?
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 3:29pm
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 2, 2012 - 3:30pm
Nope, we like to call that sweat.
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 2, 2012 - 3:44pm
Jesus, I'm bringing Open Office to War. Joesph's bringin' a friggin' high powered weapon...
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 2, 2012 - 3:51pm
hey nikki, glad to see you over here. i was just saying how you needed to be in on this.
do we have any sort of official prizes or awards or schwag for this thing? has LR management said anything? or is this just for bragging rights? it would be kind of cool to have everybody send one cheap paperback that they loved to the winner (or finalists) or something. i don't know. heck, i don't know if i can even get past LK. all anybody talks about in the LA anthology is how great Nikki is, so, maybe i'm one and done.
but it'll be fun, whatever happens.
i can't wait to see the seeding.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 3:55pm
@Richard: Right now we're fighting for bragging rights. Management hasn't said anything except Kirk said he was excited to see it happening.
Now, as I think I've said earlier in the thread, I definitely encourage side bets, and if you guys think it would be good to do a deal where everybody sends the winner a paperback on your honor, that'd really be awesome. But (Un)Officially, right now we have no tangible prize.
Except for not getting punched in the mouth. If you win, you don't get punched in the mouth. If you don't win, you also don't get punched in the mouth, but that doesn't sound as cool.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 4:01pm
@Richard ... geez, no pressure or anything. Well, everybody loves you Richard. I've got bonefide haters. ;-p
i'd be up for kicking in something for the finalists. i'd be happy to compile care packages for like the top 4.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.March 2, 2012 - 4:03pm
<----------------has a huge boner for JD's pic.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 4:11pm
@Nikki: As far as it goes, I think I could go in for that as well.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 4:23pm
@utah. cool, i'm going to start compiling them now. nothing too obscene. however, when i was at the cult i did have another writer send me a care package containing a fleshlight, you know, one of those portable vaginas that looks like a flashlight. i still have it. it really means a lot to me. i tear up just thinking about it. anyhoo ...
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffMarch 2, 2012 - 4:53pm
Good job Bek and Nikki. More vulval war dance
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 2, 2012 - 5:41pm
lol...nikki, you'll do great, i hope i don't meet up with you early on. can i say see you in the finals or does that sound too pretentious? i'm cool if we don't give out anything, and i'm cool contributing some sort of book, be it crappy old paperback or something else.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 5:56pm
@richard- see you in the finals and people better bring the game because I'm putting together mad prize packages with cool music, toys, candy etc ... Already started getting a hold of people for this. Plus, I mean hey, who doesn't want to brag that they won a cool Nikki Swag Pack?
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 5:58pm
And geez can someone just make this official already? We don't want yo money Foos just an official stamp!
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 6:23pm
@utah is amanda gowin in on this she's an excellent writer and would be great in this mix.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 2, 2012 - 6:38pm
@utah Please put Amanda Gowin down for number 32. She is creating an acct as I type. She was part if the old cult with me and will bring more punch to this craziness that's about to ensue.
manda lynn
from Ohio is reading Of Love and Other Demons (again)March 2, 2012 - 6:39pm
i'm in i'm in I'm IN!!
manda lynn
from Ohio is reading Of Love and Other Demons (again)March 2, 2012 - 6:40pm
yeah that's me up there nikki's talking about. i'll play, just don't hit me in the face!
Good to know. I want to be placed up against who every body believes to be the front runner first. I either want to go in strong or get knocked out soon. No pussy footing around here. This is WAR!
That is if I can make that call. I think I can, I'm #1 on the list.
My strategy will be a nude photo to go along with the story. Feeling confident.
My strategy will be to have Wordgasms all over the place.
-Kilgore Trout was here.
I'm just going to upload blank documents and tell people it is whatever masterpiece they want.
Hey, I wrote a story called Wordgasm.
I wrote you into my memoir as my greatest orgasm.
David - so weird - my strategy is also naked pictures. I just have to get my neighbor to agree to pose for me. You'll like him, he's 90.
<---- is suddenly glad that bias issues prohibit him from judging the tournament.
I'm getting excited! In about one week, ten hours, the first set of prompts will drop and WAR will begin.
We still need 5 or 6 tournament contestants. I'd also like to have maybe 5 people on a list of Alternates for those times when someone backs out of the tournament for one reason or another.
We're almost there. I'm going to devote some time this weekend to finding a good way to post the tournament bracket online so everybody can see it (If anybody knows a good hosting site please let me know. It would beat my crayon drawing .pdfs).
You could just ask Dave to make the scores into memes every day.
@Danny: Wordgasm, Kilgore Trout.
voodoo_em has just joined us on the Battle Roster! This brings our man:woman ratio (if I've counted correctly, somebody feel free to double-check) to 20:7. How's that make you feel, ladies? Have any friends you haven't gotten around to contacting about getting involved in the tournament? Might be a good idea to start sending those emails!
Utah persuaded me. It's war folks. Grease the guns.
Aaaaaaw, sheeeeeit!
And in honor of our two latest entrants:
Love the intro for this intro. Just feels ominous.
I've seen worse sausage parties
20:7?
I think the men should be worried.
is nikki in? if not we should invite her. also, i don't see bryan howie on the list. anybody else missing?
Avery- I'm holding you to it, I want to see some liver spots!!!
@Richard: I'm not familiar with Nikki, but she's welcome. If you link me to her I'll invite, or you can talk her into it and I'll add her.
Bryan Howie is currently in negotiations.
And there are some other people missing, like cowboywerewolf and razorsharp, et al., but I haven't seen them around lately.
I asked Brandon but he's busy with his book. I'm sure Nik is probably busy too.
Where's the lurkers at to fill the slots?
I'm in! Be afraid... be very afraid!
^awesome^
Two more slots open on the Battle Roster, and the men:women ratio is beginning to swing toward the ladies! We have 9 or 10 now, and that's way cool. And to the ladies:
I feel as if I should say that I would have put a powerful femino-centric heavy metal song up there instead of Madonna, but I don't know any. So ladies, how about you post your inspirational warfare songs instead of relying on my admittedly poor motivational selection.
this is my response to the women
http://youtu.be/V9AbeALNVkk
Wow, how exciting, right? Anyhow, from what I understand, every other Friday starting March 9, 2012 I will be given one week to write a story based on a prompt. At least, until I get bumped off. Is that right?
Did I mention how exciting this is?
Only two spots left. Holy Cow. This is going to happen. I feel like I'm about to lose my virginity.
@Nikki: I'm glad you're excited, because I'm about to pee my pants. Part of me can't wait for a week from now, and another part of me is glad it's a week from now because there's still quite a bit of work to do to get it organized.
Your understanding of the scheduling is correct.
@Diaz: No joke, dude! I saw that gap closing up earlier today and got really psyched.
I'm geared up and ready for WAR! Bring it bitches!
@Utah - Is this rockin' enough? Peaches? She assaults with her sexuality.
@Beka: Jesus Christ, that woman terrifies me! Holy shit.
<---Has a man crush on JD
@Diaz: do you have Vaseline on your upper lip in that pic?
this is my bring it on song. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZBYSgEnFjM&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLD4317A83BED869ED
Nope, we like to call that sweat.
Jesus, I'm bringing Open Office to War. Joesph's bringin' a friggin' high powered weapon...
hey nikki, glad to see you over here. i was just saying how you needed to be in on this.
do we have any sort of official prizes or awards or schwag for this thing? has LR management said anything? or is this just for bragging rights? it would be kind of cool to have everybody send one cheap paperback that they loved to the winner (or finalists) or something. i don't know. heck, i don't know if i can even get past LK. all anybody talks about in the LA anthology is how great Nikki is, so, maybe i'm one and done.
but it'll be fun, whatever happens.
i can't wait to see the seeding.
@Richard: Right now we're fighting for bragging rights. Management hasn't said anything except Kirk said he was excited to see it happening.
Now, as I think I've said earlier in the thread, I definitely encourage side bets, and if you guys think it would be good to do a deal where everybody sends the winner a paperback on your honor, that'd really be awesome. But (Un)Officially, right now we have no tangible prize.
Except for not getting punched in the mouth. If you win, you don't get punched in the mouth. If you don't win, you also don't get punched in the mouth, but that doesn't sound as cool.
@Richard ... geez, no pressure or anything. Well, everybody loves you Richard. I've got bonefide haters. ;-p
i'd be up for kicking in something for the finalists. i'd be happy to compile care packages for like the top 4.
<----------------has a huge boner for JD's pic.
@Nikki: As far as it goes, I think I could go in for that as well.
@utah. cool, i'm going to start compiling them now. nothing too obscene. however, when i was at the cult i did have another writer send me a care package containing a fleshlight, you know, one of those portable vaginas that looks like a flashlight. i still have it. it really means a lot to me. i tear up just thinking about it. anyhoo ...
Good job Bek and Nikki. More vulval war dance
lol...nikki, you'll do great, i hope i don't meet up with you early on. can i say see you in the finals or does that sound too pretentious? i'm cool if we don't give out anything, and i'm cool contributing some sort of book, be it crappy old paperback or something else.
@richard- see you in the finals and people better bring the game because I'm putting together mad prize packages with cool music, toys, candy etc ... Already started getting a hold of people for this. Plus, I mean hey, who doesn't want to brag that they won a cool Nikki Swag Pack?
And geez can someone just make this official already? We don't want yo money Foos just an official stamp!
@utah is amanda gowin in on this she's an excellent writer and would be great in this mix.
@utah Please put Amanda Gowin down for number 32. She is creating an acct as I type. She was part if the old cult with me and will bring more punch to this craziness that's about to ensue.
i'm in i'm in I'm IN!!
yeah that's me up there nikki's talking about. i'll play, just don't hit me in the face!