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I'm going on a review spree today. If anyone would return the favor (preferably on my Thunderdome piece, but I won't say no to a last-minute review of mine and Bill's Team Slayer submission) I'd seriously appreciate it. Meredith came through and reviewed my Thunderdome, but I still need reviews.
Thanks!
Literally none of the stories will open on my work computer. It gives me some bullshit about choosing an "encoding" language and then won't let me open it. So... no reviews today.
I am trying to catch up on reviews today. Last week something or another (maybe the S&M story about Fifty Shades of Grey) set off the blocked site trigger, so I couldn't go to LitReactor at all on my work PC. Such total bullshit. I guess I'll have to go talk to the security guys on Monday.
Hi all,
I'm looking to get maybe two more reviews on my story Paper boats. It's less than 2500 words. It's a literary short story. I'm thinking I might try to publish it so reviews that would help it in that aspect would be great.
Thanks
Garrett, I reviewed your story. Whatever format it was in is readable by this piece-of-shit computer.
All the Angels
By: Dale
In: Noir, Novella 1 reviews
1 new
A hardboiled novella set in 1940s L.A., following a bent PI, working as a bagman for Mickey Cohen. He's approached by a German immigrant on the run who needs his help to hide from the Feds.
BEYOND THUNDERDOME: Batflower vs. Courtney: The Split (rough draft)
By: Batflower
In: Magical Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
3 new
Prompt: It arrived on the current. In a town that has become detached from reality, a strange ship comes down the river bearing an evil cargo. (2500 words)
17 Brief Conversations with Pretty Girls in a Coffee Shop - Last Section
By: Deets999
In: Literary, Short Story 1 reviews
1 new
17 non-linear funny, little conversations loosely connected through the voice of a male narrator who is constantly enthralled by the power of pretty girls. 7,200 words (the last 5 snipits).
Thoughtless
By: Matthew Huffer
In: Flash Fiction, Sci-fi 2 reviews
2 new
I wrote this when I saw a post on my facebook about a 250 word flash fiction contest. I forgot the piece was to be based on a particular topic and wrote this instead.
Prologue
By: jdudley
In: Fantasy, Novel Excerpt 2 reviews
2 new
Overlong prologue for a potential Fantasy/Adventure novel
BEYOND THUNDERDOME: Courtney v Batflower -- rough
By: Courtney
In: Literary, Short Story 2 reviews
2 new
Prompt: It arrived on the current. // A 2,519 word story about fate, based on the first time I enjoyed sex.
Hotrods and Zombies
By: cdregan
In: Sci-fi, Short Story 2 reviews
3 new
A sport for the post-apocalypse. 2300 words.
Team Slayer: Meredith & Rach V. Courtney & Bill- Rough
By: rach122
In: Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
3 new
2500 Words-"My Pretty Girl"-A woman finds herself in a familiar place and is overcome with memories.
Also, I may post part of a novel I'm working on. Danny and Pandrew have seen parts of it, along with someone else, but I still need to work up the courage. I'm 100 pages in, that's a lot of work for something that could turn out as "man this sucks, kill yourself"
It's a lot of work, yes, but if I've been following the threads correctly you were 60 pages in early last week. So if you find out you have some re-work to do, it probably won't involve more than a week with that kind of output. Don't sweat it.
Maybe when I finish. I am still iffy right now.
I suggest posting some of it before you finish. Hear me out, I'm being sincere. When you finish a WHOLE BOOK, and then try to go back and edit, it is MUCH HARDER (in my awesome opinion) than it is to edit as you go.
yeah, for all those who want a longer story, I polished the GGD opening.
review, plox
@Jessica . I get what you're saying. It just a weird book. It is basically a complete rewrite of something you reviewed before. I mean a TOTAL rewrite. The main character is even alone most of the time, which is strange to write, let alone with my style....Maybe I'll go through the first 5000 words and post.....not to mention the subject matter. It's like a post apocalyptic story set during the civil war. I have never once been nervous posting anything. Not once. But in this case I am and I am not sure why.
Fuck it, I'll post. Give me a little bit to edit.
"It's like a post apocalyptic story set during the civil war."
That made me laugh.
See! SEE!
That's it, I'm not posting it. I hatecherface.
It's just odd. Danny and Pandrew have gotten looks here and there. I don't know, I'll mull it over.
"That's it, I'm not posting it."
If that bothered you that much, I'd say the only thing to do is put on your big girl panties and stop being such a sissy.
LOL @ AD
I want some big girl panties!
Your exclamation point disappoints me.
I'm an excitable boy.
I've only got 3 reviews on "Nootropic Software Blues" so far. If you're looking for something strange to get you thinking about memory, pain, and the future, you might like it. Yes, I'm begging for critiques. Don't judge me.
I'm also begging. I posted "Lights" which was written by Rach and myself. We had fun writing this piece but are desperate for feedback. Please, please, please.
rage because no reviews.
What? I don't get to play too? I'm quite happy to
crush your hopes and dreamsread it over.I might rewrite, yet again. Maybe I should just give up on the idea or something. I don't know. Confused.
Senor Attack, do you like your novel?
"Maybe I should just give up on the idea or something. I don't know. Confused."
Or maybe....
you should put it in the workshop and let other people tell you to give up.
Bwhahahaha, hatecherface SO MUCH.
@Utah, yeah, I think I do, though I am not totally happy with it. I keep reminding myself of that Heminway quote "The first draft of anything is shit."
Alright, FINE! I'll post. Give me a little bit to get it ready. I'll post the first 5000 words or so.
"Alright, FINE! I'll post."
I won't read it.
You are such a little liar!
Let me give you the chain of events:
Me: You are such a little liar!
You: No, I won't. I am woman hear me roar.
Me: K, fine!
Later that day.....
I post.
You hold off for a few minutes, then read it. However, you don't comment on it, or give any reviews for the sake of keeping up appearances.
3 months later
You make an offhand comment about the story, I catch you! You blow it off "Yeah, I fucking read it"
6 months later
Danny catches the clap in the mens room of a Dennys outside Seattle.
The end.
Honestly, I haven't reviewed since...maybe since you started this thread. I hate being told to do something. But really, I know I'm being neglectful. I'll try to get back in the game later this week.
But it won't be with some 5000 word monster about a zombie civil war or whatever.
Swing and a miss.
Cthulu vs the Union army?
Cthulu verses the Evil Dead.
Even better! Is Ash caught in the middle? A 'Cthulu/Evil Dead ass-sandwich?
No, but Mothra eats a PB & J. Then he has to take a dump. It's a real page turner!
Why have you not posted this already?!
LOL, I'll get right on it. At work.
Don't get yourself in a tizzy. I'm also at work and I have a 3k word deadline to meet after work (actually, it was a yesterday deadline, so I'm going to run into a solid wall of Fritz Wolfe disapproval later), so I probably won't have time to look at it today. But soon.
Hiking and biking has fucked up my review schedule. I know it's making you all sad to not be yelled at by me, so I'll try harder to tell you not to 'smile'.
Update, below are submissions that need reviews!
TEAM SLAYER: Bill & Courtney v Meredith & Rachel -- FINAL
By: Bill Tucker
In: Realism, Short Story 0 reviews
A young man, a real-estate mogul, and an alcoholic father. 2,495 words.
Lights
By: Meredith103
In: Literary, Short Story 1 reviews
2 new
TEAM SLAYER: Rach & Meredith vs. Bill & Courtney FINAL 2500 words, about a young runaway
Good Girls Don't (opening 5k) Re-entry
By: Typewriter Demigod
In: Novel Excerpt, Surprise Me 0 reviews
Love, honour and violence in high school. 6.5k words.
All the Angels
By: Dale
In: Noir, Novella 1 reviews
1 new
A hardboiled novella set in 1940s L.A., following a bent PI, working as a bagman for Mickey Cohen. He's approached by a German immigrant on the run who needs his help to hide from the Feds.
7 Brief Conversations with Pretty Girls in a Coffee Shop - Last Section
By: Deets999
In: Literary, Short Story 1 reviews
1 new
17 non-linear funny, little conversations loosely connected through the voice of a male narrator who is constantly enthralled by the power of pretty girls. 7,200 words (the last 5 snipits).
Prologue
By: jdudley
In: Fantasy, Novel Excerpt 2 reviews
2 new
Overlong prologue for a potential Fantasy/Adventure novel
Hotrods and Zombies
By: cdregan
In: Sci-fi, Short Story 2 reviews
3 new
A sport for the post-apocalypse. 2300 words.
Team Slayer: Meredith & Rach V. Courtney & Bill- Rough
By: rach122
In: Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
3 new
2500 Words-"My Pretty Girl"-A woman finds herself in a familiar place and is overcome with memories.
Upright Citizens: Section 2
By: Nick Wilczynski
In: Novel Excerpt, Transgressive 2 reviews
1 new
The second section of my novel. Also a little more than 5,000 words. Please read Section 1 first.
I'm high class like that, don't try and change me.
Update!
AM SLAYER: Bill & Courtney v Meredith & Rachel -- FINAL
By: Bill Tucker
In: Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
1 new
A young man, a real-estate mogul, and an alcoholic father. 2,495 words.
Lights
By: Meredith103
In: Literary, Short Story 2 reviews
4 new
TEAM SLAYER: Rach & Meredith vs. Bill & Courtney FINAL 2500 words, about a young runaway
Good Girls Don't (opening 5k) Re-entry
By: Typewriter Demigod
In: Novel Excerpt, Surprise Me 0 reviews
Love, honour and violence in high school. 6.5k words.
All the Angels
By: Dale
In: Noir, Novella 1 reviews
2 new
A hardboiled novella set in 1940s L.A., following a bent PI, working as a bagman for Mickey Cohen. He's approached by a German immigrant on the run who needs his help to hide from the Feds.
17 Brief Conversations with Pretty Girls in a Coffee Shop - Last Section
By: Deets999
In: Literary, Short Story 1 reviews
1 new
17 non-linear funny, little conversations loosely connected through the voice of a male narrator who is constantly enthralled by the power of pretty girls. 7,200 words (the last 5 snipits).
Prologue
By: jdudley
In: Fantasy, Novel Excerpt 2 reviews
2 new
Overlong prologue for a potential Fantasy/Adventure novel
Hotrods and Zombies
By: cdregan
In: Sci-fi, Short Story 2 reviews
3 new
A sport for the post-apocalypse. 2300 words.
Team Slayer: Meredith & Rach V. Courtney & Bill- Rough
By: rach122
In: Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
3 new
2500 Words-"My Pretty Girl"-A woman finds herself in a familiar place and is overcome with memories.
Upright Citizens: Section 2
By: Nick Wilczynski
In: Novel Excerpt, Transgressive 2 reviews
1 new
The second section of my novel. Also a little more than 5,000 words. Please read Section 1 first.
I posted my thing.
Untitled something or other Part 1 *Rough draft*
By: Matt Attack
In: Literary, Novel Excerpt 0 reviews
Set towards the end of the Civil War. Give me your thoughts. I am 100 pages deep, but stopped at about 24 with this. I plan to finish it. This is a rough, and the book is not complete. 6000 words
Side note: I really hate writing synopsis for the same reason I hate writing query letters.
Update! Side note, Thank you Jeff for the review on mine! You're the man sir!~
Perfect Assassin chapter 1 Protestors
By: Dwayne
In: Novel Excerpt, Sci-fi 0 reviews
How does this work as a intro to an alternative history book? 2369 words
Untitled something or other Part 1 *Rough draft*
By: Matt Attack
In: Literary, Novel Excerpt 1 reviews
Set towards the end of the Civil War. Give me your thoughts. I am 100 pages deep, but stopped at about 24 with this. I plan to finish it. This is a rough, and the book is not complete. 6000 words
TEAM SLAYER: Bill & Courtney v Meredith & Rachel -- FINAL
By: Bill Tucker
In: Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
A young man, a real-estate mogul, and an alcoholic father. 2,495 words.
Lights
By: Meredith103
In: Literary, Short Story 2 reviews
4 new
TEAM SLAYER: Rach & Meredith vs. Bill & Courtney FINAL 2500 words, about a young runaway
Good Girls Don't (opening 5k) Re-entry
By: Typewriter Demigod
In: Novel Excerpt, Surprise Me 0 reviews
Love, honour and violence in high school. 6.5k words.
All the Angels
By: Dale
In: Noir, Novella 1 reviews
A hardboiled novella set in 1940s L.A., following a bent PI, working as a bagman for Mickey Cohen. He's approached by a German immigrant on the run who needs his help to hide from the Feds.
17 Brief Conversations with Pretty Girls in a Coffee Shop - Last Section
By: Deets999
In: Literary, Short Story 1 reviews
1 new
17 non-linear funny, little conversations loosely connected through the voice of a male narrator who is constantly enthralled by the power of pretty girls. 7,200 words (the last 5 snipits).
Prologue
By: jdudley
In: Fantasy, Novel Excerpt 2 reviews
2 new
Overlong prologue for a potential Fantasy/Adventure novel
Hotrods and Zombies
By: cdregan
In: Sci-fi, Short Story 2 reviews
3 new
A sport for the post-apocalypse. 2300 words.
Team Slayer: Meredith & Rach V. Courtney & Bill- Rough
By: rach122
In: Realism, Short Story 1 reviews
3 new
2500 Words-"My Pretty Girl"-A woman finds herself in a familiar place and is overcome with memories.
Upright Citizens: Section 2
By: Nick Wilczynski
In: Novel Excerpt, Transgressive 2 reviews
1 new
The second section of my novel. Also a little more than 5,000 words. Please read Section 1 first.
myuu @ one week later, no reviews
Typie, I'll try to get to it Sunday, it's the only free day I have coming up. Take a look at mine if you get a chance!
I feel bad for neglecting the Workshop, but I've actually been caught up in my own writing. Weird, right?
ofc matty.
At first I was like meh, I'm not so sure re-upping my workshop membership right now is a good idea and then I remembered there are still more achievements I need. Need!