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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes: Buy Dresden Stuff!
« on: June 01, 2007, 10:57:36 PM »
I came across a couple from Proven Guilty sofar that I want:

Helltart

and

Come on! Bring on the doom, already!


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A suggestion...as we have many unisex names, a M or F tag, so people can see what sex the poster set themselves as, without going to the profile.



As long as there's the option to not answer the question. Some people choose not to be related to as a gender.

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Oh, these things exist; but anyone who understands the possibility that their writing can be flawed and there are ways to make it better is not going to perprtrate them.  It's the bulletproof egos that Feel More Deeply Than Anyone Else and therefore don't have to bother with spelling or punctuation, let alone more sophisticated virtues like character or plot, that perpetrate the real monstrosities in this regard.

Have to second that one. There is one gentleman in our writer's group who has particular points of view about *everything* and goes on very long rants about them in the guise of "characters" and "points of view" but his readings are so..... well, boring. Way too many words to get his point across. Compete stream of consciousness, no editing.  It's a punishment to listen.

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes: Buy Dresden Stuff!
« on: May 26, 2007, 12:26:04 AM »
hah! I'm also looking fat in my Splatter Con T.

LOL - ok, fine.  ;)

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes: Buy Dresden Stuff!
« on: May 25, 2007, 10:07:29 PM »
I'm lookin' good in my Splatter Con T!

care to add any photo-licious goodness? (sorry, my fark is showing.)

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I found a group of writers at Meetup.com. I love my writers group,because they give me feedback just like Neurovore was saying... beyond the this rocks, this sucks level. We have a newspaper copy editor, a horror magazine editor, a retired writing professor who has published in the non-fiction field more than once, a really promising novelist, and a talented short-horror writer, a poet, a stand up comic, some guy who writes his rants about society down in the voices of other characters, and me, who is writing a non-fiction horror memoir.  ;)

Start there. Having an educated point of view giving me feedback has made all the difference in the world for me. Good luck!

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Mister, Cursor's Fury, Elaine, Ebenezar, Thomas.
Angry Murphy

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes: Buy Dresden Stuff!
« on: May 19, 2007, 02:08:25 AM »
"My little voice is some kind of psycho."

I think all of those are great, but this one in particular... well, I don't care who you are.... that's funny!

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes: Buy Dresden Stuff!
« on: May 18, 2007, 04:36:45 PM »
I also have a shirt that has "Remember the Seven Laws:" and then a listing of the laws. It came out neat also.

I would buy that.

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes: Buy Dresden Stuff!
« on: May 18, 2007, 04:26:47 PM »
Wish we could use Pricille's signature but I'm guessing that the royalty cost to Ebay would be prohibitive.

*sigh*

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes
« on: May 18, 2007, 04:02:43 PM »
(front) The first rule of fairy maid service is you do not talk about fairy maid service.

(back) The Dresden Files.  Good clean fun.

I have a very good friend in Cleveland who has a fairy maid.

He's very nice to her children, too.

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Author Craft / Re: Wordcount!
« on: May 06, 2007, 05:03:51 PM »
If it works for you, fine.  There are people for whom writing down the Wrong Thing stops them ever being able to find the Right Thing.  Both valid ways to be writers, but it's a good idea to know which is true for you.

I can see your point. AND... Friday, with giving myself permission to write 2000 words after tying my inner critic up in a dark closet, I was able to actually get 2012 words on screen that weren't there before. Of course, the little booger kept screaming in the distance, "that sucks, you hack!" but I don't care. I have new words!

Next time though, I'll remember the duct tape for his nasty little butt. I mean mouth.

In unrelated news.... I spent 10 hours Saturday standing in line to audition for Deal or No Deal.


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Author Craft / Re: Wordcount!
« on: May 03, 2007, 12:21:27 AM »
King -

Thanks again. Your insights are more helpful than you realize! I recognize now that I seem to be doing more worrying about getting the first draft complete than accepting the reality that my strong suit is editing anyway! Rewriting is my friend, not an insult to my ego.

<<<<< going to start calling King "Harley" for kickstarting my engine again. :^)

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Author Craft / Re: Wordcount!
« on: May 02, 2007, 05:11:37 PM »
But there are times when a scene screams to be written, and I do it without having the preceding scenes written.

I do that quite a bit myself, only since I'm working on a non-fiction book, the story is already pretty much laid out. It's just a matter of delivering it in an interesting and readable way. Somedays it feels more like I'm putting together a jigsaw puzzle than writing a book. I tend to worry (perhaps too much) about whether my tone and voice stay consistent enough doing it like this, and whether I'll be able to weave it all together in a way that leaves the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Any suggestions?

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