coccatino
Ghostbuster
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Post by coccatino on Feb 27, 2007 13:30:11 GMT -5
morning sickness. all. day.
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Post by pfrsue on Apr 19, 2007 9:49:14 GMT -5
I have a manuscript.
It is almost finished.
I have spent months and months on it.
It is a good story.
Bought paper and ink for the printer.
I even have proof-readers lined up.
Homestretch, final yards, first and goal, the light is at the end of the tunnel, I am happy as a clam, cloud nine, "rainbows 'n unicorns". (For Shalen - "Haplopelma lividum 'n Gasteracantha cancriformis")
Yesterday evening, I was reading it over and discovered:
The story jumped the shark. Somewhere, somehow, when I wasn't looking, it jumped the friggin' shark. Now I have to figure out where, how, why, and then fix it.
*Staggers off muttering Yosemite Sam expletives.*
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Post by Spiderdancer on Apr 19, 2007 10:26:36 GMT -5
Funny you should pick that one, as I have yet to see a cancriformus in person and am still looking for the opportunity.  Sorry, though. I have a novel I've written probably 95% of, and I never wrote the last scene, and it's been sitting there almost two years without me finishing it. Argh. It's a sequel to another one that I sent to some publishers (including my heroes at Baen) and never even got a rejection notice on. Double argh. C'mon, guys, at least send me the rejection slip! |
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Post by Hucklebubba on Apr 19, 2007 13:26:46 GMT -5
It just so happens that I have a 95% complete story as well, except that mine is still all in my head, and my missing 5% is located at the beginning.
Ah, writing. Is there anything else in this world that can be so enjoyable and such a pain in the tuchus at the same time?
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Apr 29, 2007 19:34:02 GMT -5
Watching your 101 year old great-grandmother look at her daughter, your 79 year old grandmother, lying in a hospital bed after a stroke and ask if she's going to get better... because you know the answer is "no."
-D
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Post by Head Mutant on Apr 29, 2007 21:22:57 GMT -5
So sorry man... that's got to be hard for all of you.
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Apr 29, 2007 23:23:48 GMT -5
Thanks, buddy. She was one hell of a lady -- but the comfort lies in knowing that, whether the end comes tomorrow or in another half a week, she's going to a better place.
It's funny, but there's nothing like getting a large group of relatives together at a sickbed to learn all kinds of new things about the person. Who knew grandma helped pen a cookbook back in 1950 called "Man Bait (How to Snag and Keep Content A Husband)"? Progressive to a fault, she was.
-D
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Post by Head Mutant on Apr 30, 2007 10:14:38 GMT -5
The one comforting thought is that, when it's your time, I can think of no better way to go than to be surrounded by those I love instead of all alone.
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Post by Head Mutant on May 3, 2007 7:05:31 GMT -5
...Putting on your favorite red shirt to wear, but it's been washed so much that the color's faded and everyone thinks that you're really, really into pink.
Which I am, but darn it, it's a RED shirt!
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Post by Head Mutant on May 13, 2007 23:34:59 GMT -5
Getting a phone call from mom to hear that they had to put Caesar down on Saturday (he was suffering with a tumor).
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Post by TheLuckyOne on May 14, 2007 0:02:48 GMT -5
Aw man, Justin... I'm sorry to hear that, buddy. That's a shame. At least he's not suffering.
-D
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Post by PoolMan on May 14, 2007 10:54:27 GMT -5
Oh, J. Caesar was a fine, fine gentleman. Honestly one of the funniest dogs I ever met. I hope he enjoys some permutation of a Gary Larson-imagined dog heaven, he deserves it.
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Post by Head Mutant on May 14, 2007 13:52:46 GMT -5
He had a really good life, for a wheezing, snorting, pooping machine. Thanks.
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coccatino
Ghostbuster
whose baby are you?
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Post by coccatino on May 25, 2007 16:06:23 GMT -5
misery is spending $350 to replace the brakes on your car, change the oil/airfilter/etc on Tuesday, only to have it break down 1 mile from work on the highway offramp pointing uphill during 90 degree weather on Friday.
and then getting to work, finally, after AAA towtruck guy gets really super shady in his choice of conversation topics, and opening your e-mail to find that your 83 year old grandfather is in the hospital.
and THEN realizing around lunchtime that you left your lunch in your car that is now at a service station. And you're 5 months pregnant, and you're HUNGRY.
I seriously need a nap.
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Post by PoolMan on May 25, 2007 16:25:53 GMT -5
HUNGRY PREGNANT WOMAN! RUN!!!
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