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Connie Neil - Jun 28, 2006 7:22:59 pm PDT #7536 of 10001

brillig

The Fandom Is Coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE

That's an interesting premise, whether you feel comfortable admitting the depth of your affection for something and whether you think your neighbors would think you were a freak for being so involved--and whether you think your neighbor is too freaky to let them know about your own involvement.

Typo Boy - Jun 28, 2006 7:23:22 pm PDT #7537 of 10001

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

X-post - daughters will a lot of the way through it then.

Typo Boy - Jun 28, 2006 7:23:54 pm PDT #7538 of 10001

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

All of those make good stories.

Allyson - Jun 28, 2006 7:25:44 pm PDT #7539 of 10001

Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

That's the current table of contents. Dear God, I hope they're good stories.

P.M. Marc - Jun 28, 2006 7:30:49 pm PDT #7540 of 10001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Do you think you can get 2500 words of fandom coming from inside the building?

Allyson - Jun 28, 2006 7:32:16 pm PDT #7541 of 10001

Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

No, I can get only maybe 700 words out of it. I need to take a cool shower and think for a bit.

Typo Boy - Jun 28, 2006 8:29:31 pm PDT #7542 of 10001

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

But you can get 4,000 words out of the Internet wants your daughters (which is not included in your completed word count)

Then you have:

The Bronze Is Dead. Long Live the Bronze! Save Firefly Imposter! Safe Harbor from Ann Arbor Celebrity Pussy Everyday Apocalypses Gay Wedding Tree. High Stakes Together, Alone Random Acts of Paypal The Fandom Is Coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

Sounds like you have 6,300 hundred words easy from all of those. Er and I don't mean truly easy - but easy in the sense that the words are definitely there in the topics. No padding needed.

amych - Jun 28, 2006 9:01:41 pm PDT #7543 of 10001

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

t waves at GWW for the first time in yonks

P.M. Marc - Jun 28, 2006 9:51:09 pm PDT #7544 of 10001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Gar, I think most of those topics are already included in the word count, on account of being written.

deborah grabien - Jun 28, 2006 10:06:56 pm PDT #7545 of 10001

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Allyson, facile maybe, but a serious suggestion nonetheles because it's so deep in the reality: dressing the part.

Not just the whack of the guys who rubber up in full Klingon foo for Baycon and other conventions; what does one wear? If you're there as a guest and part of a panel, is there the snob factor of looking out at a thirteen year old girl in fishnets and fake fangs as she makes kissyface at James Marsters, and thinking "you dopey little peasant"?

Not to mention the bonding over costuming, for those who participate.

And can you do an interview essay? Cheap, fast and generally wordy and interesting way to eat wordcount in nonfiction.

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