Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Oh, that was a Norwegian accent? I've always wondered.
Actually, I goobered, based on an assumption. I knew he was from North Dakota and somewhere in my memory banks, I had it in my head that he was of Norwegian or at least, some sort of Scandinavian descent. However, he was actually of German descent, his family coming from Alsace-Lorraine by way of Odessa, Ukraine. So his accent was actually a mutt of German and Russian.
Oooh, lovely, all! So fun to see so many people contributing and so many different perspectives on just one word. This is why I love drabbling.
Somehow I missed that there was a theme. Um. . . welcome to chapter 18.
I for one was never that wedded to the theme thing, but it is a handy leaping off point.
Exactly. And wasn't one character welcoming the other in your drabble, Gud?
And wasn't one character welcoming the other in your drabble, Gud?
Yes! I stumbled my way into the theme.
Myron Floren was, however, Norwegian.
:facepalm::
And yet, I fail to remember my PIN.
Drabbles! It's so nice to see them in here again!
I should write one, too. Having a hard time thinking in the cold meds fog, though.
Which gives me an idea for a new prompt for today: fog.
oooh, fog . . .
I drive down the hill, around a curve, and the world ends. Red flashes ahead warn me to stop.
A deputy coalesces from the grey. "We're letting one lane go at a time, five at a time. Go slow."
My headlights off the grey blind me, but no lights is madness. I'd never see the tree that could kill me. There's no sign of the car that I know is ahead of me.
5 MPH, and I open the door so I can see the white line below me. Three miles of terror and awe.
Ok, I've got a question that I'm aware, just by asking it, I could sound like a giant asshole, but I'm going to ask anyway: Is it always worth it to revise off editor feedback? It's not that the feedback is so awful, although a few pieces were certainly unexpected, but, you know, it's kind of an insignificant little 'zine, so even if I completely *nail* the revisions and do the best work of my life, I'll have twelve readers and a tiny payment two months from now. Yay me. Which I know I would have loved three years ago when I was all butt-hurt about the form letters and "Would a little feedback kill these bastards or what?" But he basically told me that I need to take the whole thing apart...getting it right would take a lot of effort and I'm not sure what the return is beyond the cheap hit of a byline.