This morning started with the discovery that the dog ate (or at least shredded) one of my earplugs.
Then I tripped over the vast amounts of crap in my room and hit the ground.
It's going to be a banner day.
That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?
Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Dec 08, 2008 6:03:40 am PST #4847 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amy - Dec 08, 2008 6:05:32 am PST #4848 of 10002
Because books.
Bwah! (That was to Strega, not to Dana's day.)
It's like anything, though. Fans of Fall Out Boy, for example, always want more. So record companies sign bands that sound like them to fulfill the demand.
Diehard paranormal romance readers want to read ... well, paranormal romance. So editors look for stuff that's a twist on vampires or werewolves, and you get some ... interesting stuff. But as long as readers keep buying it, so will editors.
Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2008 6:06:35 am PST #4849 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Barb, if you're looking for story ideas, you can go here: They Fight Crime!
Barb - Dec 08, 2008 6:24:52 am PST #4850 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
So editors look for stuff that's a twist on vampires or werewolves, and you get some ... interesting stuff.
Like were-dinos.
::bangs head some more, goes off to look at Tom's link::
Barb - Dec 08, 2008 6:27:14 am PST #4851 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
That's it! It gave me the perfect idea!
He's a lonely pirate werewolf on a mission from God. She's an orphaned Buddhist hooker with a flame-thrower. They fight crime!
Gudanov - Dec 08, 2008 6:27:30 am PST #4852 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Like were-dinos.
Make it were-dino vampires and I think you are on to something.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2008 7:25:54 am PST #4853 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today celebrate the 40th anniversary of Douglas Englebart's Mother of All Computer Demos.
I wonder if the dark gothic shape-shifter, when confronted by a kick-ass heroine, shifts the shape of its own ass so that it cannot be kicked.
Heh!
sumi - Dec 08, 2008 7:49:24 am PST #4854 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Loved this guest column from the NYT "Typing without a clue."
Ginger - Dec 08, 2008 7:50:27 am PST #4855 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Make it were-dino vampires and I think you are on to something.
How about the epic battle between were-dinos and vampire dinos? That would be an almost unparalleled opportunity for bad CGI.
megan walker - Dec 08, 2008 7:59:19 am PST #4856 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Loved this guest column from the NYT "Typing without a clue."
While I certainly agree with him,
The idea that someone who stumbled into a sound bite can be published, and charge $24.95 for said words, makes so many real writers think the world is unfair.
Has he met the world? It's pretty unfair in general.