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So...

Times New Roman and Courier New walk into a bar...

The Barkeep says:

"I'm sorry, we don't serve your type."

Good question!

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

Why do people drive in parkways but park in driveways?

I can't imagine why it would matter how the words got on the page in its original manuscript. I would have guessed the reader would never know in the end and so it wouldn't matter. As long as you have given the text its hard core edit the result should be the same. Is there something about the act o...

I'm hit!! Need to eject, got to... BZZZZZZZZZZT (<---- insert sound of radio static)

"R" for me. Commiserations for those of you in the same boat, er plane! And congrats to those who get to keep on twitching.

Some advice a friend of mine once told me:

Trying to write with small kids is extremely difficult. You should almost always try a pen instead.

Long live Topanga Canyon!

You rock Preston!! What a significant achievement!

I hope that feeling of excitement lasts a very long time.

Congratulations!

Wow - an everything at once wave! A Super Thursday, as it were. I think I like that as it stops me from trying to read into things to discern if there is a difference between a quick "R" and a delayed one. With enough rejections, I start looking for flavors. Today's was vanilla, I think, b...

Engages in thread necromancy:

gower21 in 2012 wrote:... And congrats on getting us to page 70 on the longest thread on the board ever.

Somebody should have said: "You ain't seen nothing yet."

This might be jumping the gun a bit, but seeing how a lot of forum members have already turned in their Q4 stories and are working on Q1, I thought I'd start this thread. For Q1 I'm writing a Fantasy. My last three entries have been more science fiction. I love science fiction, love to read it, but...

Congrats jficke13!! You made it!

That is stupendous. Enjoy that workshop!

That's okay by me, they're cool even when used sparingly.

This is going to be a truly momentous event.

But will there be party hats? I like party hats.

That certainly seems possible.

SHM. That rounds out my set of responses from WOTF with at least one in each category, except, of course, "Winner". Maybe next year! A blackout bingo! That's amazing. Has anyone else ever achieved this? (I knew there was a reason I've been collecting "R"'s - I wanted to make sur...

... My recent run of pro sales occurred after submission of my 34/4, so one last story sallies forth to tilt at the WotF windmill along with you guys. Thereafter I shan't be a contestant come what may. but I'll always be delighted to hear from those who are and offer what help I'm able. It was exch...

Galen wrote:Incoming!

Got the quick "R". (I was mentally prepared for this one)

Keep your heads down forumites! The hopes of the fallen are now with you!

I somehow neglected to mention the only truly salient piece of information I had to share: the news was delivered on a Thursday.

Incoming!

Got the quick "R". (I was mentally prepared for this one)

Keep your heads down forumites! The hopes of the fallen are now with you!

amoskalik wrote:
Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured from the holographic snake on our bed.

Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured from a holographic snake on our bed


(I believe that means we have now changed every word at least once)

disgruntledpeony wrote:Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured at the spooky snake under our woodshed.

Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured to the spooky snake under our woodshed.

amoskalik wrote:
The flabby birds balked at the speckled donut under the dock.

The flabby birds balked at the speckled donut under our dock.

Wow! Congrats on the twins and the 2nd place. Two is a fantastic number.

And congrats as well Inky! You've gone stupendously far.

Congratulations Jeremy!!

I will look forward to being a future reader!

Way to go forumites! You all rock!

Gah! The quick "R" for me.

That one stung... I mean they all do, but, you know.

Gah!

All the best to those of you who remain in this!! Go Forumites!

I don't know how common this feeling about WIP is, but I doubt if it's only the two of us suffer from it. So true. From reading these boards and others, anecdotally at least, it seems a lot of posters (myself included) occasionally go through a "this is so awesome" phase, followed by &quo...

*Runs to rally to the banner, only to be struck down by a hapless missile, Saving Private Ryan style. This daylight savings thing has got me so messed up, I didn't even know it was Thursday! All the best to everyone who is still in this thing. Alas, that does not include me, but I will be quite hap...

Rally to the banner!!

(Sorry, er, I mean rally to the WOTFFBB!!)