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I AM SO BEHIND ON ANSWERING MY EMAIL. *weeps*

Still cannae make GoPets kitty. Still working on Braveheart, so this is for the best. Also, Erin asked me to clarify that "the promotional thing is for [designated] GoPets Affiliates only. Everyone else who brings in referred users will get a reward, but it will be in the form of in-game shells -- instead of getting $1, they'll get $1 worth of Gold Shells, which is actually a really good deal, or it will be when we have all of our super cool objects and new games uploaded." (Seriously, can y'all spot me a few shells, in that event?) So Sister Girl's plan to get rich quick as a GoPets recruiter has been nipped in the bud, oh noes.

I love you, Unca Neil:
I mean, there are no Neptunian Brain Parasites. And if there were, what would one want with me? What you see in the photo is definitely not a parasitic alien brain-slug. No. Why would you possibly think that? Here, come into this small room with me while I press my hand against the back of your neck... See? Now we are united as one in the slug overmind. Is it not wonderful?
Re: Fametracker Forums replacements: I think I will officially throw my weight behind Snarkfest. I like Bibliophiles and Princess Marie Chantal, but I only have time to really hang out in any regular sense at one board, and Snarkfest has seduced me with its easy-to-use interface, soothing colors, and general easygoing vibe. The only complaint I have is that we need more refugees over there to really get things jumping.

(P.S. Heard the story of how the PXThis board, the self-proclaimed heir apparent to FT Forums, crashed and burned? The "corporate sponsor" turned out to be a hissy-throwing self-published blogger refusing to use capitalization [see "Editorial Reviews" for a sample] who then got on the board and insulted everyone? The meltdown was marvelous, let me tell you.

Ooo, all the nasty reviews of the book have been removed. The plot thickens.)

You heard about the new Fiona Apple album that Sony refuses to release because they "don't hear a single"? Well, now you can hear all of them.

In that vein, songs from the new Garbage CD (a fourth one is in the comments).

Tell me again which songs from The Servant y'all liked? I'm listening to them now, and... there were at least two I really liked, but nothing so far that approaches the earcrack genius of "Cells." But then, sometimes it takes me a few listens to "get" something.

OH! [livejournal.com profile] reannaremick posted a link to a fan-edited instrumental version of "Cells"!

It's funny because it's true LOL

Let's write a sequel to Peter Pan, because we all saw how well Scarlett worked out.

Back to work. I was musing over which movie to do after I finish Braveheart, and I think I'm doing Independence Day--but I think I'm going to do it in a vastly different style. Well, as "vastly different" as you can get while still retaining the general "Fifteen Minutes" style. The difference involves the scene titles. I dunno. It's worth a try, I guess.

(A plot bunny for an entirely new story--well, two entirely new and different stories, actually--has been racing around my brain for at least a week now, but 1) I don't have the time to do anything about it and 2) it's kind of too early in the process to do anything anyway. I've come to realize how much of my process is in my head--how much of it is just musing and brooding and turning it over in my head, for weeks or even months, before anything ever hits paper or computer screen. That, and I've started asking myself, "What's the end? What's the point? What's the so-what of it?" And generally I can't start writing until I've answered that question--until I have a finish line I'm working towards. Nothing turns out well or right until I know where I'm headed. Which means, for example, that if Black Ribbon has four planned volumes, yes, I know what the end of the fourth one will be. In fact, I know what the end of each volume will be. How to get to that ending? Hmmm.)
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Date: 2005-03-19 01:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reannaremick.livejournal.com
Glad you liked it enough to spread the word ;)

PS Mmmmmm Gaiman. *drools*

Date: 2005-03-19 01:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] casirafics.livejournal.com
Ooh.... thanks much for the Fiona link. :)

Date: 2005-03-19 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coolcuban.livejournal.com
i signed up for GoPets without knowing your referral link, any way to change it? Oh yeah, also, when downloading the client its saying something about how it doesn't like MS-DOS and what not. Heres the actual error message:

16 bit Windows Subsystem
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

Anyone can help me? Thanks again ;)

Date: 2005-03-19 02:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spectralbovine.livejournal.com
Eeee, thank you so much for the link to the Garbage songs! I can't wait to get the new CD. Cause, new Garbage!

As for The Servant, "Liquefy" is very nice, and "Orchestra" may reach earcrack status soon, cause the chorus is close to gorgeous. I love their use of strings. I would be those are the two you liked, cause the other two haven't struck me like those have.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ter369.livejournal.com
Och, ya poor wee lass. Ya dinna need a GoPets kitty. Not when ya have tha' hamster with the stuffed cheeks.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
I really like "Body" so far, although yeah, "Orchestra" is the other one I like.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comedownstairs.livejournal.com
re: The Servant:
A friend linked me to Devil and Body, and I'm nicely addicted. However, Cells is still my crack.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] particle-person.livejournal.com
Ditto. The music is crisp, like...an Apple.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spectralbovine.livejournal.com
"I Can Walk in Your Mind" is very fun. It's bouncy and happy. It's like the anti-"Cells"!

Date: 2005-03-19 02:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] particle-person.livejournal.com
[see "Editorial Reviews" for a sample]

Oh dear:
Customers who bought this book also bought
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• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

Date: 2005-03-19 02:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hey-montana.livejournal.com
mmmm icon. ;)

Date: 2005-03-19 02:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
"Eating My Words" was also a really funny buyers-of rec.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reannaremick.livejournal.com
Mmmm more icon ^_^

Date: 2005-03-19 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] undying-rose17.livejournal.com
Let's write a sequel to Peter Pan, because we all saw how well Scarlett worked out.

AUGH, that's exactly what I thought! Writing a sequel when you're not the original author =/= a good idea. In fact, it pretty much guarantees that die-hard fans of the original will burn you in effigee (sp?) at least once daily.

~Abby~

Date: 2005-03-19 02:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hey-montana.livejournal.com
my dwight icon goes nicely with my frank castle background. i'm pretty sure they hang out between vendettas.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reannaremick.livejournal.com
Ooooh Frank, well done. Yeah I can definitely see them hanging out. And Gail and Lynn Michaels too. Heh.

Date: 2005-03-19 02:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] particle-person.livejournal.com
HEE! My favorite trainwreck-formerly-in-print is Night Travels of the Elven Vampire, reviewed here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/crevette/113659.html

A quote from the book:
The night silence was suddenly shattered with an unearthy scream that caused her skin to crawl. She ignored it and continued to dig, when something caught her eye, looking up, she dropped her shovel. Coming across the path was a demon, not just one, but lots of them. She rose to her feet as her thoughts froze, and her breathing stopped. Glowing red eyes looked at her, and she turned her eyes away fromt he sight of the glowing orbs. Each one stood at least seven feet in height, and must have weighed around six hundred pounds. They were covered in fur, had pointed ears, a snout and large sharp teeth. They stood on legs the size of tree trunks. They looked as though they each had eaten several people already. Just as the one who had been moving toward her came closer, something changed.

The author put this message on her website:
http://www.freewebs.com/elven_vampire/

Date: 2005-03-19 02:55 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-03-19 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-grim-wombat.livejournal.com
Hee, Independence Day. <3 I love that movie in all of its shameless badness... that and Jurassic Park will be the first two I read when the book comes out, because you see, I am an absolutely shameless whore for Jeff Goldblum. YES. <3

Date: 2005-03-19 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spectralbovine.livejournal.com
That is published and I'm not? I...I mean...it's so awful.

Date: 2005-03-19 03:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
Five bucks says it's self/vanity-published.

Date: 2005-03-19 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] particle-person.livejournal.com
It was printed by PublishAmerica. The author withdrew the book to loud jeers from the interweb (see previous links). If you want to pay through the nose and get locked in a 7 year contract, you too can be published.

Cleo, no bet.

Date: 2005-03-19 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spectralbovine.livejournal.com
I don't even care. The mind just boggles at a writer who thinks this is worth publishing. I'm being kind of mean, I guess, but...

She ignored it and continued to dig, when something caught her eye, looking up, she dropped her shovel.

Is the eye looking up? Is she looking up? Why is this all one sentence?

Coming across the path was a demon, not just one, but lots of them.

WHERE DID THIS CHICK LEARN HOW TO USE A COMMA? Plus, "but lots of them"?

She rose to her feet as her thoughts froze, and her breathing stopped.

Her thoughts froze? Her thoughts froze?

This calls for one of your patented WAAAAAAHs.

Date: 2005-03-19 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
Heh.

(Ooo, PublishAmerica, too. That's, like, the big dog.)

Date: 2005-03-19 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
Hey, I'd written two novels (800 pages altogether) by the time I was fifteen, and *I* thought *they* were worth publishing. (And hooooooo boy, was I wrong.)
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