| Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale - the setup! |
[May. 13th, 2008|10:29 am] |
It's the usual... the first three people to post with a word, phrase, topic, theme, name, or whatever, dictate the direction of the story. I'll endeavour to incorporate all three suggestions, and write it within ten minutes of receiving the third post, work allowing. Then I'll post the result.
Not promising much today, stressed by lack of email (two days now!) and sore with my pulled muscle, but I'll see what I can manage... |
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| Ah, England... |
[May. 10th, 2008|11:37 am] |
England never fails to amuse me. Two recent news items have caught my eye. The first is the news that the Office of Government Commerce, or OGC, commissioned a new logo, and came up with this:
Which is fine, until you turn it ninety degrees clockwise and end up with:
I'm not sure this was the image the office wanted to convey. :)
Secondly, best BBC headline ever:
Great tits cope well with warming.
Reminds me of the brilliant sign I saw in Regents Park. I even took a photo, to Izz's great embarrassment:
I miss England, land of the double entrendre. :) |
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| Poing poing poing! |
[May. 8th, 2008|03:01 pm] |
http://morrigan-books.livejournal.com/4133.html
Lots of names I don't recognise, some that I do (hi ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lie_xin!), and the very welcome news that ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) roberthood_rss is tying the whole thing together. I am as excited as a very excited person who's got a special reason to be excited!
On another writerly note, I just finished writing up my grant application for The Australia Council, who were kind enough to give me money to help me go to the UK in '06. I'm hoping they'll be kind again, though I know realistically my chances are pretty darn slim. I guess we'll see if lightning can strike twice! |
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| 1.5 rounds up to 2... |
[May. 7th, 2008|09:30 pm] |
...and markdeniz and amandapillar accept "Bedbugs" for the Voices anthology! I love it when a plan comes together! I'm so happy and proud to have cracked this one, especially as the brilliant idea I originally had for it fell into a million pieces at the last minute, necessitating a complete rethink!
A semi-announcement (without names yet!) is here:
http://morrigan-books.livejournal.com/4080.html
Y'know, this almost makes me forgive Mark for the scathing review he gave my story in Shadow Box on ASif. What, you thought I'd forgotten??? ;) |
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| Another 2012 review! |
[May. 7th, 2008|04:52 pm] |
Thanks to benpayne for pointing me towards this one... 2012 gets a mixed, but overall positive review here:
http://thefix-online.com/reviews/2012/
I think the comments about the early stories are a little harsh, I've really enjoyed them so far (just finished David Conyers' "Soft Viscocity", and didn't mind the propoganda too much... well, it was a little heavy-handed at the end, yes, but the story was still strong!). But they do say, well, not un-nice things about "Skinsongs":
“Skinsongs” by Martin Livings is a sad story about the fleeting nature of stardom. Agatha is a rock star, creating music from the skin and bone patterns of her face. But once recorded, there are no other songs to be made. As her fame fades, she prepares to make the ultimate and extremest sacrifice to reinvent herself and regain her former status. How far will someone go for the sake of fame? Unlikely? Tune in on the early weeks of American Idol or any other reality show.
Neat. And, considering the concept was largely inspired by "Australian Idol" [1], very apt. :)
One and a half acceptances and a pleasant review... that makes for quite a nice Wednesday, really!
[1] and, to be more specific, Chanel Cole... though that side of things comes through more in the novel than the short story! |
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| Does the Dance of Acceptance... |
[May. 7th, 2008|09:23 am] |
One and a half acceptances to report... my flash story "Piggies" (based on my Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale "Dinner For One", which I've now locked off out of copyright respect!) has been accepted for Midnight Echo, and my other story "Bedbugs" has made it to the shortlist (mentioned here) of the Voices collection. Fingers crossed on that one!
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| Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale - the setup! |
[May. 6th, 2008|10:08 am] |
It's the usual... the first three people to post with a word, phrase, topic, theme, name, or whatever, dictate the direction of the story. I'll endeavour to incorporate all three suggestions, and write it within ten minutes of receiving the third post, work allowing. Then I'll post the result. |
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| Doggy Dog World Poll - the results! |
[May. 6th, 2008|09:35 am] |
So, the results of the poll are in. Approximately 75% of respondents want the strip to continue, and 25% do not. I think the latter is more interesting, it's a sizable percentage, big enough for me to consider a change.
From now on, I'll be posting Doggy Dog World to a separate community, set up specifically for the purpose. It's located here:
http://community.livejournal.com/doggy_dog_world/
It might be a while before any new strips go there, I'll spend my time getting the old ones on there first. Don't try and join the community, as it's locked to just me, being Grand Poobah and Dictator For Life of this particular strip. Just add it to your friends list if you want to continue reading the strip.
Thanks to everyone for responding. I hope the solution is acceptable to all. I probably won't be doing this every day anymore, mind you. Just when the mood strikes me. |
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| Doggy Dog World Poll |
[May. 5th, 2008|10:29 am] |
It's been a while since I've done any Doggy Dog World strips, and I'm feeling totally uninspired. And there hasn't been much griping about the absence of Duke and Juan. So...
Poll #1182637 Doggy Dog World Poll
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllShould I keep doing Doggy Dog World? |
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| Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale - the result! |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|08:05 am] |
Here 'tis. Thanks to splanky for "website", "aa" and "Disneyland". I wanted to write something nice for your birthday, hon, but, well, you know me... sorry. :)
( 'Websight', by Martin Livings, 30-4-2008... ) |
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| Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale - the delay! |
[Apr. 29th, 2008|05:13 pm] |
Today's Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale will be written tomorrow. It's a special one. Only one person is allowed to suggest the three words, and that person is splanky She can do so in comments to this post. Then, when I get up tomorrow, I'll write the story.
It'll be your birthday present, hon. |
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| Reading... |
[Apr. 28th, 2008|03:36 pm] |
Finally finished Fantastic Wonder Stories, edited by punkrocker1991, today. It was both fantastic and wonderful, as befitted its title. Good stuff, Russ, and all contributors!
Now I'm working on 2012, edited by girliejones and benpayne. Only part-way into the first story by deborahb, and utterly loving it. It's a good excuse to avoid working on a story for markdeniz which is due in a couple of days.
Uh... how did I end up with more editors than writers on my LJ F-list? :) |
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| Honey, I'm home! |
[Apr. 28th, 2008|09:36 am] |
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So, what did I miss in the last week or so? |
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| Doggy Dog World |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|07:37 am] |
And another. :)
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| Doggy Dog World |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|07:36 am] |
Bonus strip. :)
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[Apr. 21st, 2008|07:30 am] |
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