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Re: Review: Revolution S01E02 Chained Heat

thelittlefluffycat — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:22:30 -0000

Agreed, not that similar. But starting in the wrong place is bad, no matter the reason.

Re: Review: Revolution S01E02 Chained Heat

thelittlefluffycat — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:15:29 -0000

That's the first thing you learn as a writer - start the story where it needs to start. I think they're just not up to the risks - remember,how Firefly was forced to start at the wrong place? SF is often dark - people who want it can deal with it. But try to convince the powers that be of that. #fightforthefuture

Re: Review: Revolution S01E02 Chained Heat

thelittlefluffycat — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:52:06 -0000

Chuck Wendig tweeted that Revolution should have begun right after the darkening, and I think he's right.

Re: Seven and counting

thelittlefluffycat — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:16:01 -0000

If I won it I'd pass it on to my crit partner after I was done with it - I've always thought he should be involved with you guys. ;)

Re: No Good Deed

thelittlefluffycat — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:51:10 -0000

I like the twist! It needs a polish, of course, anything does that's written quickly, butI think the biggest problem it has is the way the language/voice the narrator uses varies, from "mook" to "endorphins", that kind of thing. Is he a well-intentioned denizen of back alleys, or an educated fellow? It distracts, imho, from the flow of the story.

Re: Atwood in the Twittersphere by Margaret Atwood | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books

thelittlefluffycat — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:56:54 -0000

I was telling a relative about Twitter, and he opined that he would not be able to write in 140 bursts. "Do you have conversations in paragraphs?" I asked him. He admitted he did not.

I am so glad, Ms. Atwood, that you saw fit to join the conversation --and that you have enjoyed it enough to stay! :)

Re: Largehearted Boy: Contest - Win "Wolf Hall," "Logicomix," and a $100 Threadless Gift Certificate

thelittlefluffycat — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:03:47 -0000

::headdesk:: or, you know, Wolf Hall. *sigh* more coffee, more coffee...

Re: Largehearted Boy: Contest - Win "Wolf Hall," "Logicomix," and a $100 Threadless Gift Certificate

thelittlefluffycat — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:57:43 -0000

the guy who's 100% so far says Purdue, so I do too. :)

Re: Turn your iPhone or iTouch Into a Hands-Free Viewing Device

thelittlefluffycat — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:56:37 -0000

If I had one of these, I'd definitely use it for reading. But just upping the protection level on the screen is HUGE.

Re: Friday Giveaway and Author Spotlight | Indie-Debut 2010

thelittlefluffycat — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:25:46 -0000

I've got to confess a fondness for Apex Book Company: they're not shy about getting their feet into electronic publishing and they like their short stories, too (they've just recently started publishing novels). Currently reading "I Remember The Future, by Michael A. Burstein, & Descended from Darkness, a collection of stories from Apex Magazine.

Re: Help Find a Name for the Real Life GalleyCat - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

thelittlefluffycat — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:22:38 -0000

Very simple - what would one call a Galleycat, but Beatrice? :)

Re: My Wife Ran-off And Left Me! (Well, good!)

thelittlefluffycat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:51:26 -0000

LOLOL. . . I hope she gets back before you wind up all dried out and crunchy like a piece of overbaked macaroni!

mac and cheese!

Re: Your Hurtful Words Affect Real People

thelittlefluffycat — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:18:05 -0000

Some people spend the freedom the net gives us like the windfall it is -- and wind up, nouveau riche-style, wasting it on ugliness. There are a lot of bitter people out there, and whatever their situation (maybe just like hers!) I am just sorry they chose to take it out in this way. I have been holding good thoughts for you and Jessie ever since that first anguished online yell of yours. My sister had been laid off just the week before, and just as unexpectedly.

I can't imagine you ever being a "wch," John. :) At the very worst, if you said something along those lines, I imagine you would have explained your frustrations and fears. Even in a case like this, that would have helped.

Re: Abstracting Humanity: The Death of @MarsPhoenix

thelittlefluffycat — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:32:13 -0000

I've been privileged to meet a number of longtime online friends, and I think there is a point when you know who they are, on the same level that you know someone from real life. It's like you've been talking to them in the dark, where you can tell the truth without having to worry about "facing" them -- and by the time you meet them, it's done. You know them, they know you. The meeting becomes a formality. Great post. :)

Re: Communication Breakdown

thelittlefluffycat — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:12:52 -0000

I value the people I can be comfortably silent with, so much! Online, for me, that often means talking about things of "no consequence", the small, daily breath things that we would know about each other if we saw each other -- if we breathed the same air, in the same room.

We have so many ways of saying things online, perhaps we need an emoticon for a filled silence. Perhaps that's something worth thinking about.

It's good to "meet" you, John.

hm. maybe. . . .[***] ? :)

Re: Literary Mixology - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

thelittlefluffycat — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:06:33 -0000

And let's not forget, in that vein, the comment from Hemingway to Fitzgerald about all writers being "rummies".

Re: Drinking and Reading and Drinking - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

thelittlefluffycat — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:22:58 -0000

Don't forget Joe Konrath's Jack Daniels series -- he thoughtfully includes a recommended drink as the book title. The latest is "Fuzzy Navel".

Winner's circle champagne for reading Dick Francis . . .