Jed's Super-Dooper Newbie Question-of-the-Week Thread

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A terrible name for the new royal baby has got to be Hinglemcringleberry
 

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If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be?


I'd rather be home, in bed and covered in three blankets.

You guys can have the outside world until March.
 

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If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be?


I'd rather be home, in bed and covered in three blankets.

You guys can have the outside world until March.

But there's not even that much snow on the ground yet!

:D

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Now how about that Boz?
KokkieH answered both questions.
What are the odds?

Never tell me the odds.


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A terrible name for the new royal baby has got to be Hinglemcringleberry
Haha! Good one!

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If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be?


I'd rather be home, in bed and covered in three blankets.

You guys can have the outside world until March.

Yes! Me too! (As long as I had food and wine!)
 

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I would be 30 years ago, in my apartment reading the offer from TOR Books, and convincing my younger self to cancel my attendance at university later that autumn, accept the contract and increase the word count on the novel they wanted to publish.
Oh no! That sounds really sucky. :(
 

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I would rather be at an all-you-can-eat gourmet breakfast buffet with massage chairs, bottomless mimosas and lots of well behaved, fluffy puppies!
 

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If I could be anywhere else in this world I would be in this apartment only ten degrees cooler and with all the laundry done.
 

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If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be?
I've always fancied being in a Tardis. Then you could be anywhere else, anytime you wanted to be.

First place I'd visit? A library, fifty years into the future, to check in on how the world's going to turn out.
 

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If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be?


I'd rather be home, in bed and covered in three blankets.

You guys can have the outside world until March.

In a publishing house, discussing the rights to my new book!

On a less facetious note, I'd say maybe Phuket or Bangkok. Despite the constant starvation and backstabbing, Survivor does make South-East Asia seem awfully scenic.
 

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Your eyes do not deceive you! A new QotW!!!

Okay, so we're starting to average more like a question of the month, but let's not quibble, shall we?

February is almost upon us, meaning it's time here in the states for Groundhog Day. What is Groundhog Day, some of you are asking? Well, it's a very funny movie with Bill Murray, and if you watch it the movie will pretty much explain everything. And do not that aside from the time distortion aspect of the central plot, the rest of the movie as it concerns the town and the festivities is actually true to life.

But why should groundhogs get all the prognostication fun? I say we should get other animals involved. Hence, your question of the week:

If a groundhog can predict six more weeks of winter*, what else might other animals be able to predict?


Be as fanciful as you wish, and if you've actually got something in your culture that applies, have at it.



I am proposing the Morning Cat: predicts how long you're going to be able to sleep in, or how early before your alarm you're going to get up, depending.




Oh, who am I kidding? As a lifelong cat owner, it's always earlier.








*Please note it's ALWAYS six more weeks of winter, regardless. Least around here.
 

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it was suggested I pass thru and say "HI"
totally new and totally lost and confused, but reading lots of good info
I was wondering where to ask question about publishers and what is a good deal or not... directions appreciated
good day ALL!!!
 

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it was suggested I pass thru and say "HI"
totally new and totally lost and confused, but reading lots of good info
I was wondering where to ask question about publishers and what is a good deal or not... directions appreciated
good day ALL!!!
Hi PatiQlee,

You might not have found it yet, but there's a whole board here for General Publishing Discussion, which you can find here.

If you click the Forum button, (next to What's new? at the top of the page) you should be able to find all of AW's various boards.

Pop into the Newbie Pub, if you're still lost, and you should be able to find someone there who can help you.
 

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If a groundhog can predict six more weeks of winter*, what else might other animals be able to predict?

Be as fanciful as you wish, and if you've actually got something in your culture that applies, have at it.
Allow me to present Paul the Octopus, who's pretty good at predicting World Cup results.
 

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It's a little-known fact that chickens can predict traffic patterns. If more people knew this, they wouldn't keep asking pointless questions, like why chickens cross the road.