Resurrecting The Dead--the All New Horror Hounds Weekend Report

DL Hegel said:

1000wds horror--1000 in sci-fi. Horror short is making me happy--very promising.

Some poetry--not posting it.

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ARBITRARY......

oops.

You may have the pumpkin pie that Brother 'Thou-Shalt-Not-Worship-Cthulhu' baked last night...before he was....transformed.

Now...you...BACK TO WORK...the rest of you ..

to the ARBITRARY!!!!

...so DL Hegel may watch your agony and laugh!!!!

callalily61 said:

Let's see... this past week:

I subbed a 6500-word short to the Dybbuk Press Biblical Horror antho. That just required editing, so perhaps I typed 200 words for it.

Then there's my vamp synopsis, 612 words (twice, because it needed a complete rewrite).

Then there were the three (3) synopses I edited for AWers. 400-500 words altogether, I think.

And last there was the backstory for the shiny new WIP: 1156 words and counting.

I shall hie me to The Comfy Chair and wait for my tea at elevenses.

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SIGH:::::::::

1156, huh?

Brother 'I-Shall-Not-Don-Womens-Garters-In-Public-Again' shall bring you thy Wormwood tea whilst you mock those in punishment.

I has words!

5700 since last monday on WIP #2. And i forgot, i did update the blog last week... not so much on the paying stuff, but the big paycheck took out the immediate urgency in that.

I;m on those tomorrow, though.

slcboston said:

And mistress, let me be the first to publically grovel - last week was a wash. Utter wash.

I am working to correct that as we speak -but nada happened.

I could offer up excuses, but I doubt they'd be accepted, and then somebody else's would, and I'd get all angry and hurt them, and then you'd ask me what happened in this big booming voice...

And the best I'd be able to come up with is, "Am I my chihuahua's keeper?"

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slcboston said:

I has words!

5700 since last monday on WIP #2. And i forgot, i did update the blog last week... not so much on the paying stuff, but the big paycheck took out the immediate urgency in that.

I;m on those tomorrow, though.

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Ummmm. ahhhhhh. Yeah. Ok.

You slide by this time...but next week you must use the phrase 'crabcakes in regalia' twice in your report.

Haggis said:

Yes. Yes you are.

Now as for me, I wrote nothing.

Well, I did write about 1000 words for that AW day of interviewing Chihuahuas thingy that's going on, but I suppose that doesn't count, even if what I wrote was fiction. So let's forget about that.

I did finish a crit on a novel and send the comments off.

I did finish a crit on a three chapter, 15000 or 16000 word crit for someone else.

That's what I wanted to do this weekend and that's what I did.

So, take away my beets. I never eat them anyhow. Take away my turnips. I hate turnips. Please leave my turnip greens though, because they're good.

Oh. And bring me a steak. Medium rare, please. 16 ounces will do.

Thank you.

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Good dog...good dog.

Here is something special for you.


***Takes steak and turnip greens and makes Haggis Ghormeh Sabzi***

I tried to make crabcakes once... Talk about horror.

Hey guys, It's been a busy few months and I haven't been around much, lots of family stuff going on. It's good to be back after only being able to pop in once in a while.

I have been writing though. Finished 2 shorts the last few months and have 2 others about half way done. I have 4 subs out right now that I'm awaiting replies on.

How has everything been around here?

The Scip said:

Hey guys, It's been a busy few months and I haven't been around much, lots of family stuff going on. It's good to be back after only being able to pop in once in a while.

I have been writing though. Finished 2 shorts the last few months and have 2 others about half way done. I have 4 subs out right now that I'm awaiting replies on.

How has everything been around here?

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Nothing much.


We're going to punish you now.

And now for the weekend HH NFL update:

For Lily:
.... aw, Lily, I was rooting for 'em. Guess they were trying to lose too hard to win.

For Jay:
*points and laughs, points and LAUGHS*

though, it could have been worse. Could have been to Detroit.

Haggis said:

Crabcakes are our friends. You just have to make them right. And this ain't the depression (well, not quite yet) so use enough crabmeat, dammit. Crackermeal patties taste like, well, crackermeal patties.

What's that? This is a writing thread?

Oh. Sorry.

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well--we where talking about boxers vs briefs last week--before that a political ideologies debate almost cracked wide open-- I say viva la crab cakes and underoos!

been naughty word count is low 750 on the horror front. I have been worshipping at the alter of shiny distractions--ready for my licks--Lady Jay.

slcboston said:

And now for the weekend HH NFL update:

For Lily:
.... aw, Lily, I was rooting for 'em. Guess they were trying to lose too hard to win.

For Jay:
*points and laughs, points and LAUGHS*

though, it could have been worse. Could have been to Detroit.

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I'll remember that.

Haggis said:

Crabcakes are our friends. You just have to make them right. And this ain't the depression (well, not quite yet) so use enough crabmeat, dammit. Crackermeal patties taste like, well, crackermeal patties.

What's that? This is a writing thread?

Oh. Sorry.

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You need a few Ritz crackers, but mainly you need back fin crab meat and Old Bay seasoning.

DL Hegel said:

been naughty word count is low 750 on the horror front. I have been worshipping at the alter of shiny distractions--ready for my licks--Lady Jay.

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Yes...but you are the first to report...so I'll torture everyone else by giving you the crabcakes, the crab soup, the homemade bread...and most of the Red Velvet cookies.


Hey...hey...cheer up everybody...I still have lots of beets and cabbage for the rest of you!!!

Jaycinth said:

You need a few Ritz crackers, but mainly you need back fin crab meat and Old Bay seasoning.




Yes...but you are the first to report...so I'll torture everyone else by giving you the carbcakes, the crab soup, the homemade bread...and most of the Red Velvet cookies.


Hey...hey...cheer up everybody...I still have lots of beets and cabbage for the rest of you!!!

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thank you Lady Jay

I will gladly eat any crabcakes Boston didn't make

I don't think I've ever been to Boston.......


but I live in Maryland, if that helps the crustacean certification.


Ok.

Here's a challenge:

The first person who pops in here with an appropriate working title for book 4, (Which is um...half...from the alien's point of view...so far...kinda...) without having read the outline or anything, is exempt from punishment next week, and also gets to pick the punishment.

Here's a clue: I decided to not name it 'All Fear The Easter Bunny'

It is not a musical, a biography, a comedy, or even a sword and sorcery junket. It is definately not literary.

I'm not going to name it 'Santa has Satan in his Clause', either.

Post your suggestions, and we'll take an informal vote tomorrow or Wednesday.

I'll be back this evening with the 'Whipcracking Brothers'

TTFN

How do I get rid of that stupid arrow at the top of the last post?

Dag, that ruins my day.
Now, I have to pass on the ruin.

I think I'll call my credit card company and taunt them.

Crawling in from the mothballs and dustbunnies I scraped out about 1100 words yesterday. They weren't good words but came amid children flying in and out of the house to see what exactly was this "snow" people kept talking about. It's not real snow over here in the PNW, just a couple of inches to hide the leaves I never raked off the lawn.

another 5k on the new WIP last week...

and i have a title, thank you.

Without knowing anything about your book, Jay, makes it kind of hard to title it.

ooh, ooh, I have one:

"An Insider's Look at the Human Body" (assuming you have the right kind of aliens, of course)