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Post by liamdavies on Aug 17, 2011 10:01:36 GMT -6
Mark - you're like if the terminator could write...
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Post by brett on Aug 17, 2011 20:35:05 GMT -6
Mark - you're like if the terminator could write... Mark is actually several cyborgs, all sent from the future.
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Post by markgunnells on Aug 18, 2011 15:02:50 GMT -6
Well, this cyborg finished a short today called "The Shop of Lost Ideas." If it's any consolation, I don't think it's very good.
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Post by brett on Aug 18, 2011 18:01:47 GMT -6
Neither was Arnie, but he made millions.
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Post by markgunnells on Aug 20, 2011 5:01:19 GMT -6
Finished off the week with a short one called "The Shampoo" which was nothing but pure silliness.
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Post by Douglas E Wright on Aug 22, 2011 12:17:36 GMT -6
Completed the first draft of a short story I'm hoping to submit to an anthology by month's end. It's called 'The Dollhouse.'
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Post by brett on Sept 1, 2011 3:52:51 GMT -6
Completed the first draft of a short story I'm hoping to submit to an anthology by month's end. It's called 'The Dollhouse.'
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Post by brett on Sept 1, 2011 4:14:19 GMT -6
Earlier this summer I was asked to write a newsletter for the project I'm working on at my full-time job. Of course I agreed to do it. It has been interesting, to say the least. First, let me point out that the company I work for is pretty big. We have multiple sites in a handful of states. The project I'm assisting with is one of the most important projects the company has undertook. People have been working on this project for years. I've been on it since March, so I'm one of the newbies. Anyway, I've received newsletters before. Typically they get tossed. Or in this case, since they are sent as emails, skipped over, deleted, ignored. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure many people do that with this newsletter too. But some don't. Either way, it doesn't really matter. What I find interesting is that writing fiction, the thing I do when I'm not at work, the thing I consider my "other" job, the thing I've done for years, has netted me way less than throwing together a newsletter I thought folks would straight-out avoid. Boy, was I wrong. Don't misunderstand me. I'm not complaining. It's just an interesting observation. Even more interesting still is the fact that this newsletter is not being ignored. It is flourishing. Basically, the director at our site has used newsletters on other projects in the past. So naturally he wanted to have a newsletter on this project. Lucky me. The point where it gets interesting is there is an official training/communication department which oversees information-laden emails. No problem, my supervisor has the authority to email the newsletter to all managers at all sites asking them to share with their people, which they have in the past. Which only made the official department more upset. So what. Ha ha! Right? Only to a point. We want everyone to have access to this information. So, when asked to submit the "rough draft" of the newsletter to this communication department each week, we agreed. We even agreed on their boring template. We also agreed an several other things that I won't go into here. As a writer, I feel I should know my audience, entertain them, and at the same time be somewhat controversial. Yeah, I like to shake things up a little. Instigate a wee bit of trouble. I've done that here. Too bad I can't post some of the snippy emails I've seen from the "communication" department. Suffice to say, we got the impression they wanted to usurp the newsletter due to its popularity. Folks forwarding it to all sites, all corners of the company. Copies being printed and posted at desks, on bulletin boards, etc. I've had an exponential number of readers of this newsletter, as compared to my fiction. It's mind-boggling to me. But it gets even better. As crazy as it sounds, this may be the biggest pat on the back I've ever received as a writer. Yesterday, despite all the lock-down of the newsletter by the communication department, someone leaked a copy of the most recent issue before it could be edited for content. Mwah-hahaha! Boy, sometimes I truly love writing.
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Post by liamdavies on Sept 12, 2011 23:53:30 GMT -6
About half way through the first draft of the sequel to The Animal Trilogy... Won't mean much to anyone as the first hasn't been picked up yet, but it's still coming along nicely. Elderly protagonist, a demon and lots of sex and violence thus far.
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Post by sinistergrinpress on Sept 13, 2011 15:01:19 GMT -6
I'm writing a zombie novella for Creeping Hemlock (hopefully) called Addicted to the Dead. I'm also writing a novella I plan on pitching to Skipp called Fat Off Sex and Violence, and a chapbook called Infinity House (working title) for Burning Effigy.
Of course, all three publishers could tell me to get lost, but I'm excited about the projects. And I just got a blurb from Ray Garton! Sweeeet....
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Post by brett on Sept 15, 2011 21:56:42 GMT -6
Finished a couple of flash pieces. One about a gross-out contest, another about some Jehovah's Witnesses. Both are horror. Wrote a short story for an anthology. It's erotic horror. I'm still waiting on the contract for these, but unofficially (verbally) these should be available in print soon. Stay tuned for more details.
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Post by Douglas E Wright on Oct 10, 2011 20:31:00 GMT -6
Over the past few days, I finished rewriting my crime story, '30-Minute Delivery,' and uploaded it to Amazon and Smashwords. Now I'm planning a novel length story based on my novella Boogaloos.
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Post by geneoneill on Oct 11, 2011 11:26:24 GMT -6
Beginning a dark thriller. THE BLUE HERON has nothing supernatural (so far--but things always change in my work).
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Post by markgunnells on Oct 27, 2011 9:19:11 GMT -6
Wrote a couple of Halloween pieces, a flash piece called "Waiting", and a short called "Paper Bats" which I suspect may suck ass. Wrote another short piece called "Dolls" to submit to Jeremy Shipp's Attic Toys anthology although I don't hold out much hope of making it in. Next I'll do another Halloween piece I'll either call "Halloween on Halloween" or "Halloween Viewing" then start a Halloween novella called "October Roses."
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Post by brett on Oct 30, 2011 7:57:15 GMT -6
I'm trying to come up with a title for a work in progress. Gah! Lately titles are a pain in the ass for me. What's the deal?
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