Ugh, apparently SP didn’t get my email with the edited version, please ignore the boneheaded error in 47 across’s clue. I blame, my beta tester copy editor Rhywun. Also 37 down should have a better clue but it is what it is.
Rhywun
I didn’t realize I was a beta tester. Hm… back to the last thread, I guess 🙂
Plinker762
I thought the glibertariat was beto free. Sad!
Count Potato
Apparently, it’s not gay if you are wearing a tie.
Ted’s my new beta tester Ted, I’ll need an email to send you the next puzzle, thank’s in advance.
Gustave Lytton
Dick shaped crossword inbound, Ted’s!
Rhywun
Yeah, if I knew I was a beta tester I would have pointed that one out the other day.
MikeS
No one expects to be a beta tester!
leon
Be the Beta Tester we deserve, not the one we need.
Spudalicious
Then Rhywun’s beta testing is spot on.
Rhywun
??
Florida Man
The trash can at work has a sign that reads “trash only”. I wonder what else people have been doing with it.
Sean
If it’s Florida, I’m gonna guess hiding meth. Or bath salts.
Florida Man
I’ve never understood the saying “having your meth and smoking it too” if I have meth, why wouldn’t i smoke it?
Trigger Hippie
I knew a guy many years ago who wrapped a meth chunk in a rolling paper then swallowed it with a glass of water. Less wear an tear on your lungs I guess. Of course, eating that horrible shit probably isn’t great for your stomach lining either.
*shrugs*
Florida Man
You won’t know, unless you try.
Trigger Hippie
I did! Twenty years ago that was right up my ally. Thank god I outgrew my taste for speed a longtime ago. Now anything more than a large cup of coffee and I’m bouncing off the walls all day.
Sean
It should be a logo on your driver’s licence…
Snort>smoke>eat
At least as a water mark…
Florida Man
That’d be sweet!
Bobarian LMD
Isn’t it already on the Florida State Seal?
Florida Man
Just a poorly drawn alligator
Heroic Mulatto
Back in college, my nickname was “Guy Who Jacks Off Into Wastepaper Baskets”.
Florida Man
I think that’s supposed to go in the compost. So unwoke. Much problematic.
Spudalicious
If you had jacked off into potted plants, you could be a Hollywood mogul.
Chafed
You’re a professor, right? So it’s still your nickname.
Trigger Hippie
I enjoyed 48 down. Possibly my favorite animal.
BakedPenguin
You disgust me.
Spudalicious
Thanks to all of you putting in the effort to make these. That’s a lot of work.
leon
I’m stuck on 1 Down. Glibs doesn’t fit, nor does “The Blaze” or Democratic Underground.
Florida Man
Gab?
leon
Pretty sure 48 down is Wallaby.
leon
6 across, should be “Power wielding tool vigilante, allegedly”
leon
6 down
MikeS
Good job, Hype. I’ve been pretty busy lately, but I’ll try to get this done so I can criticize some of your clues.
Boomers know Mineo. Us gen Xers prefer Do the Right Thing pizza guy.
Rhywun
I knew Mineo and I’m no damn boomer.
straffinrun
Meneither. But only because I do a lot of crosswords.
Rhywun
I think us Gen Xers are more conversant with stuff that came out before we were born because most of us were raised on three or four TV channels that showed that stuff all the time.
Gustave Lytton
Yep.
straffinrun
Mineo is a little too old school for me. But I’ve got scads of culture gaps.
Suthenboy
I am a dummy. I am getting…..not much.
Spudalicious
Whew! I’m not the only one.
Rhywun
The beta test was cool because it told you if you put the wrong letter in.
Old Man With Candy
I’m still trying to figure out how you can do crosswords while moving your lips.
I am not smart enough to do crossword puzzles. Or else my brain just doesn’t work that way.
Don Escaped Texas
It’s worth fighting through, but a lot of it is about the editor. I really didn’t like Will Shortz at first, but we’ve reached a truce.
Part of understanding is demographic and largely generational. Gen Z is unlikely to know about the WPA or CCC; I didn’t study it in school: I heard Gen Greatest talk about it. Unless Ken Burns details it out or there’s a video game about it, those two are becoming weird, lost details.
Shortz is a decade older than I and selling to a crowd that is as well. Because I grew up a certain way, I always got him a little and the rest came to me . . . but it was work. Your day is coming about now, so jump in: doG knows I don’t know the names of rappers or whatever that are creeping into the solutions.
Crusty Juggler
Samsies.
hayeksplosives
OT: My day started off shitty when I got an email on my work phone during the ride to work (I’m still not allowed to drive until I get the all-clear from the doc).
The email was the resignation of one of my key people. The rest of the day was damage control and replanning resources on projects.
Fun was not had. He will be sorely missed.
Bring on the cocktails.
Spudalicious
That sucks.
Chafed
Sorry HS. Does Mr. HS drive you or did your employer give you one of those fancy robot cars? I assume you work for SHIELD.
Sir Digby
Here’s hoping she doesn’t ever need an eye patch. Not saying it wouldn’t compliment the outfit she has on in the avatar, but…you know. Better she has both functional eyes.
Sir Digby
I am really beginning to hate Tuesdays*. It’s typically my “Hump day“, with all that brings, but now…. Now, you’re screwing with nice people, dammit!
But she’s the one that bought a Tesla, not you. (I don’t trust it either)
leon
Very Nice Hyp. I’m enjoying this new feature
Spudalicious
The Hyperbole puts in the effort to puke up a crossword puzzle, and he only has 50 posts? What the hell is wrong with you people?!? It’s like you have lives, or something.
Rhywun
Well, I played it days ago but I can state that it was very enjoyable. Only one of the recent batch I was able to complete on my own. I’m an average puzzler, FWIW. I believe Hyp stated he does this professionally, and it shows.
straffinrun
I’m at work and still managing to post. Not excuses, people.
Jarflax
We are doing the puzzle. You want comments don’t give us something to focus on. I’m done except the right hand center 28-33 block. Which no 2 of my thoughts can coexist in
Spudalicious
I forgot. Being a Glib and multitasking is a bridge too far.
OK, I’m working on the crossword – on graph paper because my laptop isn’t hooked up to a printer. Scrolling up and down between puzzle & clues is a challenge.
But I’m going O/T – or rather circling back to a topic from earlier today. I really wanted to get in on the conversation about marketing creative work that was going on in the comments on Tonio’s noon post, but I think Chrome on my phone and the site weren’t playing nice together. (Tried to comment twice, but got “You must be logged in to comment” even though I WAS logged in, dammit!) I hope SOME of the writers from that conversation are around. It seems there are a lot more of them here than I realized.
I recently started writing fiction & took an online class for same at the local community college. Had a blast, and the instructor loved my work. (Of course, most of my classmates’ stuff was…well, while I don’t believe writers have a built-in excuse for substance abuse, I now believe community college writing instructors DO.) We were required to submit the final draft of a short story to a “real world” publication, and I’ve actually sent mine to four so far. Just last night, I got my first rejection letter – not unexpected, and I kinda think of it as a rite of passage/badge of honor. I have a sneaking suspicion, though, that my style may not fit the “market,” and it’s not worth it to me to change for the sake of selling if I don’t consider it an improvement that fits what I want to say the way I want to say it.
So, writers: At what point – after how many rejections – is it time to consider self-publishing? In my case at the moment, it would be short fiction, though I also have a work-in-progress that is likely to be full-length or at least a novella. At what point do you give up letting someone else market it and strike out on your own?
commodious spittoon
I keep telling you people, MS Paint is the lazy man’s lazier but cleverer man’s workaround’s good enough.
It keeps your last tool used active, rather than defaulting to the cursor when you alt-tab to another window, which would be infuriating in any other menu but when you have the text tool active is invaluable for filling in a crossword.
Rhywun
I use macOS Preview (the built-in PDF reader) which has similar drawing tools.
commodious spittoon
Look at this 20 across. I bet you didn’t even get 34 across, you 6 down.
Sir Digby
It keeps your last tool used active
Go on…
Ozymandias
GT – I read that thread earlier and had noticed that there appear to be a, uh, I don’t know, statistically significant number of people who are writers, ranging from professional to hobbyists. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising given the site and how it is crowd-sourced, but for whatever it’s worth, I’m going to self-publish. When I finish re-editing the anthrax series I’m posting here, I’m going to pay someone to proof it, and then I’m going to just put it out there into the universe. I don’t care about fame or fortune or what the “traditional” writing community thinks. I’ve been making a living on my (legal) writing for over a decade now; as far as I’m concerned, it’s better to simply dive in and see if there’s a market for what you’re doing than try to get picked up out of the slush pile from someone’s desk. You might as well play the lottery.
Wish all of the aspiring and ongoing writers much success in their endeavors. If you have something to say, just keep plugging away. And let us know when it hits print because I’d love to buy a copy and get it autographed. (Especially the Allamakee Chronicles! Although I may skip the chapter on poor Wimpy’s nether regions).
Gender Traitor
Thanks! What you’re writing needs to be told, but I can imagine that a lot of publishers might be afraid to touch it. I’ll look forward to seeing your story (“sad but true”) hit print.
I’d at least make sure whatever I was going to sell was worth the minimum price allowed by whatever vendor solution you go with (ie, at least 0.99 on amazon, etc)
Gender Traitor
That seems reasonable for anything longer than “flash fiction” – and mine is anything but. It was too long for many journals’ max word count, though not too long for others’. I can give ’em 99 cents’ worth easy.
Chafed
GT I assume you want to sell your writing to make money. If there is any market for your writing then consider self publishing and charging a modest amount for your book/novella.
If IRL you get paid for writing and are self-employed then consider self-publishing and giving your work away as a lead magnet.
I’ve heard a lot of indies remark that free giveaways don’t actually drive sales. As in people who pick it up for free are likely just hoovering up all the free titles they can, and may not even read it, and are unlikely to pass it on via word of mouth.
I write ginormously long books. So I kinda price according to length. 99c for book 1, then it goes anywhere from 2.99 to 6.99 (never more) depending on the length.
When I was a kid, I LOVED those big door-stopper books. I read Gone with the Wind and The North and the South in 7th or 8th grade, I think. I can’t remember. All the bodice rippers were humongous. All the soap opera books were humongous.
I was trying to get published with a certain line of Harlequin that was 90,000-120,000 words, because that was what I liked to read, so I trained myself to tell a story within that.
My first book is huge because it’s 3 romances, each around 90,000 words, so that’s within my comfort zone.
Yes, but the free ones won’t do that necessarily because, as you said, people like to hoard freebies.
So you stop and think about 99c for an author you’ve never heard of for a book with a soap-opera-y summary, then pull the trigger on that. The likelihood of reading it is greater, but you won’t buy it if it’s 2.99 or more.
Gender Traitor
That book’s worth a hell of a lot more than 99c. I feel a little guilty for having paid so little. Not that guilty, but a little guilty.
Gender Traitor
Come to think of it, that’s probably how you sucked me in. You sly vixen!
If people like the first one, they usually gobble up the rest, so in that sense, it works. It’s just getting people to know that the first one actually exists that’s the problem.
It’s a risk. It’s a very serious time commitment. You’re not going to be pissed off if you can’t make it through the first six chapters if you only paid 99c.
Gender Traitor
The money is not really the main motivator, but a little extra would be nice. I’m beyond just posting my work on writers’ websites for free, but not ready to “write to the market” for the sake of getting published traditionally.
So far, the only thing I’ve ever been paid to write has been my employer’s board meeting minutes. That’s actually how I got started in fiction.
I’m letting it percolate, because I’m not sure I have enough plots to fit the number of characters who’d be involved.
Finishing “On Unknown Shores” and “Prince of the North Tower” are ahead of writing it because they have 30k and 80k words already on ‘paper’.
Gender Traitor
I haven’t read a lot of SF or fantasy other than Douglas Adams and Pratchett, unless you count Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St. Mary’s books & short stories (which is what I’ve been binge-reading when I’m not binge-reading Mojeaux’s books.) Taylor, though, is really more history in the context of time travel. A lot of my friends – and certainly a lot of my classmates in the writing class – are very much into fantasy. WTH – could you post a link here to your stuff?
Gender Traitor
OK, just saw the link. Which book should be read first?
Fair warning – there’s more currently published in the Tarnished Sterling series, as “Beyond the Edge of the Map” is the most recent volume on the market.
Gender Traitor
Dang! All those Kindle books, and here I sit with my Nook. Ever consider doing Nook books too? I do have the Kindle app on my laptop in a pinch, but I wubs my Nookums.
I’m not sure where I would even sell that format. And with the KDP select terms and conditions, I’d have to be sure I’d be able to make beyond a certain amount of money I’d have to give up to expand vendors.
Gender Traitor
I can also do EPUBs on the Nook.
Rhywun
I do all my reading on Kindle for my phone. My actual Kindle is better for reading but I got sick of carrying around multiple devices.
I can try to export an epub from my base files, but I can’t vouch for formatting/legibility, since I don’t have a reader that I like.
But I’d have to deliver it to you via a different avenue, because of aforementioned T&Cs regarding marketplaces.
Gender Traitor
If you think you’d have time, energy, and/or inclination to try to do an EPUB of Beyond the Edge of the Map, maybe drop me an e-mail at LinnieRed [at]woh.rr.com?
Ummm….no, but there IS an elderly mother with Alzheimer’s and her daughter/only child with terminal cancer, plus a nurse who gives said daughter illegal pot to try to counteract the chemo nausea. Typical RomCom fare.
I really enjoyed reading AC’s stuff *before* I had ever done hallucinogenics. Now that I have, I REALLY would like to read his stuff again. I hope wherever he is that he is still loving on the universe. Would love for him to reappear.
Q, I photocopied the starfish of one of my favorite female buttholes and pasted them in the millions all over super black deepness. When they fall, quincy, they will call gently and tightly on your ak-7incher and the bullets released will fire like a million new parallels and your brain will fell you like a fuckton of blizzard suns.
Ozymandias
Damn. Is that the last sighting? And is that from TOS?
When I was new at TOS and just lurked, I’d read his stuff very very slowly. At first it looked like the gibberish on new WordPress sites, but I went slowly and really worked at visualizing what he said.
The dude has/had a way with description that I find utterly seductive.
THEN I came out of lurkdom and he was the first person to welcome me. I used “Moriah Jovan” over there and he rhapsodized about how much he loved my name.
So yeah, I had a bit of a crush on him before that, but then I had a huge crush.
Ozymandias
I had a similar reaction. I lurked and would read his stuff and just skim by it, but then I started really reading what he wrote and I was like, “Whoa. Dude’s not simply some lunatic blathering nonsensically. He’s describing… something… real?” I don’t know, but I really got to enjoy when he would pop in.
mikey
I think he showed up not long after the Glibbening. Not that handle but it sounded like him when he’d do an occaisional morning post -his morning stuff (sober/sraight?) was very tightly written and thoughtful.
He hinted at his identity and said he felt uncomfortable posting on such an intimate site.
Loved his stuff, but it could get scarey as the night wore on and he took on more of whatever he was taking on/
it could get scarey as the night wore on and he took on more of whatever he was taking on
Yes, I noticed that timeline of chemical-fueled prose too. I also noticed that occasionally someone would actually flat-out ask him if he was all right and he’d be all, “No.” But not “no.” About 62 words that expressed “no.”
I think I vaguely remember someone saying he may have shown up here and felt a little exposed.
Sir Digby
felt a little exposed.
What an absolute shame, my considering this as Family #2 the 2nd family. I hate that he didn’t feel at ease. And yes, of course, it can take time, and I think it was in the infancy of the site.
An audience member at “Betrayal” on Broadway, which the “Night Manager” actor is starring in, was moved to tears, moans and spasms of ecstasy Wednesday at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
A commenter on the All That Chat message board revealed that a person in their row at the performance, a well-dressed “young woman in her thirties,” felt the Harold Pinter play deeply — and she wasn’t Loki about it.
“My companion could feel a rhythmic banging against his armrest, punctuated by occasional low moans and giggles,” the unwitting voyeur said. “[It] got faster and faster until there was one slightly louder ‘Ha’, and she resumed her normal seat position, put her head back and closed her eyes
Democratic donor Ed Buck, who has been subject to protests and calls for prosecution in the overdose deaths of two men at his West Hollywood home, was arrested Tuesday in connection with a third overdose, police say.
Activists have been calling for Buck’s arrest, believing him responsible responsible for the deaths of Gemmel Moore, 26, and Timothy Dean, 55. Both black gay men were found in Buck’s West Hollywood’s apartment less than two years apart. The coroner ruled that both deaths were caused by methamphetamine overdoses.
Lacey’s office said Tuesday that Buck has now been charged with operating a drug house and providing meth to a 37-year-old man who overdosed last week.
He was charged with one felony count each of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house.
Authorities say Buck injected the victim with meth on Sept. 11 at Buck’s home in the 1200 block of Laurel Avenue in West Hollywood. The man suffered an overdose but survived.
My word.
Sir Digby
Wait….am I supposed to believe that Ed Buck was behind 9/11?
Former President Obama met with 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday as part of her visit to Washington, D.C., to lobby lawmakers on environmental issues
Sometimes lobbying is good.
Gustave Lytton
Random lawmaker visit
“A Swedish chick is here to see you, sir.”
“Send her straight in! Don’t keep her waiting!”
Later
“WTF? I thought you said she was Swedish. She’s uglier than my barber.”
EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to VFW, an action horror move with a tough-guy cast that includes Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson and Martin Kove. The deal comes as the pic, directed by Joe Begos (Bliss, Almost Human, Mind’s Eye), is prepping for its world premiere Saturday at Austin’s Fantastic Fest.
Penned by Max Brallier & Matthew McArdle, VFW revolves around a group of war veterans who must defend their local VFW post and an innocent teen against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants. George Wendt, David Patrick Kelly, Tom Williamson, Sierra McCormick, Travis Hammer and Dora Madison also star.
Update: comments were locked down for exactly the reasons you might think
Crusty Juggler
Smokey & The Bandit, Convoy, White Line Fever, Every Which Way But Loose, Over the Top – what happened to movies about either truckers and their shenanigans or fighting corruption or arm wrestling for custody of a child?
The late 70s, early 80s were a pinnacle of film making.
When I am at my rock-bottom lowest-of-the-low blues, but I can’t just go curl up in bed like I want to and need a pick-me-up, I go here.
Sir Digby
That’s damn right!
The both of you.
truckers and their shenanigans
So, who would make a good Smokey and the Bandit duo these days? The guys from Psych? Anybody?
Could Cannonball Run, I or II, even be made today? Made in a way that’s satisfying, that is.
I would really really really love to see Gerard Butler take on Snowman because I think it would be hilarious for this guy to be a redneck trucker.
Sir Digby
I will have to mull over that idea Mo.
Gerard was supposed to be Snake Plissken in the reboot of Escape from NY. Kurt not happy about a foreigner playing an American icon. Not hugely pissed, but, not a fan of the idea. I think he could kick some ass, personally.
Kurt not happy about a foreigner playing an American icon.
I see his point, but I don’t want more reboots.
Sir Digby
Well, for the time being, at least, you’re both getting what you want. As far as I know, the “project” is stalled, and it’s been 2- 3 years since that was being talked about.
And, I agree with the “no reboots” idea, in general–some (movie) stories can be re-told no problem. But, it shouldn’t define the biggest part of that industry.
Crusty Juggler
Anything can get made today, it just won’t be with a large budget, but you also can’t recreate magic:
“She insulted my town! She insulted my son! She insulted my authority! And that’s nothin’ but pure and simple old-fashioned communism. Happens every time one of those dancers starts poon-tangin’ around with those show-folk fags! I can see her now… runnin’ back up that aisle. No, she was dancin’ back up the aisle. Her knockers bouncin’ all over the joint. Her ass was wigglin’ too!”
I didn’t know Sheri Moon Zombie made music, herself!
CPRM
New adapter connecting a TV to replace they dying monitor, colors are off but that’s something I can futz with….but now one of my hard drives isn’t showing up. And all my efforts today to dry out my basement, somehow lead to it flooding again.
One step forward, three steps back. Thank the lord for beer.
Robert Cicale, 50, had several pairs of worn women’s underwear stuffed into his coat when he was busted fleeing a 23-year-old neighbor’s home in March 2018, prosecutors told Suffolk County District Court on Friday.
The judge — who was suspended from the same court in Suffolk County after his arrest — was initially charged with second-degree burglary.
But he admitted to entering the 23-year-old’s home several times to snatch undies from her hamper and pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge of attempted burglary, still a felony, with a Nassau County District Court judge hearing the case, according to Newsday.
Cicale, of East Islip, is expected to get five years of probation and be forced to register as a sex offender when he is sentenced on Nov. 15.
I’m amazed no one has dished out some street justice.
Rhywun
I’d cut a bitch. Thieves deserve no less.
Sir Digby
What a great name, for a great area.
This is why everyone needs the ability to practice robust self-defense.
Rhywun
Dyker Heights is the neighborhood adjacent to mine. Another last-gasp bastion of the middle-class hanging on in the city. They are most famous for outrageous Halloween displays.
Sir Digby
They won’t be for much longer, if she starts taking a liking to holiday decorations.
Gustave Lytton
who was suspended
No more briefs for him.
Tejicano
You’re a sex offender if you have a working penis. They just make it official once they know your category.
CPRM
Reps lost the Wisconsin governorship last year, and now they’re pushing a bill to make bestiality a heavier sentence, because they claim it’s somehow linked to pedophilia. I know forced institutionalization was abused in the past, but man that would work a lot better than what they’re pushing.
A police officer with military training noted that from 10 feet away he couldn’t tell the difference between Gorman’s BB gun and an AR-15 or an M-4 rifle
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I appreciate these crosswords. Fun stuff.
Though I won’t be attempting tonight. I’ll print tomorrow at work and give it a go. ?
I’m not liking Kavanaugh season 2 so far. I wish they’d bring back Zina Bash.
Lol
Ugh, apparently SP didn’t get my email with the edited version, please ignore the boneheaded error in 47 across’s clue. I blame, my beta tester copy editor Rhywun. Also 37 down should have a better clue but it is what it is.
I didn’t realize I was a beta tester. Hm… back to the last thread, I guess 🙂
I thought the glibertariat was beto free. Sad!
Apparently, it’s not gay if you are wearing a tie.
19 Across is not a dessert.
Ted’s my new beta tester Ted, I’ll need an email to send you the next puzzle, thank’s in advance.
Dick shaped crossword inbound, Ted’s!
Yeah, if I knew I was a beta tester I would have pointed that one out the other day.
No one expects to be a beta tester!
Be the Beta Tester we deserve, not the one we need.
Then Rhywun’s beta testing is spot on.
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The trash can at work has a sign that reads “trash only”. I wonder what else people have been doing with it.
If it’s Florida, I’m gonna guess hiding meth. Or bath salts.
I’ve never understood the saying “having your meth and smoking it too” if I have meth, why wouldn’t i smoke it?
I knew a guy many years ago who wrapped a meth chunk in a rolling paper then swallowed it with a glass of water. Less wear an tear on your lungs I guess. Of course, eating that horrible shit probably isn’t great for your stomach lining either.
*shrugs*
You won’t know, unless you try.
I did! Twenty years ago that was right up my ally. Thank god I outgrew my taste for speed a longtime ago. Now anything more than a large cup of coffee and I’m bouncing off the walls all day.
It should be a logo on your driver’s licence…
Snort>smoke>eat
At least as a water mark…
That’d be sweet!
Isn’t it already on the Florida State Seal?
Just a poorly drawn alligator
Back in college, my nickname was “Guy Who Jacks Off Into Wastepaper Baskets”.
I think that’s supposed to go in the compost. So unwoke. Much problematic.
If you had jacked off into potted plants, you could be a Hollywood mogul.
You’re a professor, right? So it’s still your nickname.
I enjoyed 48 down. Possibly my favorite animal.
You disgust me.
Thanks to all of you putting in the effort to make these. That’s a lot of work.
I’m stuck on 1 Down. Glibs doesn’t fit, nor does “The Blaze” or Democratic Underground.
Gab?
Pretty sure 48 down is Wallaby.
6 across, should be “Power wielding tool vigilante, allegedly”
6 down
Good job, Hype. I’ve been pretty busy lately, but I’ll try to get this done so I can criticize some of your clues.
Thanks, maybe*
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And you followed the “symmetry” rule. Well done.
Yeah that is dang impressive
Boomers know Mineo. Us gen Xers prefer Do the Right Thing pizza guy.
I knew Mineo and I’m no damn boomer.
Meneither. But only because I do a lot of crosswords.
I think us Gen Xers are more conversant with stuff that came out before we were born because most of us were raised on three or four TV channels that showed that stuff all the time.
Yep.
Mineo is a little too old school for me. But I’ve got scads of culture gaps.
I am a dummy. I am getting…..not much.
Whew! I’m not the only one.
The beta test was cool because it told you if you put the wrong letter in.
I’m still trying to figure out how you can do crosswords while moving your lips.
I am not smart enough to do crossword puzzles. Or else my brain just doesn’t work that way.
It’s worth fighting through, but a lot of it is about the editor. I really didn’t like Will Shortz at first, but we’ve reached a truce.
Part of understanding is demographic and largely generational. Gen Z is unlikely to know about the WPA or CCC; I didn’t study it in school: I heard Gen Greatest talk about it. Unless Ken Burns details it out or there’s a video game about it, those two are becoming weird, lost details.
Shortz is a decade older than I and selling to a crowd that is as well. Because I grew up a certain way, I always got him a little and the rest came to me . . . but it was work. Your day is coming about now, so jump in: doG knows I don’t know the names of rappers or whatever that are creeping into the solutions.
Samsies.
OT: My day started off shitty when I got an email on my work phone during the ride to work (I’m still not allowed to drive until I get the all-clear from the doc).
The email was the resignation of one of my key people. The rest of the day was damage control and replanning resources on projects.
Fun was not had. He will be sorely missed.
Bring on the cocktails.
That sucks.
Sorry HS. Does Mr. HS drive you or did your employer give you one of those fancy robot cars? I assume you work for SHIELD.
Here’s hoping she doesn’t ever need an eye patch. Not saying it wouldn’t compliment the outfit she has on in the avatar, but…you know. Better she has both functional eyes.
I am really beginning to hate Tuesdays*. It’s typically my “Hump day“, with all that brings, but now…. Now, you’re screwing with nice people, dammit!
*whether or not Morrie is involved.
Mitch Albom is not one of the five people you meet in heaven.
I don’t know whether to be relieved, or, sad.
Tuesdays typically just suck for me. Dunno why.
Hayeksplosives, and now you??
Fuck you, Tuesdays! DIAF, whydoncha?!
/I do not include Tuesday Weld in this.
//Maybe her character from Falling Down
HS! I must have missed something. Why are you not allowed to drive?!
I believe she’s referring to her cracked vertebrae from…late July, I think.
I think the crack-up came after passing out: it’s the record of that loss of consciousness that is the legal problem.
Some epileptics are similarly restricted: who knows what a car does if the driver has a seizure.
I’m sure they’ll have some diagnosis and treatment that changes the score in a few months!
You are technically correct, Don. And, as is self-evident, that is the best kind of correct!
But you have a Tesla. Do you not trust the auto pilot?
Computers routinely crash.
Especially the way software is shovelled out.
I cannot trust a computer to drive.
But she’s the one that bought a Tesla, not you. (I don’t trust it either)
Very Nice Hyp. I’m enjoying this new feature
The Hyperbole puts in the effort to puke up a crossword puzzle, and he only has 50 posts? What the hell is wrong with you people?!? It’s like you have lives, or something.
Well, I played it days ago but I can state that it was very enjoyable. Only one of the recent batch I was able to complete on my own. I’m an average puzzler, FWIW. I believe Hyp stated he does this professionally, and it shows.
I’m at work and still managing to post. Not excuses, people.
We are doing the puzzle. You want comments don’t give us something to focus on. I’m done except the right hand center 28-33 block. Which no 2 of my thoughts can coexist in
I forgot. Being a Glib and multitasking is a bridge too far.
4 Down: Mojeaux doesn’t fit.
I actually do have a story to go with my smut. They generally do not involve pizzas, cougars, or short plaid skirts. Generally.
*taps foot* I’m waiting.
::fist bump to Chafed::
Got my note pad and everything…
/OK, not “everything”…
Dude, you can’t rush quality.
Sure you can.
*has flashback to last crunch time*
It doesn’t come without cost though.
OK, I’m working on the crossword – on graph paper because my laptop isn’t hooked up to a printer. Scrolling up and down between puzzle & clues is a challenge.
But I’m going O/T – or rather circling back to a topic from earlier today. I really wanted to get in on the conversation about marketing creative work that was going on in the comments on Tonio’s noon post, but I think Chrome on my phone and the site weren’t playing nice together. (Tried to comment twice, but got “You must be logged in to comment” even though I WAS logged in, dammit!) I hope SOME of the writers from that conversation are around. It seems there are a lot more of them here than I realized.
I recently started writing fiction & took an online class for same at the local community college. Had a blast, and the instructor loved my work. (Of course, most of my classmates’ stuff was…well, while I don’t believe writers have a built-in excuse for substance abuse, I now believe community college writing instructors DO.) We were required to submit the final draft of a short story to a “real world” publication, and I’ve actually sent mine to four so far. Just last night, I got my first rejection letter – not unexpected, and I kinda think of it as a rite of passage/badge of honor. I have a sneaking suspicion, though, that my style may not fit the “market,” and it’s not worth it to me to change for the sake of selling if I don’t consider it an improvement that fits what I want to say the way I want to say it.
So, writers: At what point – after how many rejections – is it time to consider self-publishing? In my case at the moment, it would be short fiction, though I also have a work-in-progress that is likely to be full-length or at least a novella. At what point do you give up letting someone else market it and strike out on your own?
I keep telling you people, MS Paint is the lazy man’s lazier but cleverer man’s workaround’s good enough.
It keeps your last tool used active, rather than defaulting to the cursor when you alt-tab to another window, which would be infuriating in any other menu but when you have the text tool active is invaluable for filling in a crossword.
I use macOS Preview (the built-in PDF reader) which has similar drawing tools.
Look at this 20 across. I bet you didn’t even get 34 across, you 6 down.
Go on…
GT – I read that thread earlier and had noticed that there appear to be a, uh, I don’t know, statistically significant number of people who are writers, ranging from professional to hobbyists. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising given the site and how it is crowd-sourced, but for whatever it’s worth, I’m going to self-publish. When I finish re-editing the anthrax series I’m posting here, I’m going to pay someone to proof it, and then I’m going to just put it out there into the universe. I don’t care about fame or fortune or what the “traditional” writing community thinks. I’ve been making a living on my (legal) writing for over a decade now; as far as I’m concerned, it’s better to simply dive in and see if there’s a market for what you’re doing than try to get picked up out of the slush pile from someone’s desk. You might as well play the lottery.
Wish all of the aspiring and ongoing writers much success in their endeavors. If you have something to say, just keep plugging away. And let us know when it hits print because I’d love to buy a copy and get it autographed. (Especially the Allamakee Chronicles! Although I may skip the chapter on poor Wimpy’s nether regions).
Thanks! What you’re writing needs to be told, but I can imagine that a lot of publishers might be afraid to touch it. I’ll look forward to seeing your story (“sad but true”) hit print.
When you get tired of being told no.
Makes sense to me! BTW – through Chapter 24. I’d like to “needl[e] one very jealous mistress” literally.
Oh, you’ll get your revenge. 😉
I’d at least make sure whatever I was going to sell was worth the minimum price allowed by whatever vendor solution you go with (ie, at least 0.99 on amazon, etc)
That seems reasonable for anything longer than “flash fiction” – and mine is anything but. It was too long for many journals’ max word count, though not too long for others’. I can give ’em 99 cents’ worth easy.
GT I assume you want to sell your writing to make money. If there is any market for your writing then consider self publishing and charging a modest amount for your book/novella.
If IRL you get paid for writing and are self-employed then consider self-publishing and giving your work away as a lead magnet.
I’ve heard a lot of indies remark that free giveaways don’t actually drive sales. As in people who pick it up for free are likely just hoovering up all the free titles they can, and may not even read it, and are unlikely to pass it on via word of mouth.
Agreed.
I do keep my first book at perma 99c though.
It’s painful, but I do.
My pricing has always been that the most recent book is 3.99, and older books are 2.99 (Paperbacks are 9.99 unless the printing cost forces it up)
I write ginormously long books. So I kinda price according to length. 99c for book 1, then it goes anywhere from 2.99 to 6.99 (never more) depending on the length.
Yeah, but I aim for 100k words and deliberately broke up Dug’s story to avoid being the length of one of your books 😛
When I was a kid, I LOVED those big door-stopper books. I read Gone with the Wind and The North and the South in 7th or 8th grade, I think. I can’t remember. All the bodice rippers were humongous. All the soap opera books were humongous.
I was trying to get published with a certain line of Harlequin that was 90,000-120,000 words, because that was what I liked to read, so I trained myself to tell a story within that.
My first book is huge because it’s 3 romances, each around 90,000 words, so that’s within my comfort zone.
I’d go check the rest but I’m too lazy.
I love door-stoppers (often in trilogy form).
I was wondering about that.
Hell, I’ll check it out at that price.
I suppose that is the point. A loss leader to get you hooked.
Yes, but the free ones won’t do that necessarily because, as you said, people like to hoard freebies.
So you stop and think about 99c for an author you’ve never heard of for a book with a soap-opera-y summary, then pull the trigger on that. The likelihood of reading it is greater, but you won’t buy it if it’s 2.99 or more.
That book’s worth a hell of a lot more than 99c. I feel a little guilty for having paid so little. Not that guilty, but a little guilty.
Come to think of it, that’s probably how you sucked me in. You sly vixen!
I have to badger people.
Then when they read the book(s) they badger me for more sequels.
If people like the first one, they usually gobble up the rest, so in that sense, it works. It’s just getting people to know that the first one actually exists that’s the problem.
It’s a risk. It’s a very serious time commitment. You’re not going to be pissed off if you can’t make it through the first six chapters if you only paid 99c.
The money is not really the main motivator, but a little extra would be nice. I’m beyond just posting my work on writers’ websites for free, but not ready to “write to the market” for the sake of getting published traditionally.
So far, the only thing I’ve ever been paid to write has been my employer’s board meeting minutes. That’s actually how I got started in fiction.
Good, because it doesn’t pay well unless you get the perfect conjunction of events to go viral.
Speaking of, do you know any good marketing people?
“Q: How do you make a small fortune in the music business?
A: Start with a large fortune.”
Well, I was the acknowledged Goddess of Shameless Self-Promotion for my old band, but…no, not really.
Do you know anyone who wants to read entertaining fantasy and science fiction?
😛
I do, you know where I can find something like that 😉
According to my readers, Here
Have you decided yet how you want to handle that time travel story?
I’m letting it percolate, because I’m not sure I have enough plots to fit the number of characters who’d be involved.
Finishing “On Unknown Shores” and “Prince of the North Tower” are ahead of writing it because they have 30k and 80k words already on ‘paper’.
I haven’t read a lot of SF or fantasy other than Douglas Adams and Pratchett, unless you count Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St. Mary’s books & short stories (which is what I’ve been binge-reading when I’m not binge-reading Mojeaux’s books.) Taylor, though, is really more history in the context of time travel. A lot of my friends – and certainly a lot of my classmates in the writing class – are very much into fantasy. WTH – could you post a link here to your stuff?
OK, just saw the link. Which book should be read first?
Well, there are two series. One starts with “Shadowboy” the other starts with “Beyond the Edge of the Map”.
Either one is a good place to start.
Fair warning – there’s more currently published in the Tarnished Sterling series, as “Beyond the Edge of the Map” is the most recent volume on the market.
Dang! All those Kindle books, and here I sit with my Nook. Ever consider doing Nook books too? I do have the Kindle app on my laptop in a pinch, but I wubs my Nookums.
I’m not sure where I would even sell that format. And with the KDP select terms and conditions, I’d have to be sure I’d be able to make beyond a certain amount of money I’d have to give up to expand vendors.
I can also do EPUBs on the Nook.
I do all my reading on Kindle for my phone. My actual Kindle is better for reading but I got sick of carrying around multiple devices.
https://youtu.be/bhOEXE50C5g
er….All those Kindle books, and here I sit with my Nook.
I can try to export an epub from my base files, but I can’t vouch for formatting/legibility, since I don’t have a reader that I like.
But I’d have to deliver it to you via a different avenue, because of aforementioned T&Cs regarding marketplaces.
If you think you’d have time, energy, and/or inclination to try to do an EPUB of Beyond the Edge of the Map, maybe drop me an e-mail at LinnieRed [at]woh.rr.com?
Funny. Microsoft Edge can open ePubs, but really sucks at it.
But I have a file, if we can figure out a way to get it to you.
I go sleep now.
I’ve sent a test email to make sure I got the address correct.
Is it a pop-up children’s book about your mother?
Ummm….no, but there IS an elderly mother with Alzheimer’s and her daughter/only child with terminal cancer, plus a nurse who gives said daughter illegal pot to try to counteract the chemo nausea. Typical RomCom fare.
Are you sure about that?
/sarc (Gotta learn to code.)
P.S. E-mail rcd. & reply sent.
I’m at work now, so I’ll have to wrap that up after I get home this afternoon.
Thanks! No rush – still reading Mojeaux’s latest, but looking forward to reading more Glibs’ oeuvres.
27 across doesn’t fit “predator.”
Look at this way, the ratio for staying on topic was pretty good. Yeah, I half-assed it but that’s par for the course.
Oops, that was for Spud.
Can’t argue that. But egos must be fed. I’m sure Hyp is in the fetal position, weeping quietly to himself.
True, but I was going to do that anyway.
lol topics
Tits, Would, FYTW, FYCS, Circumcision, Pineapple, Deep Dish, Derptard, Eat Ass, Cocktail Parties, Thicc, Hitler, Pot, Mexicans, Lube, Agile Cyborg.
*sigh* I miss that guy.
Yeah, hope he’s doing well.
I really enjoyed reading AC’s stuff *before* I had ever done hallucinogenics. Now that I have, I REALLY would like to read his stuff again. I hope wherever he is that he is still loving on the universe. Would love for him to reappear.
Damn. Is that the last sighting? And is that from TOS?
No, not last sighting, just googled “Agile Cyborg” (in quotes).
Yes, from TOS.
When I was new at TOS and just lurked, I’d read his stuff very very slowly. At first it looked like the gibberish on new WordPress sites, but I went slowly and really worked at visualizing what he said.
The dude has/had a way with description that I find utterly seductive.
THEN I came out of lurkdom and he was the first person to welcome me. I used “Moriah Jovan” over there and he rhapsodized about how much he loved my name.
So yeah, I had a bit of a crush on him before that, but then I had a huge crush.
I had a similar reaction. I lurked and would read his stuff and just skim by it, but then I started really reading what he wrote and I was like, “Whoa. Dude’s not simply some lunatic blathering nonsensically. He’s describing… something… real?” I don’t know, but I really got to enjoy when he would pop in.
I think he showed up not long after the Glibbening. Not that handle but it sounded like him when he’d do an occaisional morning post -his morning stuff (sober/sraight?) was very tightly written and thoughtful.
He hinted at his identity and said he felt uncomfortable posting on such an intimate site.
Loved his stuff, but it could get scarey as the night wore on and he took on more of whatever he was taking on/
Yes, I noticed that timeline of chemical-fueled prose too. I also noticed that occasionally someone would actually flat-out ask him if he was all right and he’d be all, “No.” But not “no.” About 62 words that expressed “no.”
I think I vaguely remember someone saying he may have shown up here and felt a little exposed.
What an absolute shame, my considering this as
Family #2the 2nd family. I hate that he didn’t feel at ease. And yes, of course, it can take time, and I think it was in the infancy of the site.that’s the key to my puzzle
Ric Ocasek post-Cars as a producer:
https://youtu.be/hAFuD-S-e_E
Needs more Paulina Porizkova but otherwise it’s great. I think he produced the Weezer album with Hashpipe on it.
The song that made me never buy anything again from Weezer. Congrats?
I posted this earlier, but it has been making me laugh all day long so I am re-posting. really need to become a millionaire like these two.
Did a woman orgasm during Tom Hiddleston’s Broadway show?
Heavens to Betsy.
It’s been all downhill since Liszt.
Democratic donor Ed Buck arrested on drug charges after new overdose at his West Hollywood home
My word.
Wait….am I supposed to believe that Ed Buck was behind 9/11?
No. Vince Foster’s untimely demise.
I’m with ya, Chafed.
Obama meets with Greta Thunberg: ‘One of our planet’s greatest advocates’
Sometimes lobbying is good.
Random lawmaker visit
“A Swedish chick is here to see you, sir.”
“Send her straight in! Don’t keep her waiting!”
Later
“WTF? I thought you said she was Swedish. She’s uglier than my barber.”
Also, so much for foreign meddling…?
I can’t even. So nauseating on so many levels.
All that hot air something something
Good one, Hyp. I got most of them
VFW’, War Vets Vs. Punk Mutants Action-Horror Movie, Scores RLJE Deal Ahead Of Fantastic Fest Bow
Holy moses smell the roses.
Sweep the leg.
Fred Williamson and George Wendt, sign me up!
Yep; had me at Wendt. Well, had me at “VFW”, but Wendt went and did it.
Norm!
https://youtu.be/NkVQnZ3xndI
The Dodger game is not on TV. It’s ONLY on youtube. So there’s a cesspool of comments next to the video.
If youtube existed in the past.
That is….brilliant. I think.
I laffed
Update: comments were locked down for exactly the reasons you might think
Smokey & The Bandit, Convoy, White Line Fever, Every Which Way But Loose, Over the Top – what happened to movies about either truckers and their shenanigans or fighting corruption or arm wrestling for custody of a child?
The late 70s, early 80s were a pinnacle of film making.
When I am at my rock-bottom lowest-of-the-low blues, but I can’t just go curl up in bed like I want to and need a pick-me-up, I go here.
That’s damn right!
The both of you.
So, who would make a good Smokey and the Bandit duo these days? The guys from Psych? Anybody?
Could Cannonball Run, I or II, even be made today? Made in a way that’s satisfying, that is.
I would really really really love to see Gerard Butler take on Snowman because I think it would be hilarious for this guy to be a redneck trucker.
I will have to mull over that idea Mo.
Gerard was supposed to be Snake Plissken in the reboot of Escape from NY. Kurt not happy about a foreigner playing an American icon. Not hugely pissed, but, not a fan of the idea. I think he could kick some ass, personally.
I can’t even.
TO make it more modren!
Edgy, angsty, and humorless or GTFO!
I see his point, but I don’t want more reboots.
Well, for the time being, at least, you’re both getting what you want. As far as I know, the “project” is stalled, and it’s been 2- 3 years since that was being talked about.
And, I agree with the “no reboots” idea, in general–some (movie) stories can be re-told no problem. But, it shouldn’t define the biggest part of that industry.
Anything can get made today, it just won’t be with a large budget, but you also can’t recreate magic:
“She insulted my town! She insulted my son! She insulted my authority! And that’s nothin’ but pure and simple old-fashioned communism. Happens every time one of those dancers starts poon-tangin’ around with those show-folk fags! I can see her now… runnin’ back up that aisle. No, she was dancin’ back up the aisle. Her knockers bouncin’ all over the joint. Her ass was wigglin’ too!”
The Psych guys are too nancy, I’d say Broken Lizard, but they done fucked up Dukes of Hazzard (and even used one them boys from Psych)
“Too nancy”? Roday seems like he could pull off, at least, Son of the Bandit. I dunno–this is why I’m not Hollywood.
Part of the reason I went with them was based on BL using Roday. Never saw it, but know he’s in it.
Eh, just have him do the CBR remake.
There is only clip from that horrible movie worth watching.
https://youtu.be/DPtfsk4ETjM
That’s just wrong. The General Lee’s doors did not open.
I can not forgive Uncle Jessie for suggesting Ethanol as a fuel to the Federal Government.
*looks up exact citation*
Season 1, Episode 5, “High Octane”
I guess I didn’t watch the show very long.
I didn’t know Sheri Moon Zombie made music, herself!
New adapter connecting a TV to replace they dying monitor, colors are off but that’s something I can futz with….but now one of my hard drives isn’t showing up. And all my efforts today to dry out my basement, somehow lead to it flooding again.
One step forward, three steps back. Thank the lord for beer.
Nobody cares…
Not true!
Long Island judge pleads guilty to raiding neighbor’s dirty panties
You’re a sex offender if you sniff undies?
Why isn’t there a registry for burglars?
I’m amazed no one has dished out some street justice.
I’d cut a bitch. Thieves deserve no less.
What a great name, for a great area.
This is why everyone needs the ability to practice robust self-defense.
Dyker Heights is the neighborhood adjacent to mine. Another last-gasp bastion of the middle-class hanging on in the city. They are most famous for outrageous Halloween displays.
They won’t be for much longer, if she starts taking a liking to holiday decorations.
who was suspended
No more briefs for him.
You’re a sex offender if you have a working penis. They just make it official once they know your category.
Reps lost the Wisconsin governorship last year, and now they’re pushing a bill to make bestiality a heavier sentence, because they claim it’s somehow linked to pedophilia. I know forced institutionalization was abused in the past, but man that would work a lot better than what they’re pushing.
Top.Men.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/09/portland-lawyer-shoots-what-looked-like-assault-rifle-from-luxury-apartment-balcony-police-respond-in-droves-court-papers-say.html
A police officer with military training noted that from 10 feet away he couldn’t tell the difference between Gorman’s BB gun and an AR-15 or an M-4 rifle
Really… and what’s missing from the article?
A police officer with military training
Let’s have Pixar tell us…
Ok everyone, it’s shot time.
PleaseLine up at the doorway and wait to be called in.Are you just trying to see my naked ass?
*jams air injector again SB’s fully clothed arm*
Next!
I dropped my drawers for this?!?
Like you need a reason.
::looks down::
No, sir.
::shuffles away with pants dropped::
Ni…nig….n,n,n…ni….*Takes deep breath* nig…, Well, let’s try spi…,sp,sp,sp…Maybe I can say chin….,ch,chi,ch.
Can’t do it! I’m cured! Thanks Twitter!
Oh, if they had just stuck to the 140 character limit!