tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post115359183315180693..comments2024-03-18T13:32:44.865-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: Face-Lift 130Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153776201651456272006-07-24T17:23:00.000-04:002006-07-24T17:23:00.000-04:00I too found you before Miss Snark! I praise the ne...I too found you before Miss Snark! I praise the nexxus of time travel itself for my fortune!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153759487292851912006-07-24T12:44:00.000-04:002006-07-24T12:44:00.000-04:00But the past is anything that's not the future or ...But the past is anything that's not the future or the present. There is no "before" the past. That would also be the past. <BR/><BR/>This reminds me of that guy in "Sideways" who is writing a novel called "The Day After Yesterday".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153755083644752132006-07-24T11:31:00.000-04:002006-07-24T11:31:00.000-04:00"what would happen if a low-level accountant accid...<I>"what would happen if a low-level accountant accidentally became embroiled in ..." -- I saw that movie. Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, _Springtime for Hitler_ </I><BR/><BR/>Sorry to be so anal, but...the movie was <I>The Producers</I>;<I>Springtime For Hitler</I> was the musical within the movie.<BR/><BR/>Now, back to the assignment at hand...<BR/><BR/>EE's revision is well done - I actually understood the story better after that.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with a couple of the posters here...I guessed #6. Sounded cool to me, but then fantasy is what I love to read (and write).<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the ms!<BR/><BR/>~NancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153753885841025112006-07-24T11:11:00.000-04:002006-07-24T11:11:00.000-04:00No, no, "beyond the past" isn't the future, it's "...No, no, "beyond the past" isn't the future, it's "more past than before." Isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153747542358605092006-07-24T09:25:00.000-04:002006-07-24T09:25:00.000-04:00Plot #4 is twistedly awesome.Also, am I the only o...Plot #4 is twistedly awesome.<BR/><BR/>Also, am I the only one who sees the title "Beyond the Past" and thinks... "isn't that called 'the future'?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153657679699704242006-07-23T08:27:00.000-04:002006-07-23T08:27:00.000-04:00Plot #6 was my favourite. I'm rather disappointed ...Plot #6 was my favourite. I'm rather disappointed that there are no twenty-first century necromancers in this story. Necromancers would have inevitably lead to the introduction of zombies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153640707363196042006-07-23T03:45:00.000-04:002006-07-23T03:45:00.000-04:00Evil Editor's rewrite is quite brilliant. I wasn't...Evil Editor's rewrite is quite brilliant. I wasn't sure how he was going to piece that story back togther.<BR/><BR/>Also didn't know what coldcocked means. Prefer to be hotcocked myself.<BR/><BR/><I>lvbudwa</I> - ommmmmmmmmmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153628573560833792006-07-23T00:22:00.000-04:002006-07-23T00:22:00.000-04:00I found miss snark through you, EE! And i also did...I found miss snark through you, EE! And i also did not know what coldcocked meant... Could these facts be somehow related?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153621068402257992006-07-22T22:17:00.000-04:002006-07-22T22:17:00.000-04:00I guessed the correct plot. And I knew what "cold...I guessed the correct plot. And I knew what "coldcocked" meant so I didn't have any random speculations--phooey. Probably an age thing.<BR/><BR/>But I found Miss Snark's site before EE's. So I'm either an evil snarkling or a snarkalicious minion. Depending on my mood.<BR/><BR/>It's pretty sad when EE says he's not intrigued by the question "hook" the query contains. But the revisions look good, so author of BEYOND THE PAST, take heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153620959663220892006-07-22T22:15:00.000-04:002006-07-22T22:15:00.000-04:00Worked in a hospital setting, 'eh?Good thing for y...Worked in a hospital setting, 'eh?<BR/><BR/>Good thing for you I'm a pharmaceutical employee and not an editor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153619254656873022006-07-22T21:47:00.000-04:002006-07-22T21:47:00.000-04:00Just curious: did the person who submitted [Plot #...<I>Just curious: did the person who submitted [Plot #6] ever read _Three Lives to Live_?</I><BR/><BR/>Plot #6 was mine. I have not read <I>Three Lives to Live</I>. Actually, the only fantasy books I <I>have</I> read are Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter books, so if the plot has been used before I would not be surprised.<BR/><BR/>-Daniel (formerly known as Altar Boy)Lightsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396366702192330680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153612502851277062006-07-22T19:55:00.000-04:002006-07-22T19:55:00.000-04:00I think I can breath now...I, too, didn't know wha...I think I can breath now...<BR/><BR/>I, too, didn't know what coldcocked meant, and probably speculated much along the same lines as the first commenter did. <BR/><BR/>And here I'd thought for sure it was plot #6. Raevyn Moonchyld and the Dark Mage had me fooled.... (Just curious: did the person who submitted that one ever read _Three Lives to Live_?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153607065126395802006-07-22T18:24:00.000-04:002006-07-22T18:24:00.000-04:00can't...stop...laughing...can't...stop...laughing...nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153604341444798662006-07-22T17:39:00.000-04:002006-07-22T17:39:00.000-04:00EE, your wish is granted: I found MS's blog throu...EE, your wish is granted: I found MS's blog through this site.<BR/><BR/>"what would happen if a low-level accountant accidentally became embroiled in ..." -- I saw that movie. Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, _Springtime for Hitler_ It was pretty good ... :-)<BR/><BR/>"he decked her" -- I wondered what coldcocked meant. You probably don't want to know what I speculated though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com