tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post114891989713978897..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: Face-Lift 42Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149199098128260532006-06-01T17:58:00.000-04:002006-06-01T17:58:00.000-04:00I have to disagree w/ EE on falcon/duck-hybrid nam...I have to disagree w/ EE on falcon/duck-hybrid naming conventions. <BR/><BR/>And I sincerely hope some giant bioengineering firm gets one sorted out pronto.<BR/><BR/>Because then I will finally be able to give a flying f**k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149127126485146022006-05-31T21:58:00.000-04:002006-05-31T21:58:00.000-04:00Might want to be careful about mentioning contest ...Might want to be careful about mentioning contest placements that are more than a year old and lower than third place. If their blogs are anything to go by, some editors and agents sneer at RWA contests, anyway, and if a placement is too low and/or a few years old, that gives them even more ammo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149078190085767682006-05-31T08:23:00.000-04:002006-05-31T08:23:00.000-04:00I think Dumbo has already been cross-cloned with a...I think Dumbo has already been cross-cloned with a jackass. I work with some and see some driving cars every day. -JTCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149072813371974892006-05-31T06:53:00.000-04:002006-05-31T06:53:00.000-04:00Evil Editor has added a comma and deleted the rela...Evil Editor has added a comma and deleted the related comments, which might have proved confusing once there was no missing comma. Thanks to all the Minions who keep EE on his toes.Evil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149029355643266462006-05-30T18:49:00.000-04:002006-05-30T18:49:00.000-04:00So...I guess my query letter was a bit over the to...So...I guess my query letter was a bit over the top. lol <BR/><BR/>EE, thanks for taking the time to critique it. <BR/><BR/>I have to admit--you had me laughing my ass off. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149029455054114702006-05-30T18:50:00.000-04:002006-05-30T18:50:00.000-04:00Thank you for making me laugh - and learn a few th...Thank you for making me laugh - and learn a few things at the same time. I hope Angelina Jolie comes to her senses soon and realizes you are the man for her.April Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193292966301864407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149028256677785052006-05-30T18:30:00.000-04:002006-05-30T18:30:00.000-04:00Speaking as a molecular biologist, I can assure yo...Speaking as a molecular biologist, I can assure you that what you get when you clone a human is not the end of civilization, it's a very young twin of the person you originally cloned. Unless that person is Dr. Phil. <I>Then</I> it's the end of civilization.Daisy Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031425541717458261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149027986390460672006-05-30T18:26:00.000-04:002006-05-30T18:26:00.000-04:00[quote]Including death threats, murder and an unde...[quote]Including death threats, murder and an undercover FBI agent, that while he might have saved her life, he has no intention of letting her expose a madman’s experiment--at least not right away.[/quote]<BR/><BR/>While cloning isn't scary, the fact that someone included a sentence like this in a query is. Dear YVHV, I hope I don't have anything this bad in mine.Reihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17005292189176596201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149026348424405732006-05-30T17:59:00.000-04:002006-05-30T17:59:00.000-04:00I have to say, I think I'd prefer the other versio...I have to say, I think I'd prefer the other version than the dalcon. I'm with Jenna on this one - my oldest came running to see what EE had said because of my laughing. Gah!<BR/><BR/>DAMIEN! Don't get me started. ~shudder~ Who would win in that little war? Damien vs. Ruthless Vigilante Sorcerers?Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083327647412477394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149025273822822672006-05-30T17:41:00.000-04:002006-05-30T17:41:00.000-04:00"If you cross a falcon with a duck, you have to ca..."If you cross a falcon with a duck, you have to call it a dalcon."<BR/><BR/>Oh, come on. You could call it a faluck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149024122251610652006-05-30T17:22:00.000-04:002006-05-30T17:22:00.000-04:00They can't use "shoat" because, sadly, it is alrea...They can't use "shoat" because, sadly, it is already taken--it's the word for a young piglet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149023025309916822006-05-30T17:03:00.000-04:002006-05-30T17:03:00.000-04:00Holy crap, no, please. We Canadians have had our ...Holy crap, no, please. We Canadians have had our fill of the "revenge of the cradle." Now you go spouting about the "revenge of the test-tube?" Ack!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>For those who don't know, revenge of the cradle was a Quebec government policy that paid Quebequois to have children. Kind of a FU, we don't care who won on the Plains of Abraham, we'll breed ourselves an army (or a bunch of money-sucking burdens on universal health care), and then you'll be sorry! Bwahahahah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149022757348865002006-05-30T16:59:00.000-04:002006-05-30T16:59:00.000-04:00Let's not have the story of the small child "falli...Let's not have the story of the small child "falling into her lap."<BR/>Children and laps go together,but...<BR/>Another idiom, please?Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149020307715864102006-05-30T16:18:00.001-04:002006-05-30T16:18:00.001-04:00Maybe they are going to clone an army of French-Ca...Maybe they are going to clone an army of French-Canadians.<BR/><BR/>Diabolique!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1149020294178615042006-05-30T16:18:00.000-04:002006-05-30T16:18:00.000-04:00You're killing me, Evil! The falcon/duck hybrid ha...You're killing me, Evil! The falcon/duck hybrid had me laughing so hard I was afraid my coworkers were going to come running and see I was goofing off at work.Jenna Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454894042126141291noreply@blogger.com