tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post4581818027139926464..comments2024-03-18T13:32:44.865-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: New Beginning 380Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-24725683554861264532007-10-09T00:29:00.000-04:002007-10-09T00:29:00.000-04:00Yeah, what they said. And it's not like February 2...Yeah, what they said. And it's not like <I>February 25, 1865 [Three miles west of Petersburg, Virginia]</I> is much of a clue, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-36437676055789940562007-10-08T13:49:00.000-04:002007-10-08T13:49:00.000-04:00Ditto Buffy and Bunnygirl. Accuracy in that first...Ditto Buffy and Bunnygirl. Accuracy in that first paragraph should be secondary to giving the proper sense of place to the ignorant readers. Then you can educate us a bit further in. :)writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-28883595744957618032007-10-08T10:32:00.000-04:002007-10-08T10:32:00.000-04:00I agree with Buffy and Bunny.I agree with Buffy and Bunny.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-62821377525202660512007-10-08T07:44:00.000-04:002007-10-08T07:44:00.000-04:00Dave's right, but I think this might be a case whe...Dave's right, but I think this might be a case where the writer's knowledge outstretches that of some of their readers, and the initial reaction is (unfortunately) that the writer has got it wrong.<BR/><BR/>This is probably more of a problem at the critique stage. Once something gets into print, it acquires a glamour ;).nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-14888298469271640032007-10-08T00:34:00.000-04:002007-10-08T00:34:00.000-04:00Author, although it is true that trenches were use...Author, although it is true that trenches were used in the American Civil War, the term "trench warfare" is so strongly associated with WWI that IMO, the opening of this story should use words more frequently associated with the Civil War, such as breastworks.<BR/><BR/>Most Americans don't know much about history, so it's not wise to insist upon a particular term just because it's accurate. Perception is everything in those critical first few paragraphs.Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-38873544480101975532007-10-07T22:51:00.000-04:002007-10-07T22:51:00.000-04:00Living just two miles south of the site of the Bat...Living just two miles south of the site of the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, trench warfare in the Civil War is not at all unfamiliar to me. In fact, our Civil War was the proving ground for many of the tactics and weapons used in WWI, WWII, and later conflicts.Dave Kuzminskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648935668653562022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1223067160580520072007-10-07T22:28:00.000-04:002007-10-07T22:28:00.000-04:00'true...ick. This read a little rough in places, f...'true...ick. <BR/><BR/>This read a little rough in places, for example, I wasn't sure what "A panic said get out?." meant right in the middle of the description, with no action to follow. And those would want to be pretty big rags to help with the cold, plus coming after the dread, rather than after the cold, I thought that this might be in the wrong place. However, it's laden with atmosphere and slime, which is all good.McKoalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-51252020935155737132007-10-07T18:23:00.000-04:002007-10-07T18:23:00.000-04:00Well, paca, you did a good and funny job!And your ...Well, paca, you did a good and funny job!<BR/><BR/>And your mite story makes me think of that talking flea character on the cartoons.Robin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03258459688300851984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-70631022958870522942007-10-07T17:49:00.000-04:002007-10-07T17:49:00.000-04:00This reads like a rough draft to me still, but the...This reads like a rough draft to me still, but the scene is very evocative. I had to reread before I got anything related to Civil War. I thought it was WWI era.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-56743081767083404962007-10-07T17:20:00.000-04:002007-10-07T17:20:00.000-04:00As far as I know there are no vaginal mites. I did...As far as I know there are no vaginal mites. I did do a quick search on "vaginal infections" but that mostly came up with yeast. I wanted something a little bigger than a yeast, and so, I took the eyebrow mites and moved them down.pacatruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125048243775811714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-66006569405796665372007-10-07T14:50:00.000-04:002007-10-07T14:50:00.000-04:00Hi author,Like Dave, I was surprised with trenches...Hi author,<BR/><BR/>Like Dave, I was surprised with trenches in the Civil War setting. I liked this feeling. I liked finding something out I didn't know.<BR/><BR/>I thought this description was really good: "Although his fatigue was overwhelming it had a benefit. He was losing the deep dread that had plagued his whole being the whole day." Theonly thing I'd change is the double use of 'whole' in the second sentence -<BR/>just my opinion. <BR/><BR/>I feel guilty having read this; I'm living right in the middle of Civil War battlefield country - but I've only been to see a few battlefield sites- one Revolutionary War, and one Civil War. When I think about the slogging, painful misery that took place in the places we drive by now, off of on I-95 and other roads, it seems rude not to stop in and pay our respects.<BR/><BR/>And pacatrue- that was one killer continuation. <BR/><BR/>Now you've got me all worried about vaginal mites. Thanks loads. I NEEDED another thing to worry about right now. I'm not Googling to find out if they really exist. I still remember finding out mites live in our eyebrows, and how I swabbed my eyebrows with alcohol for weeks after that, until the inevitable happened, and I said, oh, to hell with it. Just have at it.Robin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03258459688300851984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-32335767202787873542007-10-07T13:57:00.000-04:002007-10-07T13:57:00.000-04:00It's possibly phrases like "trench warfare" and "n...It's possibly phrases like "trench warfare" and "no man's land" that are giving the impression of WWI rather than the US Civil War. It may be those phrases were also used then, but in many people's minds I suspect they're indelibly associated with WWI.<BR/><BR/>It wouldn't hurt to try to develop more of a sense of a US Civil War setting to offset that problem.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-62703347844399165372007-10-07T12:55:00.000-04:002007-10-07T12:55:00.000-04:00"Trenches" puzzled me. Not that the Civil War didn..."Trenches" puzzled me. Not that the Civil War didn't have trenches. It did, but only at the siege of a fort in a large town. Petersburg Virginia is rural and without forts. But I did discover that it was one of the last battles before Lee's surrender at Appamatox and the town did undergo a siege with trenches. <BR/><BR/>I thought this description was more suited to WW1 in France or WW2 in the Pacific. Perhaps that's because I'm more familar with those wars but I tend to view the Civil War as not siege and not trench warfare. If this was dated 1914 or 18, I would have said "great opening" but the descriptions are at odds with the dates. It just sounds so much like WW1 and WW2. It doesn't have the feel of the Civil War.Dave Fragmentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985158361431606939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-90521546256255528682007-10-07T12:17:00.000-04:002007-10-07T12:17:00.000-04:00I. Feel. Itchy.I. Feel. Itchy.Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-28641752326021344222007-10-07T11:44:00.000-04:002007-10-07T11:44:00.000-04:00This gives a good sense of the character's misery....This gives a good sense of the character's misery. The sentence "Although his fatigue was overwhelming it had a benefit." sounds like the narrator rather than Will, and takes me out of his pain. I'd delete it and continue: At least he was losing the deep dread that had plagued his whole being all day; fatigue will do that for you.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say both "trenches, as Captain Taylor called them" and "trench warfare, as Captain Taylor said." The first one isn't necessary; if it's a trench, it's a trench, whether Talor calls it one or not. It's not unlikely Will would have heard the word "trench," if not in the warfare sense, then in irrigation.<BR/>Just say, The wetness, the slime of the trenches, was unbearable.Evil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-22762297484710862662007-10-07T11:12:00.000-04:002007-10-07T11:12:00.000-04:00Unchosen Continuations:And where was the Sentry re...Unchosen Continuations:<BR/><BR/><BR/>And where was the Sentry relief?<BR/><BR/>That's right. Working on your neighbor's house. Or your family's house across town.<BR/><BR/>No pest problem is too big or too small for the Sentry Relief team.<BR/><BR/>Call 1-800-BUG-DEAD<BR/><BR/>15% discount if you mention Captain Taylor<BR/><BR/>--Church Lady <BR/><BR/> <BR/> <BR/>"Shit."<BR/><BR/>"What?"<BR/><BR/>"This is one of those trick questions, isn't it? Like: How many were going to St. Ives? or What was the driver's name?"<BR/><BR/>"You think?"<BR/><BR/>"Yeah. That's gotta be it. Where was the sentry relief? It was Will! Will was the sentry relief, right?"<BR/><BR/>"I don't-- Wait! <I>Your</I> name's Will!"<BR/><BR/>"Dude! You're right! I'm the sentry relief! I knew it -- God damned trick question. Awesome! So, where was I?" <BR/><BR/>--AnonymousEvil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.com