July 2010
thirsty
lickystickypickyme:
The Bulwer-Lytton award is given annually for the worst first sentence of a novel. Contestants craft deliberately bad opening lines. Molly Ringle took the 2010 prize with this gem:
For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity’s affair, they greeted one another at every stolen rendezvous with a kiss — a lengthy, ravenous kiss, Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity’s mouth...
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What other genres, asides from that of fantasy and...
I’ve explored a number of different genres in my short stories in both Eleventh Hour and FTL, and I’ve been writing weekly stories for the burst fiction site Elephant Words (http://elephantwords.co.uk/) for over a year and half which have covered pretty much every genre, including both real world and autobiographical work.
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Seen Clash of the Titans yet? Any good?
The original is one of my favourite films of all time, I watched it a gajillion times when growing up, and I spent half my childhood pretending to be stop-motion animated by Ray Harryhausen. I haven’t seen the remake yet…I’ve heard very bad things about it… But, then, people said that Prince of Persia was rubbish and I LOVED it.
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Do you have an inny or outy belly button?
An inny. What do you think I am? Some kind of freak?
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Death Penalty, good or bad?
Bad. Very bad. There is no more tragic phrase in the English language than “posthumous pardon.”
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You are invisible for one hour, what do you do?
I think I answered this fairly fully when I wrote Ghost Boy.
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Dark, milk or white chocolate?
Dark…not that I never eat milk…but if I want to indulge I’ll go for a bar of Bournville…just hold a chunk in my mouth and let it slowly start to melt… I don’t really like white chocolate, it’s too sweet.
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Ever think you'd like more kids?
Sometimes, yeah…I think it might be nice to have a girl. But I’m happy with the two I already have and am in no real ruch to have any more.
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Which middle earth race would you be?
Well, the obvious answer is Hobbit, isn’t it? But, if I get to choose I’d like to be one of the Dúnedain.
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Hi Ian... who are your favourite comic book...
Hi Simon…oh, crumbs, my favourite writers are probably Chris Claremont, Warren Ellis and Louise Simonson, although I have many other favourites (Zeb Wells being a current fave). Artists…my favourites are Bret Blevins, Travis Charest and Chris Bachalo. Influence wise, Bob Layton and Tim Townsend have been a big influence on my inking (Tim took me under his wing for a while and taught me...
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Football, love or hate it?
Assuming we’re talking about what the British call football, I hated it when growing up, then grew to love it after I discovered that it was impossible to talk to other men without knowing anything about it…and ended up having a Gillingham season ticket for a while, and am now reasonably ambivalent towards it. I can still get caught up in a good game if Gillingham or England are...
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What's your favourite country specific type of...
Oh, that’s a tough one, I do like a good curry, but I think that Mexican probably wins out. I love a good chilli.
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What comic books or GNs are you currently reading...
Hmm…I’m currently keeping up with Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy, New Mutants and Avengers…of those New Mutants is my favourite. Graphic Novel wise I’ve most recently been reading the Scott Pilgrim series, which is excellent. I don’t get a whole lot of time for reading at the moment and tend to read non-comics, and non-fiction, when I do read these days.
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well if u don't want her can i have her? ;P
That would be entirely up to her.
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what happened to your photo gf. she seemed like...
Well, now, there’s a question I’m not likely to answer here, anonymous. Either you’re someone who knows me, in which case you already know the answer, or you’re a stranger, in which case it’s really none of your business.
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moar bunnies plz!!! :DDDD
Maybe…at some point…if you’re good…
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Fishing With Wotsits →
My Elephant Words story for this week. What do you think?
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so you don't Like bunnys anymore then
I do like bunnies, I always will. Just now is not the time for them.
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how many great loves do you think we get or do you...
Honestly? I don’t know… I thought I did, but recent events have me questioning everything. Right now I’m more focused on the day to day, meeting the various insane deadlines I have, and just trying to stay happy, rather than the mysteries of love. Ask me again in a year, maybe I’ll have a better answer for you then.
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where are your bunny posts
They went away…
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miss someone?
Yes, I do, but I’ll be seeing them in a few weeks.
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Favourite colors?
Black, I’m a bit of a goff.
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what does your bed look like
It has a black metal gothic look frame with maroon satin sheets at the moment.
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Avant Garden →
My Elephant Words story for this week.
WatchBatman’s Gonna Get Shot In The Face
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how was your weekend?
Awesome. Exhausted now.
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