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A 26-inch sword? :eek: Hey, remember when I said something nice about your writing, manatherindrell? What I meant to say is, it's the BEST STORY EVER! And I'd just like to add that you couldn't possibly expect me to resist this opportunity to remind you that the pen is mightier than the sword.

I don't mean to be a complete smartass (I'm merely being a half-assed smartass :rolleyes: ), but you might enjoy Sharyn McCrumb's Bimbos of the Death Sun and Zombies of the Gene Pool. (They're comic mysteries about people who read nothing but sci fi...)

It's a standardized test (it's the American way) for those who want to go on to graduate school. "The GRE® General Test measures critical thinking, analytical writing, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning skills that have been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related...

To prove I really meant it when I said I don't want to be a gazillionaire, I will call myself a timeless classic. ;)

Well, both choices sound pretty good to me—the Harry Potter series might be literarily "marginal" but it isn't one of those popular successes that people talk a lot of well-deserved crap about. It is generally greatly admired for what it is, and what it is is something very important. Imagine...

But we are crazed people. Welcome, Turkey Lurkey! I hope you do enjoy it here.

CDA, you easily could hit 1000 posts on this very day!

Good answer! I'm not familiar with fantasy and couldn't rise to your challenge, so I had to ask.

Well, now I'm wondering how original this story of yours is. On the subject of originality, here's a challenge for YOU: write something more interesting than: "a deep fog rolled in" (Fog is always "rolling in.") I'm not going back to look for any other clichés that might be in there...

:mad: You dare to speak of libraries at a time like this? "temporary Minneapolis Public Central Library closed December 3, 2005 New Central Library opens May 20, 2006"

It's in both Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice.

David Sedaris wrote a short story like that, called "Season’s Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!”

I nominate our energetic new member writeforlife!

Oh. Yeah, I can see it's frustrating to come up with a nice turn of phrase and at the same time wonder if you're going to be able to keep it. But multiple drafts and major overhauls are a matter of course for many if not most fiction writers.

Welcome to the forum, Giddieon!

I just saw a package of "Colorful Holiday Crackers" at Crate & Barrel (on the lowest shelf in a low-traffic area).

I think that's very good—but there should be a comma after 'villages' :confused: I don't understand your first paragraph or the thread title. What are you upset about? Why do you say you're an idiot?

You see, BenjaminDixon, most of us DO think of you as very young. (Because that is preferable to thinking of ourselves as very old.)

The only places I've ever seen them available for purchase are mail-order catalogs.

¡Ay, Caramba! I didn't know this was going to be on the test. The sad truth is, I've hardly read anything in the past week. :o Maybe this is exactly the friendly kick in the pants I need. :D