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THERES AN OPTION WHERE U GET TO PET ALL THE PUGS
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mandiblebones
EXCUSE ME SIR AND/OR MADAM, DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO HOOT ABOUT THE WORD OF ATHENA?
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gonzozeppeli
Just like grammar used to make
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Watchmen and V for Vendetta author has previously said ‘I have doubted that people will even be able to pick it up’
I love Alan Moore’s work. Can’t wait to see this work published!
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foggu
Has anyone seen my virgini-tea?
man this is all insani-tea
hyperactivetardis
this is absurdit-tea
You guys are all having detrimental effects on my sani-tea
thetasrose
Is this reali-tea?
tic-tac-bergerac
is this just fantas-tea
bakerstreetsdoctor
Or is it all just Moriar-tea?
this post is now a threat to national securi-tea.
winchesterinengland
all of your puns are piss poor quali-tea
kidswantvodka
I’m just going to say diversi-tea
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Dear Mr. Gaiman. I'm an aspiring writer looking to be the best author I can be, and because of that, I try to research the things I write about so I know everything there is to know about it. However, the current project I'm writing is proving to be challenging. In fact, I need to talk to a coroner, to research the decaying of a human body and any means of which to slow it down. Do you have a suggestion as to how I can contact someone willing to talk to me, despite me sounding totally insane?
All research enquiries sound insane. Sometimes, as when you are squodging through a sewage tunnel researching Neverwhere, they seem insane to you too.
When I needed to write an autopsy in AMERICAN GODS I called my family doctor, and he turned out to have been the county prosector, and we spent a couple of hours on the phone with him answering all my questions, even the stupid ones. (“Why do you have to put the organs back in the same order you took them out?” “Because otherwise they won’t fit.” “Oh.”)
There are a LOT of books about death, dying and what happens to bodies post mortem, that you could use too. Check your library. Talk to your librarians. In my experience, they like the weird requests.*
*do not stare at them in an unsettling way while you ask, though. Try to smile, unless you have an unsettling smile.
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Happy birthday, Roald Dahl!
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Finished WRITING THE NOVEL: FROM PLOT TO PRINT by Lawrence Block this morning. Some of you may recognize his name, others may not. He’s had quite an extensive publishing career, and as I learned while reading this, Block actually got his start in writing erotic novels since they paid decent. As with most how to write books, this will not help you get a book deal and it doesn’t give you a list that you can easily follow and voila in a year you’ll have a complete novel. It just gives you a few different approaches that Block, or his other writing peers have used to help get their ideas out of their heads and onto paper. I think the parts that I enjoyed most was listening to Block talk about typewriters so frequently. The book was originally published back in 1979, so they are a few dated references, but the main ideas remain intact. I found some of the advice helpful (outlining the plot, character descriptions), but again, to use as a guide, not as a set of rules. If you’re starting to brainstorm for Nanowrimo already, or wanting to write a novel it may be worth giving this a read. I will say that the advice on how to contact a publisher or an agent is more than a bit outdated. Always go to the publisher’s or agent’s website to find out what their specific submission requirements are before sending something over.
37/52
GoodReads Rating: 3 stars (I liked it.)
Up next: BLOOD, BONES, AND BUTTER by Gabrielle Hamilton
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List of things that never irritate me: someone wanting a living or respectable wage for what they do. If you find the need to dump on or shame someone for wanting a respectable wage for what they do - no MATTER what they do - you can assume I’ve stopped listening to anything you’ve said. And probably will in the future too.
With Caitriona Balfe, Duncan Lacroix, Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish. Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two ...
OMG you guys. This show is so good.
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Conceal, Don’t Feel
are you kidding me
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Acts and Monuments or Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (1516/17-1587) is one of the most iconic works from the English Reformation. Foxe’s first edition was printed in 1563 by John Daye. He continued to edit and expand his martyrology and history of the Protestant church for the rest of his life. During Foxe’s lifetime, subsequent editions were produced in 1570, 1576, and 1583 again by Daye.
We have the 1570 second edition here at the University of Iowa. The second edition differs substantially from the first in that the martyrology increased to two volumes. Foxe did research to include an apostolic tradition pre-dating the Reformation broadening his scope to include events outside of England.
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs is incredibly large and was a huge printing undertaking. The book is illustrated with woodcuts throughout with large detailed scenes for martyrs like John Wycliffe, “Morning Star of the Reformation,” whose body was exhumed and destroyed. But the lesser known martyrs that populate Foxe’s work do not receive such attention. Throughout the two volumes you can see the same woodcuts appear over and over again. Like other large printing projects, the repetitive use of woodcuts allowed printers and authors to save money.
Jillian S.
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For more on Acts and Monuments check out "John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments Online.”
