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The rules:

1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they’re written. No cheating.

The chunk from page 77 was awful, so I went with page 7:
“How is he?”

Josan jumped at the sound of his lord’s voice. “His body will heal, shaheev,” he said, using ( Read more... )

Nicked from la_marquise_de_***********FOODOLOGY ( Read more... )

According to the "Who do I write like?" meme going around, I write nonfiction like William Gibson and fiction like James Joyce ( Read more... )

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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/where-in-the-world-a-google-earth-puzzle/100120/Read more... )

John Scalzi answers the highly entertaining question of what he would expect his life would have been had he been born a thousand years earlier ( Read more... )

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...
The Explorer

18% Elegant, 48% Technological, 30% Historical, 92% Adventurous and 17% Playful!

You are the Explorer, the embodiment of steampunk’s adventuring spirit. For you, clothing should be rugged and reliable, and just as functional as it is attractive. You probably prefer khaki or leather, and ( Read more... )

Snicked from aeriedraconia.

Answer the following questions using the first letter of your last name.

1. My last name?
Begins with a G

2. Name an animal?
Giraffe

3. A boy's name?
George

4. A girl's name?
Geraldine

5. An occupation?
Gas station attendant

6. Colour?
Green

7. Something you wear?
Garters
(Well, I don't wear them, but other people do. I took ( Read more... )

Not feeling very good today, so staying home. Have just enough energy to do a meme, nicked from vonandmoggy.

Lots of pillows or just one?
Lots. I nest.

What kind of books do you read?
Mostly nonfic these days.

What’s one thing you’ve wondered about today?
It's not even 9am. I'm non-wondery until at least noon.

ZOMBIES OR ROBOTS: Which apocalypse is ( Read more... )

Gakked from mekkavandexter. Appears to be a "check off what you've seen" list, with a notation that if you've seen 85 or more, you have no life.

I'm thinking maybe it just means you're older than a teenager. Most of these I saw in the theater.

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