Things I overheard/read at a NaNo Write-In (see if any of these inspire a recalcitrant Muse)
"Every time there's an awkward silence, a gay baby is born." - a fellow NaNo (for the record, no one was offended by it. in fact, another NaNo said that it explained a lot about her life) (this is why I love the Thursday night Write-Ins!)
"May you rest on the breast of your tender companion." - Sappho, written on the wall of a ladies room stall
"She wasn't mythical! I've seen her boobs!" - a NaNo supporter
"Write it! Put it in your novel!" - another NaNo writer to a third, said in response to the above comment after the laughter died down a bit
"We need to have a duck phone Vin diagram." - one NaNo supporter to a NaNo participant, in context of a discussion of older model phones
"Mallards (ducks) are rapist, necrophiliac a**holes." - one NaNo participant to another
"I do attract crazy women. So I could attract crazy dolphins." - a male NaNo participant (it led from the previous discussion, which got into the more violent behavior of dolphins)
"Did she just say Jesus was gay?!" - one NaNo about something another NaNo said (it made the whole room sputter in shocked laughter)
"Maybe you just seek out the gay. Have you thought about that?" - a NaNo supporter to another, as part of a discussion about people being "statistically straight"
"You do fantasy football? And I liked you..." - one NaNo to another (I'm not repeating anything else about this conversation!)
"No, I totally did! I posted my first word, bitch!" - a NaNo supporter to a NaNo participant
"May you rest on the breast of your tender companion." - Sappho, written on the wall of a ladies room stall
"She wasn't mythical! I've seen her boobs!" - a NaNo supporter
"Write it! Put it in your novel!" - another NaNo writer to a third, said in response to the above comment after the laughter died down a bit
"We need to have a duck phone Vin diagram." - one NaNo supporter to a NaNo participant, in context of a discussion of older model phones
"Mallards (ducks) are rapist, necrophiliac a**holes." - one NaNo participant to another
"I do attract crazy women. So I could attract crazy dolphins." - a male NaNo participant (it led from the previous discussion, which got into the more violent behavior of dolphins)
"Did she just say Jesus was gay?!" - one NaNo about something another NaNo said (it made the whole room sputter in shocked laughter)
"Maybe you just seek out the gay. Have you thought about that?" - a NaNo supporter to another, as part of a discussion about people being "statistically straight"
"You do fantasy football? And I liked you..." - one NaNo to another (I'm not repeating anything else about this conversation!)
"No, I totally did! I posted my first word, bitch!" - a NaNo supporter to a NaNo participant