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[cleolinda]

Good news and bad news: the tornado bypassed us with little more than half an hour of lightning and some hard rain. Unfortunately, it turns out that nothing will ever make me happy, because my reaction was "Worst. Tornado. EVER." My sister has been bringing home loaves upon loaves of bread, including ciabatta, baguette, and Pullman loaf, because

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[scornedsaint]

I like that writing list. It's very helpful.

And, since nothing will apparently make you happy, how about a joke. Why don't the Amish waterski? The horses would drown.

[cleolinda]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[wendyzski]

*clop clop*

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*BANG*

*clop clop*

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Amish Drive-by

[ter369]

6. "Where do you get your ideas?" is the wrong question to ask.

People at Q&As always ask that. Unless they're ME. I ask, "What idea or image began (this particular story)?" There's an answer to that question, even if it's, "I had no other contracts that year and no other income, so I had to write (it)."

[cleolinda]

See, I love finding that kind of thing out, but yeah, you have to ask for specific examples. There's no "where" in general. One of the things I love about Stephen King's story collections is that he will generally put some kind of "Here's where this came from" note at the beginning of the story or the end of the book or *something.* I live for that kind of thing, the way I live for blooper reels on DVDs.

[allthelivesofme]

I love those. :-D On a semi-related note, my favorite Stephen King short story is "The Last Rung on the Ladder". I remember reading that for the first time when I was about twelve and just staring wide-eyed at the last page for at least five minutes.

[cleolinda]

Man, that story is just in a class of its own.

[silk_noir]

You're right.

[allthelivesofme]

The list is great-- I especially agree with number 9. Dad told it to me a lot when I was starting out, saying that "There are things you'll learn just from reading other people's books that you will never learn in even the best writing classes."

[particle_person]

This would be an extremely good thing except for the fact that we can't figure out how to eat it all.

Anyone who's ever planted tomatoes will sympathize. The first few fresh tomatoes are great, but pretty soon you're giving baskets to the neighbors.

[wendyzski]

Better than zuchinni. After a few days you're leaving them in people's unlocked cars!

[bardintraining]

Was that you? I'd pegged the little old lady from church.
That and about a gazillion pounds of quinces from trees people have for no reason. But quince makes good jelly AND good brandy. (...What?)
And zucchini can be used in chocolate zucchini cake. You don't even taste the zucchini. It's like an entire vegetable just disappeared into the batter. It's like vapourizing zucchinis into chocolate. Poof. Gone.

[particle_person]

The real question is, who would think of putting a zucchini in a chocolate cake? Bizarre industrial accidents come to mind.