Howard Hughes and the Ghost of Better Times

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday, Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press passed along the news that the limited edition of The Ammonite Violin & Others has sold out. There are still copies of the trade hardcover, for now. But I expect the book to sell out prior to publication, so you might want to preorder. My thanks to all who have preordered so far. I'm very excited about

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[whiskeychick]

What a way to go! Yay for weirdness turning into art. Also a great example of how the creative process sometimes needs a little infestation from those who support our work. I look forward to what you create.

Question: I often abbreviate picture as "pic." Should it truly be "pike?" Just wondering (/wink /smile).

[greygirlbeast]

Question: I often abbreviate picture as "pic." Should it truly be "pike?" Just wondering (/wink /smile).

"Pic" is a hideous abbreviation and should be avoided.

Yay for weirdness turning into art. Also a great example of how the creative process sometimes needs a little infestation from those who support our work.

Indeed.

[humglum]

"Pic" is a hideous abbreviation and should be avoided.

Pfft.

[elmocho]

"Pic" is a hideous abbreviation and should be avoided.

I used to work at a small-town weekly newspaper. My boss, the publisher, came up through ad sales, not editorial. Many, many folders, bore "Pix", not just "Pics." He also liked "Thanx."

Once, he made a form e-mail and wanted me to send it out with my name on it. I made him change "thanx" to something resembling English. He really didn't like my snooty ways.

[mojave_wolf]

Yay that we helped!

I always read your blog and always find it interesting even on the occasions I have a somewhat different viewpoint about something, so hope that helps (tho I often imagine you look at my comments with loathing, in which case I'm probably the one person you don't want to say anything). & sometimes there's just no time to comment.

But I will say two things:

1. Yesterday I invented an imaginary band called The Hoary Shoggoths, first album Running With The Hounds and even wrote part of a lyric. I blame you for this. (it's behind a cut in the second most recent post in my live journal, if you are curious and aren't too horrified).
( & wow, deja vu writing this)

2. Wow, your posts send me tripping down nostalgia lane so often. I saw The Little Mermaid with my last-year-and-a-half-of-college girlfriend in either Tuscaloosa or Birmingham back around then.

[greygirlbeast]

I blame you for this.

I accept the blame.

2. Wow, your posts send me tripping down nostalgia lane so often. I saw The Little Mermaid with my last-year-and-a-half-of-college girlfriend in either Tuscaloosa or Birmingham back around then.

I'll resist bursting into "It's a Small World, After All."

[cimeara]

"...I'll resist bursting into 'It's a Small World, After All.'"

*shudder*

[orpheus78]

I watched a bunch of Disney films as a kid and was amused that years after I would read some of the original source material just to find out just how dark it really was. The Little Mermaid source story, that is, the fact that she feels pain every time she walks was just disturbing.

I am surprised that Disney never attempted a water down version of Oedipus Rex. ;)

[tinkbell]

I don't get the Nathanial Adler, unfortunatly; that name sends my Sherlock Holmes-obsessed mind straight to Irene Adler, the woman who escaped Holmes and earned his unwavering respect.

[gargirl]

I am so excited waiting for my copy of The Ammonite Violin. I have never wanted May to fly by so badly. ^_^ That is awesome that the special edition sold out! I can't wait to get mine.

I remember feeling shocked at the end of the little mermaid too, but not too shocked as it was disney after all. They do tend to warp things and sanitize them.