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Copies of documents for sale

Interested in owning some copies of original Robert Heinlein documents? Well I am, and anyone else that is can buy them at the Heinlein Archives.

Need a blues name?

Hey guys, I'd like to thank everyone for coming last night. I think we had another really good meeting. That's like three in a row. We even had a new person come and join us. Her name is Claire and she was named Spike by the group because we already have a Clare. Since we always try to be fair Clare was also given a nickname. From now on she is to be called "Teddy."

Speaking of nicknames you can click here for a generator that will give you a blues name. Good luck. My blues name was "Legless" Junior Beech.

These voices will not stop,

my head is spinning,

my blood is racing,

there's a pounding in my ears,

no depressant can relieve,

they tell me things like,

end your life now,

and,

slice your wrist one more time,

it's too hard to resist,

but impossible to listen,

because oneday,

they'll tell me not to wake-up,

and that will be the end,

of the voices in my head.

What the?

I was messing around with blog settings and now my name is coming up as "Nameless and Anonymous." I don't know why. I mean, I do know why but when I changed the name back to "Ed" it didn't here. Hopefully it will catch up soon.

The art of losing isn't hard to master

Hey kids, how about a poem by Elizabeth Bishop?

Next Meeting and a Link

Hey guys, our next meeting is this Thursday at 6 pm at the Morrison Regional Library. I will have a graphic novel version of my vacation ready to share. It will be done in the style of Peanuts creator, Charles Shulz. That should be fun.

Also, if you are curious as to what is selling in SF/Fantasy in independent book stores that have Book Sense you can view them here.

ok here is part two! Yay! also after this i'm getting a beta-reader!

"... . Louisa liked Buso Renkin, but still thpught that Fruits basket was better, as did Lauren. So as they were arguing in the shade of the tree by the gym, looking somewhat suspicious, Mr. Colsen (the security gaurd) just noticed the hippy, the goth, the guy, and Grace. The grou[p was in the shadows so Coulsen couldn't accuratly make out what they're doing so he assumed they were selling something. Immeditly he shouted 'What are you kids selling!'. This made Luisa scream, Luaren and Jake jump, and made Grace blink. When they turned to face Coulsen, he saw that they were not selling anything and appolagized and walked away. after he was gone Luisa looked back at the others and said 'Geez what was that about?'. Jake, being part of the Caine Crew News, here's alot of gossip and rumors so he knew what was the reason behind that. 'Recently 4 students were busted with being in the possetion of drugs. I beleive 3 of them went to Jubi. because they sold some. the were _____, _______, ________, and ______.' Jake explained. 'Yet another sign of society's degeneration...' Grace said gloomily. 'yeah' agreed Lauren. Jake and Louisa noticed that Lauren was acting closely to Grace recently, like she was now, standing right next to Grace."

that's it. sorry it's so lond i got carried away :). i hope you liked it. by the way the drug story is a true one, both the cou,sen and student one.

My vacation

Hey look, me on a horse.

More wonderful news.

Robert Jordan died.

I've never read his stuff...but man, I really feel for thos who do. It's a sucky situation.

So it's been a while, but since this is a writers' blog I figure this should be mentioned.

Madeline L'Engle died.

Damn it.

Writing Links

Check out this alphabetic list of online writing resources.

Greetings from Michigan

I arrived in Traverse City, MI last night. I won't be posting as much fascinating literature links for the next two weeks. In case you don't believe me here is a picture of the 77/485 interchange in south Mecklenburg County. I took this right after the plane took off. At least, I think that is the interchange. It's hard to tell from way up in the sky what exactly you are looking at. I am at my mother's home and they have a new computer and I am really fighting with the new keyboard. New keyboards are like a new pair of shoes except you don't get blisters from new keyboards.

A book

Check it out, youngsters. Orson Scott Card has written a book specifically for teenagers. It doesn't exactly receive a glowing review here and I would be wary of recommending anything new by him after his last book but...it's out there.

ok this is a preview of the story i'm working on.

it involes a romantic relationship between grace and lauren tolbert.

" it was any ordinary day at A.G., durring F(resh)A(ir)T(ime). Grace, Luisa, Jake (me) and Lauren were hanging out. They were haveing a very heated debate about which manga was better, fruits basket or Buso Renkin. Grace, who read it but was not really into it, and Jake, who did not read it or any other Sholo for that matter, thought that Buso Renkin was better..."

sorry i have to leave it there but i will keep posting more if you want!

hey it's Jake the noob! just letting you guys know i joined the blog! umm yeah that's it....

Okay, so...I made Clare give me the collabs from the meeting before last, but I forgot about them in turn...So only about a month late, here they are!

Collab #1:
"Touchdown, turnaround, I never see you around," sang Gregg to his watercolor of Howard. Ed sat next to him wondering if he should fear for his life. Gregg asked Ed, "Do ya love meh?" Ed's mouth formed a vehement "No!!" but he suddenly took on a thoughtful look . . . Ed started quivering, barely able to resist his manly goodness. Gregg looked at Ed with a lustful look in his eyes. Ed looked at Gregg in the eyes and said, "You're missing an eye. That's gross." (Okay, who the hell was it with the whole eye missing thing?) "But I still love you, Old Gregg! Even if you ARE a scaly manfish who's in love with a man from Leeds, I'll never leave you."

Collab #2:
cream pastries, pancakes and butterflies
rain-sticks and incense-induced headaches
razor blades and hand grenades
Bush and Iraq
your dog and his underwear
Blockbuster cards and the PLU numder for cherries (4046)
killing certain blue-shirted boys with self-described purple eyes (run for your liiiiife, Matthew!! Sorry. That bit wasn't in there, but I felt compelled to add it.)
Wondins if I clocked out... *shifty eyes* (sorry, that's seriously what it looks like! I don't know what it is!)
I'm so happy, I do whatI like and how I like it...living in the sun lite loving in the moon lite having a wonderful time
smashing chocolate muffins into Z's face...
stuffing twinkies into the microwave, making them explode onto the spiders.

Collab #3:
One day, Ed lost his tie.
His tie was his friend.
He'd lost friends before. He got over it quickly. He lost his friends because he liked Nascar and golf.
"Maybe," he thought, "I should attempt to have NORMAL interests, that are shared by non-brain dead people."
"Naw that wouldn't be any fun," said the voice in his head. Ed wandered around the streets of Morrison until he reached Southpark. "Perhaps I should make a ladies day by getting my face done," he pondered. But then a photography store caught his eye and he dashed inside 'cause he's a freak, but he suddenly thought,
"Wait! Aren't I supposed to be being normal?"
In the corner, he spotted it. A new tie. At a photography store. Half-priced. Just as he was about to go inside the store a woman with a five-o-clock shadow, lots of muscles, and a deep voice said, "Hey, wanna be friends?"

Collab #4:
Vimes and Vetinari...holding each other in a tender embrace while staring each other in the eye.
"You're missing an eye," said Vimes. "But I still love you just as much." Vetinari smiled. "Can I eat the other one?" Vimes begged with a childish pout. (Okay, people, I think the eye culprits are Jake and Matthew. Keep an eye out for them. Puuuuun!!)Vetinari gave him a weird look, but tried to compensate for his confusion by kissing Vimes.
"That's my eye. I think you missed."
"Sorry my eyes are made of glass."

And that's that. :D

One Year and Counting

I don't know if anyone noticed but in August this blog turned one years old. Happy birthday to it.

Last Meeting

Our meeting Thursday went well, I thought. This week we had a small group but we did more exercises this time than we ever did in the past. Maybe I'm getting better at picking exercises or maybe a smaller group of you rambunctious teens is easier to corral.

Meeting Tomorrow

Don't forget, youngsters, meeting tomorrow. 6 pm. Be there or be more square.

Stephen King on Harry Potter

You can read his essay here.

Any thoughts?