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Want to write a novel? Really quickly? "If, over the next few weeks, you see someone sitting in a coffee shop staring at nothing and muttering about how to get rid of a body or what would happen if cats could time-travel by sneezing, do not be alarmed. It's novel-writing time again."
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Chris, I want to reiterate something: you are considerably funnier than Dave Barry, nowadays. (I'll reserve judgement on whether you're funnier than Barry USED to be.) You're a GREAT deal funnier than that Eric Snyder guy OSC liked -- and presumably wouldn't do anything to get yourself fired, unlike Snyder.
If you do not make more noise about getting yourself syndicated, I shall have no choice but to kick you.
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I have to add my voice to TomD's here Chris. As a relative newcomer to these here parts I have just recently been introduced to your column. I now find myself looking forward to it each week.
Again, I thank you for sharing.
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Thanks! I'm hoping (cross appendages) to do a series for the print side on my progress during NaNo, and the successes and failures of other local writers. Ideally a weekly thing, but we'll see what they offer me. Because, you know, just writing 50,000 words in a month isn't nearly enough pressure
I don't foresee any problems with getting fired (besides, I'm a webmaster who writes columns, the worst that would happen is I couldn't write the columns anymore). If I write about anything that would be a conflict of interest or dangerously controversial, I'll just post it here instead.
Should also point out that, now that I write a humor column every week, I have much more respect for Dave Barry. He's been doing this for how many years? And still finds things to write about? Even if one in three is hilarious, that's a better batting average than a lot of the other columnists I read. Even if I do suspect he's saving all his best stuff for his books...
Nearly related note: Carl Hiaasen is coming to talk at a college near me Oct. 29. Woo hoo!
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quote:And you are making your novel, alla Dave Barry, a "Best of my articles" story, right?
Nope, all the words in the novel have to be written after Nov. 1st. Of course, I could always include a columnist in my novel. Hmmm, my columns average 650 words, there'll be four that month, that makes...
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BTW TomD -- I still plan on hooking up with you folks in November. Just don't be surprised if I bring my Palm Pilot and keyboard along and I look like I'm trying to memorize conversations.
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Bah, 50,000 words in a month is no sweat. I'm tempted to try and pop one out. Anyone else for the Hatrack Month of Novel Mayhem?
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Could do one about a hatracker who becomes unable to communicate any other way. Family and friends have to register to talk to her, arguments and requests to pass the salt, that kind of thing.
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