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Post by mmderdekea on Jan 31, 2008 23:11:40 GMT -5
Jo,
I read "Super"; you called it a story, but there are only three chapters and that's not enough. Is this just a snippet of a fuller tale you have posted elsewhere? I LIKED what I read--I'd like to read more!
Mona
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Post by jopierce on Jan 31, 2008 23:24:44 GMT -5
Thanks Mona.
Well... there are short stories out there. So maybe I should have called it that. There is just one chapter (but fanlib divides it into pages. One of the things I dislike about their format.)
It is just that for now. It was written specifically for that contest. I thought it worked for the parameters of the contest. But it is not something I would have written otherwise... if you know how that is, when you write for challenges.
I am a little hesitant to write more for those contests on fanlib. I do not like that:
1) You can't edit it once it is submitted. You have to wait until the contest is over.
2) The only fics that seem to be read are short ones, unless they are in the really really popular fandoms (which GAH is not).
So I may add to it, but I don't want to say I will, and then disappoint. For now, it's a stand alone.
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Post by jopierce on Jan 31, 2008 23:27:54 GMT -5
I didn't read it yet, Josie, and I might not at all, but I thought it was a neat idea and I like your teaser. And Mel, we all KNOW you should be in the nuthouse, but only MyTatuo and I would have said it. Thanks HD. I know you are not a fanfic reader (generally), and not a fanfic writer (generally). So I never expect you to read it...
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 1, 2008 0:12:16 GMT -5
I didn't read it yet, Josie, and I might not at all, but I thought it was a neat idea and I like your teaser. And Mel, we all KNOW you should be in the nuthouse, but only MyTatuo and I would have said it. Thanks HD. I know you are not a fanfic reader (generally), and not a fanfic writer (generally). So I never expect you to read it... I have read some of your others one, so there.
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Post by MyTatuo on Feb 1, 2008 14:36:44 GMT -5
I read "Super"; you called it a story, but there are only three chapters and that's not enough. Is this just a snippet of a fuller tale you have posted elsewhere? I LIKED what I read--I'd like to read more! Thanks Mona.
Well... there are short stories out there. So maybe I should have called it that. There is just one chapter (but fanlib divides it into pages. One of the things I dislike about their format.)
It is just that for now. It was written specifically for that contest. I thought it worked for the parameters of the contest. But it is not something I would have written otherwise... if you know how that is, when you write for challenges.
I am a little hesitant to write more for those contests on fanlib. I do not like that:
1) You can't edit it once it is submitted. You have to wait until the contest is over.
2) The only fics that seem to be read are short ones, unless they are in the really really popular fandoms (which GAH is not).
So I may add to it, but I don't want to say I will, and then disappoint. For now, it's a stand alone. Sorry, no! I'm afraid I can't let that happen. I may have to BAN you from this SITE until you TELL me what happens NEXT! Let me think... ok, here's what I have come up with, tell me what you think: *YOU* write & send me the next chapter, *I* let you post one post. And so on. Deal? ** crying ** what happened? i gotta know! why is jo so mean? ...
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Post by mmderdekea on Feb 1, 2008 14:45:14 GMT -5
Or, at least Jo tell us what you were thinking about the story--was it really happening or all some nefarious lie to confuse our two heroes? What was the intention of the doctor's examination of the two of them? Etc. Give us a little clue or two!
Mona
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Post by MelMac on Feb 1, 2008 14:48:35 GMT -5
On Jo's story... I think it can be either way, and unless she wants to stretch out the plot some, I like the idea it's ambiguous. It's kinda reads like the concept the greenguys have as far as making the world forget in "GAHeroine."
I have an idea to incorporate this into my Devil vs. Ralph story, but am a little iffy because I don't want to knock out Ralph in hell.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 1, 2008 14:51:52 GMT -5
There is another challenge on Fanlib.com.
Mission: To write a story with the following paragraph as the introduction; "They woke up in a windowless room. It was padded from floor to ceiling, like a room you'd find in an aslyum. The only door had a single slot, big enough for a tray of food or one to peer in. How had they gotten here?"
Entries can be uploaded starting tomorrow here.
I have written a GAH story called Super that I will be entering.
Super by Jo Z. Pierce
FBI Agent Bill Maxwell always worried that it would come to this. Ever since they were approached by that alien spaceship, he always feared that they would wind up in the "bug bin." And now that they were there, it didn't look good... Good story, Josie. I admit it would be nice to see if there is more to it than that or if they somehow shared a two year hallucination. However, I like the ending too...somewhat predictable, but also, somewhat Hitchcockish...and that is fun too.
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Post by mmderdekea on Feb 1, 2008 14:59:29 GMT -5
Hey, I like forming my own ideas about snippets like this, and how they'd continue, but I'm always interested in hearing what the author believes. It may be how I'd have the story go, or not, but I enjoy hearing others' creative musings.
Mona
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Post by MyTatuo on Feb 1, 2008 14:59:33 GMT -5
Thanks HD. I know you are not a fanfic reader (generally), and not a fanfic writer (generally). So I never expect you to read it... I have read some of your others one, so there. HD was confused about his new custom title. I thought I would clear it up a bit for him...
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 1, 2008 15:09:39 GMT -5
I have read some of your others one, so there. HD was confused about his new custom title. I thought I would clear it up a bit for him... I think everyone should get a CT based on bad spelling, grammar, etc. then.
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Post by MelMac on Feb 1, 2008 15:12:08 GMT -5
Mine is already done that way HD "GAHwdess." (though apparently I'm queen for the day because I found the baby in the King's cake at a school Mardi Gras party.)
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 1, 2008 15:16:47 GMT -5
Mine is already done that way HD "GAHwdess." (though apparently I'm queen for the day because I found the baby in the King's cake at a school Mardi Gras party.) I hope you didn't find it by eating it.
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Post by MelMac on Feb 1, 2008 16:10:56 GMT -5
Mine is already done that way HD "GAHwdess." (though apparently I'm queen for the day because I found the baby in the King's cake at a school Mardi Gras party.) I hope you didn't find it by eating it. Way things have been that could've happened. But no, the figure was partially visible in the cut piece.
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Post by MyTatuo on Feb 1, 2008 19:07:40 GMT -5
I finished Ms. B' story and the review to come soon. We have had some bad storms here lately with lightning and such and the power is intermittently wonky. I will do my best to post soon. Sorry, Ms. B. a ha HAHA AHAHAHAH!
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Post by jopierce on Feb 1, 2008 20:23:23 GMT -5
Well, to answer Mona's question, there was no logic behind it. I intended it to be a short story that would make use of the opening scene, as per the requirements of the challenge.
However, I am starting to think of other scenarios... retrospectively, I have a few that could be pretty interesting.
But I may want to finish any of the THREE other GAH stories I have left unfinished... and my TWO other Blues Brothers stories still unfinished...
Oh, and a thesis...
Now, if, when the time to vote and review comes, and I see that all my GAH friends here have voted and reviewed, then I will know that there is the demand for me to write another chapter or 12.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 1, 2008 20:41:17 GMT -5
I finished Ms. B' story and the review to come soon. We have had some bad storms here lately with lightning and such and the power is intermittently wonky. I will do my best to post soon. Sorry, Ms. B. a ha HAHA AHAHAHAH! Why is that so funny?
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Post by MelMac on Feb 1, 2008 22:51:12 GMT -5
I'm guessing because it was posted several months ago and you still haven't posted up the review. He just thought it was funny is all.
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Post by Ms Boku on Feb 1, 2008 23:35:45 GMT -5
I'm guessing because it was posted several months ago and you still haven't posted up the review. He just thought it was funny is all. Shhh. don't stir up the waters. We're making progress...
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Post by MelMac on Feb 1, 2008 23:43:08 GMT -5
Just taking the comment literally... since he and I have been kidding about grammar and punctuation usage today.
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