shadowgod

I have warned people about the goats powers of mind control. Warned them till I was blue in the face and still he has procured some strange allegiance. Next thing you know, they will acctually start believing he is a lurker When he has us all, and the world, under his cloven hoof... that won't be my fault.

If I say no, and show up anyway; is that considered crashing?

if the author is MIA how would one go about gaining permission? And is this replacement authors word that he/she has attained permission gold? I find it best and more probable to take the fanfiction route if there is enough interest in the characters. This is not without precident however, all you have to do is look at Margaret Mitchell. She only ever wrote the one book, but later authors have added two to the series. There again though I do think the dollar was the driving force behind that. Scarlet O'Hara in Ireland... :wacko: how did that get approved?

In a word... pong

I was chatting on MSN the other night and the subject of Happy Endings came up. It seems there is a trend against them. People tire of reading them, convinced that they don't exist. Call me an idealist, but isn't that the point of a happy ending? Is it not an escape from the reality we know and see everyday? Truthfully, how many of us have personal knowledge of a sustained Happy Ending? Who is to say Cinderella and Prince charming fell into a loveless distant relationship after the whirlwind courting. Who is to say that Jacob one day rushed into a burning building and never made it back out. Nobody, there is not enough information given past the conclusion given. My point is this we all have happy endings, we just don't realize it at the time. If the story of our life were to conclude at the happy moment, everything would be roses and okay. Lives don't though, they go on, and often the ending provided is more sullen, more grasping at what there is no more of, then a fitting end should be. I've read stuff like that. Went far beyond the scope of the story, far beyond the original problem to be overcome. It got to the point where I wanted to write the author and defend his own characters from him. Honestly how much crap can you throw at people and expect them to survive, abusive Fathers, beatings, separation etc. I stopped reading the story, for all the crap the guy went trough he deserved his happiness. I didn't care if it was for a month a year or until they died in each others arms. They just deserved it. What do you guys think? Happy Endings: good, or overdone?

when was the last time any of us went apeshit bizerk and shaved our heads? Point is fame is fickle and its a bad trade off, you can't want/have fame and privacy it's an oxymoron. As far as "paparazi" go yeah, they can be overbearing, but quit honestly they arent going to hound a celebrity for pictures they can't sell. That is just bad economics on their end. So don't blame the paparazi, that argument only goes so far. If she ceased doing crazy shit the interest and zeal to get a picture of her doing her next apeshit bizerk moment would fade away. I could see the "it's the papazzi's fault" if every celebrity was hounded to death. Funny how she crops up again when the we havent heard from her in a while huh? There is no such thing as bad publicity... your only famous as long as they remember your name.

RE: RE: Point #1 No i cannot truthfully say that I have not "punched up" your chapters in the past. However, there is a vast difference between slightly tweeking what you already had, and just dropping differnet ending into your stories. Seriously CJ can You honestly sit here and say that I have included pieces of prose completely out of whack with what you already had written?

now now i never said that. unlike a cerian goat I dont go around labeling people evil or not evil. However I could start pointing out instances where he takes his friends and murders them in his stories.

I doubt the payback angle he may be a goat but he's not a goat that perpetuates that vicious cycle

Ahh but Sacha Cliffhangers are not about points... and what point is throwing someone off a cliff when there is a constant threat of nuclear annihilation? Besides, I've been waiting three weeks to give him his crown back, a crown he devilishly placed on my head for something far less inocuous then that chapter break. I still want to lodge a grievance, I go and admit to CJ in an email that Eric is probably my Favorite Character from LtMP and this is what he does.

*removes his crown off the bookshelf and carries it posthumously to Cj's front feet* Here, I do think this rightfully belongs to you now. I also want to at this time announce that I am the founding memeber of SPiCE ( Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Eric ) Why do you have issues with Erics? Honestly what did he do to you! (that is if it is Eric you hurt, but I doubt it would be Chase at this Juncture) Leave Eric ALONE! Steve

Yup, up in the right hand corner of your screen you should see a list of options My Controls, View New Posts, My Assistant etc. If you go into my controls you can select compose a message off to the right hand side or you can click here to send him a pm. Just jot a note about requesting an author tag and he'll get you switched up. If that doesn't work you can also email him Joe@gayauthors.org and request the author tag.

1) CJ maintains final approval on any cliffhangers I supposidly insert ( I don't and I have all of the beta file copies to prove this ) Thus if I do happen to insert a cliffhanger (I never have, maybe suggested how to re-word a sentence but that is about it) His approval on the matter makes the cliffhanger his own and nobody else's. Remember possesion is 9/10 of the law. 2) It is true his title is unjustified. I personally think he should be given the moniker "King of Evilest Cliffhangers", as he is far more adept at the practice then I am. 3) Never trust a goat; He'll eat your manuscript when you aren't looking, and it's just plain foolish.

Awww C'mon Vic. Presents are no fun unless you get to unwrap em.

Hey DLP, Welcome to GA! I suggest you send a pm to JSmith and ask that he give you an author tag. You ave five posts now so you should have access to the private messenger. It will allow you to post story / chapter announcements in he Efiction announcment forum. Plus it has a few other perks ( I think a bigger pm mailbox but don't quote me ) Also, I see you have been inproperly warned about the resident caprian CJ. They say he doesn't bite, and all that. Those statements only apply when he is under direct supervision by his handlers. They are a absent minded lot, his handlers, and tend to wonder off constantly. When this happen's he does bite, so just don't turn your back on him... ever Steve

okay so I'm going to buck the peace trend.... Still waiting for the guy wrapped in a bow. steve

What does it mean when you dream about home, but the home you dream about is a house you haven't lived in for ten years? In keeping with earlier crack-headed dreams; I had a dream last night. It was odd in the way anyone blowing their head off is odd. I was at home and there was this strange guy there. Mid 50's stocky and bald, I don't know this person. I don't know why he was in my head last night. I surely don't know why my head decided it was prudent for him to remove his. I think he was an associate of my Dads, former army pal or something. At least that was the premise, as I have met some of my dad's army buddy's and this guy looked nothing like any of them. I'd venture to say he was very Danny DaVito-ish; only bald and more tan. Anyhow this guys presence was not of question to my parents so he certainly must have belonged. Anyhow he didn't show up for dinner and I was sent in search of him seeing as he was lodged in my childhood bedroom. When I got there, I saw the red splatter on the walls and turned around. I felt nauseous, because of the blood to be sure. Anyhow I told my parents they needed to call 9-1-1, and then I rethought it. Considering the event was no longer an emergency, the guy was obviously dead, his head was on my wall, I told my sister she had better just call the police instead. No need in tying things up for a real emergency I guess. Jump forward to staying in a hotel room, because well

We'll see if the membership agrees with that statement in a few weeks.

Falling in league with the devil, and now you attempt to cover it by stroking my ego... How very wise of you steve It is a great little story. You should have held out on showing him though and sent it in as an anthology submission Good Job Other Steve Steve

Other Steve! You've been holding out on us! Seriously, great lil diddy I enjoyed it immensely even if I didn't respond in a timely manner Sorry Ive been under the weather and attacking finals. If I interpret the story correctly are you blaming me for setting CJ loose on the world?

still say wait for her to be all gathered with her friends on the front lawn, then lean out the door and yell at her for not picking up her my little ponies... She will be so mortified in that instant... Ahhh I'll definately want a picture of that face

I like the quote, I resemble it sometimes. Other then that cheer up or I'll have to do something drastic Steve

Shawn is bad. Who is Shawn? Hell if I know, but what I do know is I don't like Shawn very much; he nor his cohorts. He is just one of the millions of people world wide that think just because they have an opinion they should share it. First of all Shawn, Shut the F@#$ up! I get it, you think it's a sin; great the majority of the world agrees with you. Yet, who benefits from your assertions that it is a sin? You? Surely not you're straight so it shouldn't matter. The people that would rather not hear you spout off? Take a hint they're not listening. Future generations? Well with it being a sin and all they will just have to kill themselves; oh wait, that's a sin too, so is lying and a whole litany of other crap. Well, might as well get to hell early and get a good seat right? My point is this: No one benefits from you asserting that opinion, nothing good comes from it, so again refer to the line above telling you to shut your pie hole. Beh, I had a whole blog typed out, and the above is all I saved from it. I guess I'm really angry with Shawn because, well because he reminds me of my mother. the two of us had anothr interesting conversation Friday night. Which jumped around, but always skirted the "gay agenda". She brought it up I didn't. We were discussing history, and how much of what is taught regaring American history is either skewed or an outright lie. Then she went into a fit over the theory of Abraham Lincoln possibly being gay. So what if he was? would that tid-bit detract from his presedency? Would it nullafy his stance on Slavery, quash his words in the Gettysburg Address or his second Inagural? No. But there isn't any concrete proof he was; only peoples assumptins over a few close fiendships he maintaned. She went on to say that she wil never buy anything from Dolche and Gabana. While I agree I will never buy anything from Dolce and Gabana we differ on reasons. Me: Their stuff is crap Her: They feature two same sex couples kissing in their tv ad. Kids shouldnt be subjected to that don't you know? was her argument. I countered with, then again it might be good for the kid out there that thinks he is odd, that thinks he's a freak. Anyhow it degraded to the point Im yelling at that dipshit Shawn above. The bible says so... yeah she went there again, Just like she always does. Should I mntion now that she doesn't go to Church, doesn't read the bible with any regularity. I chewed away at that reason too. Leviticus prohibits it, yet Jesus quashed the Laws of Leviticus. Somehow it all led to her saying Hiter was gay... WTF? why can Hitler be gay and not Lincoln? I don't think she realized the allusion she made. I don't think she realizes how her words kill another piece of me everytime she does this. I want to be angry with her, I just can't.

you promised...

The Engineer is not named Demitri But yeah the engineer is a tad socially inept. With all this talk of rock climbing and what not, is it safe to call this a preemptive cliffhanger? See he is the Queen even I never did that.