JamesSavik

AFF- The constant in life is change. The trick is.. well crap. I don't know. :wacko: Stay sweet and good things will happen for you. Just don't quit and don't give up. -JS

Chaz & Green: I sent you guys a PM the other day that probably makes a lot more sense now. I think the two of you getting away together is a fantastic idea (which I think that I may have suggested at some point in the past ) Fly Away (by Lenny Kravitz) I wish that I could fly Into the sky Just like a dragonfly I'd fly above the trees Over the seas in all degrees To anywhere I please Oh I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah yeah yeah Oh I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah yeah yeah Let's go and see the stars The milky way or even Mars Where it could just be ours Let's fade into the sun Let your spirit fly Where we are one Just for a little fun Oh oh oh yeah ! I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah yeah yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah yeah yeah I got to get away Feel I got to get away Oh oh oh yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah with you yeah yeah Oh Yeah ! I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah with you yeah yeah I got to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away Yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah with you yeah yeah I got to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away I want to get away Yeah I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah with you Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Dom- Maybe I can help you with some titles. Here's a few-- see if they spark any ideas. Here's a few ideas: Dog Guy, Cat Guy- the tale of romance between two very different people and the furr flies. Diary of a Neurotic Dog- a Dog's eye view of a romance. You did something like this in your blog but I think it could be expanded and refined. Night Moves- a grifter meets a nice guy and finally discovers what he wants but is it too late? Dawn's Early Light- two gay Marine heros survive the Gulf War but discover that the Corp is deadlier than anything that Saddam had. the Rochenko Gambit- set in the Cold War, a Western agent is sent to Moscow to seduce a Soviet scientest and steal his secrets but soon finds that its his heart that has been stolen. Here's a few potentially cool titles: the End of Winter the Polk County War 10,000 Shades of Gray the Destruction of Matthew Gentry Broken Victory I wish I was as good with the rest of the story. -JS

Ryan who?

Happy Birthday my friend! I had to be the first All my best wishes for a great year for you, your family and Surfie. -James

Oh David. I know this story all too well- heard it a zillion times and it still makes me sad. I'm happy that David has his brother back. (happy tears this time)

Whenever I'm pondering the meaning of life, I think more about Dennis Leary than Rowland. Life's a bitch and then you die. Shut the f* up and get a helmet. God.. "I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy because my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." Hey! Join the f*ing club, ok!? I thought I was going to be the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Socks. Life sucks, get a f**king helmet, allright?! "I'm not happy. I'm not happy." Nobody's happy, ok!? Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette, or a chocolate chip cookie, or a five second orgasm. That's it, ok! You cum, you eat the cookie, you smoke the butt, you go to sleep, you get up in the morning and go to f**king work, ok!? That is it! End of f**king list! " -Dennis Leary

Com- I am part of the team that wrote Collision- a round-robin mystery. It's winding down now and it should be done in the next couple of months. One thing that I suggest right out of the gate: assign a project editor and give him some amount of authority. Our editor has been invaluable and has kept the wheels from falling off several times. He has also been very helpful in keeping a lid on issues like continuity, reality checking and timeline. In Collision, we started off with a document called the game plan and a first chapter. The game plan addressed: a) primary characters and character information (like Kelly likes Perl Jam and his favorite color is blue) setting (where things are happening) c) beginning assumptions The rules were that the game plan was fixed but each author had the ability to add secondary characters, plot twists and whatever creative control they wished as long as didn't drive the plot into a ditch. For most of the run of Collision, the authors had regular chat sessions to keep everyone on the same page. That really depends on how long you want your chapters to be. In the context of Collision, we had either very seasoned authors or gifted newbies so we could give the author a chapter and let them run with it. Six weeks is rather long. Most seasoned authors could probably get a chapter out in 2 weeks. I would suggest a flexable turn around time: 2 weeks for the author, 1 week for the editing and an optional 1 week for rewrite if necessary. Given this time line, you would produce a chapter every 3-4 weeks. For online fiction, that's just about right. You don't want to get the readers interested and then have them forget about your story. We used our regular chats to iron out these issues. You can't very well kill off a primary character and expect the plot to flow. Hummm... good question. A min and a max on chapter length is probably a good idea but writers usually have a pretty good eye for that. Collision chapters run from 10 to 16 pages and we had no such guidelines. I've never written in the horror genre but I would love to give it a try. -JS

Chris May the next year bring you success and good fortune! Oh yeah- and zillion dollar book and movie deals! -JS

He will tell anyone what ever he wants and make me look like I am the bad guy. Not really Green. By going out and talking trash, it makes him look like an embittered ex, jerk, tossed out roomate, etc. He draws more attention to himself than he does you. It makes people wonder what he has left out: the other side of the story. Someone hearing him talk s**t is going to wonder- did Green catch him snorting coke in his house and kick him out? Was he having sex with sheep dogs or running the pre-schoolers prostitution ring out of the basement? The problem with slinging s**t is that you inevitably get it on yourself.

Xander- It sucks but sometimes you've just got to punt. This is only going to hurt worse the longer it goes on. Take you dog for some long walks where there are cute guys and frisbees.

FIRST TO REACH A HUNDRED BLOG ENTRIES! Is there a prize? I didn't know. I'll have to hurry. Green mellow out man. Specially in public. You don't want to get arrested. Sure- you've got a right to be angry. Just don't let the jawbone of an ass get you in trouble. Good save Chaz. Fights in cafes are always won by the cops. -JS

I've never thought about this. As most marriages take the surname of the man, what happens when there are two men? I suggest that the happy couple takes the surname of the top. Good question Jules.

Way to go Nick! You lived through another one, cracked head and all. Have a great birthday and many, many more.

Welcome again.

Ugh. My muses never look like Sharon Stone. They show up at 3am, drunk and abusive, look like Walter Matthau and Brian Dennehy and barf on my rug. I want better muses.

Chaz- My shrink says that I have an M-M-D that is P-T-S-D with a side of A-D-D and I just had the F-L-U. After all of that alphabet soup, you might think that I was S-C-R-E-W-E-D. And you think Mr. Green is a strange one? There is an obscure mathematical theory that states that in people, eccentricity is proportional to IQ. So count your blessings. Green is just weird enough to be lots of fun and you are lucky enough to be his BF. -JS

Men ugly naked!? Someone just isn't looking at the right men.

Question #5 - Who was the first person I ever had sexual thoughts about? Leif! Question #6: If someone had slept with a friend or a family member of yours (possibly even an 'ex'), would that bother you at all when it came to persuing them? Icky, icky! You did my brother/sister/father/mother/cousin/grandparents! Ewwww! Get away!

Question #3: Do you find any promise in your average internet 'hook up'? Or do you thnk that it's only for sex and the occassional one night stand? I've only hooked up with people I've met on the internet a few times. The first guy was a skank, the second was a leg-hound and the other was a big fat liar (he was married and I don't do married men- EVER). I kinda blew off internet dating after that. Question #4: Have you ever, would you ever, do you ever...SWALLOW? Yes- but only with someone I really, really

Question #1 - Is CyberSex satisfying for me? Sorry- it just doesn't do it for me. Question #2 - Fully clothed, what inspires a sexual attraction for me? face, hair and eyes in that order.

Green- I'm mad at your friends. None of them ever made a mistake? One strike and your out? Friends don't dump friends for making mistakes- espically when you need them the most! After all the stress you've been under? You're a rare one Green. Smart, talented, witty. Sure- you might have an issue or three but who doesn't these days? I think that you did exactly what you should have done about your medical situation: you didn't know if it was bad or not. You didn't tell people because you did not want to cause any undue anxiety. I would, and have, handled a similar situation in exactly the same way. Should you have told Chaz? Maybe- that's a jump ball BUT jump balls don't end the game although they can turn the game. Were I in your circle, first I would have hugged you and said how relieved I was that you are OK. Then I would have quietly mentioned, without fanfare, that your friends are there for you when you're under the gun. That's what they should be good for. I hope some rationality breaks out soon in your world- and with a little time to cool off, I bet it will. -JS PS- I'm sending flowers!

I'm a switch-hitter. I change hands so it's like someone else is doing it. To honor the great one I'll have the C on both hands.

I thought my Dad was bad with Parkingstons. We can't let him drive, hunt or go fishing by himself. But the Chaney invaded the wrong country for godsake! They need to take the keys away NOW!

These things are so much easier in Japanese/Shinto culture. Whenever a question of family or personal honor comes up, you just commit Seppuku or ritual suicide by disembowelment. Ummm... on second thought, what's a little disgrace amoung friends?