Evil Editor's Blog, page 305

Cartoon 698

Caption: Evil Editor

Your caption on the next cartoon! Link in sidebar.

Book Chat Reminder

The July book chat is scheduled for Saturday, July 31, 11:00 AM eastern.

Face-Lift 802

Guess the Plot

Book of the Baba Yaga

1. Dmitri's family died in the Holocaust. All he has is a battered copy of "The Book of the Baba Yaga" to guide him to his Russian roots. Can Svetlana from the library help him--or is she trying to thwart him?

2. Young Baba was sent by her parents to learn magic with the local witch. But when famine strikes, the witch declares her intent to eat Baba to survive. With the help of another captive, a handsome boy, Baba must use what little magic she's learn...

Cartoon 697

Caption: Evil Editor

Your caption on the next cartoon! Link in sidebar.
[image error]

The Hannah Rogers Literary Agency Website . . .

is up and running. You'll find it here.[image error]

Writing Exercise

Write a scene in which you go to Evil Editor's office to pitch a specific idea that you are certain is just crazy enough to make a fantastic writing exercise. (This idea pitched to Evil Editor by D Jason Cooper)

Deadline Sunday, 10 AM eastern

300 words max[image error]

Cartoon 696

Caption: Anon.

Your caption on the next cartoon! Link in sidebar.

Face-Lift 801

Guess the Plot

Stairway to Hell

1. Evangeline is banished to hell for something she didn't do, as God screws up for the first time ever. There, she is nominated to become the next Satan. Hey, it's better than working at Starbucks.

2. There's a long, dark stairway descending to Hell, and a bright, quick escalator ascending to Heaven. Now a venerable and ravishingly handsome editor is ready to face his eternal reward. But for some reason, these stairs aren't moving.

3. Every day for thirty years Bo...

Q & A 181

So EE, what gives? There seems to be a common litany being chanted among your faithful these days: "Why am I not getting more requests?" These aren't cases where we've ignored your wise and inappropriately appropriate blue remarks, but cases where we've applied ourselves and learned at the feet of the master. The minions have left off eviscerating our ideas and words and started high-fiving us. And, most gloriously, we've received the coveted "This isn't total dreck" response from the...

Cartoon 695

Caption: Evil Editor

Your caption on the next cartoon! Link in sidebar.