Evil Editor's Blog, page 307

Book Chat

This is feeler #1 for a chat date. The July book is The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. If you want to attend, let me know if Saturday, July 31, 11:00 AM eastern is good for you.

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Guess the Plot

Redemption

1. It's the same old Prodigal Son story, only this time the hero is gay and seeking acceptance from his black redneck family and it's about as naked a play for Literary Merit as you can make.

2. It says buy 1 tin of sardines, get 111 free. Don't give her any lip about misprints. Even if Ethel has to get her bumbling hitman grandson to whack everyone at Rite-Mart, she is going to redeem this coupon!

3. Holy visions appearing in the sky. Miraculous cures. Global warming el...

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Caption: Roger Eschbacher

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Feedback Request

A new version of the query for Reincarnate (Face-Lift 797) is up over at the Phoenix nest. Go put in your two cents worth.[image error]

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Guess the Plot

The Rain Legacy

1. Wet ground. Dirty cars. Floods. Weeds. And that unmistakable scent of ozone. But on the other hand: Fertile crops. Cool temperatures. A luscious array of flowers. And the billion-dollar umbrella industry. Want to read the book?

2. Lynette is only thirteen, and her father's been murdered and she doesn't know how to swing a sword, while the villain she faces has an army and 600 years of experience killing people and plundering kingdoms, but it's up to Lynette...

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Feedback Request

A new version of New Beginning 767 has been posted in the comments there. The author would like your opinion.

Writing Exercise

Below are ten opening lines of novels, each of which is on the list of the 100 best opening lines ever, as chosen by the American Book Review. Of course a good opening doesn't guarantee a good story, and no doubt most of the books from which these lines were taken would have been better if they had included Evil Editor. So . . . Use one of them as the opening line of a scene in which Evil Editor appears.

Deadline: Sunday, 10 AM eastern
300 words max.

2. It is a truth universally...

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Opening: Bibi.....Continuation: Ellie

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