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Face-Lift 751

Guess the Plot

11:11

1. With only 49 minutes to go, Cinderella faces a dilemma: should she risk riding back home in a pumpkin to stick around and find out what really makes Prince Charming the most desirable man in the kingdom? Also, a glass codpiece.

2. The eleventh day of the eleventh month. Then the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour. With each 'War to End All Wars' the tradition became more entrenched. Joss figures the next Big Truce will go down to the 11th second and catapult his mass...

Cartoon 616

Caption: Mother (Re)produces

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Cartoon 615

Caption: Mother (Re)produces

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Writing Exercise

The 3rd Annual Charity Date Auction Exercise

Once again Evil Editor is up for bids in a charity date auction. (The previous exercises are in the archives, April 20, 2008 and April 12, 2009.) Write the scene.

Deadline: Sunday, 10 AM eastern. 300 words max.

Success Story

Two years ago Lori Lapekes reported the sale of her novel For a Short Time to LBF Books. The book has at last been published. We saw the query in Face-Lift 464.

New Beginning 743

I reached the phone a microsecond before the machine picked up. As if on cue, my toddler whined to be picked up, and my older son ceased scratching at his viola in the other room and ran for the Xbox.

I read the Caller ID. "Tracy. What's up?"

"Oh my God, Cathy, the Supermoms have to do something. A guy knocked on my door selling magazines, and I swear I didn't want any more magazines--"

"You bought some anyway," I guessed.

"Hunting and Fishing," she said.

"Why not Cosmo?"

"And Golf Digest," she gul...

Cartoon 615

Caption: anon.

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Face-Lift 751

Guess the Plot

Wake Up

1. Wakey wakey! C'mon, slugger, you've got a big day. Up and at 'em. Get up, please. Kevin, I'm running out of patience. Don't make me come up there. Kevin? KEVIN! Fine, drive your own sorry ass to work.

2. My unabridged memoirs, chronicling how I overcame narcolepsy through strength and determinationandsfgsof0jrnovuhgfds.

3. "Hey, come on, I'm not even to my log line yet. Open your eyes! I've got a great synopsis. You're gonna love the part when the . . . Hey! Sto...

Cartoon 614

Caption: Evil Editor

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Face-Lift 750

Guess the Plot

Isabella Vampirella Gets Her Fangs

1. Bitten by a rabid bat, Isabella turns into a rampaging monster who hunts the dark alleys of the night to rip out the throats and drink the blood of her unsuspecting victims. Also, she has a pony!

2. Third-grader Isabella is determined to show everyone how grown-up she is, but how can she when she doesn't have her fangs yet? Be careful what you wish for, Isabella. When she finally gets her fangs, she also gets a humiliating lisp!

3. Brought...