Evil Editor's Blog, page 385

Writing Exercise

The sign on the door reads . . . well, you can see it. Write the scene.

300 words max.

Deadline Sunday, 10 AM eastern.[image error]

Thanksgiving Preparations

As continuations and fake plots aren't pouring in, and there may be fewer readers than usual to comment on anything for the next few days, I thought I'd list a few of the things I'm thankful for. Then you guys can submit your own items or lists (no more than five items per minion), which I'll collect for an amusing Thanksgiving Day post. Those who live where Thursday isn't Thanksgiving are invited to participate, of course.


1. I'm thankful they now make ladders with slotted rungs so that peopl...

Cartoon 522

Caption: Blogless_Troll

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Feedback Request

The author of The King's Falcon (Face-Lift 291) is hoping you'll comment on a new version of the query. It's in the comments there.

New Beginning 706

I was dimly aware that it was a glorious morning and that I ought to be grateful for it. The waning moon hung low in the western sky. The east was streaked with pale gold clouds; the sun wasn't up yet. Also the frost was thick on the windshield, and the goats (who had heard the door shut behind me) were bellowing to be milked, and I was hungry and I wouldn't feel safe eating while driving so I had to get breakfast into me, and I had to be on the road by six-thirty. I'd been up since half past...

Cartoon 521

Caption: Mother (Re)produces

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Face-Lift 700!

Guess the Plot

The Last Ride

1. An aging cowboy on his last cattle drive, from Texas to Ogallala, Nebraska, plans to stampede the herd and throw himself under it--until he falls for a saloon owner during a rest stop outside Oklahoma City. Is it ever too late for romance?

2. Abandoned at age eight on a carnival ride, Sandra Fforde now studies mechanics by day and destroys carnival rides by night, both with unmitigated success. How? She made a deal with Satan. The complication? Jordan Wong, and...

Cartoon 520

Caption: Mother (Re)produces

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Writing Exercise Results . . .

are in the posts below. No writing was actually required, just posting a humorous excerpt from a work in progress.

As E.B. White said, "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."

Nonetheless, if you have helpful input for the author, spew it forth.

Comedy Scene 16

[David and Nina are having a philosophical discussion next to a creek. David is speaking first:]


"When you meet god, what will you say?"

"Pfff... I'll kick it in the nuts."

"Him. Not 'it'." David wrenched a flat stone out of the sand. "If you're kicking a god in the nuts, it's a 'him'." He leaned closer, trying not to smile. "Do I need to explain this to you?"

"No." She pushed him away, laughing. "A real god couldn't be male. Or female. Or human or animal. I meant it-"

"Maybe god's a fungus." He p...