Evil Editor's Blog, page 396

Writing Exercise

The first thing anyone does upon achieving their 15 minutes of fame is to write a book in which they brag about, lie about, or justify everything they did. It hasn't always been this way, but what if it was? Choose a person from anytime in history who did something fame-worthy, and write the scene in which they pitch their book to Evil Editor. Don't choose an author; we've already done pitches from authors through history.

300 words max. Deadline Sunday, 10 AM eastern.

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Guess the Plot

The Lost

1. Janet's best dog ever was Waldo, a well-trained poodle. It was a tragedy that he went missing. But if Janet can't stop lamenting the loss of her dog and notice Digby, the handsomest taximan in Glasgow, she'll never know happiness.

2. A young puppy shows up on a widow's porch one morning and worms his way into her lonely heart. As Wilma cares for Jo Jo, she realizes that Jo Jo is no ordinary dog, but the leader of a pack of werehumans.

3. Vic hates everything about Mr. G...

Cartoon 497

Caption: Steve Wright

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New Beginning 695

"What we have here is paradise... not lost but regained." Tex sat in the remains of the Quonset hut and scanned a memory card retrieved from Team Alpha's waterproof safe. Dash sat behind him, reviewing message logs and reports from another memory card. Billy, their point man broke the silence of mosquitoes buzzing and ocean waves lapping over the edges of the atoll.

"What we gots he-ah, is a dump-pah." Billy said as he searched through the ruined equipment.

"No, paradise... Betwixt them...

Book Chat Reminder

The Rolling Stones and Charles Manson are among the characters in Zachary Lazar''s novel, Sway. There's still time to get a copy and read it before our end-of-month chat (exact date and time to be announced soon).

"Zachary Lazar's superb second novel, Sway, reads like your parents' nightmare idea of what would happen to you if you fell under the spell of rock 'n' roll...Elegant and intricate...this brilliant novel is about what's to be found in the shadows, the most terrifying crannies of twis...

Cartoon 496

Caption: Anon.

Your caption on the next cartoon! Link in sidebar.

Cartoon 495

Caption: Anon.

Your caption on the next cartoon! Link in sidebar.

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Guess the Plot

The Soul Catcher

1. Soul catchers take "soul food" to a whole new level. They dine on the souls of human beings. When a teen-aged soul catcher disguises herself as a human and falls in love with her next meal, trouble looms: the punishment is . . . death.

2. Being an engineer on a rundown space train isn't easy, and when new regulations come down the line ordering that all engines immediately be fitted with a "soul catcher," Lance Bixter knows the whole run is going to suck.

3. Wit...

Writing Exercise Results . . .

. . . are in the posts below. The task was to choose a random New Beginning from this blog, and use its first 20 words of 7+ letters in a scene.

20-Word Challenge 11

Roly-Poly Bunny hoppity-hopped along the chocolate SIDEWALK of Jolly Town to the candy-cane tree. In the TREETOP dwelt his friend, Mr. Twitter-Tweet, in a nest of peppermint lollipops.

"Who's that SKULKING around?" Mr. Twitter-Tweet chirped. He shrugged his downy little SHOULDERS. "I'd be SURPRISED if it wasn't Roly-Poly Bunny!" His merry eyes WIDENED. "It is Roly-Poly Bunny!"

"Hello, Mr. Twitter-Tweet!" Roly-Poly Bunny chortled. "Was there ever a BRIGHTER, more COMPLETELY candy-licious day?"

"R...