Evil Editor's Blog, page 400

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Guess the Plot

Everything's Not Lost

1. With nothing to live for after his dog dies, and tired of getting beat up by Bull the Bully every day, Victor tries to kill himself by taking a bottle of sleeping pills. He lives, and checks into the psych ward, only to discover that his roommate is Bull.

2. Compulsive gambler Tony Tucker tries to convince his wife, Janet, not to leave him on the side of the road after they get evicted and have to live in her car. All he needs is a grubstake and a lucky we...

Face-Lift 684

Guess the Plot

Everything's Not Lost

1. With nothing to live for after his dog dies, and tired of getting beat up by Bull the Bully every day, Victor tries to kill himself by taking a bottle of sleeping pills. He lives, and checks into the psych ward, only to discover that his roommate is Bull.

2. Compulsive gambler Tony Tucker tries to convince his wife, Janet, not to leave him on the side of the road after they get evicted and have to live in her car. All he needs is a grubstake and a lucky we...

Cartoon 489

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Writing Exercise

The feds have resolved to put Evil Editor away for a long time. Thus two agents have been dispatched to go through EE's trash in hopes of finding something incriminating. That's the set-up. Write a scene. Include at least two bad analogies.

Deadline: Sunday, 10 AM eastern. Max. words: 300.[image error]

Face-Lift 682

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Aria

1. In the greatest mystery ever to challenge Miss Fiskle, a beautiful music student elopes with the barman from the Waterhouse-Woolibob Pub, an establishment of shady repute. Unpredictably, Penelope loses her gentleman somewhere between the altar and the car. Has the brute died, or simply gone AWOL?

2. Daughter of an opera singer and a taximan, Aria Bentley seeks fame and fortune at sea. She'll be the first teen to sail solo round the world with a full-sized piano on board. E...

Face-Lift 679

Guess the Plot

Aria

1. In the greatest mystery ever to challenge Miss Fiskle, a beautiful music student elopes with the barman from the Waterhouse-Woolibob Pub, an establishment of shady repute. Unpredictably, Penelope loses her gentleman somewhere between the altar and the car. Has the brute died, or simply gone AWOL?

2. Daughter of an opera singer and a taximan, Aria Bentley seeks fame and fortune at sea. She'll be the first teen to sail solo round the world with a full-sized piano on board. E...

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Guess the Plot

Aria

1. In the greatest mystery ever to challenge Miss Fiskle, a beautiful music student elopes with the barman from the Waterhouse-Woolibob Pub, an establishment of shady repute. Unpredictably, Penelope loses her gentleman somewhere between the altar and the car. Has the brute died, or simply gone AWOL?

2. Daughter of an opera singer and a taximan, Aria Bentley seeks fame and fortune at sea. She'll be the first teen to sail solo round the world with a full-sized piano on board. E...

Cartoon 488

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Q & A 174

For the past three years I have been composing a book based on my years as a police officer. I have been working closely with a friend whom offered to be my editor. She (Nancy) is an attorney who is also a published author but not a professional editor. The final draft is suitable for presentation in the hope of finding a publishing agent. Now it comes time to pay the editor who will also be taking on the task of sending it to agencies. Being unfamiliar with the ins and outs of this entire...

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