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February 1, 2010
Uhopping Chapter 5: Electric
This is part five of the Uhopping adventure that is spanning lots of webfic sites. You're going to want to catch up via the Strange Little Band LiveJournal community , where all this lives happily in a coherent manner. To quickly summarize: when we last saw our Baby Snatcher, he and his team were being badly whipped in Addergoole…
Before Smith hit the ground, Waldgrave had made up his mind. He burrowed his hands in his pockets and strode directly to Walters, prodding the collapsed Enforcer w...
January 28, 2010
Topic Tag: Ohh, Yes!
"I'm serious," wrote Anna, late in the evening, "you are."
It was hard to think of what to say.
"Can such a thing exist?" I ventured.
"It can, and does!"
I thought of how to continue.
"So I'm a god?"
"Yes."
"Of sex scenes."
"Unwritten sex scenes. Your written ones suck."
"True," I admitted.
"Unwritten sex scenes," she continued. "Involving scissors."
Fingers hovered over keys, cautious.
"How does that work, exactly?" I asked.
No reply, so I added: "What are you doing with your stationery over there?"
A...
January 27, 2010
Topic Tag: The Glitch
The bank heist was not going as planned.
Rodrigo stepped over the body once more, trying to see it in a different light. There were very few lights to see by.
"I still don't understand," he said, his thick Spanish accent faltering in the moment. "How did he do this?"
"You said to put pantyhose over our heads, right?" said Biff, sitting in the corner, looking more than a little sheepish. "He didn't wanna be seen buyin' pantyhose. Girly stuff. He's a butch guy, so…"
"He put a sock over his...
Liveblog: iTablet Press Event
9:53 — OMG, that's totally the McGraw-Hill CEO hanging from the rafters! LOL!
9:52 — Bill Gates in the audience, posting to Twitter.
9:51 — We have it on good authority that Jason Calacanis is a doofus. Insider information. Can't disclose.
NOTE: Today's liveblogging is brought to you by The Man With the Improbable Leg, also about tablets.
9:49 — Ha ha, just kidding. Going for nostalgia. How ya likin' it?
9:48 — Music selection for this morning: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by the Be… OH MY...
January 26, 2010
Programming Note: Liveblogging Tomorrow
A short programming note for those that follow Apple… tomorrow at 10AM PST, PTTBT's Erin Barkley will be liveblogging the expected iPad/iSlate/iBlockawood event. We've acquired her a press pass and a fake passport (Consuela Agopogo, anyone?) and she is ready to roll.
Other sites might give you the details first, but none of them will be as much fun.
Check back tomorrow for the full scoop!
A Hell of a Morning
Daylight savings meant the hell-hounds wanted walking an hour early. Halfway down the street, it started raining sulphur.
He got to work in a pissy mood, used the dull chains to flail, skipped the Armageddon progress meeting entirely.
Some days, Lucifer wondered who was really in charge of evil.
This Topic Tag was requested by the famously famous @irk. Topic was "Lucifer". 50 words, no less!
January 25, 2010
The Man With the Improbable Leg
Today marks the launch of The Man With the Improbable Leg, book four in the SteamDuck Chronicles. It will make your head explode.
Quoth the blurb:
While vacationing in London, Archimedes and Finley the foul-mouthed telekinetic fish find themselves caught up in a strange murder plot that reaches into the upper echelons of social power… including the formidable Lord Likely, who fastens his belt long enough to avenge the death of a favourite lover. But as a greater plot unfolds, Archimedes and...
January 18, 2010
The Reveal
This is for the benefit of the RSS readers out there, who may not realize something big has gone on…
This is what's coming January 25. That's Robbie Burns Day, which means you should be drinking lots of Scotch anyway, which should make this more enjoyable.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Update: Since people have asked, here how to read the graphic hints we had. I was really afraid it was going to be too obvious, but apparently nobody saw it 
See it? It's the bottom of Finley's bowl. He's even ...
Trivia Tag!
So right now there is a big, exciting game in the works on the site. For a limited time only, you can play Trivia Tag!
Here's how it works:
You can be picked to answer a trivia question. It will appear in your console, in place of your profile. Read it carefully. Consider the hint. There will never be two words to an answer, and case does not matter (though spelling does).If you get it right, you'll get a bunch of points. You'll also get to pick the next person in the chain by entering...Series Bibles
Thanks to a Twitter exchange, I get to write about something I'm familiar with! Series Bibles!
Now keep in mind I'm coming at this from a TV perspective, where the purpose of a bible is to help new contributors get up to speed on the vision and foundation of the concept. A lot of this won't necessarily apply to weblit, but a lot can. Use your own discretion when making one.
What is a series bible? It's the blueprint that lets newbies know what's what in your world. It's not just an...
