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message 1: by Colby (last edited May 29, 2013 02:03PM) (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments  photo Screenshot2013-02-25at103304AM_zpsfe2c0a92.png

Donald Atkinson's main goals in life are to go to a good college and have an actual car, thus avoiding getting splattered by strawberry milkshakes from the Creamy Cow and cementing the possibility of his dating the girl of his dreams. But that all changes when Donald's computer breaks down and he has to spend his entire savings account on a new laptop. The laptop is much better than his old computer, but it seems to possess strange powers, like messing with time and having overly personal knowledge about people, causing Donald to question the line between truth and lie.

Anyways, yeah, please read and give feedback! One think I keep catching myself doing is switching to present tense.
Ex: "blah blah blah de blah," Nic Cage said.
That is how it should be.
Sometimes, though, I accidentally switch to this.
"Omgeez, I totes agree," Miranda Cosgrove says.
So, yeah, if you catch a switch like that, let me in on it.
I present the link:
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

And in case anyone cares, the writing is PG-13 due to cussing (Though not a ridiculous amount) and sexual content.


message 2: by Elliott (new)

Elliott | 22634 comments Mod
Everyone should go read this because it's funny and interesting and also some weird stuff might be happening in the background and there's a chance after more is written it could blow your mind.


message 3: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments WOW LAV WAY TO BUILD ME UP NOW WHAT IF THE REST OF IT IS AWFUL AND I DISAPPOINT ALL OF THESE NICE PEOPLE??

Juuust kidding. We all know it's going to be fantastic. Thanks, Lav.


message 4: by Elliott (last edited Mar 02, 2013 06:34PM) (new)

Elliott | 22634 comments Mod
WELL THEN YOU'D BETTER WRITE MORE CHAPTERS. AND MAKE THEM BETTER. KAY? KAY.

But yeah, it really is cool.


message 5: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments :DDD

HOWSABOUT YOU POST SOME MORE OF YOUR NOVEL, TOO, THEN?


message 6: by Elliott (new)

Elliott | 22634 comments Mod
I will, hopefully tonight. My parents made me go play racquetball with them so I didn't quite finish it.


message 7: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments IT IS COMING I AM LAZY AS BALLS SHUT UP AND BE PATIENT


message 8: by Elliott (new)

Elliott | 22634 comments Mod
Psst. Colby. You should space your paragraphs.


message 9: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Lav wrote: "Psst. Colby. You should space your paragraphs."

THAT REQUIRES WORK, THOUGH. *cringes*


message 10: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments You should probably expect a new chapter today.


message 11: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter 3 is up.
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
(I've actually had most of it written for a really long time now but I wanted to make sure that I had Derek drawn the way I wanted before finishing off the chapter and posting so yeah.)


message 12: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments WELL MY FREAKING BAD.
Lol, here's a quick list of things that have happened so far.

1. Donald is hit with a strawberry milkshake
2. Donald whines about how he needs a hot girl, a car, etc.
3. Donald's computer craps out on him.
4. Donald calls creepy computer guy who says there's nothing that can be done.
5. Donald realizes he's going to have to spend a bunch of money and will not be getting his dream car/girl/etc.
6. Chapter 3 happens.


message 13: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

Chapter Four is up! This one is fun because after it the exciting parts are coming.


message 14: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
YAY CHAPTER FIVE IS A LOT OF FUN GO READ IT PLZ.


message 15: by Elliott (last edited Apr 21, 2013 06:57PM) (new)

Elliott | 22634 comments Mod
I finally read chapter three! I'll work on the other two chapters soon. :D I'm interested to see where this is going.


message 16: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments THANKS!!!


message 17: by Elliott (new)

Elliott | 22634 comments Mod
Hopefully I don't sound too harsh or anything... I like to give negative feedback as well as positive feedback to people who I feel won't be offended... haha.


message 18: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Hey, I prefer feedback that actually gives me something to fix to WOWZ THIS ROCKZZZ any day. XD


message 19: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments HEY GUYS I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW CHAPTER SHUT UP NO IT HASN'T ALMOST BEEN A MONTH WHAT

http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


message 20: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments I moved this to Urban Fantasy because of reasons.


message 21: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter seven is up!
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

Be expecting chapters somewhat more frequently. I have begun putting myself on a 500 word minimum schedule for each day, so that's definitely helping me write more. I plan to finish this novel in the fall.


message 22: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter Eight is up!
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

Woooo the story is moving along and I more than doubled my word count goal today. :D shut up I know I didn't meet my goal two days straight before today shush


message 23: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter Nine!
https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/...
I hit 10,000 words on this story today! Woot woot.


message 24: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Whaaaat Chapter Ten is up you say?
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


message 25: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter Eleven!
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
I'm almost to 15,000 words.


message 26: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
Woooo. Chapter 12 is up, peeps.


message 27: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter 13!
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
Having tons of fun with this.


message 28: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments OOH GUESS WHO ACTUALLY WROTE PLZ READ TECHNICAL ISSUES GUYS
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


message 30: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Technical Issues, people.
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
It's been so long. Because college. And work. And friends. BUT NO WORRIES BECAUSE NOW MOST OF MY FRIENDS HAVE MOVED TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND I CAN BE ALONE NOW YAY


message 31: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Chapter Seventeen of Technical Issues is up! I would love it if some of you would give this book a read, I've just hit what I feel is about the halfway point and I'm really excited about this story. I'm getting all of the kinks worked out to build up to the ending!
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


message 32: by Colby (new)

Colby (colbz) | 3211 comments Two chapters in two days because I REALLY wanna finish this before NaNo starts. It's looking more and more possible with every page.
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


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