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The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

Web page for our moot reports and troop support information!





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To: Lil'freeper
Dancing nekkid on tables isn't an option.

Maybe that's why I've never made senior management.

8,741 posted on 11/28/2007 4:52:38 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (NaNoWriMo Word Count : 23,187/50,000)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Oh yeah, you’re not supposed to do the show this year Corin.


8,742 posted on 11/28/2007 5:18:14 AM PST by JenB (NaNoWriMo Word Count: 60,124)
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To: JenB

One of my co-actors has vowed that neither he nor his family will do the show next year. We’re just helping each other get through the next 11 days.

Last night he said, “Heck, I can gargle peanut butter for two weeks”...

I don’t think we’re doing a very good job of getting into the spirit of things.


8,743 posted on 11/28/2007 6:08:46 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (NaNoWriMo Word Count : 23,187/50,000)
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To: Lil'freeper

Well...OK...we can wait. ;-)

I spent about two hours last night writing about five hundred words that I think I’ll throw out. Ungh. I’m basically starting book two, and struggling. If I can get past the opening parts, wherein I need ta do the prison break, and not worry too much about it being perfect, then the next little bit should be a lot easier, ‘cause main character will be in New England in a more normal sort of existence. Kinda.

But first I have to write over the hump, and that’s tough.


8,744 posted on 11/28/2007 6:24:56 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 50400/50000])
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To: Lil'freeper

OK, so somehow I ended up watching The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins just now.

This does not bode well for the day.


8,745 posted on 11/28/2007 6:31:29 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 50400/50000])
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To: RosieCotton
OK, so somehow I ended up watching The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins just now.

::makes a note that sometime over Christmas would be a good time for a marathon LOTR viewing::

8,746 posted on 11/28/2007 6:33:34 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (NaNoWriMo Word Count : 23,187/50,000)
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To: RosieCotton

Yeah, I had a tough partch last night. Had to write an action sequence. Five people, four guns, one flaming torch, one monster. It wasn’t a very long scene but man, it took me a while to figure out how to do. And I had to have the 10 year old get mauled (poor kid, he was the only one without a gun. His day isn’t going to get any better once the sun comes up, either)

I ordered a couple editing books last night. Been meaning for ages to get “The First Five Pages”. I’ve had about half a dozen people recommend it.


8,747 posted on 11/28/2007 6:37:23 AM PST by JenB (NaNoWriMo Word Count: 60,124)
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To: Corin Stormhands

We need a moot.


8,748 posted on 11/28/2007 6:37:47 AM PST by JenB (NaNoWriMo Word Count: 60,124)
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To: JenB

Post a review when you’ve had some time to look at it!


8,749 posted on 11/28/2007 6:39:00 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 50400/50000])
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To: RosieCotton

Will do! I got another one too that was highly recommended. Finally used my birthday Amazon certificate, six months later. Heh.


8,750 posted on 11/28/2007 6:47:31 AM PST by JenB (NaNoWriMo Word Count: 60,124)
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To: JenB

I borrowed a book from the library awhile back about beginnings...now I can’t remember the name of it. Hook, maybe? It was little and green...I remember that.

It wasn’t bad in essence, but I so disagreed with the guy’s literary preferences that I didn’t finish the book.


8,751 posted on 11/28/2007 7:26:46 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 50400/50000])
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To: JenB

mmmmm....moot...


8,752 posted on 11/28/2007 7:27:46 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (NaNoWriMo Word Count : 23,187/50,000)
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To: 300winmag; Ramius; Corin Stormhands; osagebowman; HairOfTheDog; All

Wonderful, winmag! Really nice.

I’ve known for a long time that he was going over there, but couldn’t say anything...for some reason which I didn’t question, they didn’t want it talked about for a while. It’s ok now.


8,753 posted on 11/28/2007 7:30:04 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Lil'freeper; SuziQ; Ramius; osagebowman; All
Hey...

My Main Squeeze took some possible “pre-interview” tests for these guys yesterday. Get this...you know he’s been doing Matthew’s algebra with him? Teaching him the course this year, right? Because I can’t.

Guess what was a large part of one of the tests.

Heh heh...he said it would’ve been a struggle if the formulas hadn’t been so fresh in his mind, but since he had been teaching the class to Matthew, it came right to him.

He passed all the tests.

8,754 posted on 11/28/2007 7:49:53 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: no one in particular

There’s too much hysteria out there over non-issues. I am hereby tendering my resignation as the “Voice of Reason.”

Guard your families, the morons are in full parade mode.

I’m just sayin’ is all...


8,755 posted on 11/28/2007 7:51:53 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (NaNoWriMo Word Count : 23,187/50,000)
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To: RosieCotton

This one I ordered is by an editor or agent, I fergit which. Ive heard it really highly recommended by several write-y friends. I have a book someone gave me that’s on writing and and it’s interesting but such a different perspective from mine... it’s being quite helpful though. I can formulate why I disagree with the author and it helps me find my style.

I’m hoping another week and my rough will be done.


8,756 posted on 11/28/2007 7:53:18 AM PST by JenB (NaNoWriMo Word Count: 60,124)
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To: JenB

The one I read was by an editor, I think. And writer. The main complaint I had was that he dissed anything older than a few decades old as hopelessly out of touch, and said stuff like “today’s readers need...” as if they’re morons who need to be spoon fed everything. Granted, he had some good points...for example, that it’s a good idea to start the story in a crisis or an action sequence, and *then* explain why character is there, rather than starting off with “once upon a time,” and building to the action.

I don’t think that’s necessarily true across the board, but it can make for a better “hook” to get someone to keep reading, which is what that book was all about.


8,757 posted on 11/28/2007 8:07:59 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 50400/50000])
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To: 2Jedismom
How wonderfully serendipitous!
8,758 posted on 11/28/2007 8:16:57 AM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro! [[NaNoWriMo Winnah! WoCo: 57436/50K]])
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To: JenB
I have one called How to Self-Edit Yourself into Print. It seems good. I read it twice before NaNo this year to make sure everything was fresh in the brain. But given that I haven't finish my 1st draft or published, I can't say how good a guide it is.
8,759 posted on 11/28/2007 8:18:10 AM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro! [[NaNoWriMo Winnah! WoCo: 57436/50K]])
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To: Corin Stormhands
Yeah - it's that time of year.

Jest one of the reasons I'm on strike.

8,760 posted on 11/28/2007 8:18:47 AM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro! [[NaNoWriMo Winnah! WoCo: 57436/50K]])
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