Recently, in my new job, I've had to listen to deep Southern accents and repeat them verbatim. I can tell you "Took Us All Like We Was His" is incredibly spot on with the voice. The vernacular

The pay makes me go "meh", but as John said, I love the idea of every story starting or ending with a pre-determined line.

HOURGLAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS. I took it as something like when people are faced with a certain inevitability, they turn on each other. They give up. They live but they live with the notion that the end is coming,

Thanks so much :D

Just to reiterate what amir said, having a group and community like COM is extremely important. They encourage people to submit, and, honestly, rewards aren't given to the most popular kid in class, so

Holy mother of Odin's beard! Thank you so much!

Holy mother of Odin's beard! Flabbergasted that I won Court Jester but so utterly grateful! :D Congratulations to the other winners! There were some uber great laughs for round sixteen.

I really enjoyed this, Noby. Short and sweet. Question is, will he get his pizza?

This is a brilliant idea and one I'll be sure to take full advantage. You know, once I'm less impoverished. I have a domain name but that's about all I can afford at the moment, haha.

I've registered for it, but @rhondak convinced me to push it through the Q so scheduling is being delayed for the moment.

Damn, Rose. I've no words. This was fantastic and I genuinely look forward to reading more. Gripping and heart-wrenching all the same.

Thanks, @jayna! ...I had no clue what I was doing. XD

Oh, wow! Thanks Jon for the kind words. I really appreciate it. :D See you 'round the Block!

Thanks, Noby! :D

Damn, Duncan. This is fantastic. A wealth of imagery in so few words. Simply awesome. I always love your work.

Well deserved. Asuna is wonderful! :D

Wonderful insights, @vaughndemont. Brandon Sanderson has videos uploaded to YouTube of his writing class and he discusses this at length as well. If it were me, I'd take a small advance, and if there were

All incredible people and even more incredible writers. Well done, Muxxy! :D I shall have to check these out.

I appreciate the kind words, Jayna. :) Don't let this alarm you. It's merely a proclamation of optimism vs defeatism. Both being real with oneself and being content to dream within the confines of that

Thanks, man. Appreciate the kind words. :)