tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post3275414493760823321..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Yay! A contest!Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-5037098675001013372017-05-17T15:51:23.656-04:002017-05-17T15:51:23.656-04:00Lmao. I get it now. April Fools! I'm late to t...Lmao. I get it now. April Fools! I'm late to the game and really, really late to the joke. Well worth it!! Haha. Katherine Al Rashdan https://www.blogger.com/profile/14912948635954167238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57469233785167458082017-05-17T15:49:55.714-04:002017-05-17T15:49:55.714-04:00I don't get it.I don't get it. Katherine Al Rashdan https://www.blogger.com/profile/14912948635954167238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-85021470827195173702017-04-02T18:52:54.090-04:002017-04-02T18:52:54.090-04:00I tally a "No"
"Es irava?" he...<b>I tally a "No"</b><br /><br />"Es irava?" he asked.<br /><br />Of course it's irrelevant. "Frain won."<br /><br />"No. It a-"<br /><br /><i>Zilibomi, brabuhr on a igimrap</i>.<br /><br />"Huh?"<br /><br />"That's what the others wrote. Also, <a href="http://romancespinners.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">nail'd up revil</a>."<br /><br />"Le uffel..." His nose crinkled up.<br /><br />I agreed. "Yet Frain won."<br /><br />"No. Il no triumphe."<br /><br />My turn to look baffled.<br /><br />"Le conta de lettres..."<br /><br />Why, the smug little bastiche. Bet he didn't tweet either.Her Grace, Heidi, the Duchess of Knealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818060864422019573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62236615222828883382017-04-02T18:27:02.683-04:002017-04-02T18:27:02.683-04:00Curt: I thought 9:26AEDT was 'Alternative'...<br />Curt: I thought 9:26AEDT was 'Alternative' Eastern Daylight time :)<br /><br />Also those of you that wrote the words forwards can see them in the mirror backwards...so I think that would count.<br /><br />I've got to stop thinking about this. . . . . . . . . . .<br /><br /><br /><br />Kate Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861373649696211491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9551543163274650452017-04-02T08:19:00.678-04:002017-04-02T08:19:00.678-04:00Oh! So sorry about the bites. Be sure to treat h...Oh! So sorry about the bites. Be sure to treat his things so the bugs aren't brought home! Buffrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013636988179594889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-78372500643378830072017-04-02T05:35:33.382-04:002017-04-02T05:35:33.382-04:00Avarice is humbled, hunger roars. immobilization b...Avarice is humbled, hunger roars. immobilization brine's my tender body like expired parmigiano baked aldente by Liverpudlian sun, but rhubarb scents of home fuel my course onwardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831684397006913954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-42614064927558156192017-04-02T04:08:42.666-04:002017-04-02T04:08:42.666-04:00Tittle
UFO’s band nail’d “Up’R Evil”
Where?
Dunno,...Tittle<br />UFO’s band nail’d “Up’R Evil”<br />Where?<br />Dunno, it a zilibom miles. Brabuhr’s gona. I g-<br />I’m rapping at Castle Cirava<br /><br />Footnote:<br />1. Exactly 100 characters.<br />2. All words used.<br />3. Whole words are used. Characters in backwards order.<br />4. Comment is in this blog.<br />5. One post.<br />6. Posted from the Shark Bait Constellation.<br />7. Pun on title.<br />8. No Twitter account.<br />8a. No fleabags requested.<br />9. NA<br />10. Not a contest entry.<br />11. Agreed.<br />12. Footnote, yep.SarahJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640749655466577480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-51911605777697411142017-04-02T00:30:13.428-04:002017-04-02T00:30:13.428-04:00Sorry. I'm still busy trying to unfreeze my fa...Sorry. I'm still busy trying to unfreeze my face.roadkills-r-ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029861300358380117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57690698406362828452017-04-02T00:29:01.218-04:002017-04-02T00:29:01.218-04:00Sorry I'm so late, but I just had to say this:...Sorry I'm so late, but I just had to say this:<br /><br />Thank you so much, Janet, for all the time and work you put into educating us, encouraging us, and making us improve our writing in the contests. <br /><br />And thanks for the laughs and the community you've built here. <br /><br />Happy end-of-April Fool's!BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-91396597846755303922017-04-02T00:09:54.345-04:002017-04-02T00:09:54.345-04:00At a conference all day today. Out of fuel.
Immob...At a conference all day today. Out of fuel. <br />Immobilization until coffee was brewed.<br />Rhubarb muffins eaten instead.<br />The Liverpudlian volunteer cut in line.<br />Avarice, probably.<br />Agent consult. Good world-building. Snappy dialogue. Logistical issues.<br />Fixing opening pages? Harder than parmigiano.<br /><br />Thank you, Janet, for these contests, and everything else you do, all the time. My understanding of both the writing craft and business is forever changed for the better. At today's con, an attendee interested in the business side asked the agent panel about contract lawyers, and I immediately recommended this blog. Necessary reading for all. Karen McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640324898284007337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-43257763146051279472017-04-02T00:05:47.486-04:002017-04-02T00:05:47.486-04:00I don't believe anyone has said this yet: ther...I don't believe anyone has said this yet: there never was a contest! It opened on 7:26am EDT and closed on 9:26AEDT (Australia), which is the exact same time! <br /><br />Well played Janet, well played!Curt Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496537479762316032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52120201555525380972017-04-01T21:11:14.668-04:002017-04-01T21:11:14.668-04:003rd and final comment for today.
Janet, thank you...3rd and final comment for today.<br /><br />Janet, thank you for all you do: for sharing your wisdom with us, for sharing your time, for making us think about how and what we write (my above comments excluded) for caring enough to reach out to us when life happens beyond the reef. You are truly unique and a godsend to all of us on this road to publication. <br /><br />Some of us are barely starting out on this journey, others have been traveling for a long time, and still others have arrived or are nearing their destination...it doesn't matter where we are. You have been our guide making this trip less perilous, showing us the pitfalls and the dangers. And I must say, because of you, our travels have been exciting and fun. Again, thank you.<br /><br />(LOL! Thanks Colin, it's good to be back.)<br />LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-78239174284776572822017-04-01T21:03:06.250-04:002017-04-01T21:03:06.250-04:00
Re-leuf*
“Onaigimrap Ecirava?”
“Doctor sez you’r...<br />Re-leuf*<br /><br />“Onaigimrap Ecirava?”<br />“Doctor sez you’re up.”<br />“You on Noitazilibommi Nailduprevil?”<br />“Brabuhr?”<br />“Leuf.”<br />Scott Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331803044056836688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-92107241630433873902017-04-01T21:02:15.838-04:002017-04-01T21:02:15.838-04:00Fake news
@therealDT Leu'fn naild'uprevil...Fake news<br /><br />@therealDT Leu'fn naild'uprevila, Enoita-zilibommi Barbuhronaigimrap-ecirava!<br /><br />*for the first time this made sense. firdaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927140360014108805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-34025074764856625302017-04-01T20:58:54.363-04:002017-04-01T20:58:54.363-04:00LynnRodz: Welcome back! Wow--I can just hear kids ...<b>LynnRodz</b>: Welcome back! Wow--I can just hear kids around the country catch on to that:<br /><br /><i>There was a farmer had a dog<br />And leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava was his name-o.<br />leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava<br />leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava<br />leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava<br />And leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava was his name-o.<br /></i><br /><br />Verse 2!<br /><i><br />There was a farmer had a dog and<br />leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava was his name-o.<br />-eufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava<br />-eufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava<br />-eufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava<br />And -eufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava was his name-o.<br /></i><br /><br />Verse 3!!<br /><br />Hey--where did everyone go?<br /><br />;)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68370613605180990002017-04-01T20:40:50.784-04:002017-04-01T20:40:50.784-04:00Reread the rules, forget my first comment. Here...Reread the rules, forget my first comment. Here's my entry:<br /><br />leufnailduprevilnoitazilibommibrabuhronaigimrapecirava was his name, but we called him rava for short.LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39969415617091318402017-04-01T20:33:05.627-04:002017-04-01T20:33:05.627-04:00THE WRONG SCRIPT
Ecirava (1)(2). Retail price 199...THE WRONG SCRIPT<br /><br />Ecirava (1)(2). Retail price 199.99. Courtesy the evil geniuses at Merck, it arrived on a Tuesday. Suddenly, Grandpa could hear again. Just in time. Damn line at Wendy’s was a mile long if it was a fart. <br /><br />“On a ig im rap.”<br />“Wazzat, sonny? You want a chicken wrap?”<br />“No it az ili bom mi.”<br />“Say again? No, there’s no chili on it.”<br />“Na il dup revil.”<br />“What? You want it beef filled?”<br />“Leuf.”<br />“We got no soup!”<br /><br />(1) Side effects include dizziness, nausea, confusion and sporadic anal leakage. Do not take Ecirava if you are also taking Prilosec, Lipitor, Nexium, Celebrex, Cialis, Wellbutrin, Uberpiss, or Fibercron. Do not take if you are pregnant or if you are easily fooled. <br />(2) Causes occasional hearing loss.<br />Timothy Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514224628760035696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9185436662182969232017-04-01T19:55:57.989-04:002017-04-01T19:55:57.989-04:00I return to the reef and what do I find? Nookrac g...I return to the reef and what do I find? Nookrac gone awry!<br /><br />Gringo - Ringo - Bingo Was His Name-O<br /><br />There once was a nailduprevil named Gringo. His mother was Mexican and his father, need I say, a Brit. Now Gringo loved his onaigimrap fish & chips, but one day his girlfriend, Sriracha, decided to add a few brabuhr thinking Gringo would be over the moon. Sriracha was known for being ecirava especially with her prized brabuhr. <br /><br />Now Cholula was having none of this, she wanted Gringo back! She would sabotage her rival's fish & chips. Leufed by jealousy, Cholula's noitazilibommi plan backfired when Ringo's dog (Gringo's twin brother) Bingo, ate all the chips & fish. <br /><br />*Now to go and tweet!LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80238607587774273062017-04-01T19:29:42.859-04:002017-04-01T19:29:42.859-04:00I don't know about you guys but I figured that...I don't know about you guys but I figured that not following any rules was the only way to float the Queens barge. <br />Ut-oh, boat sunk.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58942564721343420832017-04-01T19:24:15.148-04:002017-04-01T19:24:15.148-04:00Lennon, they'd be right. :-)
Ha, I spent part...<b>Lennon</b>, they'd be right. :-)<br /><br />Ha, I spent part of today believing that a certain Star Trek actor was going to run for Congress...<br /><br /><b>Steve Forti</b>, that was brilliant! Thanks for the laughs!<br /><br />Nice acrostic* prompts, Janet!<br /><br />*Do I get some points for knowing that word?Barbara Etlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190731838738606727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-19654628036202347902017-04-01T19:23:25.178-04:002017-04-01T19:23:25.178-04:00Mid-morning of 2nd April started to read blog. &qu...Mid-morning of 2nd April started to read blog. "Oooh, FF#100." Read the words. "Huh?" Re-read words. "Okey dokey she's flipped it up. I paid attention to the *cackles*." Read on. "Backwards. That's nasty." Read on through to Rule 8 when it dawned on me it's still 1st April in parts of the world. Wicked humour, dear Shark. Love it =)<br /><br />Have now wasted a good hour here reading through the comments (although, <b>Colin</b>, trying to read your backwards entry nearly did me in). You guys are awesome.<br /><br />Janet, thank you for your sharkly wisdom, humour and honesty. My hamster wheel spins less these days thanks to you. AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58039564701660894732017-04-01T18:49:38.137-04:002017-04-01T18:49:38.137-04:00I do love that anyone reading today's comments...I do love that anyone reading today's comments, if not a regular follower, will think everyone here is an absolute nutcase. Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-42392763692530894622017-04-01T18:05:52.498-04:002017-04-01T18:05:52.498-04:00A Pun
’Twas oonaigimrapp, and the nnaildupreviLL ...<br />A Pun<br /><br />’Twas o<b>onaigimrap</b>p, and the n<b>naildupreviL</b>L did gyre. Grandfather often told me how A Pun(1) had b<b>brabuhr</b>red my people. Finally, I was old enough to give A Pun its deserved dessert.<br /><br />Through lands of bandersnatches and e<b>ecirava</b>as I trekked, creeping beneath the n<b>noitazilibommi</b>i branches. At last, I spotted it! Behind the stunsisiht tree. “Itrofitrofitrof(2)!” I cried as I offered it a taste of my l<b>leuf</b>f(3).<br /><br />A fine “thank you” for its deeds.<br /><br /><br />Notes:<br />(1) difficult to define, but one knows it when one sees it<br />(2) a backward yet reasonable exclamation<br />(3) a lovely lavender cake<br />Amy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324408700941398495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7271071742596756862017-04-01T17:47:47.288-04:002017-04-01T17:47:47.288-04:00back now for my second-lookover for this April 1st...back now for my second-lookover for this April 1st hoot. <br /><br />Great glees and chuckles. What fun entries here! <br /><br />And yes, Janet, such a big thank you for all the teaching and sharing you do here. Bless.Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58426281299344163002017-04-01T16:29:42.787-04:002017-04-01T16:29:42.787-04:00Steve Aww, thanks. I live in the rainy Pacific Nor...<b>Steve</b> Aww, thanks. I live in the rainy Pacific Northwest. We know our mud. <br /><br />FYI to all. My story was inspired by the very real rhubarby-colored spots that covers my husband's body. Not chicken-pox mind you. Bedbug bites! Yep. He was on a work trip and just arrived home this morning at 6:30. (and our anniversary was yesterday) To say he is a sight for sore eyes, would be...a lie.<br /><br />To <b>Janet</b> I am sorry I could not follow all the rules to a T. I did my best. See above paragraph for partial explanation.<br /><br />RosannaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399732751877180737noreply@blogger.com