Comments on: The next novel http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-71008 Justine Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:15:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-71008 caitlin: Excellently non-obvious guess! I wish I was cool enough to have heard of Spitboy . . . I am ashamed. caitlin: Excellently non-obvious guess! I wish I was cool enough to have heard of Spitboy . . . I am ashamed.

]]> By: caitlin http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-71007 caitlin Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:07:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-71007 Just a guess ..."Removal" by Spitboy Just a guess …”Removal” by Spitboy

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70972 Justine Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:16:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70972 Mahek: I am only going to say if someone guesses the right song. A band name is not enough. I will say though that the group I'm talking about was <i>not</i> put together by a production company. Mahek: I am only going to say if someone guesses the right song. A band name is not enough.

I will say though that the group I’m talking about was not put together by a production company.

]]> By: Mahek http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70970 Mahek Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:40:00 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70970 Is the song by En Vogue?? Is the song by En Vogue??

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70949 Justine Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:52:50 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70949 Carrie R.: Do you <i>want</i> me to kill you? caitlin: Ani DiFranco & PJ Harvey are not all-girl groups, they are just girls. Plus you're all guessing the name of a song---not the name of the band. Carrie R.: Do you want me to kill you?

caitlin: Ani DiFranco & PJ Harvey are not all-girl groups, they are just girls.

Plus you’re all guessing the name of a song—not the name of the band.

]]> By: caitlin http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70948 caitlin Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:43:26 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70948 The Gits (though started in 1986), Ani DiFranco or perhaps PJ Harvey? Because I know I'll be thonking myself in the head when I find out what band/song has escaped my brain. The Gits (though started in 1986), Ani DiFranco or perhaps PJ Harvey? Because I know I’ll be thonking myself in the head when I find out what band/song has escaped my brain.

]]> By: Carrie R. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70942 Carrie R. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:01:49 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70942 just change the margins and font on your manuscript. Editor will never know the difference..... just change the margins and font on your manuscript. Editor will never know the difference…..

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70940 Justine Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:44:27 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70940 No one has guessed the song. And some of you are confused about when the 1990s were. No one has guessed the song. And some of you are confused about when the 1990s were.

]]> By: Mahek http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70937 Mahek Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:46:49 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70937 Is it Viva Forever by Spice Girls??? Is it Viva Forever by Spice Girls???

]]> By: benni http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70935 benni Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:37:09 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70935 Has anyone guessed PRETEND THAT WE'RE DEAD yet? Has anyone guessed PRETEND THAT WE’RE DEAD yet?

]]> By: Julia Rios http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70934 Julia Rios Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:30:15 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70934 **In which your DNA prolifers <i>decide to</i>... Double oops. I think maybe I should go back to bed. **In which your DNA prolifers decide to… Double oops. I think maybe I should go back to bed.

]]> By: joe http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70932 joe Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:18:04 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70932 You know, decaf tastes every bit as good as the real thing these days... You know, decaf tastes every bit as good as the real thing these days…

]]> By: Julia Rios http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70931 Julia Rios Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:02:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70931 *In which your DNA <i>profilers</i>... oops. *In which your DNA profilers… oops.

]]> By: Julia Rios http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70930 Julia Rios Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:01:58 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70930 "Daughters of the Kaos" by Luscious Jackson. (A good title, anway) "Waterfalls" by TLC. (In which your DNA to stay near the Hudson after an ill-fated trip to Niagra Falls...) "Cookie Day" by Shonen Knife. (In which your characters visit a cookie shop, and it is truly a beautiful cookie day!) “Daughters of the Kaos” by Luscious Jackson. (A good title, anway)

“Waterfalls” by TLC. (In which your DNA to stay near the Hudson after an ill-fated trip to Niagra Falls…)

“Cookie Day” by Shonen Knife. (In which your characters visit a cookie shop, and it is truly a beautiful cookie day!)

]]> By: capt. cockatiel http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70929 capt. cockatiel Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:57:54 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70929 With all this killing going on, I'm glad I'm back home from New York. Ah, the safety of the West Coast. XP With all this killing going on, I’m glad I’m back home from New York. Ah, the safety of the West Coast. XP

]]> By: Amber http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70921 Amber Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:11:30 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70921 I guess: Nothing On But the Radio by The Alice Band. My authorial contribution: "So the last thing I said to him, I said, 'well, they weren't _my_ sherry glasses anyway!!!' And I just keep thinking, if only he hadn't exploded just then, we could have really got along." 54,052. We'll have this one knocked off in no time. I guess: Nothing On But the Radio by The Alice Band.

My authorial contribution:

“So the last thing I said to him, I said, ‘well, they weren’t _my_ sherry glasses anyway!!!’ And I just keep thinking, if only he hadn’t exploded just then, we could have really got along.”

54,052. We’ll have this one knocked off in no time.

]]> By: Patrick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70916 Patrick Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:32:13 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70916 We could all help. If each commentor contributed just a few words, you could reach your goal of 75,000. I contribute these words. "The fat man exploded." There. Now you are at 54,017!!! We could all help. If each commentor contributed just a few words, you could reach your goal of 75,000.

I contribute these words.

“The fat man exploded.”

There. Now you are at 54,017!!!

]]> By: Penni http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70913 Penni Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:01:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70913 Why WOULDN'T you all it Spice Up Your Life? Well, I personally think that your word count sounds very manageable. You'll rock it in and have time for dancin'. Everyone knows the first 54000 words are the hardest. Why WOULDN’T you all it Spice Up Your Life?

Well, I personally think that your word count sounds very manageable. You’ll rock it in and have time for dancin’. Everyone knows the first 54000 words are the hardest.

]]> By: chrisbarnes http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70912 chrisbarnes Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:09:27 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70912 My guess would have been 'Eternal Flame' by The Bangles - it has an Elvis connection, after all - but I think it's from the eighties, not nineties. Godspeed with the novel! My guess would have been ‘Eternal Flame’ by The Bangles – it has an Elvis connection, after all – but I think it’s from the eighties, not nineties.

Godspeed with the novel!

]]> By: Lindsay N http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70911 Lindsay N Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:48 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70911 case of the fake people? case of the fake people?

]]> By: Lizabelle http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70907 Lizabelle Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:34:50 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70907 Probably really obvious guesses but I'm going with "What I Want" or "Never Ever". *creeps away to avoid tightly-wound author* Probably really obvious guesses but I’m going with “What I Want” or “Never Ever”.

*creeps away to avoid tightly-wound author*

]]> By: brina http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-next-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-70905 brina Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:19:35 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-70905 "I kill you. I kill you with my bare hands." Wow. Umm. So, you don't live anywhere near me, right? Just because, like, I think I'll do my best to avoid seeing you until August, you know? No offense. I just don't want you to have to go to jail or something. Also, you can totally reach 80,000 by August. Wait, you mean the end of August, right? “I kill you. I kill you with my bare hands.”

Wow. Umm. So, you don’t live anywhere near me, right? Just because, like, I think I’ll do my best to avoid seeing you until August, you know? No offense. I just don’t want you to have to go to jail or something.

Also, you can totally reach 80,000 by August. Wait, you mean the end of August, right?

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