Jᴀᴄᴜʀᴜᴛᴜ - Tʜᴇ Cᴀsᴛ Oᴜᴛ

Owned.

Or, poned?

"Poned" sounds kinda dirty. Is the one who pwns the "poner"? And the one pwned the "ponee".

Can has Little Ponee?

Yeah, I've heard it pronounced "powned".

HBJ

I thought that was how it was pronounced...

Having Welsh ancestry, I'd always thought it was pronounced pooned Sounds dirtier to me.

THURSDAY
8:30 AM Intro, seminar overview, introduce speakers (Kevin)
9:00 Econ 201 for Writers: Economics of Commercial Publishing (Eric)
10:00 Inside Editors: How editors look at manuscripts (Dave, Kevin, Eric)
Noon Lunch
1:30 PM Myths of Publishing (Rebecca)
2:30 Agents: the “A” word (Brandon, Eric, Dave)
3:30 “Dirty Secrets”: Being a professional author (Kevin, Rebecca)
4:30 From Slushpile to #1 Bestseller in 4 Years (Brandon)
5:00 The Popcorn Theory of Success (Kevin)
Evening: Welcome mixer/reception
FRIDAY
8:30 AM Copyright basics (Dave, Eric)
9:00 Self-Publishing & Ebooks: Realities and Pitfalls (Eric, Rebecca)
10:00 Pitching the Big Proposal (Brandon, Kevin, Dave)
11:00 New Media: Using It to Get an Edge (Brandon, Rebecca)
noon Lunch
10:00 Networking for Writers (Rebecca, Dave)
2:30 Do It Yourself: Self-Promotion for Authors (Sherrilyn Kenyon)
3:30 Promoting Yourself and Your Work (All)
4:30 Open session: Q&A
Authors available for signing
VIP Banquet: Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
SATURDAY
8:30 AM Ergonomics: When Writing Gets to Be a Pain (Rebecca)
9:00 Dissecting a Contract (Eric)
10:00 Movies, TV, and Authors (Dave, Kevin, Brandon)
11:00 Two Heads Are Better Than One: Collaborations (Eric, Kevin, Rebecca, Brandon)
noon Lunch
1:30 Intellectual Property: How to Exploit Yours (Dave)
2:30 Eleven Tips to Increase Your Writing Productivity (Kevin)
3:30 Balancing Acts: Writing World and Real World (All)
4:30 Open session: Q&A

I bold a couple of panels that look like they would be a laugh riot to attend, What the fuck does KJA know about TV or movies outside of watching them?

Rob

Robspierre wrote:THURSDAY
2:30 Agents: the “A” word (Brandon, Eric, Dave)

There's one missing that I'm sure KJA could really wax poetic on:

My Triple "F" Word: Frank's Fucking Fans! (Kevin)

One of these times we're going to have to take up a collection and send in a mole.

(What do you want to bet that the attendees have to sign a NDA that includes stuff like how many attendees there were, and so on?! )

SandChigger wrote:

Robspierre wrote:THURSDAY
2:30 Agents: the “A” word (Brandon, Eric, Dave)

There's one missing that I'm sure KJA could really wax poetic on:

My Triple "F" Word: Frank's Fucking Fans! (Kevin)

One of these times we're going to have to take up a collection and send in a mole.

(What do you want to bet that the attendees have to sign a NDA that includes stuff like how many attendees there were, and so on?! )

Set-up a paypal account and I will gladly donat $100,- for the poor victim that has to attend it.

We need to get better organized. The hacks will probably hold another one in March or June, so we've got time.

Shouldn't this be discussed in the clubhouse?

I'm sure we're just planting paranoia here, or are we, like good quality seeds you can never have too much paranoia.

No, a LITTLE paranoia keeps you from getting busted.

No, good seeds means not having to go out to get busted.

inhuien wrote:No, good seeds means not having to go out to get busted.

Yeah, then your whole house smells funky when the child services social worker comes over.

SandChigger wrote:I finally watched it from the office last night.

What the FUCK is up with Jabecca's voice?

She sounds like a dalek with a pubic hair caught in her throat.

Robspierre wrote:THURSDAY

3:30 “Dirty Secrets”(Kevin, Rebecca)

The mind boggles. And the stomach churns.

Freakzilla wrote:

inhuien wrote:No, good seeds means not having to go out to get busted.

Yeah, then your whole house smells funky when the child services social worker comes over.

But then the kids get seized and the Wife fucks off, totally cool.

inhuien wrote:

Freakzilla wrote:

inhuien wrote:No, good seeds means not having to go out to get busted.

Yeah, then your whole house smells funky when the child services social worker comes over.

But then the kids get seized and the Wife fucks off, totally cool.

Not cool during the holidays. Family is paying attention too much.

Freakzilla wrote:Shouldn't this be discussed in the clubhouse?

FUD, my good man, FUD.

Freakzilla wrote:Yeah, then your whole house smells funky when the child services social worker comes over.

Observe the ways of muaddib and learn the wisdom of eating one's young.

chanilover wrote:

SandChigger wrote:What the FUCK is up with Jabecca's voice?

She sounds like a dalek with a pubic hair caught in her throat.

Perfect.

Omphalos wrote:

inhuien wrote:

Freakzilla wrote:

inhuien wrote:No, good seeds means not having to go out to get busted.

Yeah, then your whole house smells funky when the child services social worker comes over.

But then the kids get seized and the Wife fucks off, totally cool.

Not cool during the holidays. Family is paying attention too much.

My previous post was of course meant in jest Omph.

inhuien wrote:

Omphalos wrote:

inhuien wrote:

Freakzilla wrote:

inhuien wrote:No, good seeds means not having to go out to get busted.

Yeah, then your whole house smells funky when the child services social worker comes over.

But then the kids get seized and the Wife fucks off, totally cool.

Not cool during the holidays. Family is paying attention too much.

My previous post was of course meant in jest Omph.

I got it. Mine was in jest too, tho as Confucious say, have erement of truf, so rotsa funnier, right Joe?

I just spent an hour (can't sleep) tracing through various Twit Tweets and have come up with 10 definite attendees and 4 maybes, in addition to the 6 SuperWhores themselves.

Impressive.

(Hey, did you know that after an hour Twitter starts flashing you a message that you've gone over your hourly usage limit?! LOL. I had no idea! That means there are actually enough people who were doing it regularly that they had to implement measures to prevent it! )

Back during the seminar, a bunch of the Twits were tooting about some little impromptu talk by a guy named Tracy Hickman that had them all breaking down and in tears.

Well, the SuperWhores were all so impressed by it (it must make 'em all feew so gooood abowt themselwes and what they dowwww) that they've posted a recording of it on the SuperWhores site.

Ugh. Self-congratulatory wankery.


(Brandlon Sanderbums came up in the other thread... KJA has posted a bunch of pix from the Seminal on his blawhg. If he suffers for his ART, it doesn't look like Ole Brandon does it by missing too many meals! Maybe that's something he picked up from rubbing bingowings with all those older, more experienced wri... people? Like Jabecca?)

Mmmm... the hate is particularly warming this evening. Toastay!

SandChigger wrote:Seminal

Is Tracy Hickman the pulp fantasy guy from the 80s/90s? Coauthored with Margaret Weis?

Never read any; name just rang a bell.

HBJ

SandChigger wrote:... Tracy Hickman ...

Big D&D guy, right? Came up with the DragonLance setting?

If I've got the right guy (I suppose I could Wiki him, but fuck it), then it's no surprise that Keith would get tumescent when he thinks about him. He's living the dream as ...:

1. A hack who is inexplicably popular;

2. A guy who essentially makes a living through other people's imaginations;

3. A clown who got one gigantic break to kick-start a career (Keith had Star Wars; Hickman had DragonLance).

I'll bet they are practically best buds.

(None of those D&D guys can write fiction worth a damn, BTW. If you want your eyes to really bleed, just try a book by Ed Greenwood sometime ...)