Thursday, July 30, 2009

Why I treasure my beta readers--

With apologies to Littlewitch, she just sent me the following e-mail:

Within a couple of paragraphs I got "like diaper ointment of my chafed mental ass" and "slicker than lube on a chrome anal probe" and I thought "I was a little surprised by the first and the second just upped the ante" But then Andres was there and I didn't care anymore. *sigh*

To which I replied: I actually WROTE THAT?

*blink* I mean really... I WROTE THAT? Wow.
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10 comments:

  1. LittlewitchJuly 30, 2009 at 7:28 PM

    Actually the quotes are:

    "turned out to be like diaper ointment for my chafing mental ass"

    and:

    "He was medium height, brown hair, blue eyes, average looking and slicker than lube on a chrome anal probe."

    But really? Who cares cause Andres was PERFECT. *sigh*

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  2. TinkingBellJuly 30, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    Providing very interesting mental pictures here

    very interesting - and very strange

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  3. JencloneJuly 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    you mean you don't REMEMBER writing it? now I'm fascinated.

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  4. UnknownJuly 30, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    Neither of those compare to what you would recite off the top of your head in the AP class; I believe it had something to do with comparing a sunrise to a cave troll's ass. Those gems just fit right in line with the rest of the novel.

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  5. LouizJuly 31, 2009 at 1:33 AM

    Very odd mental images... and looking forward to putting them in context!

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  6. Donna LeeJuly 31, 2009 at 5:34 AM

    'chrome anal probe'. An image I will now carry with me all day.

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  7. roxieJuly 31, 2009 at 6:18 AM

    Yes, you are better than you give yourself credit for. I keep telling you.

    But don't quit your day job. Genius doesn't pay off while you're alive, and you'll still need two paychecks to get the brood established as adults.

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  8. GaladJuly 31, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    You do have a way with words!

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  9. Galad's gallant daughterJuly 31, 2009 at 10:07 PM

    You know I'm going to think of that while actually applying lube to an anal probe during clinical. It might make me feel better about the whole thing.

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  10. DecRainKJuly 31, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    I gp camping for a week with my family and no internet access and I come back to quotes of "turned out to be like diaper ointment for my chafing mental ass"

    and:

    "He was medium height, brown hair, blue eyes, average looking and slicker than lube on a chrome anal probe."



    um... wow. LMAO
    I missed your blog while I as gone. Sometimes your unique view of the world and the stoeries you share are the only things that make me smile. :-P

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