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Taunting the Internets

  • Jun. 26th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Plot Bunny

Two quick reminders first:

1. BSC Review will be giving away a set of Goblin Quest miniatures on June 29.  Enter now!  You know you want ‘em.

2. I’m giving away a copy of Stepsister over at SF Novelists.

Dear Anton Strout - I seem to have sold a werejaguar story. With zombies in it (sort of). You wish you were as cool as me.

Dear John Scalzi - Cherry Coke Zero is far superior to regular old Coke Zero.

Dear Catherine Shaffer - Didn’t I ever tell you I was polycatherous?

Dear Alethea Kontis - <Dr. Drakken>You think your feet are all that, but they’re not!</Dr. Drakken>

Dear Cory Doctorow - Information does not want to be free.  Information wants to be bound, gagged, and spanked hard.

Dear Robert - Hey look, I found you some legs!

Dear Wil Wheaton - I know your secret.  I know why you keep missing Penguicon, and why Amazon still won’t ship me my copy of Just a Geek after three freaking months.  “Wil Wheaton” is just a Pixar-produced computer animation!

Dear Elizabeth Bear - Actually, never mind.  I’ve seen those climbing muscles.  You could kill me with your toes.  No taunt for you!

Dear Paul Abbamondi - Don’t think I’ve forgotten.  Your time is coming, goblin-hater!

Dear Random Person who’s feeling left out because you didn’t get a taunt - Maybe that omission is the taunt!  Ha!  Bow before my meta-taunting skills!

Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.

Comments

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[info]mabfan wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 12:52 pm (UTC)
"Information does not want to be free. Information wants to be bound, gagged, and spanked hard."

Um, right. :-)
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 12:55 pm (UTC)
That one was my favorite :-)
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[info]tithenai wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 12:54 pm (UTC)
*giggleFIT!*
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[info]princessalethea wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 12:54 pm (UTC)
Yes, they are.

And ditto Cherry Coke Zero. Now if only more places actually SOLD it, that'd be super.
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[info]pgtremblay wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 12:54 pm (UTC)
Nice!
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[info]stormsdotter wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:10 pm (UTC)
Dear [info]jimhines: You really need a nemesis, don't you.
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:29 pm (UTC)
I need *something*. There's strong disagreement as to what exactly that something is.
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[info]kenakeri wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:12 pm (UTC)
That one to Cory caused a spittake :) I never remember that coffee and LJ posts are a dangerous combination. At least none got on my keyboard.
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:19 pm (UTC)
Sorry about that ;-)
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[info]jhetley wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:14 pm (UTC)
I bow toward the screen.
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[info]naturalfractual wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:17 pm (UTC)
taunting
a little over caffinated today?
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:19 pm (UTC)
Re: taunting
Overdeadlined. This last rewrite will require about 3000 words a day, and then page proofs for Mermaid showed up as well. This is me de-stressing :-)
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[info]xjenavivex wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:28 pm (UTC)
I love the icon. I've used it a bunch myself. ::bows::

Loved Cory and Anton's!
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:53 pm (UTC)
::Grin:: It makes me ridiculously happy that I was able to legitimately work werejaguars into a story and actually sell the thing.

And if I'd been thinking, I would have named one after him! D'oh!

Edited at 2009-06-26 01:54 pm (UTC)
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[info]antonstrout wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:35 pm (UTC)
Please make sure they send my portion of the proceeds of the werejaguar(tm) story to the correct address, okay?

Werejaguar(tm)is a product of HineStrout, a multimedia consortium dedicated to bringing you the finest in lackluster products.
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 08:07 pm (UTC)
Coincidentally, this is the first DAW antho I've done where the pay is below SFWA pro rates.

I blame you.
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[info]cathshaffer wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:50 pm (UTC)
Well! Somebody ate his Wheaties today! Thank you for the bracing taunt. You caught me off guard this time, but I'd watch my back if I were you!
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 02:46 pm (UTC)
Bring it on, Shaffer!
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[info]tygerversionx wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:52 pm (UTC)
I'm not feeling left out. I feel complicit in your taunts of Scalzi and Wheaton, therefore I laugh my tauntbunny laugh.
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[info]chris_gerrib wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:57 pm (UTC)
Feeling a little frisky today, are we? :-)
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 02:07 pm (UTC)
It started with taunting Anton, but you know how these things grow :-)
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[info]danieljhogan wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 01:58 pm (UTC)
HIIIIINES! ::shakes fist::
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[info]realmjit wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 02:43 pm (UTC)
BTW, *vanilla* coke zero beats the pants off of cherry or plain zero.
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 02:46 pm (UTC)
As long as it's not that nasty chocolate cherry coke stuff they put out a while back. That was truly nasty.
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[info]mtlawson wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 03:34 pm (UTC)
For some reason I feel relieved that I escaped the vile taunts of the Master.

Just remember, all this work is an embarrassment of riches. It means the writing career keeps moving forward.
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)
Definitely. I'm delighted to have one book in production and another under contract. It does make me a little crazy at times, though :-)
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[info]j_cheney wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 03:49 pm (UTC)
::crying::
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 03:52 pm (UTC)
I believe, as the taunter, I am now required to dip my cookies in your tears :-)
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[info]beth_bernobich wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 03:54 pm (UTC)
Dear Random Person who’s feeling left out because you didn’t get a taunt - Maybe that omission is the taunt!

Good god. You just taunted the entire internet.

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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 07:28 pm (UTC)
Bring 'em on :-)
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[info]mela_lyn wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 04:34 pm (UTC)
You are insane and I love it.
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[info]rhondaparrish wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 07:43 pm (UTC)
You win.

And when do we get to read the werejaguar story with zombies in it (sort of)?
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[info]jimhines wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 07:48 pm (UTC)
I don't have a release date for the anthology yet, but I'll try to post an announcement once I do.
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[info]shadowhelm wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 08:22 pm (UTC)
ROTFLMAO!!

I feel so left out of this.
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[info]anghara wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 08:37 pm (UTC)
Heh. Me too. Like I'm not important enough to be taunted... [grin]

(and NO, Hines. I am NOT Random Person...)
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[info]pabba wrote:
Jun. 26th, 2009 09:21 pm (UTC)
I'm out of arrows at the moment. At the moment. Just you wait until I knock over a few rats and take their gold purses!
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[info]dynastic_queen wrote:
Jun. 27th, 2009 08:35 am (UTC)
I am ashamed to admit I tried to look up polycatherous.

*slinking quietly away now*

:)

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[info]deire wrote:
Jun. 29th, 2009 01:37 am (UTC)
You ignore me now. But any possession of yours left unattended at a con is coming back decorated in pink rhinestones! Taste the sparkly wrath! (Totally kidding, the most you have to fear from me is that I will be mightily bouncy, but that sounds so much less dramatic.)
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[info]deire wrote:
Jun. 29th, 2009 01:44 am (UTC)
Also? I just had a vision of you taunting Seanan McGuire by dangling the last cold Diet Dr. Pepper in front of her. Not that I actually recommend this course of action, but now I find myself brain storming taunts.
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