In the Darkness, Hiding

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:00:11 GMT

20:54 allo tweeps. yes i am still here. will be back to normal twittering asap #
20:56 welcome new followers! i am pretty quiet atm but it ain't always so. and watch out for @littlefluffycat -- she's too nice to be true! #
20:58 did not escape from Waterstones bookless today. bought xmas present for dad, and history book for meeeeeee! #
21:05 fortunately the staff in Waterstones seem to understand that you should just be left to stroke the books #
21:26 IC has reopened the self-service buffet in the hall by burrowing into a bag of shopping. bad IC #
22:56 all together now tweeps: KITTTTEENNNNNN! #
23:21 RT @bookviewcafe Today's Special from Vonda N. McIntyre: new chapter in Superluminal - read it for free at www.bookviewcafe.com #

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:13 GMT

10:44 one good thing about autumn--russet apples! #
13:32 oh well lunch won't cook itself #
15:40 RT @littlefluffycat Make Friday GUD. Really GUD. Pay what you want! tr.im/gudpwyw #

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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:13 GMT

13:37 allo twitter #
14:27 sniffing out book decay: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8355888.stm #
14:33 RT @charabbott: "I'm fed up with seeing some of our best novelists written off as 'chick lit'": bit.ly/2Qp6MG #
16:01 love it when RC and IC sit and wait for their snackses #
20:16 one end of the biscuit in my mouth and the other end in IC's. couldn't fight him off for laughing! #
21:48 asking about fiction markets got me share spam grrr #
01:49 RT @gudmagazine psst. want some GUD? some _great_ GUD? Pay what you want! tr.im/gudpwyw // longer post later ;) #

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:08 GMT

12:51 a novel without conflict is an ice-cream cone with no ice-cream #
20:56 would just like to wave at my Twitter friends. still reeling from the blow life dealt me, but haven't forgotten you. #
21:41 mmmmm....custard tart with extra nutmeg.....mmmmm #

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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:09 GMT

21:11 driving unfamiliar roads in the dark and fog is quite stressful enough without YOU honking from behind, thx driver! #

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:09 GMT

13:01 doing some dull but necessary admin over at #gudmagazine #
13:47 RT @thebookslut Elizabeth Kolbert on why Superfreakonomic's global warming section is "horseshit." is.gd/4QTEc #
14:53 RT @nicolamorgan: For clarity, since certain ppl have misrepresented me I said u shld NOT have sex with editor. As in NOT. Got it? //not yet #
18:49 RT @ColleenLindsay Dear writers: When you submit a Word doc as a partial or full, turn off the track changes first. #pubtips #
21:20 they're just going to ignore European law? oh yeah, that'll work.... #
21:22 i'm thinking that the amount of research done into this CH4 mockumentary was about five minutes on youtube #
21:25 husband has decided enuff is enuff. we are no longer watching mockumentary #
21:30 husband and i seem to have swapped cats. he has IC; i have RC #
21:37 now the food bowls have cats #
22:47 IC looks like a ginger polar bear cub #

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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:10 GMT

12:07 so what is the age of consent where Bella lives then? #
21:53 fed the fuzzies cos they were being so good, sitting by their bowls. is this new cat strategy? #
23:35 sometimes think it would be nice to be able to block hashtags #
23:37 cluster-something #
23:43 IC just carried off my monkey nut. i hadn't even finished cracking the shell. #
00:00 almost midnight. IC is still playing happily with the monkey nut he stole from me. amazing because he usually gets bored quickly. #
00:00 always difficult to know what a cat's favourite toy is going to be. RC's is squeegees. #

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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:10 GMT

11:53 nearly got caught by a facebook phish. phew. narrow escape! #
20:07 I like this video by @timmaughan twitvid.com/65EC9 #
22:31 RT @TomYHowe It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. ~ Jonathan Swift #

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:08 GMT

13:50 followees? #
14:07 IC is sleeping on my arm #
14:09 #ff @littlefluffycat because she's irresistible #
14:09 #ff @hprw because she has all the snow, baby #
14:09 #ff @nicolamorgan for the cool shoes #
14:09 #ff @harbles and @sockington because everyone needs to follow at least one cat #
14:13 #ff @bevrosenbaum and @beeveebee and @mbranesf and @robinmckinley and heck work it out for yourselves ;) #
14:14 you can't be born a writer if you're born illiterate. which we all are. ahem. #
14:15 and #ff @KateMayfield and you must follow @suelange and oh dear! so many great tweeps #
14:17 still trying to catch up with new followers :D to whom, welcome! RC is Resident Cat, IC is Intruder Cat, and GUD is a magazine! :D #
14:19 hey, new followers, if you've protected your tweets and there's nothing in your bio, i'm not going to send a request cos i don't know you! #
14:22 and #ff Donna_Carrick and @inkyelbows and @NadiaLee and @JoTreggiari and the wonderful @magneticcrow and @PrecisionGrace #
14:22 and, of course, #ff @gudmagazine and @kaolinfire :D #
14:22 sorry, i meant #ff @Donna_Carrick ! #
14:34 can't flip thro a .pdf. most annoying #
14:46 #fridayreads #fembook Installing Linux On A Dead Badger by the irrepressible @lucyasnyder and Beth Bernobich's Ars Memoriae #
14:55 thx to everyone who thinks sqrls are worth following :D they have their moments of quietude but they don't last #
15:26 is it wrong to mark as spam emails reporting non-delivery of spam? #
16:03 i think if you're just quietly reading a book, life should not suddenly thwap you with something bad #
18:42 ok, i have a weird problem with facebook. it keeps adding duplicates to urls. so if i'm going to the home page, it adds home.php twice. why? #
18:52 and none of the report-a-bug categories seem appropriate #
19:28 *closes facebook* *sulks* #
19:34 welcome new followers! IC is Intruder Cat and RC is Resident Cat and hey @truthisstranger i love your avatar :D #
22:31 #ff @Janet_Reid cos she's sharky #
23:09 okay fb so it's a known issue, but meanwhile my crops are withering! er, did i just write that? #
23:20 RC is snoozling on the computer chair but i don't know where IC is. judging from lack of yelling he is not helping husband with his photos #

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:10 GMT

12:44 RT @MJRose I'm getting paranoid. PW picks all male best bks Oprah picks all male bkclubs bks Glen Beck picks all male thriller writers WTF?? #
13:13 it's a shame to disturb a small fuzzy IC who's been loving me since midday, but food! must have food! #
13:17 oh dear i've been reinfested #
13:35 it passes belief that PW could engage in a gender-blind assessment and not choose a single book by a woman #fembook it ain't possible #
14:04 who the hell lets off fireworks at two in the afternoon? #
14:51 labels like 'women's lit' bug me #fembook like all other literature is for men? who are they kidding? #
15:25 #amwriting blurb for issue6. in theory. #
16:08 gah. hate this MUST DO IT NOW feeling when i *can't* do it now #
16:11 hah! gotcha! sheesh, Murky Depths #10 arrived today and i haven't had a chance to open it yet.... #
16:13 i meant of course @lucyasnyder's escaping book. which has now been recaptured. #
16:14 RT @bookviewcafe Today's Special from Ursula K. Le Guin: Supermouse! - read it for free at www.bookviewcafe.com #
17:27 apparently when i found @lucyasnyder's book i lost my phone #
19:28 i think i need two clones of self. one can review books while the other cleans the house #
19:52 seem to be developing some kind of book cult around here #
20:05 IC curious about fireworks, but not scared (so far) #
23:23 minor panic here at castle sqrl: opened the front door and IC shot out into the night. wow this is fun thinks IC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH #
23:24 IC has now been recaptured. phew #
23:25 don't think i've ever shrieked husband's name that way before. not even when he pinned me against caravan with LandRover #
23:28 wouldn't have been quite so upset had it not been the *front* door that has a drive and then a Very Busy Road. oh foolish IC #
00:00 #fridayreads #fembook read @lucyasnyder 's Installing Linux on a Dead Badger, hilarious short stories! #

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:22 GMT

12:25 sent out contracts for issue6 of #gudmagazine !!!! #
12:54 and having to send the contracts for #gudmagazine iss6 out again, cos i made a small mistake. all right, a large mistake! live and learn :D #
13:32 bless the little contracts #
13:32 hehehe. yes, sadly, it was the people who were quickest who were affected. #
16:31 RT @jodimeadows: Eee! Look, guys! It's @robinmckinley! Please go make her feel welcome. Then buy her books. #
16:37 Say NO to negativity #
16:43 RT @AskAVetQuestion: Know anyone whose dog has Degenerative Myelopathy? Help! bit.ly/Zmzqe #
20:05 serious case of book love in Waterstones today. check it out: tinyurl.com/ybvehcu #
20:43 husband is valiantly working around the cat planted directly in front of the monitor. it's IC, of course. #
21:34 conversations chez sqrl: me: out of the way, fuzzball! IC: nom nom nom me: stop biting my feeeet! #

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:10 GMT

10:33 good morning twitter #
11:32 #gudmagazine announces its Grand Pumpkin-Carving Contest winners! tinyurl.com/ye7fnpf admire! congratulate! :D (pls RT) #
12:10 RT @simonschusterUK CALLING REVIEWERS! Do you review history books in your blog? A fan of the Crusades? If so, dm email address? PLS RT! #
12:13 CafeNirvana

RT @CafeNirvana OMG gggrbblsshh *died from cuteness* RT @ICHCheezburger: Video: Newspaper Kitteh bit.ly/47Qqq2 // awww #
12:37 a character needs to be a person not a list of traits #gudslush #
12:41 don't start with a description of a character laced with backstory. start with a character in a situation #gudslush #
21:23 can't help wondering why i feel as if i've been steam-rollered. repeatedly. #
21:27 hey, winners of the #gudmagazine #gudhalloween grand pumpkin carvery, why are you not emailing us to demand your prizes??????? #
21:31 i meant @hprw #
22:29 dear @littlefluffycat i shall try to send you your prize again tomorrow *hugs* #
01:14 amityville horror is very silly film #

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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:12 GMT

10:05 good morning twitterites. sqrl is here. thankyou everyone who tried to help with Strange Vertical Lines :) i will report later #
10:42 sometimes poetry could use a little show too #gudslush #
11:13 POV slips can undermine an otherwise good piece. try to stick with one viewpoint character at a time #gudslush #
11:32 stating the obvious isn't very engaging #gudslush #
11:42 fuzzies have disappeared again. guess the lack of food didn't engage them #
11:45 FOCUS #gudslush #
11:48 glib can work for a character, but it doesn't work for the narrator...and what a subject to be glib about! #gudslush #
11:51 fascinating story idea, but the writing lets it down :( #gudslush #
11:56 sweet story, but not well enough written, alas #gudslush #
11:58 it's a story, not doggerel. watch out for repeating rhythms, constructions, word choices.... #gudslush #
12:01 umm, well, writer tweep, i hate to contradict you, but no we're not #gudslush #
13:37 i shouldn't be so exhausted. i know i've had a cold but it wasn't a bad one #
14:24 need.foood, #
15:10 IC is very clingy today. But not too clingy to investigate Spooky and Suspicious Noises #
15:21 now IC has boinged off once more and i can type, i've forgotten what the heck i was meant to be doing #
15:53 no FireFox dear you cannot have ALL the memory #
17:47 RT @PuffChrissy My book is available as PDF w/ 5 stories not in print version. $5. PayPal button at the bottom of my site: www.cadumais.com #
17:54 evidently at the top of my to-do list for today is 'snuggle IC. a lot' #
17:57 tomorrow #gudmagazine will announce the winners of its Grand Pumpkin-Carving Contest! just time to enter tho...tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 #

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:11 GMT

22:44 *waves limply to twitter* #
23:38 the return of the sqrl icon, as promised #
00:29 so when it comes to these different-coloured vertical lines on the screen to my laptop, what's failing? screen or graphics card? #

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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:51 GMT

10:36 people have feelings. they react. they are not senseless stones #gudslush #
10:37 seems IC and RC have done enough running around for one day. they started about six am and have just stopped #
10:43 now IC wants to snuggle #
10:44 ugh, mixed metaphors taste bad. stick to mixed drinks #gudslush #
11:13 #amwriting a blogpost for #gudmagazine #
12:16 okay #gudhalloween blogpost written! there's going to be lots more goodies for y'all :D #
12:17 don't forget our #gudhalloween Monster Quiz tinyurl.com/yf6gjoj -- it's a lot of fun! and there are fantastic illos by @magneticcrow #
12:18 not to mention the #gudhalloween Pumpkin-Carving Contest, with prizes! tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 real or virtual, carve to win :D #
12:19 and for #gudhalloween we're running reviews of Horror or just plain spooky stories all month--this week, Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca #
12:20 it's going to be a great #gudhalloween :D #
12:23 lol, that's almost halved my to-do list for #gudmagazine :) now back to the #gudslush i guess! #
12:31 ideas were good, but the writing wasn't strong enough to carry them. shame. #gudslush #
12:38 find a way to work in character descriptions while still telling the story #gudslush #
12:39 what's with all the MAKE MONEY followers today? piss off! #
12:44 show don't tell. and some knowledge of how humans tick is useful. really. #gudslush #
12:49 i am speechless at the badness of that #gudslush #
12:51 please, dear tweeps, #gudmagazine is a genre/literary magazine. that is what it is. it is not...what many of you seem to *think* it is #
12:58 what's this in the post? Ransom, by David Malouf. i'm going to be reviewing this for @BookMunch :D cool! #
12:59 *pat pats shiny review book* #
13:02 cut it any way you like, exposition-as-dialogue does not work #gudslush #
13:24 this is the direction your story should go -------> not BACKWARDS unless you're super-special-non-linear tweep #gudslush #
13:26 something has to happen #gudslush #
13:33 firefox dear, if you must crash, please do it more quickly! #
13:35 yes, very pretty, but what does it *mean*? #gudslush #
13:36 not *not* NOT in the mood for oh-so-clever #gudslush #
13:37 what did i just say to you MONEY MONEY MONEY types? do you even glance at who you're annoying? #
13:44 *locks wannabe writer tweeps in a library* now go READ something #gudslush #
13:48 look, writer tweeps, maybe 80% of you do have issues with women, but i don't want to read about them in #gudslush quit with the mysogny #
13:50 for one thing, it's so bleeding lazy #gudslush misogyny is what I see ALL THE TIME and guess what i reject it all the time too #
13:53 i would carp about male stereotypes too but i see hundreds of whores sluts slags moaning nagging wives sexy male fantasies #gudslush for 1 m #
13:54 okay, back to the #gudslush #
13:59 #gudslush please writer tweeps please learn the homophones #
14:13 show don't tell. don't tell, show. is there a way of saying it that'll be heard? :D #gudslush #
14:14 today is Skunk Day. be kind to your skunk. (not THAT kind of skunk, fools) #
14:22 FOCUS #gudslush #
14:26 think i need a break from the #gudslush before i explode into nasty sqrl pieces #
14:42 i am speechless with the notbeinglistenedto #
14:51 *revokes poetic licence* #gudslush #

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:01:21 GMT

12:40 *blinks sleepily* #
22:05 fbook lost my cow #
22:06 yes, i realise that is not the sort of post my beloved followers want to read. and why has there been no #gudslush ? server wonks and .... #
22:06 ...lotsa work preparing the #gudhalloween giveaways :) #gudslush will return! #
22:26 IC is playing with a grape #
08:30 we may not all agree on whether it's one space or two after fullstop, but surely we all agree on one space between words? #gudslush nope #
08:33 something has to happen. happen something to has. hello? #gudslush #
08:34 interesting how titles are rarely clueful #gudslush #
08:36 it doesn't matter whether your characters are humans, puppies or guppies. they have to be *real* #gudslush #
08:44 IC was exploring his pet carrier...until it slid onto the floor. now IC is nowhere to be seen! #
08:46 srsly, whose POV are we in here? #gudslush #
09:05 IC has not reappeared. better check he's okay #
09:13 and he's fine #
09:24 not badly written, but goes nowhere #gudslush #
09:28 dear writer tweep, you killed it with that info-dump #gudslush #
09:40 that sort of slow start isn't wrong as such, but it's not what's wanted these days #gudslush #
09:43 oh dear me no #gudslush #
09:48 dear writer tweeps, many of you need to read more widely. some of you need to read at all #gudslush #
09:52 and if you want to be writers, read critically. it ain't just for fun any more. #gudslush #
09:57 hmm, well, yes, it is good to have stakes, but they should be probably be introduced earlier, and someone should care.... #gudslush #

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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:57 GMT

12:57 now i'm being followed by a bedspread. shall i introduce it to the printer? #
12:58 i was born in the West but it's purely occidental #
18:17 spammers have discovered skype. ffs. #
19:10 dear @magneticcrow your illos for the #gudhalloween monster quiz are awesome! thank you so much! #
21:47 today for #gudhalloween we bring you more spooky goodies! The GUD Halloween Monster Quiz--What GUD Monster are YOU? tr.im/monsterquiz #
21:48 and also for #gudhalloween we have GUD's review of Midnight Picnic by GUD contributor Nick Antosca (iss3) tinyurl.com/yhyvv7c #
21:49 The #gudhalloween Monster Quiz--What GUD Monster are YOU? tr.im/monsterquiz please RT! :) #
21:49 and next week for #gudhalloween we bring you giveaways! #
21:50 not to mention our #gudhalloween pumpkin-carving contest, with prizes! tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 #gudhalloween is non-stop! pls RT! #
21:51 don't forget it's #gudhalloween! :D #
21:51 The spooky and fun #gudhalloween Monster Quiz--What GUD Monster are YOU? tr.im/monsterquiz please RT! :) #
21:58 are you a dragon? a squid? a...demon? Find out! tr.im/monsterquiz #
23:10 #oneletteroffliterarymagazines GUT #
23:41 IC is fast asleep on the printer #
23:43 RT @victoriastrauss looking to hear from authors who've published with an author mill. For definition see bit.ly/48smaO Pls retweet! #
00:23 IC still very funny shape #

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Monster Quiz

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:19:47 GMT

"The sea, the sea!" monster: You're a Humboldt squid from A Man of Kiri Maru by Laura L. Sullivan from Issue 4. Mostly you live a quiet squiddy life, but occasionally you have to decide whether to accept a man who's been chained up or just bite off his dangly bits with your beak. Decisions, decisions.

What GUD Monster are you? Find out at GUD Magazine!

keeping up with the twits

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:46 GMT

22:16 had my jab against seasonal flu today which i guess proves i am even more scared of flu than of needles. whew! #
22:17 the #gudhalloween quiz has had its code corrected by @kaolinfire and now we're just waiting for the illos from @magneticcrow. happy samhain! #
22:38 police to search for non-existent conspirators of not-guilty 'bomber' in Lockerbie bombing. useful. #
23:09 so i went into Waterstones to get FlashForward and came out with three books. how is this possible? #
23:36 latest iPhone app--IC's paw #
23:38 Welcome any new followers and b-bye to any unfollowers :D RC is Resident Cat, IC is Intruder Cat, and #gudmagazine is awesome #
00:03 all you pumpkin-carvers out there, don't forget GUD's #gudhalloween contest: tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 pls RT :) #
01:09 sorry FarmVille friends game won't let me send gifts atm #

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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:00:52 GMT

12:23 today i am channelling my techy sister. husband: Liiinux. me: Linnux. husband: Liiinux. me: Linnux. why! #
22:28 i am ignoring #gudslush on the principle that it's Saturday #
00:46 RT @clarkesworld: I may have to add this to our guidelines. Please stop sending us stories about dead, undead, or soon-to-be dead babies! #

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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:01:08 GMT

12:08 good morning tweeps. i see we have some tasty #gudslush again this morning. #
12:26 oh it's #followfriday so glad! #ff @AbsoluteWrite because they rock #
12:28 in case you didn't hear that #ff @AbsoluteWrite because they ROCK #
12:42 #ff @Janet_Reid because she's sharky, @nicolamorgan cos she's snarky, and @hprw cos she's great :D #
12:55 RT @SmartBitches RT @jafurtado: Twitter lacks noise w serious readers (Booksller) in survey by site Lovereading is.gd/4xrzy MUST READ #
13:05 #fridayreads Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca :) review coming soon for #gudhalloween #
13:13 RT @SmartBitches "87% of customers expect e-books to cost less than physical books.' // also 100% of sqrls #
13:22 it's like this: print 1000 books sell 900 books you have 100 books left; create one master ebook sell 1000 ebooks you have infinite left #
13:31 typos aren't an automatic 'no' but in a poem they really stand out and give a bad impression #gudslush #
13:35 if i've read a page and nothing's happening, no sign of anything happening, no conflict..it's no. you need good stuff all way thro #gudslush #
13:37 dear writer tweeps. no, workshopping is not publication--in fact we encourage it #gudslush #
13:39 it's not pretentious to know something other people don't; what's pretentious is to sneer when they enquire #
13:40 downside of reading #gudslush for someone else's issue: if you see something you really want you can't have it! #
13:43 it's not so much that i disagree with your premise as that you haven't backed it up #gudslush #
13:44 *bangs head against wall* something has to happen. soon. early on. really. #gudslush #
13:45 you don't have to cram everything you want the reader to know into the first sentence; in fact, it's better if you don't #gudslush #
13:47 so you want to be a writer. that's great. so learn how to use the language #gudslush don't assume you already know spellcheck won't save you #
13:49 if a puppy pees on your floor, you have a pool of pee, not a glass of Kool-Aid #gudslush #
13:55 dear writer tweeps. many of you know this already but some of you are convinced it doesn't apply to you. it does. SHOW DON'T TELL #gudslush #
14:09 buffysquirrel @jafurtado does that mean they're now LessFortune? // or maybe just FortuneLess #
14:32 RT @crowth NG faced a 'lynch mob'? Like the 'almost entirely non-violent' KKK tarred blacks with debate and feathered them with scrutiny? #
14:55 anyone got a valid Alibris UK coupon code? *shameless* #
15:00 if it's less icky, am trying to save money on postage for s/hand books, not take bread out of the mouths of authors! :D #
15:00 RT @ScribnerBooks: Retweet for a chance to win OUR FRONT PAGES by @theonion tinyurl.com/yft5fym "Gay Couple Feels Pressured to Marry" #
15:03 *waves magic wand of blockiness* #
15:07 what do people think about making #gudmagazine available in audiobook form? gimmick? great idea? tag with #gudaudio pls RT #
15:09 *hums quietly* #
15:22 will i go to hell for reading Google Books? #
16:08 have come to senses. cannot afford books right now. #
16:09 #FF @JoTreggiari cos I'm fun ;) #
16:19 RC will not win the smart cat prize #
16:20 RT @agentgame Feel free to entirely ignore our submission guidelines, and I'll feel free to reject you for it. That seems fair. // to me too #
16:49 oh dear me cahoot the exact date i moved into my house? unpossible! #
17:52 poor IC. shots, worm pill, and a collar all in one afternoon! #
17:54 am loving the huge amount of great #writing #advice from tweeps :) keep it coming! #
18:03 i see IC has dumped his collar already. is that a record? (or do we have to say is that a CD nowadays?) #
18:07 #ff littlefluffycat cos she is little and fluffy and a cat #
18:12 #ff @littlefluffycat cos she is little and fluffy and a cat (gets it right this time) #
19:30 i'm sending @hprw some virtual parkin #
21:17 you can drop a paperback, your dog can chew the corners, it never runs out of power and it's cheap to replace. what ereader offers that? #
00:03 IC is playing with the tag on his collar. bless #
00:28 kitten sleep vibes making me sleepy. i has IC on back of chair; husband has RC on arm of chair. #
00:39 Support Union Jack, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - bit.ly/3oqlpa #
00:40 hmm. union jack is a tad larger than i hoped #
00:40 not so much a twibbon as a twinvasion #
00:44 Support United Kingdom, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - bit.ly/2aG33V #
00:45 how do i untwibbon? #
00:47 humph #
00:56 Support LGBTQ Equality, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - bit.ly/4aRMDM #
01:10 eh ok twitter what size do you WANT the picture to be? #
01:24 promises not to touch her profile picture again until after #gudhalloween. altho apparently 50*50 works until you twibbon it #
01:28 i need to *write* damnit #

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keeping up with the twits

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:01:08 GMT

12:54 why is it only my grey hairs that fall out? #
13:17 RT: @twinfluence: 10/22/09 twinfluence.com score for @buffysquirrel: Reach=0, Rank=#76,893 // uh? #
13:18 Listening to Rumours. happy happy #
13:19 #falsefact ~ kittens taste of chlorine and pears #
13:19 Welcome new followers! IC is Intruder Cat and RC is Resident Cat and #falsefact is for fun #
13:20 ouch! ow! overwriting is painful to the reader, damnit! #gudslush #
13:21 if you want me to feel what your character feels, evoke it, don't describe it #gudslush #
13:22 #falsefact ~ if you dig straight down from the UK you end up in C17th Portugal #
13:35 two successive stories using almost identical metaphors. what're the odds? #gudslush #
13:39 today i am mostly learning about commissioning art #gudmagazine #
13:40 RT @dsgood "I bought my soul at a yard sale. I suggest you do the same." #
13:47 dear writer tweeps, you have *no* idea how tired i am of your female characters. no idea at all. write women who are PEOPLE ffs #gudslush #
13:48 has nobody fed @Janet_Reid recently? ;) #
13:52 if RC eats enough kitten food, will she turn back into a kitten? #
14:15 Firefox dear, I'm trying to *work* here. pls crash during farmville or sthing #
14:32 i sympathise, writer tweeps. don't submit till it's ready--how do you know it isn't ready?--it gets rejected every time. #gudslush sucks eh? #
14:33 will there be publishers in ten years? i wonder if they'll go the way of the movie studios and stop pubbing books and start distributing #
14:34 or, rather, concentrate on distributing #
14:34 RT @bridgemama "The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. " ~Sylvia Plath #
14:37 Welcome new followers! RC is Resident Cat (snoozling) and IC is Intruder Cat (snoozling) and the place is #gudmagazine #
14:40 repeat after me: backstory should *inform* the story; it shouldn't *be* the story #gudslush #
14:42 on to the #gudhalloween quiz! which has monsters and fantastic illos from @magneticcrow ! #
14:50 #gudhalloween quiz. right. not tweeting. right. #
15:23 while writing the #gudhalloween quiz i have learnt a lot about .php quizzes. they are hard! #
16:17 yvonnereilly RT @BubbleCow If you could recommend just one book, what would it be? #onebook // Sarah Waters' Affinity #
16:39 fictional novel, redirecting back, blending together (i was guilty of that one!) all bah bah bah bad! #
16:41 RT @ScribnerBooks Write a @theonion -type headlne and win a copy of OUR FRONT PAGES. tinyurl.com/ylljf92 Rt. Searching for funny. #
16:59 OKAY!! i think i have completed my part of the #gudhallowen quiz! now over to @kaolinfire for marking ;) #
17:01 should be noted that all #gudslush comments are personal to the sqrl and are not tablets from the Mount of Squirrel :D #
17:16 purring and head-rubbing kittens are not conducive to work. but we loves em #
17:21 RT @kellybarnhill Please, ladies and gents, spread the word that #foxisnotnews. It is not news, it has never been news and it never will be. #
17:23 pls help a small sqrl. a tweep tweeted a great blogpost about author media pages. pls remind sqrl where it's at? will pay in virtual peanuts #
17:33 pretty sure i'm supposed to be editing right now #gudslush #
17:49 hugs and tissues to all the sick people on my followers list #
19:05 ANOTHER holodeck episode, Voyager? you test my patience-fu, you do #
19:33 RT @kellybarnhill Scholastic book fair banning books with homosexual characters? Unacceptable! (Via @malindalo) bit.ly/2Ges1s #fb #
19:37 talking of censorship and challenged books....in Tesco's you can say BITCH but *never* say shit: twitpic.com/mdca7 #
19:49 RT @icundell BBC - I have an idea: after Question Time tonight show the Genocide episode from World at War #BBCqt #
19:52 working on special treats for #gudhalloween :) #
20:15 RT @inkyelbows Tips on why your short story didn't win (longer fiction writers should read, too): bit.ly/4mIjU9 (via @jonpinnock) #
20:55 grr, if your website requires verification by email, make sure it SENDS the email #
21:06 nobody remembers the great blogpost about author media pages that someone tweeted? pls help a poor sqrl! #
21:59 RT @JeremyCShipp "Grim and uplifting at once" tinyurl.com/yj7oj4e (RT, if you wouldn't mind) :) #
22:04 no, Twitter, older tweets are not 'temporarily unavailable'. they're *always* unavailable #
22:40 oh, found the media room place i was looking for! thanks to everyone who tried to help :) #
00:10 RT @mattstaggs: Hey, folks, if you bought a copy of "Booklife," think about contributing a review at Amazon. I mean, if you want to. :) #
00:31 #mylasttweetonearth so this wire goes where again? #
00:34 it's worth googling the title of your story in case there's a famous film that just happens to have the same title. hint. #gudslush #

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:01:06 GMT

12:37 IC's manners at cat mealtimes are developing nicely. His manners at human mealtimes are appalling. #
12:40 Welcome new followers! :) for those not in the know, IC is intruder cat and RC is resident cat! #
12:42 RT @inkyelbows Writers: your followers are part of your online brand. On Twitterspam, followers & culling: bit.ly/86wmq #
12:42 RT @johannaharness Writer roll call! Are you writing right now? Use #amwriting to connect with other writers: bit.ly/28DApi #
12:56 RT @Paul_Cornell: Ursula Le Guin's 80th birthday today. Wouldn't it be great if that became a trending topic? #happybirthdayUrsulaLeGuin #fb #
12:59 hey you purveyors of True Facts, how about some False Facts for seasoning? #
13:00 False Fact: twitter was originally going to be called Fritter #falsefact #
13:04 False Fact: #gudhalloween is actually in February #falsefact #
13:09 False Fact: Ursula Le Guin ghostwrites for Jeffrey Archer #falsefact #
13:31 False Fact: penguins live on Oreos and pizza #falsefact #
13:38 RT @inkyelbows On Rejections: Ursula Le Guin was told her book was "unreadable" cli.gs/9D31R1 // LHOD, too! dear me #
13:39 RT @unbridledbooks: Pls RT!! FINAL DAY to pick a skull & win Cranioklepty: #cranio bit.ly/3WTLat #
13:44 False Fact: John Grisham started out self-published #falsefact #
13:49 False Fact: #gudmagazine pays its editors in Cheetos #falsefact #
13:52 it may be your first time writing this idea but it's not first time i've read it #gudslush make it new! fresh! interesting! #
13:53 False Fact: @kaolinfire is actually a composite of eight hyenas #falsefact #
14:02 RT @gudmagazine #falsefact GUD actually started counting at Issue -1, but we're keeping it as a special collector's edition. #
14:04 RT @bookviewcafe BVC wishes member Ursula K. LeGuin a happy 80th birthday and many happy returns! // BVC rocks folks! #
14:06 False Fact: strawberry jam gives you hickeys #falsefact #
14:09 RT @nfpendleton You shouldn't buy @puffchrissy's book because you don't have a chance to win $1000 #falsefact #
14:14 RT @davisac1 @buffysquirrel If properly applied, strawberry jam can lead to hickeys #truefact // laughing here #
14:15 False Fact: #gudslush is read by kittens #falsefact #
14:17 try to avoid cliches, especially in poems #gudslush #
14:25 writer tweeps, have at least one other person look your work over before submitting. it could save you an instant rejection. #gudslush #
14:31 False Fact: @buffysquirrel is really an eighty-year-old camel #falsefact #
14:57 just out of curiosity (for which sqrls are notorious) can anyone identify the Continuity Error in beginning of Tess of the d'Urbervilles? #
15:04 RT @icundell For God's sake Twitter, get yourself some more capacity. #
15:41 *pat pats magazines to which she subscribes* i like that you care about my subscription, but i do know that postal strikes delay post ;) #
15:48 I'm not a rhino! I don't charge :D #
16:16 buffysquirrel False Fact: @littlefluffycat is really a dog #falsefact #
16:18 welcome new followers! FYI, IC is Intruder Cat and RC is Resident Cat :D #
16:19 False Fact: #gudmagazine is printed entirely on chocolate #falsefact #
16:29 oops did not include address in email to @BloomsburyBooks :( no free books for sqrls #
18:19 twitpic.com/mdca7 - My Censored Life So Far #
21:29 have been idly wondering if audiobooks are more useful with a book you're studying than paper books cos you can't skip as easily #
21:34 False Fact: gerbils are from another dimension #falsefact #
21:44 #falsefact ~ #gudmagazine is a front for the CIA #
21:56 RT @JeremyCShipp This Halloween, get CURSED: tinyurl.com/yg7shgj (Please RT, if you would be so kind) :) #
22:10 Firefox dear, please stop using more memory than all my other apps put together. kthxbai #
22:12 have i mentioned #gudhalloween lately? :) we have our pumpkin contest, we have Horror and other spooky reviews all month, giveaways too soon #
22:17 this #gudhalloween why not enter our pumpkin contest? tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 there are prizes! and pumpkins! pls RT :) #
22:18 entry into our #gudhalloween pumpkin contest is FREE! and did we mention there are prizes? tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 #
22:20 or check out our #gudhalloween reviews: all spooky all month! tinyurl.com/lkwd6b next week: Nick Antosca's Midnight Picnic #
23:01 Welcome new followers! FYI, #gudmagazine is where i read #gudslush and put together goodies like #gudhalloween. IC is Intruder Cat and RC is #
23:02 Resident Cat. #
23:16 word on the street is that RC can detect a slice of ham being touched from three feet away #
23:20 Scalzi eviscerates spearhead dudes tinyurl.com/yj2s5op pls RT #
23:46 RT @angelajames: How would you react if it was suggested you cut several chapters off the beg. of your manuscript? // depends who asked! #
00:10 RT @jasonsanford: My take on the good, the bad, and the ugly of online genre magazines. tinyurl.com/yjaczq2 #fb #
00:31 maybe Twitter wants us to have a whip round to buy them a new server #

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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:01:11 GMT

10:06 the phrase 'get on with it!' comes to mind #gudslush don't bog your story down in irrelevant detail #
10:16 IC is learning to sit and wait for his food. we may civilise him yet! #
10:17 hey, GUD doesn't publish pornography. but if we did, it would have to be much better written! #gudslush #
10:55 i love when i'm reading for #gudmagazine and the edit starts to come together in my head. not so much love when it happens with books i buy #
10:57 yes, if i pluck your story out of the #gudslush, it will be edited. fortunately author and editor both have same aim, if different ways #
11:07 IC is dreaming on my lap #
11:15 IC is such a funny shape at this stage. short chubby legs and huge paws. he's almost wider than he is tall, tho #
11:23 the quiz and i.... #
11:52 looks like i'll have to recalculate all the scoring for the #gudhalloween quiz. wibble #
11:55 it's like having homework, this quiz for #gudhalloween :) i show @kaolinfire what i've done and it comes back with corrections.... #
12:29 RT @guardianbooks Maurice Sendak tells parents worried by Wild Things to 'go to hell' bit.ly/258mWl // subtle... #
12:42 yeah, #amwriting if a .php quiz counts! lol #
14:08 Firefox dear, these crashes are not cute #
14:30 now Silicon Valley is following me...was it cos i mentioned .php? #
14:53 lots of #gudmagazine places i go, i see these Don't Panic messages. all for me. #
14:54 RT @jennablack People who don't have phobias never seem to understand that logic doesn't work against them. // so true #
14:55 meh, my work is to publish a magazine #
15:50 just been writing another review for #gudhalloween :) lots of treats for you folks! come along and check us out gudmagazine.com #
15:57 uploading photos from Sunday's trip to the Grade II listed promenade shelter in Margate, where TS Eliot wrote some of the Waste Land #
15:59 damn, i *so* want a DON'T PANIC towel, but the contests are always US-only :( #
16:31 wondered why my music had gone so quiet...cat sleeping on the iphone #
16:44 meh, Flickr has passed out from the awesomeness of my photos ;) #
16:58 i'd rather be followed by iphone geeks than by the brit.ney clones #
17:02 RT @newscientist 6 diseases you never knew you could catch bit.ly/jbXZs conditions that used not to be thought of as contagious #
17:21 Flickr well and truly broked #
17:25 gave RC and IC their snackes. they have to have frequent snackses, they say. turned round, looked back, and they'd swapped places. noooooooo #
17:26 RC is *supposed* to have small amounts adult cat food regularly. IC is *supposed* to have large amounts of kitten food. no swapsies! #
20:57 dang kittehs and their sleep vibes #
20:59 am supposed to wake husband from his nap at 9 o'clock. sleeping kitteh he say naaaaaaaaaaaw #

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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:01:16 GMT

13:03 i'm sorry to tell you, writer tweep, but that's just dull...have your character *interact* have them *act*; not ruminate #gudslush #
13:07 even crazed ramblings should have a plot #gudslush #
13:11 hello, motivation? #gudslush #
13:21 if you open with a dramatic first line, you have to follow it up, not back-pedal frantically #gudslush #
13:29 Daily Express article demonstrates graphically why i do not claim benefit: tinyurl.com/yhkn5g6 #
13:37 MIND respond to Daily Express hate article: tinyurl.com/ylmhzbu #
13:54 Welcome new followers! #
13:59 RT: @destroytheearth: With the amount of time I while away on here they should call it Twiddle #
14:03 really enjoyed Nick Antosca's Midnight Picnic. spooky and disturbing, only puttdownable when you can't focus on the page any more #
14:04 hey, tweeps, don't forget #gudhalloween! we're running reviews of Horror and other spooky books every week this month! #
14:05 and don't forget to enter the #gudhalloween pumpkin-carving contest! tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 Prizes! Pumpkins! Please RT :) kthxbai #
14:08 Read our #gudhalloween review of Joseph D'Lacey's Garbage Man tinyurl.com/ygccap4 'The knives enter the baby's body easily....' #
14:09 Or read our #gudhalloween review of the first WolfSongs anthology tinyurl.com/ylsch54 Human wolves and wolfy humans. Snow and blood. #
14:09 RT: @littlefluffycat: Can you carve a GUD pumpkin? is.gd/4cWbg #gudhalloween #
14:10 Coming soon for #gudhalloween : a review of Robert Dunbar's short-story collection 'Martyrs & Monsters'. in fact, i'm off to post it now! #
14:19 is small-scale annoying that PhotoShop Elements doesn't support the same long filenames as windoze #
14:24 *hums along to Simply Red* #
14:31 i went out to make tea--can't post reviews wo tea--and came back to find IC had stolen my chair. oh, you think so, do you, cute furry cat! #
14:48 note to humans: however much you *think* you need tea, do not disturb the kitten sleeping on your lap kthxbai #
14:51 and it's up! go read our #gudhalloween review of Robert Dunbar's spooky collection Martyrs & Monsters tinyurl.com/yhgon8v :) #
15:03 IC now staring wistfully out of window. needs shots, micro-chip, neutering, to fit collar, and to be able to jump back in first poor baby #
15:23 ah, life. don't talk to me about life :D #
15:39 oh great...seems i filtered a whole load of emails out of my inbox and into thin air! only i could do that :D #
15:42 pls Tbird give me my emails back! i need them! #
15:47 my emails are gone from the webserver, too. meh #
16:56 cannot find reference to what i read in @newscientist about pointy sticks gene. anyone know what i'm on about? :D #
17:06 apparently Twitter won't let me repeat my heheheh's in case i spam y'all with laughter #
18:20 Daily Mail pubs hate article re: gays and is rightly lambasted. Daily Express publishes hate article re: mentally ill and nobody cares. #
19:02 RT @SimonKewin Spent an hour or so working on my writer's platform. Hmm, wonder when the train will come ... #
20:22 monday already? out with yer #firstlinemonday tweeps! #
20:42 could we has less hatred here pls #
20:56 so the answer's no then #
21:39 do not like to unfollow people just cos of my sensibilities. sorry twitterverse #
22:59 RT @gudmagazine GUD News: Puzzles Are Good For Your Brain! Have some on us: ow.ly/vjWO #gudhalloween #
23:00 IC is stretched out on my lap and RC is sitting on arm of husband's chair. each cat has staked out their territory! #
00:16 apparently the #gudhalloween quiz needs a little more tlc :) but we're going to have awesome illos from @magneticcrow, so it'll be worth it! #
09:06 saying the same thing in different ways is still repetition. make sure your story moves along to new ideas #gudslush #
09:09 story first. backstory later. also, give me a reason to care about your character even if they are not very nice #gudslush #
09:15 writer tweeps! you have no excuse for not knowing at least the basics of copyright. go learn. it *directly affects* you! #gudslush #
09:17 courier or tnr, 12 point. that is all. #gudslush #
09:20 be careful with tenses, or you'll confuddle the reader #gudslush #
09:21 fuzzies were hungry this morning. thought IC was going to choke, he gobbled so fast! #
09:25 when addressing the reader directly, be careful not to alienate them #gudslush #

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