Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 339

Moejoe · 05-17-2009, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

I'm taking a short break from campaigning to save humanities and Welsh teaching in my university department (and, incidentally, save my own job).
The University Council could vote tomorrow to reject the proposal, or to send all our jobs to be evaluated by the redundancy committee. There's a demo, a load of media coverage, and some celebrity support. There's not much more we can do tonight.
The campaign blog is here:
http://savehumanitiescardifflifelong....blogspot.com/

I'd like to add my best wishes as well

Good luck for tomorrow

dreams · 05-17-2009, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Not yet. I have quite a few novels here completed, I'm just sitting on them at the moment

SNIP SNIP .......

WOW! You could still do that website with a little tip jar and keep us all in reading material for quite a while.

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

See Moejoe's twitter feed (typewriterhead), or VeryShortStory.

O.K. I guess I'll have to admit I have no clue about using Twitter to follow people. Finding time for work, household upkeep, helping the parents, reading, AND MR just about gives me enough time to sleep

Most times I leave the laptop on and check in and out to slightly keep up.

kazbates · 05-17-2009, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I write under 5 names:

PJ Lyon (personal, magical realism, odd stuff)
Jo Morris (supernatural/paranormal mystery)
Liz Susans (action/paranormal romance)
William Gill (thriller/mystery)
Maurice Gordon (adventure)

I'm quite busy most of the time

What?!? No Historical Romance? Hmpfh!!! Or should I say Hysterical romance!

kazbates · 05-17-2009, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

I'm taking a short break from campaigning to save humanities and Welsh teaching in my university department (and, incidentally, save my own job).
The University Council could vote tomorrow to reject the proposal, or to send all our jobs to be evaluated by the redundancy committee. There's a demo, a load of media coverage, and some celebrity support. There's not much more we can do tonight.
The campaign blog is here:
http://savehumanitiescardifflifelong....blogspot.com/

Good luck, Patricia. We'll be pulling for you.

kazbates · 05-17-2009, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HistoryWes

Just finished writing a paper on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, now I'm trying to cool down a bit. Seriously though... I have a twitter account, but writing what I'm doing more than once a week or so seems REALLY self-centered. Are we supposed to record every time we get up to go to the bathroom?

You're writing a fact based comedy then?!?

Moejoe · 05-17-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kazbates

What?!? No Historical Romance? Hmpfh!!! Or should I say Hysterical romance!

I did say I'd left some out

And all joking aside, I do have a historical romance novel (sort of), it's set against the backdrop of WWI and WW2 and focuses on three brothers from a family who are involved in both wars, in different ways, and the loves they find in and out of war. It has a working title of The Cenitaph, but it's still a work in progress.

phenomshel · 05-17-2009, 09:23 PM

So where do we find all this treasure trove, Moe? Especially the Jo Morris titles?

Moejoe · 05-17-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenomshel

So where do we find all this treasure trove, Moe? Especially the Jo Morris titles?

At the moment they're all on my hard drive collecting digital dust. But I'm thinking, maybe, at the end of summer releasing the Jo Moriss and Liz Susans stuff, and possibly some of the mystery series too.

At the moment I have about 4 seperate writing projects going on, so when they're done I'm going to have a serious think about what to do

Plus, when a short story pops into my head, I have to write that immediately and that always slows everything else down.

yvanleterrible · 05-17-2009, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

At the moment they're all on my hard drive collecting digital dust. But I'm thinking, maybe, at the end of summer releasing the Jo Moriss and Liz Susans stuff, and possibly some of the mystery series too.

At the moment I have about 4 seperate writing projects going on, so when they're done I'm going to have a serious think about what to do

Plus, when a short story pops into my head, I have to write that immediately and that always slows everything else down.

Good tip!

phenomshel · 05-17-2009, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

At the moment they're all on my hard drive collecting digital dust. But I'm thinking, maybe, at the end of summer releasing the Jo Moriss and Liz Susans stuff, and possibly some of the mystery series too.

At the moment I have about 4 seperate writing projects going on, so when they're done I'm going to have a serious think about what to do

Plus, when a short story pops into my head, I have to write that immediately and that always slows everything else down.

You wouldn't be interested in trying to make a story out of short notes I wrote about a dream I had, would you? It was gripping enough as a dream that when I woke up I made some quick notes - thought it would make a good spooky ghost mystery.

Moejoe · 05-17-2009, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenomshel

You wouldn't be interested in trying to make a story out of short notes I wrote about a dream I had, would you? It was gripping enough as a dream that when I woke up I made some quick notes - thought it would make a good spooky ghost mystery.

Sure would, that'd be a lot of fun

Each of my pseudonyms has a different writing style. For instance, Jo Morris writes in a very punchy, no-nonsense way and he likes proper blood and guts type stuff.

Whereas I, under PJ Lyon, prefer lyrical writing and less visceral description.

Pick a writer, send me the notes in a PM and I'll write a story based on it

GraceKrispy · 05-17-2009, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kazbates

You're writing a fact based comedy then?!?

HA! That was my first thought!

Moejoe · 05-17-2009, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenomshel

You wouldn't be interested in trying to make a story out of short notes I wrote about a dream I had, would you? It was gripping enough as a dream that when I woke up I made some quick notes - thought it would make a good spooky ghost mystery.

I think I messed up my PM to you, so here's the beginning of the story, based on your notes

------------------------------

Title: Refill.
by Jo Moriss

That night she imagined Scott's face as the dirt on the diner's floor. With each push of the raggedy mop, Shelley wiped a llittle more of that smug bastard from her memory.

If only life were that easy. If only love could be wiped away with one quick push, but that was wishful thinking. She didn't hate Scott, but it was getting damn close over the last few weeks.

Behind the counter, Lashawna made a tutting sound.

Shelley looked up.

"Girl," Lashawna said, "you look fit to bust through to the basement with that damn mop. What's on your mind?"

-----------------------------------

phenomshel · 05-18-2009, 02:09 AM

ROFL!! You made my night. I read the PM first, not realizing you sent it too soon, just now saw this, so disregard my question in the PM. You're something else, Moe.

yvanleterrible · 05-18-2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

... Shelley wiped a llittle more of that smug bastard from her memory...

I like that one. That expresses beautifully the positive work to go on after a disastrous encounter as well...

... and you did not forget your friends at the llounge!

05-17-2009, 09:23 PM	#5077
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	So where do we find all this treasure trove, Moe? Especially the Jo Morris titles?

05-18-2009, 02:09 AM	#5084
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	ROFL!! You made my night. I read the PM first, not realizing you sent it too soon, just now saw this, so disregard my question in the PM. You're something else, Moe.