As expected, Kevin here dropping by the domicile of his archnemesis Wong has not gone unnoticed. Scroll about 2/3 of the way down page 5, and you'll see some classic Scooter-brand paranoia. Check me out at the top of page 6.
Great, a small correction however:
Lord Shaithis wrote:The fact that Lucas shrugs off minor questions of continuity, like the scar on Vader's head in RotJ, by saying that he'll let the books explain should positively BURY that notion.
Actually, George Lucas was referring to the scar Anakin has near his right eye in ROTS.
DSG2K wrote:Maybe you've simply seen too many people asking about a canon you'll never be a part of
Guess what, pal -- my work is part of the canon: DS9: "Starship Down" and "It's Only a Paper Moon." And you know what? All the books I've written since? Not canon. Even though I've frequently referenced my prior work on the show, none of my work in print is canon. None of it. Not one damned word of it.
Ouch. I think I need one of Uraniun's little Ice Burn thingies right around now.
Stanley Hauerwas wrote:[W]hy is it that no one is angry at the inequality of income in this country? I mean, the inequality of income is unbelievable. Unbelievable. Why isn’t that ever an issue of politics? Because you don’t live in a democracy. You live in a plutocracy. Money rules.
Actually, I was trying to get his personal information so I could turn it over to whichever chapter of the OF Network was closest to him. The OFN is a highly secretive organization but one hundred percent effective in dealing with its enemies. You can tell you've been targeted by the OFN when every time you're in a hurry some old fart gets in your way and drives 28 miles an hour with his turn signal on. OFN operatives keep doing this until your head explodes.
To be honest, I have no interest in what this fellow says about me. It is not necessary for me or anyone else to explain how out of touch he is. His pathology -- while annoying -- is harmless, and his nature is plain to anyone who observes him for any length of time. (Says the guy who got roped into a tailspin trainwreck of a debate with him and needed to have someone in Singapore explain I'd been had.) Let him post whatever he wants and let those who choose to believe him do so.
Folks who know me know the sort of guy I am: Ineffective teacher; untalented hack of a writer; superstitious, illiterate Bible thumper; and above all an arrogant, overbearing online pedant given to frequent and embarrassing public meltdowns when not worshiped as a god of the internet. I am totally devoid of humor. You may quote me.
The good thing that did come from all this is I found this site.
BTW: I'm mostly about writing, is there a book/writing area I haven't noticed? I found the game area, but didn't see any CBT or MechWarrior posters. I'm mostly only posting in this thread at the moment -- my one foray into the deep end not going well. But I'll be popping up elsewhere eventually.
KeVinK wrote:BTW: I'm mostly about writing, is there a book/writing area I haven't noticed? I found the game area, but didn't see any CBT or MechWarrior posters. I'm mostly only posting in this thread at the moment -- my one foray into the deep end not going well. But I'll be popping up elsewhere eventually.
try Fanfic
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KeVinK wrote:BTW: I'm mostly about writing, is there a book/writing area I haven't noticed? I found the game area, but didn't see any CBT or MechWarrior posters. I'm mostly only posting in this thread at the moment -- my one foray into the deep end not going well. But I'll be popping up elsewhere eventually.
try Fanfic
There's also the Writer's Guild, a private usergroup for writers and such. Though I'm not sure about the requirements, just that Stravo's the guy you need to talk to to get in.
"It's you Americans. There's something about nipples you hate. If this were Germany, we'd be romping around naked on the stage here."
One of the rules about writing for a franchise is you never read fanfic. You have to avoid even the appearance of mining -- or even cross pollenation. Which is a shame because I belonged to fanfic groups since the days when we used to trade mimeographed pages at amatuer cons. Had to quit when I turned pro.
I would recommend all Trek fanfic writers check out the annual Strange new Worlds competition, though. It's how I broke into the business.
General Zod wrote: There's also the Writer's Guild, a private usergroup for writers and such. Though I'm not sure about the requirements, just that Stravo's the guy you need to talk to to get in.
One of the rules about writing for a franchise is you never read fanfic. You have to avoid even the appearance of mining -- or even cross pollenation. Which is a shame because I belonged to fanfic groups since the days when we used to trade mimeographed pages at amatuer cons. Had to quit when I turned pro.
I would recommend all Trek fanfic writers check out the annual Strange new Worlds competition, though. It's how I broke into the business.
That's very interesting; I never knew about this rule before, but it makes sense.
"It's not evil for God to do it. Or for someone to do it at God's command."- Jonathan Boyd on baby-killing
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
One of the rules about writing for a franchise is you never read fanfic. You have to avoid even the appearance of mining -- or even cross pollenation. Which is a shame because I belonged to fanfic groups since the days when we used to trade mimeographed pages at amatuer cons. Had to quit when I turned pro.
I would recommend all Trek fanfic writers check out the annual Strange new Worlds competition, though. It's how I broke into the business.
That's very interesting; I never knew about this rule before, but it makes sense.
Shame, though. A lot of good ideas can be had from people who aren't nescessarily professionals. Although I'm obviously not of the stature to argue with the Star Trek head honchos.
Also, if I have to look up how to spell nescessarily one more time I'm going to pop.
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him
I might have acted like it early on, but I was always looking for the truth. I could accept lossing.
I know that, but I don't think most of the newbies would recognize names like IXJac
Ohyeah, I'm one of the primary SB Babies.
"If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If neither is on your side, pound on the table."
"The captain claimed our people violated a 4,000 year old treaty forbidding us to develop hyperspace technology. Extermination of our planet was the consequence. The subject did not survive interrogation."
One of the rules about writing for a franchise is you never read fanfic. You have to avoid even the appearance of mining -- or even cross pollenation. Which is a shame because I belonged to fanfic groups since the days when we used to trade mimeographed pages at amatuer cons. Had to quit when I turned pro.
The Fanfiction sub-forum is a little badly named as it contains original works as well as pieces based upon established franchises; a somewhat better name for it would simply be "Fiction", or better yet "Literature" for that added measure of swankiness.
While it is understandable that you would have to refrain from reading fan-made fiction based on Star Trek, surely you would be permitted to read works that were in no way related to it?
My oh my... Smacked down officially by LFL and Paramount all in the same week! THAT'S going to leave a mark!
Priceless. Absolutely priceless. Knew it was coming one day, but just didn't know how satisfying it would be!
"Brian, if I parked a supertanker in Central Park, painted it neon orange, and set it on fire, it would be less obvious than your stupidity." --RedImperator
Lord Poe wrote:My oh my... Smacked down officially by LFL and Paramount all in the same week! THAT'S going to leave a mark!
Priceless. Absolutely priceless. Knew it was coming one day, but just didn't know how satisfying it would be!
And yet, his spindoctoring goes on. Although I have to admit, I don't see the entirity of his cult coming to his aid like they usually do. Maybe they are finally starting to realize just how crazy he is.
The only reason that this isn't as satisfying as it could be is because people with only a passing knowledge of the debate will have no reference for it. Darkstar's biggest asset for getting morons to follow him is that his work looks damn slick and is nearly impossible to actually wade through making a person who doesn't bother to do so think that he is really smart when in fact his arguments have all the merit of those coming from a six year old with Down Syndrome.
One of the rules about writing for a franchise is you never read fanfic. You have to avoid even the appearance of mining -- or even cross pollenation. Which is a shame because I belonged to fanfic groups since the days when we used to trade mimeographed pages at amatuer cons. Had to quit when I turned pro.
I would recommend all Trek fanfic writers check out the annual Strange new Worlds competition, though. It's how I broke into the business.
That's very interesting; I never knew about this rule before, but it makes sense.
And it's not only Paramount policy - Lucasfilm (or was it Lucas Licensing? I'm not sure these days...) has same kind of policy, which effectively prevents its employers from reading any fan fiction and submitted stories from aspiring authors (I know this from experience). I'd say that it is very likely that about all franchise right-holders have that policy in use.
Confiteor Deo omnipotenti; beatae Mariae semper Virgini; beato Michaeli Archangelo; sanctis Apostolis, omnibus sanctis... et tibi Pater, quia peccavi nimis, cogitatione, verbo et opere, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! Kyrie Eleison!
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him
