Caption Contest!

Here's my favorite pic from STAR TREK III--and it's screaming for a caption:

DeForest Kelley Interview

Thank you, Womanwarrior, for finding this:

Star Trek Interviews No.09
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Poll results!

Can we take a tough critique? Absolutely!

None of us are satisfied with compliments alone. All of us want to hear an honest opinion.

Two of us said we can take it as long as it's constructive and gentle. (If it's too harsh, we may shut our ears to it.)

Six of us said that we can take it--although we may shrivel up inside. But if the critiquer is making valid points, we'll listen.

One brave soul said: damn straight, I can take it! Bring it on.

Thanks for participating!

They Died Too Young . . .

Michael Joseph Jackson: August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Farrah Fawcett: February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009

Christian Bale's Gift to Me...

Public Enemies is coming out right near my birthday. That's Christian Bale's gift to me, right?

The film looks promising: Johnny Depp is playing gangster John Dillinger and CB is playing Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent trying to stop him. CB's not the star of this--per the press, he's clearly in a supporting role--but I don't mind. I'll take him in any good role, regardless of how much screen time he gets.

I headed over to Raven's community for Bale Fans today and found this interview with CB. It's not quite enough to hold me over until I see the movie, but it's helping.

Caption Winner~Gratz Julianna!

Great entries from everyone--I had to go back to the jar to pick one. Julianna gets the crown!

McCoy: Well, don't this beat all. I really AM giving Spock a piece of my mind!

New Poll: Can You Take a Tough Critique?

We've all had them--brutal critiques that make us shrivel up inside and question our worth as writers. But I've found that the toughest critiques are sometimes the most helpful . . . as long as the reviewer isn't just out for blood.

But how tough a critique can we take? Fill out the poll on the sidebar and feel free to discuss!

~Rose

Enterprise Bar Mitzvah?

This was too much fun:

Caption Contest!

Here's a tricky one from The Search for Spock:

~The List~

Ok, here's a brief list of e-book/print publishers that publish original slash fiction:

1. Ellora's Cave

2. Samhain Publishing

3. Torquere Press

4. Liquid Silver Books

5. Loose ID

Poke around these sites--all of them have e-books (and/or books) worth buying and all have submission guidelines. Some encourage all manner of glbt stories; others demand seriously erotic tales. Some prefer M/M over F/F.

Ok, now here are a couple of sites that publish short stories, flash fiction, micro fiction and poetry. These are not slash, glbt or romance sites--I don't know if they're hostile to such fiction, but it's certainly not their focus:

1. Ruthless Peoples Magazine

2. Flash Scribe

3. MindWings

4. AlienSkin Magazine (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Speculative)

Finally, here are two non-publishing sites that allow you to post your work in order to get hard-core critiques:

1. Scribophile (I'm using this extensively--I love it! Try it out for free, but if you intend to use it seriously upgrade to a paid membership as soon as possible.)

2. Review Fuse (I don't know much about this one yet--I just joined and haven't gotten started. I've heard good things about it, however. I'm starting off with a free membership.)

Ok, ok--this is an incomplete list. We know there must be more sites out there! But this ought to get us started . . .

Stressed . . .

. . . over money. Or my lack thereof. As much as I'm looking forward to summer, as a substitute teacher things are going to be tight. My stomach is roiling just thinking about my bank account.

I may pick up a freelance job or two over the summer doing some typing and editing--and that may tide me over. But I also plan to start submitting short stories and pieces of flash fiction to online sites. Some of these sites pay good money--others pay about $2 per piece. But they pay something!

Ok, yeah. I submitted one story once before. It got past the first round of editors on my selected site--only to be rejected by the second round. Sigh.

But I'm not going to let one measley rejection stop me from trying again! (Ok, I have let it stop me for quite a while--but that's in the past.)

I'm going to collect some of these sites today and post them here. I know I'm not the only one handy with a pen--and I'm not the only one hard up for cash!

Caption Winner!

Ok, I ignored my blog yesterday, mainly because I had a wisdom tooth pulled. But I'm back (and I'm even off the pain killers.) Meanwhile, we had some great entries for this pic, but--well, I think we all agree on the winner. No jar necessary: congratulations, Julianna!

McCoy: It says, "Surrender Dorothy." Who the devil is Dorothy?

I'm a terrible Balehead...

I haven't even seen Christian in Terminator: Salvation yet. But I did check out this interview in GQ!

DeForest Kelley, 20 January 1920~11 June 1999

Ten years ago today DeForest Kelley passed on~and I think all Star Trek fans still miss him. His portrayal of Dr. McCoy still inspires me . . . if Bones could be such a good man even with that stubborn temper of his, maybe there's hope for me too!

A special thank you to Julianna and Womanwarrior, who both pointed out DeKelley's yartzeit (the anniversary of his death) and this lovely memorial.

Fifty years ago Harvey Haddix threw 12 perfect innings . . . and then lost

This is a great story from Sports Illustrated :

Fifty years ago Harvey Haddix threw 12 perfect - 06.01.09 - SI Vault

Happy Belated Birthday to Karl Urban and Womanwarrior!

Yes, both Karl Urban and Womanwarrior were born on 7 June~here's hoping you both had a great day!

Caption Needed!

I don't think we've captioned this yet--one of my favorite shots from the new film!

And, uh, ahem. I'm still working on that challenge story of mine...

Update!

We have two excellent stories born of this challenge: Julianna's Passive-Aggressive Release and Liederlady's Darkness and Silence.

This challenge is still open. In fact, I hope to have mine up tonight.

The newest Spiced Peaches is out--if you haven't checked out these Spock-McCoy stories, head on over there!

Finally, the new caption contest will be up tomorrow (Sunday), and the winner will be announced on Wednesday.

See you tonight with my challenge story. . .

Caption Winner!

I pulled out two winners from the jar--they were stuck together. So shared honors go to Julianna for the first and Liederlady for the second. Gratz, ladies!

Kirk regrets ever suggesting that they stage an episode of "Heroes" for the crew.


Jim: (wheeze) I thought there was no, (choke) Vulcan Death Grip?

Spock: I lied.