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Thanks for reading - I appreciate your thoughts. I will send you some of my lasagna; i am thoroughly sick of it! 
dax
dax
Laurie,
hmm was you post sarcastic...? Hard to tell. Just curious...
hmm was you post sarcastic...? Hard to tell. Just curious...
Laurie:
If you don't like longer works, skip Viral Evolution. I'll have more coming. Wait until I get a chance to review one of yours first. I'm working on a story that loosely fits the challenge theme. I might post that one by the end of the month.
If you don't like longer works, skip Viral Evolution. I'll have more coming. Wait until I get a chance to review one of yours first. I'm working on a story that loosely fits the challenge theme. I might post that one by the end of the month.
Laurie:
The one I posted needs a lot of work...fair warning. The ideas may be too big for a short. I know there's too much dialogue and too little action. I have formed an unhealthy attachment to the draft that is in place, however, and I just need to get in and cut ruthlessly. I guess I just wanted to forwarn you that, at this point, it's not my best work.
The one I posted needs a lot of work...fair warning. The ideas may be too big for a short. I know there's too much dialogue and too little action. I have formed an unhealthy attachment to the draft that is in place, however, and I just need to get in and cut ruthlessly. I guess I just wanted to forwarn you that, at this point, it's not my best work.
Thanks Laurie!!
*Both types of critters. (Ugh. I need an editor
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Yes, they do, you're right. I was just thrown because the first definition I got referred specifically to vertebrates. Types of critters have them, but in bugs they're those prong-y pincher things and for us its just the jawbone. Don't change a word!
Aha! Now that explains it all. That WAS my first inclination, but I really the choice of the word "mandible" is what threw me. I had to look it up and wiki takes you straight to "vertebrate jawbone" so I thought it was specifically NOT referring to insects. Insufficient research was the culprit of misinterpretation there
Thank you SOO much for the crit on Over My Shoulder!! I'm so glad it could bring back memories.
I can only hope to keep that going! I plan to post Ch. 2 tomorrow.
Thank you SO much for the niceties! I really appreciate your encouragement! I really need to poish up that story and your commetns make me want to start immedietly! Have a really great week!
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| Name: | Laurie Paulsen |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Arizona |
| Birthday: | Jun 28, 1968 |
| Words Written: | 104,924 |
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About Laurie
| Occupation: | Oh, jeez. I've been around. Right now, I'm working part time in a retro 50's lunch counter and taking a couple of classes. I'm applying to the university MFA program--wish me luck! I'm following my gut. :D Living the dream!! |
| About Me: | I've always been a writer at heart. My fondest wish is to someday make my living through writing--novels, hopefully. So far, I've been writing mostly short stories. I love both genre and literary writing, and hope to someday successfully blend the two, incorporating my own dark and/or weird flavors. |
| Interests: | Geeky stuff, but not the kind that requires thinking. Astrophysics? Nope. Video games? Oh, yeah. I also have dogs (2) and a cat, and my husband and I treat them like they're our kids, if our kids ate off the floor and pooped in the yard. |
| Websites: | www.dullyelloweye.blogspot.com |
| Publications: | "Swimming With Alligators", April 29th, 2008 issue of www.espressofiction.com "Dancing With Mrs. Brown", August 5th, 2008 issue of www.espressofiction.com "Webb's Work In the Sight of God", March 2009 Premier Issue of Ruthless Peoples Magazine "Scratching the Surface", May 16th 2009 Issue of Ruthless Peoples Magazine "Sensory Overlord", June/July 2009 issue of www.AlienSkinMagazine.com "Retribution", November 2009 issue of Suspense Magazine |
| Favorite Books: | Right now? Alice Hoffman (The Third Angel, The Probable Future, Seventh Heaven and more), Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series, SM Stirling's Dies the Fire series, Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road', 'World Made By Hand' by James Howard Kunstler, Stephen King's 'Talisman', 'The Temple of My Familiar' by Alice Walker, 'Jitterbug Perfume' by Tom Robbins, 'Given' by Wendell Berry and anything 'Calvin & Hobbes'. |
| Favorite Movies: | 'Dog Soldiers', 'Ginger Snaps', 'Children Of Men', anything by Brad Bird and/or Pixar, 'Stranger Than Fiction', 'American Beauty', 'Waitress', 'Juno', 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 'Black Sheep' , 'Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day'. . . this list rotates to follow my mood, so check back. |
| Favorite TV Shows: | Top Chef, Glee, SYTYCD, cheesy Sci Fi Channel/Chiller TV movies, anything Joss Whedon, Wonderfalls, House, old Warner Brothers cartoons. |
| Favorite Quotes: | "We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained." --Barack Obama, speech, Jul. 12, 2006 "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy." --Wendell Berry “I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.” --E. B. White |
| Loves: | I love family (made and found), dark films, all kinds of books and music (still haven't figured out the appeal of tejano, tho), warm clothes from the dryer, compassion, surprises, public adoration and chocolate-pecan pie a la mode. |
| Hates: | Closed-minded thinking, petty character judgments, excessive greed/selfishness, idiotic cell phone usage, incivility and black licorice. Ew. |
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On , by : hi, d--
again, instant character and scene and rich description, almost
violent with its intensity. love the writing. am hopi... Read →
On Over My Shoulder (novel), Chapter 2: Taylor, by Aimee Laine: hey, aimee--
don't really have a critique to offer, just wanted to let you
know i breezed through this chapter and look f... Read →
On Scape Artist, by Ben Jacobson: hi, ben--
good to be back! wonderful to read your work again. this
flash felt intentional, each movement placed just so, you... Read →

























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