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Topic 448 was started on 2001-05-02. There are 1266 messages available to read.

Here's so you don't feel guilty putting something not as dire in the "urgent announcements" topic.

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Message 1266 was left by Joe Mahoney on 2003-05-09 20:09:32. Feedback: 0/0 Re: #1264... I was responding to a question in Shameless Self Promotion, not exactly sure why I posted the answer here... d'oh!

Message 1265 was left by Lori on 2003-05-09 14:50:44. Feedback: 0/0 Happy Birthday to Thomas! May babies rule! law

Message 1264 was left by Joe Mahoney on 2003-05-09 14:00:33. Feedback: 0/0 Jamie: I pitched the actor's voice up about 400 cents using a Harmonizer during the actual recording (to make him sound small), and threw a 1 frame delay on top of that with a Lexicon (to give it a metallic quality). It's good to put the treatment on the actor's voice during recording because then the actor can work with the treatment. Still, I wasn't really happy with the result, so I messed around with some Pro Tools plug-ins during post production and found something I liked in a plug-in called Ultrapitch. In Ultrapitch I used a treatment called Sax Octavier which gave the voice a nice fuzzy metallic quality.

Message 1263 was left by Dennis Kriesel on 2003-05-09 10:29:30. Feedback: 0/0 Two short fiction reviews have appeared at Kansas City infoZine. One of SDO Detective (Issue 1) and one of Champagne Shivers (Issue 5). There also is an article up about the World Horror Convention, which was in Kansas City this year.

Message 1262 was left by Jamie Rosen on 2003-05-06 15:41:30. Feedback: 0/0 The "Display Until" date indicates when newsstands are supposed to take the magazine off their shelves, to replace it with the new issue. There may be more arcane substrata to it, but that's the gist.

Message 1261 was left by SarahP on 2003-05-06 10:34:24. Feedback: 0/0 RE: # 1258: Never mind. I just don't get the deal with the 'display until' date.

Message 1260 was left by Thomas Mays on 2003-05-06 08:09:40. Feedback: 0/0 Howdy, everybody! See it before you have to buy it (hopefully). I've uploaded some of my new hard SF novel The Falling Sky on my website www.amaysingstories.com as well as a bunch of my short stories. Give it a read and tell me what you think. I welcome any and all praise or constructive criticisms. Thanks and good reading!! www.amaysingstories.com

Message 1259 was left by FrankWu on 2003-05-05 22:17:30. Feedback: 0/0 OK. Cool. Talked to my insurance people today, and everything's cool. According to them technically I'm still working for a law firm, and just on a leave of absence and this art this is just a "hobby" (which, in one version of the universe is true, which is fine by me). Of course, to the IRS, the art thing is a different matter. But, as far as car insurance goes, everything's fine, nothing has to change, my rates don't go up. Everything's fine. So thanks everyone (esp. Charlie) for your support and input. I really appreciate. F

Message 1258 was left by SarahP on 2003-05-05 20:51:33. Feedback: 0/0 Looks like the April issue of Realms of Fantasy was listed as the June issue. The actual June issue should be out soon. One hopes.

Message 1257 was left by SueO2 on 2003-05-03 15:49:20. Feedback: 0/0 Frank - if your art is not a vocation, but an avocation (and, not knowing much about you but thinking I recall you are also a scientist of some sort) - you can be an artist and not be doing "business" as such. Would a woman who sells her crafts at flea markets be "dinged" for getting rear-ended if she was going to A.C.Moore (a local craft supply house.)?

Message 1256 was left by FrankWu on 2003-05-03 03:11:14. Feedback: 0/0 Not sure where to post this. This is about car insurance and being an artist/writer. So... I was rear-ended a couple weeks ago, and I'm fine, car got fixed, everything's ok, it was the other guy's fault (duh). Now... my insurance co. asked me where I was going at the time - and I told them that I was an artist and I was on my way to do an art-related thing (picking up slides). So... now I have to call them tomorrow, and I suspect what they want to argue is that since I'm an artist, I should be paying for a "business type" car insurance, not a "personal" car insurance. As if, for example, I were a pizza delivery guy driving around delivering pizzas. The thing is that I make some money, but not a whole lot of money doing art - and I quit my "real" job six months ago, so I could argue that technically I'm unemployed. Any thoughts? It sure seems to me that even though it wasn't my fault, they're going to try to find a way to jack up my car insurance premium. Any thoughts? Please help! Frank

Message 1255 was left by Joe Mahoney on 2003-04-29 14:04:11. Feedback: 0/0 We're in production on a second installment of the CBC Radio show Faster Than Light hosted by Robert J. Sawyer. This is sort of both good news and bad news. The good news is that our chances of getting on the air regularly have just greatly increased; the bad news is that this version of the show we're producing is just a "proof of concept" version and may or may not go to air. In other words, we've still got to prove ourselves to the CBC brass. They liked the original pilot but want to hear a further refinement of the concept. This version of the show will be half an hour long, will include an original science fiction radio drama, an interview with a science fiction author, and otherwise as much zaniness as I can manage to cram into it. I've got two weeks to write it, record it, and put it together, so wish me luck!

Message 1254 was left by Kevin L. Donihe on 2003-04-24 15:11:04. Feedback: 0/0 Sam's Dot Publishing (samsdotpublishing.com) just released my illustrated poetry chapbook 'Osteoporoses'. It features 13 poems and 10 illustrations (not including the cover). Very nice production values, I might add. They've also put out illustrated chaps from poets like David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Christina Sng, Julie Shiel, Erin Donahoe, and more. Sam's Dot is a fine outfit. Also, a PDF version my Eraserhead Press paperback (SHALL WE GATHER AT THE GARDEN?) is still available at users.chartertn.net/mbs/kldwriter/ Finally, BARE BONE #4 will go to the printers in about a little over a month or so. Well, that's all for now. Until next time, Kevin

Message 1253 was left by FrankWu on 2003-04-24 05:20:06. Feedback: 0/0 Aw, Law. Get some sleep! F

Message 1252 was left by Lori on 2003-04-24 04:32:19. Feedback: 0/0 Good night, everybody. I'm going home from work now. :-(

Message 1251 was left by Evil Genius on 2003-04-23 16:00:57. Feedback: 0/0 I've heard it said that aliens want them because Earth Women Are Easy. ;)

Message 1250 was left by T. Rex on 2003-04-23 15:49:20. Feedback: 0/0 RE: 1249. Before anyone dumps on me, let me make clear that certain of the 30's and 40's pulps had a thing about covers depicting aliens running off with scantily-clad femmes. This persisted into various movies, including one of the Creature from the Black Lagoon pix, IIRC. T.

Message 1249 was left by T. Rex on 2003-04-23 13:19:45. Feedback: 0/0 Or, Frank, you could go 1930's pulp: The reason we hate aliens is because they want our women! ;-) T.

Message 1248 was left by Evil Genius on 2003-04-23 11:30:56. Feedback: 0/0 Cover idea, part 2: if not that, how about making them look like wanted posters? ;)

Message 1247 was left by Evil Genius on 2003-04-23 09:16:31. Feedback: 0/0 Hey Frank, make the cover look like a pin-up calendar of aliens! ;)

Message 1246 was left by FrankWu on 2003-04-23 03:50:38. Feedback: 0/0 Hey, everybody! I just got the commission to do the cover for "Why I Hate Aliens". Who's all in it? What I want to do is a cover design that somehow or other incorporates all the aliens in it. It'll make my job a heck of a lot easier if you've got a paragraph or something that describes the physical aspects of your creatures. I always read the texts two or three or four times, but I sometimes manage to miss something or other. And here, since we're dealing with alien anatomy, I want to make sure I get everything right! Frank

Message 1245 was left by TKF on 2003-04-22 19:29:25. Feedback: 0/0 I am, Dave, starting with 1237 and ending with 1240.

Message 1244 was left by DaveK on 2003-04-22 19:24:01. Feedback: 0/0 What's wrong with the message numbering on this board? Is anyone else getting strange numbers or repetitions of the same message number for different messages and posters?

Message 1243 was left by Ruth Stuart on 2003-04-22 19:20:19. Feedback: 0/0 Not just you, Jen. I can't get there either.

Message 1242 was left by Jen on 2003-04-22 18:30:50. Feedback: 0/0 Is sff.net really down or is it just me?

Message 1241 was left by Lisa Mantchev on 2003-04-17 16:57:03. Feedback: 0/0 Jon: Gaaaaaah! I nearly had a heart attack reading #1239. It only took four reads and a few "I know I didn't say _that_"s to convince myself that wasn't me... er... was it? *G*

Message 1240 was left by Mark on 2003-04-18 13:28:02. Feedback: 0/0 Sorry to be off topic here for a moment; but Scott, are you the same Scott Nicholson who wrote the book "The Red Church"?

Message 1240 was left by Mark on 2003-04-18 13:28:02. Feedback: 0/0 Sorry to be off topic here for a moment; but Scott, are you the same Scott Nicholson who wrote the book "The Red Church"?

Message 1240 was left by Terry Hickman on 2003-04-17 10:23:27. Feedback: 0/0 So, uh, Jon, when can I expect to see my story in your magazine?

Message 1239 was left by Scott Nicholson on 2003-04-18 13:08:27. Feedback: 0/0 Oh, well, just trying to help. I could care less whether anyone buys the book. In fact, I'd rather no one else did, so I alone would benefit from the advice. My message didn't look like spam to me. If all advice is spam, I don't see the point of sharing opinions. I wouldn't have wasted so much time, just as I'm doing now. Happy bunny day.

Message 1239 was left by Scott Nicholson on 2003-04-18 13:08:27. Feedback: 0/0 Oh, well, just trying to help. I could care less whether anyone buys the book. In fact, I'd rather no one else did, so I alone would benefit from the advice. My message didn't look like spam to me. If all advice is spam, I don't see the point of sharing opinions. I wouldn't have wasted so much time, just as I'm doing now. Happy bunny day.

Message 1239 was left by Jon Hodges on 2003-04-17 09:00:23. Feedback: 0/0 Writers: Yeah, never do this. Never resubmit a story an editor had rejected and put in the subject line "important resubmission" when a resubmission had not been requested. Then, in your cover letter of your resubmission, never state: "Respectfully, I think you did not notice that my story was one of indescribable horror." But most of all! And this is important, folks. Never, ever, ever, after having gone over all the reasons your story is everything a magazine should want in a story, never have the nerve to say this: "Please feel free to make any changes you need to convey this." I'm glad I can feel free to make any changes in my editorial decision necessary, but I glanced back over the story, and each point I made in my original response remained true. Unbelievable. People never cease to amaze me.

Message 1238 was left by Gregory Koster on 2003-04-16 10:30:07. Feedback: 0/0 For Tracina and Mary: No harm done, and it would have served me right if the feedback button had a "Spam" option. Wasn't logged in, no obvious sign that I wasn't a quack looking to gnaw on the vitals of more neophyte authors. Best regards, Gregory Koster

Message 1238 was left by Gregory Koster on 2003-04-16 10:30:07. Feedback: 0/0 For Tracina and Mary: No harm done, and it would have served me right if the feedback button had a "Spam" option. Wasn't logged in, no obvious sign that I wasn't a quack looking to gnaw on the vitals of more neophyte authors. Best regards, Gregory Koster

Message 1238 was left by Gregory Koster on 2003-04-16 10:30:07. Feedback: 0/0 For Tracina and Mary: No harm done, and it would have served me right if the feedback button had a "Spam" option. Wasn't logged in, no obvious sign that I wasn't a quack looking to gnaw on the vitals of more neophyte authors. Best regards, Gregory Koster

Message 1237 was left by Dennis Kriesel on 2003-04-16 09:24:03. Feedback: 0/0 Kansas City infoZine has posted a review of ASIM (Issue #5).

Message 1237 was left by Dennis Kriesel on 2003-04-16 09:24:03. Feedback: 0/0 Kansas City infoZine has posted a review of ASIM (Issue #5).

Message 1237 was left by Dennis Kriesel on 2003-04-16 09:24:03. Feedback: 0/0 Kansas City infoZine has posted a review of ASIM (Issue #5).

Message 1236 was left by Tracina on 2003-04-08 20:43:57. Feedback: 0/0 Gregory, Scott, I apologize. I should have checked things out more carefully before I said anything. Please excuse me.

Message 1235 was left by Lindsey on 2003-04-08 19:48:25. Feedback: 0/0 Okay, sorry, don't know Scott off-hand, but I was trying to do the same thing. -Linz

Message 1234 was left by DaveK on 2003-04-08 19:31:06. Feedback: 0/0 I meant to add that both would disavow any forgeries posted in their names.