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Title: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 06, 2011, 10:06:13 AM: Okay, I'll bite, because I'm sure everyone else wants to know too.

Did you write this? Or are you just pasting it in from somewhere else?
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: pbsaurus on January 06, 2011, 01:07:16 PM: I never saw anything like that at somewhere else, but with all the modding going on there, who knows?
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 06, 2011, 09:53:58 PM: Hate fanfics.
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Cheech Wizard on January 06, 2011, 10:09:10 PM: Quote from: Demosthenes on January 06, 2011, 10:06:13 AM
Okay, I'll bite, because I'm sure everyone else wants to know too.

Did you write this? Or are you just pasting it in from somewhere else?
It's mine. I haven't worked on it in quite a while. I have it posted at two other web sites under the username "Rogue Jedi", I copied and pasted it from one of those sites.

Why, no good?
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: ivan on January 07, 2011, 01:12:18 AM: Man, this is just the perfect moment for the Geekery Star Wars Meme (OMFGLOLetc.)

But before I indulge myself with that...

Quote from: Cheech Wizard on January 06, 2011, 10:09:10 PM
Why, no good?

Actually, I think it's quite good. Some real writing went into that.

But fanfic is a trap (get it? IT'S A TRAP!). The main audience for Star Wars fiction is on Star Wars fanfic sites, where you get lost in the crowd. It's even tougher to become part of canon -- probably easier to get on the Supreme Court. But outside of Star Wars sites, it's hard to find someone who's interested in the expanded SW universe.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading it, and will enjoy reading future installments. And I must say, if you apply your skill to a more universal subject, you'll dramatically expand your readership. But you already know that about yourself.

And now, The Meme:

hate starwars (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php/topic,2376.0.html)
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Cheech Wizard on January 07, 2011, 01:49:34 AM: Thanks, and LOL yeah, I am a bit more into SW than I should be. Just posted more to the story in it's thread. I'm fine tuning it as I go, that's why I am not posting the whole thing, just bits and pieces at a time.

I'm not one of these guys who thinks everyone will like my writing, so I appreciate brute honesty when it is critiqued. I have another one going on another web site, non SW related, I am pondering whether or not to post it here.
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 07, 2011, 08:51:34 AM: Quote from: ivan on January 07, 2011, 01:12:18 AM
hate starwars (http://www.geekforum.org/index.php/topic,2376.0.html)
Why?
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 07, 2011, 09:50:51 AM: stupid
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Wunderkind on January 07, 2011, 10:00:11 AM: 'splains
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: ivan on January 07, 2011, 12:28:28 PM: (http://www.ivandavidoff.com/misc/darthneedles.gif)
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Cheech Wizard on January 08, 2011, 06:21:16 PM: Quote from: Demosthenes on January 07, 2011, 09:50:51 AM
stupid
Lemmee guess. LOTR fan?
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Banshee on January 10, 2011, 10:14:42 AM: Quote from: Cheech Wizard on January 08, 2011, 06:21:16 PM
Lemmee guess. LOTR fan?

hate lotr
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: ivan on January 10, 2011, 10:26:59 AM: why
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Demosthenes on January 10, 2011, 10:57:09 AM: Quote from: Cheech Wizard on January 08, 2011, 06:21:16 PM
Lemmee guess. LOTR fan?

(http://guildhaven.org/images/forumpics/whoosh.gif)
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Banshee on January 10, 2011, 11:12:00 AM: Quote from: ivan on January 10, 2011, 10:26:59 AM
why

stupid
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: Novice on January 10, 2011, 04:35:39 PM: Quote from: Wunderkind on January 07, 2011, 10:00:11 AM
'splains
Title: Re: "Extinction" discussion thread
Post by: ivan on January 10, 2011, 04:56:28 PM: (http://www.ivandavidoff.com/misc/gimli.gif)