Everyone has gotten a chance to read articles by the IU staff, but how did you do at picking their writing out of a lineup?
We posted five lines from five books by five different authors on the Indies Unlimited staff and asked you to match the correct line with the correct author. If you haven’t had a chance to play, here is the link to the original article before you peek at the answers below the fold. You’re not peeking below the fold are you? I thought I felt a draft.
The authors are next to the lines from their own books. Congratulations to Krista Tibbs who not only correctly guessed which line came from which author, but also the books from which the lines came. So, either she’s read all these and has an eidetic memory, or she has major evil Google-fu skills. Either way, that’s hot!
This is the story behind the story of the indie collaboration of the ages. It had to be told in three parts because it is just that epic. Also our video manipulation software is outdated. But mostly the first thing.
Brooks. Hise. Mader. Three indie legends who cast off the shackles of obscurity and through sheer force of will and inconceivable individual talent now stand to make personal fortunes in the tens of dollars.
You have questions and we have answers. There is probably no hope of matching those up though, so we wrote our own questions and answered them here. If these were not the questions you had, feel free to write your question out long-hand on the back of a $20 bill and send it to me. If these were your questions, I suggest you consider upping your medication.
Here are some excerpts of the good parts of some reviews of Bad Book on Amazon:
“So in short, Bad Book, is a fine book. Real fine. Pam Grier in the seventies fine. Buy it. Read it. Experience it.”
—Rich Meyer 5 star review on Amazon
“Don’t read it unless you expect to snort, roll your eyes, shake your head, grin, chuckle or guffaw. Try to stay serious. I dare you. ”
—Yvonne Hertzberger 5 star review on Amazon
“Brooks, Hise and Mader complement each other to a tee and bring to the table their individual brand of humour, satire, and whimsicality and seamlessly braid their talents into a masterpiece.”
—Cathy Speight 5 star review on Amazon
“So many classics to have a blast with. And each time it went from funny to hysterical. Just thinking about it makes me want to read Bad Book again.”
—Zachary Conklin 5 star review on Amazon
Resistance is futile. Bad Book is available for Kindle through Amazon UK and Amazon US. Buy your copy of Bad Book before it becomes mandatory reading. That will look better for you.
Modern society is vastly complex and so hyper-specialized that very few of us are in a position to be able to see the effect of our daily work processes rendered into an actual outcome. I have spent many a day in a cubicle in a fluorescent-lit hell, worrying whether I remembered to attach the cover sheet to my TPS report.
It is pretty much the same all over. Very few people are in a position to really be responsible for a product from conception to fruition. Most of the world just doesn’t work that way anymore.
One of the exceptions is farming. Farmers are intimately connected with their work and their product. They are in the rare position of being able to literally see the fruits of their labors. They till the soil, plant the crop, fertilize the crop, fight weeds and pests as best they are able. At the end of it all they harvest and sell what they wrought from the earth by the sweat of their own brows. They feed the world. Continue reading “Book Farmer”
Came to my desk early in the afternoon, pulled up a fresh Word page, sat down, spat neatly on the palms of both hands and gave them a good rub. The sentences were clear in my head. This week’s blog was bubbling and brewing – boy, was I going to out-do myself, or what?
Then three things happened, and I can’t remember in which order. I remember talking on the phone long-distance with my daughter in Ireland. I remember cleaning out the rabbit hutch … lovely job, that. I remember making the most delicious roast chicken dinner you could possibly imagine. I remember picking my son up from work. I remember giving the place a bit of a tidy up.
Bunny-bun
Do I ever remember having dinner!
I also remember doing the kitchen (my daughter’s in Ireland, remember?), feeding the cat, and giving the rabbit the vegetable peelings (yes, that is one spoilt rabbit).
And the blog went the way of all else. Boy, is Hise going to be mad. Madder than last week when I forgot to insert my byline and mug. [Like you wouldn’t know it was me, with all those long sentences and crazy semicolons.] Continue reading “Cactus is our friend”
Everyone has gotten a chance to read articles by the IU staff, but how did you do at picking their writing out of a lineup?
