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Christmas
By CheeseburgerBrown (Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 12:55:35 PM EST) (all tags)
My latest serialized story concluded today with the twelfth installment of an original Christmas novelette.

For those of you who only care to read such things when all the chapters are available, I thought I'd mention it here.

Please note: uncharacteristically, this story contains no profanity, sexuality or violence.



Cheeseburger Brown's Pink Santa.

Also in the news: it's Christmas!!1!!

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Damnit man! You totally r0x0rzz! by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #1 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 01:44:47 PM EST
Just scanning the first chapter:

  • Mike got up in the night, because he had to pee. (the first sentence)

  • The orphanage was very old and it smelled like a sticky shower curtain.

  • ...he was surprised to surprise Chloe. They surprised each other.

  • They heard thumps and bumps from the floor above them, and then muttering adult voices. The nuns were awake! "The nuns are awake!" cried Chloe.

  • It started to snow inside the washroom.

  • "We're going to escape!" said Chloe. "Where's escape?" asked Mike.

  • Long, adult-sized shadows were cast upon the floor. Sister Bethany was carrying her special paddle...

  • He landed on top of Chloe who said, "Oof."

  • Mike was happy that his pajamas had little socks built into them.

  • Mike used his free hand to clutch at his bits. "I still have to go pee," he whined.

  • "Don't worry," said Chloe. "I have a plan." (Ob BSG reference)
  • How am I supposed to read fine literature like this when I'm laughing so hard?

    ~
    There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
    Kha-Nyou


    The Star Wars References Come Later by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 1) #3 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 03:40:28 PM EST
    Verdict on coughing up this story: fiction that is appropriate for children is hard to write. There are passages where I come close to nailing it, but other passages where I wander away into adulty passages with a low grade level vocabulary, which isn't the same.


    I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da.
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    Feh. I truly believe that pre-teen children should by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #5 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 03:51:53 PM EST
    be exposed to the seven filthy words. I just don't think that knowing them and knowing what they mean (heh, like neither of those aren't true anyway) means that they should use them.
    ~
    There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
    Kha-Nyou
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    that was very sweet. by aphrael (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 01:45:01 PM EST
    good job, sir!

    If television is a babysitter, the internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up.


    You're Sweet. by CheeseburgerBrown (2.00 / 0) #4 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 03:41:46 PM EST
    I'm thinking about editing it more tightly, doing up some illustrations, and offering it in hardcopy in time for next Christmas.

    Other adventures of the Order may follow, too.


    I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da.
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    I agree with aphrael. by toxicfur (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 08:35:14 PM EST
    Good work, sir! I think I felt my heart grow at least one size while reading this story. That should be considered a success.
    -----
    inspiritation: the effect of irritating someone so much it inspires them to do something about it. --BuggEye


    Thanks For Troubling To Read. by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 09:56:29 PM EST
    It's my first try at kids' stuff.

    I'll return to it, but not after first rinsing my typing fingers out with something dark and dingy next.


    I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da.
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    It's a charming story by Scrymarch (2.00 / 0) #8 Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 10:47:14 PM EST
    Ninja santas - you're time has come at last.

    It's a churlish comment on a fine story, but I don't think his business plan would have made money. They skimped too much on the toys themselves. Surely if the customer has paid a year's toy subscription, the motiviation for the company is to make the toys last as long as possible, so they don't have to pay to make and ship new ones. The motivation would be higher the longer the subscription period was. After the first month of breaking toys and temper tantrums people would jump straight to a competitor.

    Maybe you could, instead, buy toy insurance, where they replace a broken one. Like all sorts of consumer insurance, on appliances and so on, it would be a massive ripoff and hence have a big margin.

    The Political Science Department of the University of Woolloomooloo



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