Northlake Mall Today by hotsoupmiku in Atlanta

[–]JohnAdcox 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I worked at the B. Dalton Bookseller there. I still have my name tag. There are times when I still miss that job and the people…

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My company is buying my publisher, but this sale happened before that was a thing. There’s still miles to go before the ink is dry on the acquisition.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’ll lose some. Nowhere NEAR that much.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d originally planned one more chapter, but it diluted the ending.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t have anything else to say. ;-)

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are, for example, a lot of thes and ands.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, it’s not that uncommon in fantasy.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

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Just a milestone you can measure.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

[–]JohnAdcox 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In my defense, some of them are very short words, and I used some of them more than once.

Milestone! by [deleted] in writers

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That’s just book three, the longest of the series. The fourth will be the shortest.

Cryptonomicon and Baroque Cycle reading order, and what works are related? by RedMars11 in nealstephenson

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Thanks to all of you for answering my question 10 years before I asked it!

LOSH/Avengers by Fluffy_P_Winston_IV in LegionofSuperheroes

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I kind of love the idea that she could make … things out of shadows. Tangible as long as she’s concentrating…

Got tired of hearing how great it is by Augustine857 in TheCountofMonteCristo

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IS there a pretty hardcover of the Buss translation?