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Author of Have You Seen the Moon Tonight? & Other Rumors. Horror Writer, regular type dude, Godless leftist, Lecturer at University of North Texas
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Getting ideas is the easiest part of writing anyway. If they can’t do that, they should consider another hobby
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If lack of self awareness were an energy source we could use this guy to replace a few of his beloved coal-fired power plants
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Congratulations on the milestone! Happy to share an issue with you
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We're hoping to move into a new house soon, but far from a castle
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I always laugh when I see how media depicts the offices of professors, where even lecturers (or adjuncts, even) at tiny colleges have these enormous and opulent offices
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Definitely their loss
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Yeah and in the novel Ruth Hall, the main character becomes fabulously well off from writing a successful magazine column.
To be fair, Conde Nast writers even today make pretty good money, I think Conde Nast pays $1 a word?
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Infallible
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Clooney finding Brad Pitt in the closet, Pitt's goofy smile, Clooney killing him on instinct is one of the most shocking, hilarious, and sudden escalations of stakes in cinematic history.
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Every time.
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Yeah I'd say grimdark always pushes up against self-parody, and sometimes crosses over that line.
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I suspect in this case it’s as much a result of villain roles being more challenging and British actors tending to be more skilled at intricate character work as it is any larger attitude toward British people
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Reminds me of when I made scouse one time. I could not believe how bland it was, especially compared to a Belgian carbonnade flamande/stoofvlees which is what I grew up eating
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Im so sorry about Luka. I hope he can be comfortable at least
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Right they do the same thing with award shows. It’s tedious