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Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
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FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
By making part of it a "donation" are they just trying to soften the blow? One way or another, they're getting the money.
By making part of it a "donation" are they just trying to soften the blow? One way or another, they're getting the money.
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
The "donation" is for tax purposes, I believe.
The "donation" is for tax purposes, I believe.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Sorry to hear that. I'm in the first donation section so I'm only in for $800 a year. Or $840. I can't remember.
I've only bought it since 2007. ****. That's ten years.
I think we're finally giving up our gopher hockey season tix. Had them for over 20 years. But $2k is a lot for games that most of us can't get excited about
Sorry to hear that. I'm in the first donation section so I'm only in for $800 a year. Or $840. I can't remember.
I've only bought it since 2007. ****. That's ten years.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
You have a point. Now to find a publisher?
You have a point. Now to find a publisher?
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
You're probably going to need something to show a publisher before you talk with a publisher.
You're probably going to need something to show a publisher before you talk with a publisher.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
So I'll start writing, then.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
But if there's one thing I want to make abundantly clear.... this is a memoir, not a how-to. Because I can't honestly recommend anyone do the things I did to lose it, or to fall into a very personal hell.
But if there's one thing I want to make abundantly clear.... this is a memoir, not a how-to. Because I can't honestly recommend anyone do the things I did to lose it, or to fall into a very personal hell.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
That is how recovery stories are written. What you will do for a first draft is write what AA calls a "drunk-alog" - how it started, where it progressed to, how you finally got out. However, it will be focused on your particular emotional/food issues, and if you hope to get it published, then you'll try to write it with an eye towards the dark humor in the whole situation. So, if you've got stories about sneaking food that in hindsight are really silly, or crazy obsessions about the precise amount of calories you were eating during your anorexic phase, or relapse fantasy dreams during sleep, those are the kinds of things a similar audience wants identify with.
I'm sure that you're aware that getting published is quite difficult. So, you could easily work on this for a few years, and in the end it may end up being just a personal exercise for you, but perhaps you can see enough value in that to proceed for the time being.
If you get to a point where you need someone to proofread/advise a manuscript, let me know. I'd be happy to give it a try.
That is how recovery stories are written. What you will do for a first draft is write what AA calls a "drunk-alog" - how it started, where it progressed to, how you finally got out. However, it will be focused on your particular emotional/food issues, and if you hope to get it published, then you'll try to write it with an eye towards the dark humor in the whole situation. So, if you've got stories about sneaking food that in hindsight are really silly, or crazy obsessions about the precise amount of calories you were eating during your anorexic phase, or relapse fantasy dreams during sleep, those are the kinds of things a similar audience wants identify with.
I'm sure that you're aware that getting published is quite difficult. So, you could easily work on this for a few years, and in the end it may end up being just a personal exercise for you, but perhaps you can see enough value in that to proceed for the time being.
If you get to a point where you need someone to proofread/advise a manuscript, let me know. I'd be happy to give it a try.
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
There are several fairly decent options for self-publication these days as well. Sometimes, a commercial publisher will find something there and make an offer to take it more broadly.
Another option is to serialize it and publish in installments on a blog.
There are several fairly decent options for self-publication these days as well. Sometimes, a commercial publisher will find something there and make an offer to take it more broadly.
Another option is to serialize it and publish in installments on a blog.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
So there will be a Mayweather-McGregor fight.
If it's anything like Mayweather-Pacquiao, it will be 10-15 minutes of hugging, running around the octagon, and MAYBE a punch thrown here and there.
So there will be a Mayweather-McGregor fight.
If it's anything like Mayweather-Pacquiao, it will be 10-15 minutes of hugging, running around the octagon, and MAYBE a punch thrown here and there.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Nope. It's under boxing rules - 10 oz gloves at 154 pounds. So 36 minutes of hugging, running around the ring, and MAYBE a punch thrown here and there.
Can't blame 'em - the fight will be a joke, but they both make $Texas for minimal effort. Floyd just has to dance around him for 12 rounds, get his hand raised, collect a paycheck, and saunter back to retirement. Conor has nothing left to prove and is set for life after this one win or lose, he can do whatever he wants with his career.
Nope. It's under boxing rules - 10 oz gloves at 154 pounds. So 36 minutes of hugging, running around the ring, and MAYBE a punch thrown here and there.
Can't blame 'em - the fight will be a joke, but they both make $Texas for minimal effort. Floyd just has to dance around him for 12 rounds, get his hand raised, collect a paycheck, and saunter back to retirement. Conor has nothing left to prove and is set for life after this one win or lose, he can do whatever he wants with his career.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
And all of this for the low, low price of what? $200 on PPV?
And all of this for the low, low price of what? $200 on PPV?
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Under boxing rules, Floyd will just punch him out. McGregor's skill set is limited in this fashion of a fight. Floyd is specialized in this fashion of a fight.
And eff the PPV. I'll just head to the local watering hole (whichever one has it) and pay the $5 for the beer I'll have, which will outlast the fight time.
Under boxing rules, Floyd will just punch him out. McGregor's skill set is limited in this fashion of a fight. Floyd is specialized in this fashion of a fight.
And eff the PPV. I'll just head to the local watering hole (whichever one has it) and pay the $5 for the beer I'll have, which will outlast the fight time.
Hammer
We'll be back.
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Floyd hasn't knocked anybody out in 6 years, and he's only had 2 KO's over the last decade. He'll land 3 punches per round and then run and hide like a ***** for 2:30 of each round.
It's going to be like what I read on Twitter: they're going to hug each other to death over 12 rounds in August.
Floyd hasn't knocked anybody out in 6 years, and he's only had 2 KO's over the last decade. He'll land 3 punches per round and then run and hide like a ***** for 2:30 of each round.
It's going to be like what I read on Twitter: they're going to hug each other to death over 12 rounds in August.
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Know what I want to see? Alternating rounds of MMA/boxing. And......go.
Know what I want to see? Alternating rounds of MMA/boxing. And......go.
Hammer
We'll be back.
Know what I want to see? Alternating rounds of MMA/boxing. And......go.
I'd like see McGregor catch him flush on the chin, just to see Mayweather hit the canvas like a sack of wet cement, but I don't think I'm gonna get that, either.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Saw an idea on Reddit: 9 rounds of boxing...round 10 onward is MMA. That way Floyd has to go for the KO, or get himself ground-and-pounded in the 10th.
Conor's got nothing to lose. 99.9 percent chance he loses, whoop dee doo, he lost a boxing match to a GOAT-tier boxer, he gets paid 20 times anything he'd ever make in UFC, and rides off into the sunset. 0.1 percent chance he gets a lucky left in early and KOs the dude...he's an instant combat sports legend.
I think Conor says eff it and goes crazy looking for a lucky KO for about the first 2 rounds, then runs out of cardio, says "oh well, I tried" and turtles up. Mayweather dances the Macarena around him for the last 10 rounds and takes it to the scorecards. Everyone gets paid.
Know what I want to see? Alternating rounds of MMA/boxing. And......go.
Saw an idea on Reddit: 9 rounds of boxing...round 10 onward is MMA. That way Floyd has to go for the KO, or get himself ground-and-pounded in the 10th.
Conor's got nothing to lose. 99.9 percent chance he loses, whoop dee doo, he lost a boxing match to a GOAT-tier boxer, he gets paid 20 times anything he'd ever make in UFC, and rides off into the sunset. 0.1 percent chance he gets a lucky left in early and KOs the dude...he's an instant combat sports legend.
I think Conor says eff it and goes crazy looking for a lucky KO for about the first 2 rounds, then runs out of cardio, says "oh well, I tried" and turtles up. Mayweather dances the Macarena around him for the last 10 rounds and takes it to the scorecards. Everyone gets paid.
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