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AK-Is-Harmless — They Sat In The Moonlight, a Novel by Kate
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Published: 2013-06-10 22:31:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 3450; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 9
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Reading and writing are near and dear to me, so it’s no surprise that reading and writing are near and dear to my characters, too. Winslow has decided to make a business out of it. At this point, we can safely assume that he’s completed all seven books of the self-published Bahls Mythos and moved on to bigger and better things–mainly ruining what he perceives to be the competition. And thus Winslow’s career as an experienced freelance editor begins! And yes, today’s joke revolves around poop, but I’m going somewhere with this one, so bear with me.Winslow’s business card is actually based on how I’d like mine to look someday; ne’er-do-well is one of my favorite words. (It has an apostrophe and TWO hyphens! Beat that, other words!)
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This first appeared on Defenestration www.defenestrationmag.net on Friday, June 7th.
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---AK
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Comments: 61
Next time I have to read aloud, it will be so tempting to do this~!
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Go for it.
---AK
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You don't want his help. Trust me.
---AK
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Thanks.
---AK
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Well, I'm not. I just noticed I misspelled "genius"...
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Nice! 
I think this one would be better if it ended at the 6th panel though... I just don't think those extra 2 panels are really adding anything to the joke.
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There's actually a reason for that. The dialogue was slightly different, and after I had drawn everything I thought of the bit with Winnie the Pooh. So the dialogue got altered, but the images themselves didn't.
---AK
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That's brilliant. Winslow knows how to provide new energy to a work.
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He knows what people want to actually read. Which is poop.
---AK
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Hilarious! I bet Winslow would be fun to do Mad Libs with.
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I think he's pretty good at it.
---AK
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Remind me to be very careful when choosing the editor for one of my manuscripts...
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Just let him try.
---AK
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I don't think he'd change much my plots are already weird.
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Winslow's ruined the next book I read. I'm going to end up reading 'pooped' instead of 'sat'
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You will and you will LOVE it.
---AK
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Thank you.
---AK
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So many magical, fun flavors. I like the " kill him " expression. It speaks of determination.
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Poop will always be funny.
---AK
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And it is people like you, AK, who will always keep the humor of poop alive and well. (salutes) You're doing God's work, Mr. AK.
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I like to think so.
---AK
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What's an equally fun prank, is to go into the automatic word editing on Word Documents, and put in your own corrections on someone else's computer.
One that people don't notice that often, is changing it so every "as" has an additional "s"
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A friend of mine did that to a guy's resume. He didn't realize what had happened until he applied for five jobs.
---AK
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That's brilliant!
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still a better love story that Twilight.
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Agreed. But that's not hard to do.
---AK
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Just like I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual sort of deal. lol
The last edit really got me too. The enjoying one another's warmth bit.
Author Vs Editor, there's always some sort of fight there. Especially with the cases where the editor rewrites the entire book. And this is pretty close to that, even though it's just one general word change.
I just remembered a south park episode about book publishing with something like this. But this is funnier.
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There doesn't have to be a fight. As both and editor AND a writer, I understand both sides. It just requires respect from both parties.
---AK
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But Pooh Bear!
Best way to kill the competition ever
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---AK
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Somehow I think a story in which the main chars pooped in various places and situations would sell pretty well.
Critics would say the book was crappy and it would be kinda true.
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I lost it at Winslow drawing genitalia on Winnie the Pooh.
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That was a late addition. The image made me laugh so hard I had to erase all of the dialogue and fit it in.
---AK
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That's definitely a hilarious image and I'm glad you included it.
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That was a late addition. The image made me laugh so hard I had to erase all of the dialogue and fit it in.
---AK
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