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[First things first: A huge get-well-soon to my good friend and Portales, New Mexico, Linux stalwart Bob McKeand, the indefatigable "Colonel Panik," who is recovering at home now after a short hospital stay. Here's to hoping that Portales LUG meetings at the Do Drop Inn — yes, that's the real name — will commence again shortly.]
Those of us living out here in the West have it good.
Other shows have taken root and blossomed in other parts of the country, like Texas Linux Fest at the end of May, Ohio Linux Fest in Columbus in September and SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF: Linux in the GNU/South) in Charlotte, N.C., in mid-June. But the best Linux/FOSS expos are here on the Pacific side of the continent: In order of annual appearance, we have the Southern California Linux Expo — everyone knows it as SCALE — in Los Angeles starting off the year, Linux Fest Northwest (LFNW) up in Bellingham, Washington, in the spring, and the O'Reilly Open Source Conference — better known as OSCON — in Portland, Oregon, in the summer. We're going to talk about one of those below, though all these FOSS events around the country are must-attend events, and if you can make one or more of them, you should.
We have another one to add to the mix, but we're getting ahead of the story.
Just after Ohio Linux Fest wrapped up a few weeks ago, the folks at SCALE 12X put into focus yet again the preparations for the 2014 show, to be held on Feb. 21-23 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. The Call for Papers just went out, and much of the other pre-preparation activities are in full swing as the annual work to put on the biggest community-driven Linux/FOSS show in North America is now underway.
It is a huge source of pride, and a job I look forward to every year, to work on the SCALE Team. I am the publicity chairperson for the show, and while we have a lot in store, publicity-wise, for 12X, every year that I've been involved (since SCALE 8X) I'm awed at how a group of strong-willed people driven by a passion for FOSS come together and make this happen every year.
Like clockwork, the SCALE Team displays what great feats a dedicated group of people can produce year in and year out. So when you come to SCALE, over 100 booths await you on the exhibit floor and over 80 sessions are available for you to attend over the three days of the event. Sure there are more than last year, and more than the year before, and that's a testament of both the show's, and FOSS's, growth and staying power.
But as I mentioned earlier, this is a tale of two expos: SCALE and another, a new kid on the block.
Some folks in the Puget Sound region of Seattle seem to think that having one great show — LFNW — in the Pacific Northwest is nice, but it's not enough for the area. So they've taken a chunk out of the impending fall and winter between OLF and SCALE to host their own show, the 2013 Seattle GNU/Linux Conference — or SeaGL (and I'm assuming that's pronounced "seagull").
The two-day event will be held at Seattle Central Community College on Oct. 11-12. Of course, you may see a familiar name giving a presentation on Friday at 4 p.m. on CrunchBang. But there are far better speakers on the schedule than yours truly — I'm going to try to make it to both of Jesse Keating's Git presentations as well as to Deb Nicholson's "Delegate Like a Boss" talk — and from the outset, the inaugural SeaGL looks to be a promising springboard for future shows in the years to come.
SeaGL is at their own starting line, a point where SCALE was once 12 years ago. Hopefully, a dozen years from now (if not sooner), SeaGL will be where SCALE is today — with a hundred exhibitors and more speakers than you can listen to at one time.
If current trends persist, and if the staff at SeaGL is up to the task, there's no reason why we can't go to Seattle every October from here on in, just as we go to Los Angeles every February, Bellingham every April, Texas and Charlotte in May and June respectively, Portland every July, and Columbus every September.
See you at the conference.
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Don't let The Preacher's Daughter fool you--even though there are some censored-out "fucks" in it, it's not a "real" movie. It's a born-for-LMN insta-classic! (OK, I'll admit it, I classify any Lifetime movie with a clergymember and sex in it an insta-classic.) How couldn't it be, with a name like that? According to IMDb, there's never been a TV movie called "The Preacher's Daughter," so a movie had to be written, and it looks like it practically wrote itself. (As did the reality show of the almost-same name.)
|The preacher's daughter gets arrested in a leopard-print tank
Anyway, Hannah and her boyfriend get arrested, and she calls her dad the preacher to come pick her up at jail. In order to get a more lenient sentence, she agrees to go live in his custody again.
|The church listens to Teenager Hannah singing
"The Glory of My Longing," a song so annoying and
so relentlessly played in LMN commercials for this
movie that I still get it stuck in my head on occasion.
These trips down memory lane begin when she's not only blonde, but clean-cut, wearing modest clothing and attending her dad's sermons with the rest of her family. There's a hot "music minister" whose job consists of 1) directing the congregation during hymns and 2) giving Hannah personal music lessons. The Hot Music Minister spends a lot of time getting her to sing from her diaphram by placing his hands all over it, which naturally leads to bear hugs from behind, which leads to making out in a pew, which leads to unprotected sex in the Sunday school room!!
|Andrew Bowen does her best "I just had unprotected sex
with the Hot Music Minister like an hour ago and now
my Preacher Dad is making me sit on his lap" face.
Was a beautiful thing seeing her give-up her Christian innocence that way. A gentleman, he took it slow, the way any good man should do if they were blessed to have a Christian virgin. And it was Christian lovemaking, she not stopping him as he forever took away her precious virginity. Could see her a naïve Christian girl not worried about protection and letting him show her what guys would expect from her.And how!
|The Hot Music Minister angrily throws the racy photo
his teenaged girlfriend left him in her face
This is a Lifetime movie, so all of that sin isn't about to go unpunished. Hannah's pregnant, of course, and when she tells HMM, he seems shocked that he could get a teenager pregnant. It's really hard to feel sorry for a guy who has four kids, is banging his boss's teenaged daughter in a church, and doesn't have the smarts or the respect to put a rubber on it. Meanwhile, poor Hannah is all, "do you think abortion is a sin?"
I thought this move might break the #1 rule of Lifetime movies (no abortions, ever), especially when Hannah and her goth friend make it all the way to an abortion clinic. But a group of angry protesters intimidate the girls into turning the car around, even though that goes against everything we've learned about both characters through the rest of the movie.
|Hannah and her goth friend
Sometimes, like in The Preacher's Daughter, it's a twist so weird that you completely miss it the first time you see the movie, can't believe you actually saw it the second time, and on the third time say, "OK, I'm really going to pay attention during this part because did that really happen?"
Unfortunately, the movie isn't currently available anywhere online, so I'm telling you the following scene from memory. Until it comes back on LMN and you can confirm for yourself, you will just have to take it as Lifetime legend:
Late one night after Hannah and the goth friend were scared away from the abortion clinic never to return, they are parked in the friend's car on the side of the road somewhere. Hannah is all upset because she doesn't know what to do about her growing fetus. Some creepy state trooper dude comes and knocks on the window, and is giving them shit, and the goth girl gives him shit back (because she's goth and hates authority, duh). After telling them that that they should watch out for "the boogeyman" so late at night, he asks why Hannah is so upset and says, "Maybe I can help." And then Hannah says in voiceover, "it turns out he could help," and explains that he had "some pills" that she took and they made her miscarry.
GURL, don't you realize those are the same pills they would have given you at the abortion clinic?? Wouldn't it have been better to get them from a doctor/pharmacist than a shifty-ass state trooper guy? Was he even a state trooper? Did you pay him for these pills??? Why did he have those pills in the first place?? Is this what conservatives think Plan B is?? What did I just see??
So, yeah, apparently she got a back-alley medical abortion and moved away, dyed her hair black, and hooked up with the drug dealer guy from the beginning of the movie. So that's what happened between the time of the flashbacks and the "present day." But it gets even more Lifetimey.
|Who could have known it was a wig??
But when she's leaving, HMM is there waiting for her! He's all, "What the hell happened to the flashback storyline? I was in it, super-confused as to how I could have knocked up someone who isn't my wife, and the next thing you know you're in the 'present day' again and I'm practically out of the movie!" She tells him about the shifty abortion pills, and he says, "But why didn't you go get an abortifacient from a gynecologist, so that you know it's approved by the FDA?" Just kidding! Of course he doesn't say that. He says nothing, because abortion is a strange and dangerous thing, folks, and no matter how you do it, you're going straight to hell, for sure.
And that's why Hannah never comes home that night--no, not the night of the abortion pill flashback, the night she runs into HMM outside the restaurant. The Preacher Dad goes looking for Hannah, and is momentarily sidetracked by the drug-dealing boyfriend from the beginning of the movie who's come to town to see her. Preacher Dad attacks him, painfully pinning his shoulder behind his back and demanding to know where his daughter is before he even politely asks for information. The drug-dealer doesn't know, so the dad heads to the restaurant, where Hannah's coworker tells him about seeing her with "the clean-cut guy who brings his family in here" and that Hannah seemed uncomfortable. Preacher Dad is all, OMG, that must have been Hot Music Minister, and he must have gotten Hannah pregnant and that's why she left town! There's a flashback where HMM tries to resign but won't say why, and Preacher Dad won't let him. Now it all makes sense!
|Hannah is so weak after her dip in the baptismal font that
HMM has to carry her from his car all the way up the stairs into
her room (apparently) while her mom yells "Oh my heavens!"
Hannah has a younger brother of the typical Lifetime variety, a very minor character on the sidelines who is there to show the effects of his family being ripped apart and maybe insert some comedy in the beginning and end of the movie. Here, he tries to throw a punch at HMM after his dad confronts him about his relationship with his daughter, and Preacher Dad stops him, saying that they don't do that in this family. (Yes, the same guy who almost broke the drug-dealer dude's arm.)
|Hannah and her goth friend, who now wears colorful sweaters
The Preacher's Daughter isn't on LMN's current schedule but it's available on RedBox with a strangely designed cover that has nothing to do with the movie.


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I have seen the photos and some of the discussions about Boba Fett's balaclava and its construction. I do see the chin strap and it makes sense that the chin strap would originate on the balaclava and loop through rings on the helmet. This would hold both items securely to the head. What I have not seen discussed is the flap (yellow outlined in the attached photos) clearly seen in the photos.
A Velcro edge, perpendicular to the flap, is clearly visible. This would completely hide the helmet wearers face once the Velcro was secured inside the lower edge of the helmet.
Is this old news on a thread I have not found yet?
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there is an easier and cheaper way to kill both birds. both of my cars have had this done with no problems what so ever over 45,000 miles combined.
pop the rear hub loose from the lower control arm. elongate the holes the bushing bolt goes through by about 3/8"-1/2" toward the center of the car on both lower control arms.assemble loosely and push the bottom of the hub toward the center of the car. this will take the camber out of it and some of the toe. the rest of the toe can be done with the toe adjustment. torque to specs and your set. i did find on lowered cars camber bolts will still be needed, but this gives alot more adjustment range.
or for a couple hundred buy the ford racing adjustable subframe.
Excessive toe will kill tires very fast, camber does not have anywhere near as drastic of an effect.
The effects of strut tower bars on our cars are debatable at best.
for the op I would suggest the camber bolts or spc camber arms. I think I'd shoot for something like -.5 degrees for just street driving and a bit more for competition use. You could go with fords tolerances on specs too but don't let them do a 'meh, thats close enough' kinda thing.
I also plan to start rotating my tires with my oil changes (which I do every 5000 miles).
I still think my tire wear problems are more driver related. In about a year I will have some info to support or disprove my theory.
|FWIW, cupping is caused by either a tire out of balance or a bad/worn out shock. You're right aggressive driving can accelerate tire wear especially the front tires of a front wheel drive car.
My Wifes 2005 ZX4 SE was purchased used and I looked at the tires before buying. They were all about 50% worn - all evenly. Today (about 1 year later) I found the Drivers rear tire was cupped and there was inside wear on the passenger front tire. A very similar thing happened to a 2001 Focus LX that we had previously owned. I know all 4 tires were brand new when I bought that car.
IMHO, I think its the way we drive. We live in the western North Carolina mountains and we drive like its the road track in Nascar - as fast as possible with hard cornering all the time. I just installed a strut tower brace on my new ZX5 SES. My train of thought is that the uneven tire wear is from the flexing of the strut towers drastically changing the toe in during our hard cornering. The SES has both front and rear sway bars, and with the strut brace it now seems to be the tightest suspension I have driven on. If my new tires wear well, then I guess my theory would be right. I plan to order one for my wifes ZX4, but unfortunately the SE only has a front sway, so it might not help handling as much with the looser rear end.
Anyway, could your problem be from your driving habits? I know the Focus is a popular car for people who like to drive pretty aggressively.
also look into your alignment as it is now, what is your toe at. camber alone doesnt have too much of an effect (i have -2º camber with no problem), but it is agravated by high toe. setting toe closer to 0 will improve the situation.
also i second using the camber bolts, they're only like 30$.
|Camber bolts will do the job for a lot less money than either the Ford or SPC control arms. The bolts allow +/- one degree of adjustment flexibility wherein the Ford control arms are fixed at a one degree camber reduction. Sometimes you don't need that much which makes the bolts the better (and cheaper) solution.
|id recommend the SPC rear camber arms. i got them on my car and have perfect wear on my rear tires. check em out. i got them off ebay for like 170.
Focus Rear Tire Wear - Camber Bolts or Control Arms?
Like allot of others I have the rear inner tire wear problem on my 03 sedan. I have been trying to pin my dealer down on it and finally got an answer from them today. They cannot correct it but they can slow it down with the installation on new upper control arms(TSB 03-13-5 date July 1, 2003), so they say. The revised +1.0 degree rear upper control arms is what they recommend installing. The control arms are $121.00 each and the say they can change them in about 1.5 hours.
I'm alignment ignorant so here goes my questions. I have been following the thread on alignment for these vehicles a while back. It was recommended to install a set of camber bolts and the thread gave the specs for putting the rear of the car in the proper alignment. I can't find that thread anymore however here is my question. Do I need to install the upper control arms or can I achieve what I need for the rear alignment simply using the camber bolts?
Also has anyone heard of repalcing the rear upper control arms and has it helped any?
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This is my first attempt to build a costume like this for my son. Here's some drawings I've done after looking at ref materials.
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The kids created as many as 20 cards each.
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The children traded the cards with each other once they were finished.
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ArtStart volunteers wanted to host the workshop to get kids and their families interested in art.
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AMC a Mopar? Stop the nonsense!
I've seen many references to AMC cars as Mopars on sites such as Ebay, for example. It's ludicrous to see things like "Hot Javelin - Mopar Muscle". Mopar and Javelin should even be in the same sentence.....
After Chrysler bought the remains of AMC - it never put out AMC cars....but it did continue the Jeep line. This was in 1987, which isn't THAT long ago. So why do so many people refer to AMCs as Mopars are they BRAIN DEAD..are they "gear heads with grease on the brain?" Come on guys.
Are Mercedes cars Mopars too? I hope NOT. Soon we will see ads like this on ebay: "Hot Mopar - 450SL.
There is only one Mopar! A very separate AMC. And both made great but separate cars. :nono:
Stop the nonsense!
I would agree with everything you said, except the last statement. AMC is responsible for the Gremlin and Pacer.
If you are trying to start a discussion, you are in the wrong place,
You should have posted in the lounge or the dump. I don`t think you will get any argument on what you posted.:nono:
witch kinda makes me think ive seen several Dodges made by Mitsubishi, so is it posible that people are getting the impression that Dodge, Mitsubishi, and AMC are related?
i guess they can also think that since Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge are basically the same company now, they just assume its was the same all along.
there is a lot of confusion with AMC and mopar.. yes they are 2 seperate companys, in no way related, but they are allowed at some Mopar events, which is where some of that comes from, I think.. beyond using Mopar Torqueflite transmissions 1972- when they stopped making RWD cars there is nothing relating the 2 except when Mopar bought AMC for the Jeep line... but Jeep, bought by AMC in 1970 used Chevy T-400 transmissions 1974 until 1979, but we don't assocaite Jeeps as Chevys..
AMC did make the Eagle, made in 2dr, 4dr, sedans, wagons and a hatchback SX/4 model from 1980 ( I think )-1987.. but they were in no way responsible for The Eagle brand that mopar had... they were associated with Renault tho
Just be glad you don't own an International.
God only knows where they "belong".
Just imagin an AMC car show..........
Lucky to have a "Runner up" for the trophy. :drunk:
I dig AMC's so don't get me wrong,but they deffinetly had their own gig.
I don't consider them Mopars as well as M's but if they want to show up and compete,let the best car win. Anybody who puts the time and effort into a great car deserves the spot. :thumbup:
Well if AMC's are Mopars, then I suppose you could say Maserati's are, too... :rolleyes:
No...AMCs are not MOPARS...........But one thing is for sure....They were better than MOPARS.....in my opinion anyways........... :thumbup:
Besides this thread being from '03 w/another life given to it in '08 and now 4 years later it rears its ugly head once again- your post has about as much usefulness/relevance as the proverbial teats on a boar.
One poster was right, this belongs in the lounge, not the body forum. I dont think it was a real serious discussion to start with......
AMC made cars that were different, as did Studebaker and a few others.....Part of the reason they arent around anymore.....shame
Can a Spirit RT be a MOPAR as in the OP's screen name? I hope not.... well maybe but just barely.:spank:
LOL, I am an outcast even to the AMC crowd because I drive a Rambler! LOL:D
I know one thing, these days, today, 8-1-2012 the lines between companies, all auto makers is so friggin gray it's crazy! I received some parts yesterday for a Suzuki sedan and the bumper was wrapped in a very proudly labeled "Genuine GM parts"! LOL, With Chrysler owning Mercedes, and Ford owning Jaguar, come on it's a different world.
Personally, in my world AMC is AMC and not Mopar.
Oh, most car companies are "related". AMC has more Mopar relation than you think! For one, Walter P. Chrysler used to work for Charles Nash (founder of Nash, which later bought out Hudson to form AMC). Chrysler's first automotive job was working for Nash when Nash was president of Buick in 1911. Nash resigned when Durant got control of GM again, as Nash didn't like the way Durant ran things. Nash bought the Thomas B. Jeffery company (who made the first Ramblers) and formed Nash Motors in 1916. Chrysler stayed on to run Buick through 1919. Chrysler Corporation was formed in 1925.
Charles Nash kept in touch with Walter Chrysler over the years, and they obviously still held each other in high regard. When Nash decided to retire in 1936, he asked Chrysler for a recommendation for his successor. Chrysler suggested George Mason, who was running Kelvinator at the time. Mason was interested, but didn't want to leave Kelvinator. Apparently Nash was impressed, and trusted Chrysler. He simply bought Kelvinator and merged the two companies in order to get Mason!
Could you see one of the Ford execs advising GM on who should take over??
AMC was bought by RENAULT before Iaccoca bought it for chrysler.
pretty ironic.
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Re: BE THE LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd vote for it, but the cut-off point really kills the design. Sorry :\
Ha Ha! Love it! GMV
Re: I've Got Heart...plus some other stuff
why is the heart in the center?
Re: ...and then I was like BOOO!
Spaceballs! F yeah!
hmmxkrazee wrote:Great design tgentry.. as always..
And who are you fHalcyon? Are you eHalcyon? A wannabe? I'm confused.
f is not me. Someone along the lines of the Adder impersonator, I guess. There's also a cHalcyon out there. I don't know why people would want to use my name, but it's an honour, sort of.
I really like this Mr. Gentry. The only thing that could make this better would be a golden goose in his arms. You've gmv anyway though. I'm still undecided but I've been waiting for my first olive tee...
Re: Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum!
shading is fantastic! well done.
Re: Human Black Hole
Human Black Hole
reparoby wrote:it's fabulous
Truly, this is an awesome shirt. Perfect for Halloween AND Christmas.
I love this design. I think it works as a costume (and I got the concept right away, even without the title), but you could also wear it just as a cool shirt. I don't particularly love the idea of "holiday" designs that I can only wear once a year, and I would totally wear this shirt on a normal day. Great work, tgentry!
wow, i've never seen a hand coming out of a shirt before. this is totally original!
jewelwing wrote:
I can just imagine a guy wearing this and someone is like "why aren't you wearing a costume?" and he pulls a set of hands out of his pocket, sticks them on his nose and is like "what now?"
ROFL!! I was going to vote anyway - the mouse on the pendulum got me! But this explanation just finishes selling it! Heheh.
Re: I'm a classic payphone
If it were classic, it would have a rotary dial.
taylormorgan wrote:Not responsible for people grabbing and violently shaking you.
Hehehehehe, Cute, original design
jewelwing wrote:Thanks for the nice comments everyone. This clock is one of my favorite things. I got it from my grandparents and they had it forever before that. Then once the drawing was done I thought a little mouse would be a nice touch.
I can just imagine a guy wearing this and someone is like "why aren't you wearing a costume?" and he pulls a set of hands out of his pocket, sticks them on his nose and is like "what now?"
What, like human hands? That would be scary.
Great idea, great design. That's a pretty wonderful mouse.
Re: PRESS MY BUTTONS
Yet another shirt that would look better on silver... ::Giant Exhale::
Re: Caring Bear
Be a caring bear for Halloween. If you don't remember, the blue one was the coolest.
hhhaaa hhaa blast from the past! Great job!
Re: Water
Reminds me of an Adam shirt! If it was a few inches over!
shutts67 wrote:Yet another shirt that would look better on silver... ::Giant Exhale::
Yeah, this is going to look orbs on heather gray. Good thing wooters don't think!
Stay the course, wooters! You are on your way to yet another victory over well-conceived artistry!
poohyuki wrote:Completely from The Office, but hell, I'm voting anyway.
Hope this doesn't get rejected! D:
What??? No Necktie???
Yeah, I love big tuna too... :c)
Re: I Am Phelps
Good job. I tried to make almost this same shirt and gave up. Also smart move with the three rings, apparently any combination of five rings is copyrighted. Olympic jerk lawyers.
Re: Fresh from the Shower
I should probably get in the shower after trying for hours to figure out how you guys do this every week.
Ok, so I'm very new at this and I would appreciate any constructive criticism. I'd really like to learn how to do this the right way. I know my first problem is I don't have the proper software and I will work that out within the next week or so. If there is a site that anyone knows of that could give me some direction, I would love that.
Thanks in advance,
Re: Stars Upon Thars
I designed this shirt based on the great Dr. Seuss poem, "The Sneetches."
To quote:
Now the Star-bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-bellied Sneetches had none upon thars.
The stars weren't so big; they were really quite small.
You would think such a thing wouldn't matter at all.
I'm not sure this is "incidental" text. This is more like "central theme" text.
Anyway, I'm not one to tattle -- I don't think there should be ANY restrictions, EVER, as I have mentioned in the forums.
Awsome sketchy style (as always ;-)
lexingtondk wrote:My girlfriend wants one. GMV
I think it's pouch shadow. And I love this one!
i just cant stop thinking about the HUGE ammount of ink right where it wont uh "fit well" over a woman.
i feel kinda like derek and gentry that its strangely endearing, but ive a nagging suspicion it will be rejected anyway.
this could only be better if not restricted by woots printing rules.
so many of these designs are made l ame by not being able to print around the neck
This is adorable. It's too bad woot can't print right below the collar, because a little bow tie would absolutely put this over the top.
Shigwarm wrote:Be a caring bear for Halloween. If you don't remember, the blue one was the coolest.
I would buy it!
Re: UniPWNed
llo. Awesome.
whateva wrote:I should probably get in the shower after trying for hours to figure out how you guys do this every week.
Ok, so I'm very new at this and I would appreciate any constructive criticism. I'd really like to learn how to do this the right way. I know my first problem is I don't have the proper software and I will work that out within the next week or so. If there is a site that anyone knows of that could give me some direction, I would love that.
Thanks in advance,
I like your idea, but it's gonna get rejected for being outside the printable area. I'm sort of new here, too, and I don't know exactly how close you can get to the edges of the shirt, but I think you're safe if you imagine about 2 1/2 inches from the sides, bottom, and bottom of collar. Your maximum area is 16"x20", so you can hold a ruler up to an actual t-shirt to get an idea of your printable area.
Also, your 600x600 shirt comp is supposed to be the one that shows the image on a t-shirt outline. I think you got it swapped with the 240x240 design detail.
As for software, Inkscape and Gimp are both freeware and perfectly adequate for doing designs. You can google them to find the download sites right away. The forums for those programs have lots of tutorials on how to use them.
This is only my third week doing this, so I haven't settled into a regular process yet. I started by drawing my design on paper, then scanning it, then tracing it with my drawing tablet in Gimp. Now I just sketch it on the computer with the tablet from the beginning. It's much easier to shift a digital drawing around to get the layout you want before tracing over it in neat lines.
I use the caligraphy tool in Inkscape to do my drawing and coloring, because I have a dated computer, and Inkscape runs much faster than Gimp at high resolutions. As a last step, I use Gimp to do detailed touch-up and separate the colors into layers.
To help jog your memory...
thanks for all the info. I guess I didn't read all of the submission information. Okay I'll take all those things into consideration for one of the upcoming derbies.
I have a tablet and I have dogwaffle software. I'm just learning how to use it. I'll probably have to try a few different apps before I decide what I am comfortable using.
Thanks again,
Re: Sorry I'm Late ...
Love it, you have my vote!
Re: Pirate Spokesman
After reading about the Somali pirate spokesman speaking with the AP, I thought, "Wow! I never knew that was a job!" I don't think that is an option on high school career placement tests, but now everyone can be an "official pirate spokesman".
Add an eyepatch and a bandana if you want to go all out on Halloween!
Re: THUG LiFE
Re: may the force be with me
awesome shirt, GMV. picture could use some anti-aliasing, though (or higher res.)
Re: Welcome to the Digital world
oh, i love it! reminds me of the '8 bit tie' at thinkgeek.com
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My 5 month old female came up lame 3 days ago. Quite suddenly she was unable to put weight on the left hind, and kept crying out. We immediately went to our vet. He seemed to think it was either an acute injury or pano. I had been with her constantly and saw no injury. She had eaten, so he scheduled her to be sedated for,xrays this coming Tuesday, and gave us some rimadyl. It has been three days, and she has had no improvement. She will just lay on her bed. She goes out, but that's it. Just doesn't want to walk. Rimadyl does not seem to be helping. I am worried it is HD. But she showed no signs of it prior to this. However, she would bunny hop stairs, but 3 at a time. My question is: Does this sound like Pano? Is there something else I can do to help her? Should I apply heat or cold? Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
Riley had pano, He never cried out in pain from it. He just limped a lot. By about 9 1/2 months it seemed to be clearing up.....
Kaleb has pano. He started limping about 5 1/2 to 6 months old. He never cried out n pain from it, but sometimes he really hobbled around. Especially when it was in his front and hind leg at the same time. He is 10 months old now and walking much better.
Both the dogs still wanted to play with the pano. I did not encourage it though.
Maybe your dog pulled something. The xrays will show if it is pano. It looks kind of fuzzy/blurry. Riley was xrayed for it. Kaleb was not. The breeder saw him walking and said it was definitely pano. Having dealt with pano with Riley I thought it was too.
it's best to have her X-rayed to rule out other issues. DDog (5 months old) has Pano and I was glad that I had him X-rayed. It is not fun for him to be limping off and on but alt least I know he will be OK in a few months.
I take him for short walks on soft soil and basically outside let him exercise on his terms.
Thank you! Tuesday isn't going to come soon enough! It's just sad. My kids are running around playing, she wants so badly to be a part of the action, yet she just stays put.
Did your vet inform you on the side effects of Rimadyl for your puppy?:confused:
Quote: There is much controversy about the use of NSAIDs, such as Rimadyl (carprofen), Etogesic (etodolac), Deramaxx (deracoxib), Metacam (meloxicam), and aspirin. This is due to their potential for harmful side effects, which include not only gastric ulceration but also liver and kidney failure, leading to death in some cases, sometimes after only one or two doses.
Anecdotal reports indicate that Rimadyl and Deramaxx appear more likely to cause serious problems when first started than other NSAIDs. Be particularly watchful if you use either of these drugs. Un-quote.
From Rimadyl Label: What are the possible side effects that may occur in
my dog during Rimadyl therapy?
Rimadyl, like other drugs, may cause some side effects.
Serious but rare side effects have been reported in dogs
taking NSAIDs, including Rimadyl. Serious side effects can
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The most common NSAID-related side effects generally
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Decrease or increase in appetite
Change in bowel movements (such as diarrhea, or black,
tarry or bloody stools)
Change in behavior (such as decreased or increased
activity level, in-coordination, seizure or aggression)
Yellowing of gums, skin, or whites of the eyes (jaundice)
Change in drinking habits (frequency, amount
Change in urination habits (frequency, color, or smell)
Change in skin (redness, scabs, or scratching)
It is important to stop therapy and contact your veterinarian
immediately if you think your dog has a medical problem or
side effect from Rimadyl therapy.
Here is a Homeopthic combination remedy that is helping many dogs with lameness.
TRAUMEEL: Inflammation of muscles, bone, soft tissue, tendon, ligaments, nerves. Your local health food store may carry this or the net:
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If it turns out to be Pano, there is an herbal combination that can help.
I am using this herbal solution from Natural Rearing (.com) along with 500 mg Vit. C twice a day. According to the vet, his case is mild which is wasn't before I started him on these herbals and Vit. C.
It is very frustrating to see them in pain but I kinda watch how bad it is before I give him any pain meds to limit the exposure to this nasty stuff. So far he hasn't had any meds after the herbs and C but is still limping slightly. Good luck to your puppy. You'll know more after the X-rays
Need Help. Fast.
I just got back from the vet. I am in shock. It wasn't Pano. It is severe hip dysplasia. The left hip joint is so bad it won't stay in the socket. I have been referred to a surgeon. I live in the chicagoland area. My dr. Has recommended dr. Claude Gendreu at Buffalo Veterinary Specialists. They feel she will need a femoral head osteotomy right away. Can anyone help? Anyone know his doctor, or any others in my area. Has anyone's puppy had an FHO?
so, so sorry to read this. I wonder if contacting Purdue vet school may be an option. I've heard great things about them and their treatment. https://www.vet.purdue.edu/
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I've driven through Marquette a million times and spent tons of time in the UP, but have barely spent any time IN Marquette. My wife and I are headed to the UP next week and spending 2 days or so in Marquette. I'd love some good suggestions of things to do and see there(hiking, sightseeing, downtown shops, etc) and good restaurants, bars, and microbreweries. I've heard of the basics like Presque Isle but am open to other suggestions and more specific things to see. Suggestions for decent hotels for good prices would help too. Not looking for anything super fancy, but don't want crap either.
I don't really need other UP suggestions, I know the rest of the area pretty well, just looking for ideas around Marquette. We're spending a couple days in the Keweenaw area too, which is where I went to college.
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Color tour
Copper Harbor/Brockway Mountain/M26 lakeshore
Canyon Falls
Houghton bars and restaurants(Library, Downtowner, Ambassador, Keweenaw Brewing Co., and maybe I'll even take my wife to Uphill 41 for quarters on Thursday for the trashiest experience of her life)
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Jump off black rocks into Lake Superior on Presque Isle.
Then grab a beer at blackrocks microbrewery http://www.blackrocksbrewery.com/beer.html
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|September 27th, 2013, 01:30 AM
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The Vierling is a good brew pub with a slightly odd menu but the food is good. The Cajun chicken is great. It's on Front St.
Vango's on 3rd St. has great food.
Climb Sugarloaf Mountain for a great view. It is a pretty good hike though.
Marquette Royals Jr. hockey is new in town. They play at the old Lakeview Arena.
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Find a Michigan atlas & gazetteer. Cruise around looking for County roads that lead to rivers/ waterfalls. They have some amazing two track "roads" around there. It's been a few years but it seems like we were West of town.
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Do the jet boat pictured rocks tour in Munising (I know its not Marquette but its just down the road and you mentioned pictured rocks). It's sweet jumping the slow boats wake while everybody on those boats watches in jealousy!!
|September 27th, 2013, 07:00 AM
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Also like this restaurant/bar on the harbor if it's just adults: L'attitude
Portside Inn and TOGOs are also local favorites.
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|September 27th, 2013, 07:05 AM
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*Casa Calabria is a good nicer restaurant.
*Border Grille has a couple of locations and I really like the burritos, tacos, nachos, quesadillas, etc. I like most of their menu
*Vengo's has good bar food
*Vierling has good beer
*Blackrocks brewery is a new brewery in town they keep expanding so the college kids must really like their beer.
*Portside has best breadsticks in town, decent pizza, good menu
*Wooden Nickel (if its still open is a great dive bar)
*Remmies is also a good dive bar
*Flanigans is a good irish pub (if its still there across the street from the Ramada on washington)
*Dead river falls (wright street to forestvill road park by the powerplant) You can hike, cliff jump, swim
*Sugarloaf 550 just north of town, short 10-15 minute hike, nice views of town, has some stairs and such to help you to the top, not real "rugged"
* Hogsback - 550 Just north of sugarloaf and acrossed the street, taller than sugarloaf more "rugged" hike, no stairs, less people, awesome views 40-45 minute hike to the top (Unless you come in from the back but that can be tricky and easy to get lost)
*Wetmore Beach (across the street from Hogsback just north of sugarloaf) cool little beach sandwiched in between some rocky shorelines
* Little Presque Island - Just north of Wetmore Beach/Sugarloaf off 550, has a cool beach and a really cool little island you can explore, the island is 100 yards off shore and you can wade out to it across the rocks, follow the right path and its never more than thigh deep, follow the wrong path and it can tickle your nipples.
There is a trail system that you can follow that can get you from Sugarloaf to Wetmore to Lil Presque, actually it all connects to harlowe lake to bareback to wetmore pond and hogsback, I don't know if there are maps or anything, but if you or someone you are with knows the area the trail network is not too hard to follow.
*Morgan Falls - Out near the ski hill, just before the ski hill turn right onto the snowmobile trail, the river will be on your left, just start hiking pretty much anywhere and head up river, its not too far
*Mt. Marquette - One way road in off of 41, start in near the hotel at the mouth of the carp river between harvey and marquette, drive to the top cool views of the city, it's a snowmobile trail in the winter and will spit you out at the trail that leads to morgan falls, make a right on the paved road and you'll head right back to town.
*Palmer - Big ass Iron Ore mine, across the street is a seasonal road that you can follow back to a huge ass bluff where we used to do a lot of rock climbing, you also get a pretty nice view from there.
Everything but the bluff in palmer I mentioned is accessible by a honda civic.
I always like to take a drive down Lakshore drive starting right off 41 as I enter into town all the way to presque isle park, I think the ore docks are cool and there's always at least one girl almost as cute as our wives out running you can catch a glimpse of.
If you're looking for anything else that is a bit farther from town or not as easy to find shoot me a PM and/or give me a call.
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there are like 20-something falls up in the keweenau. I enjoyed touring the peninsula for a day and checking some out.
there is also a series of books called strange michigan, or something of that nature, that had a lot of interesting spots. You had to weed out the joke spots though.
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If you are into history and learning stuff, there is a small Mining museum just west of Neguanee which is just west of Marquette. Some days they do historical reenactments and fire an old cannon.
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The others will require at least a little bit of a hike.
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If ya take a short ride north Big Bay has some cool historic stuff. Hit Sugar loaf or Hogsback for hiking. The back of Mqt. Mountain gives pretty sights of all of Mqt. I would for sure checck out Vango's, try their waffle frys. (Very Good) homemade ranch dip. Good pizza too. Upfront is another good place to check ou for food and entertainment. (Good bands) (Good food) . Ishpeming has a cool ski museum.
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You should look online at the mountain bike knee pads that double as a special knee brace
They are $$$$$$$ but apparently they have helped a lot of people, it only allows your knee to pivot the proper way.
Look on www.Hucknroll.com
EDIT: hucknroll merged with competitive cyclists
Just type in hucknroll and go to competitive cycle hucknroll side of the website
Originally Posted by gjsnowboarder View Post
Bummer man, that sure sucks!!! I'm sure he told you this, but be carefull getting air born, especially with flat landings. I do know that you can ride with a blown out ACL and torn miniscus, I did it for a little over a month. Definitely try to get get an upgrade brace that will help out both the miniscus and ACL. If anything the Miniscus is the most worriesome part to damage further. They can't exactly replace those. I would probably look at a lot of swimming and low impact exercises like biking. Did he give you a list pre-hab exercises? I know that with my first knee surgery I did a month of pre-hab prior to the surgery to try and lessen the impact of immobility after the surgery.
Good news was that arthritis did not appear bad in my knee (he expected worse) so i'll take that. I have a prehab worksheet from them and a buddy that is a PT. I have asked him to put together a routine for me. Will definitely try and keep up with biking.
Edit: Interestingly.. just reading up on things, it sounds like it is not that uncommon to not feel pain when you "re-tear" a graft since the nerves aren't really there, guess that could be why I never noticed anything outside my knee just not feeling right and the pain likely coming form my meniscus issue.
My MD was actually pretty funny.. before he told me the bad news, he said, let me ask you this, If I said we are heading to Whistler tomorrow, are you coming with me given how your knee feels? I said 100% in.. he just laughed.
Air to flat is definitely a no no for me.. thing is, I have a feeling I may have already put in 2 seasons with this because that has been an issue. Anything close to a flat landing and I was in pain. I can hit natural features, rollers, lips... but forget about steep angle take offs as well.
And I guess the other positive note is that it will be a cadaver replacement versus my original patella style.. so I won't have that trauma to deal with on top of the ligament repair.
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Well.... we are getting a little bit of snow here in the northeast, especially in northwest jersey where my commute began this morning. So while that is great news, my meeting with my Ortho yesterday as a follow-up to my MRI was not so hot. He is 95% certain that my ACL is torn, or that my old graft is basically shot and just hanging on... oh and my meniscus is torn as well (which is what I expected).
Since there is no single event that happened which I can recall this re-tear of my ACL, he told me if I wanted to try and ride this winter and schedule the surgery for April to give it a shot. I was on a surf trip at the beginning of the month, just rode 15 miles on my mt bike Saturday so he thinks its about pain management and that if I feel something get noticeably worse, call it quits and head in for the surgery early.
Going to see if I can upgrade my brace (with some insurance $$) and going to get into a good routine with some ball/balance exercises and give the season a whirl.
Well.... we are getting a little bit of snow here in the northeast, especially in northwest jersey where my commute began this morning. So while that is great news, my meeting with my Ortho yesterday as a follow-up to my MRI was not so hot. He is 95% certain that my ACL is torn, or that my old graft is basically shot and just hanging on... oh and my meniscus is torn as well (which is what I expected).
Since there is no single event that happened which I can recall this re-tear of my ACL, he told me if I wanted to try and ride this winter and schedule the surgery for April to give it a shot. I was on a surf trip at the beginning of the month, just rode 15 miles on my mt bike Saturday so he thinks its about pain management and that if I feel something get noticeably worse, call it quits and head in for the surgery early.
Going to see if I can upgrade my brace (with some insurance $$) and going to get into a good routine with some ball/balance exercises and give the season a whirl.
My Knees are thrashed due to Basketball and Construction work.. I do high reps with light weights, wall sits, and anything else I can do to improve my leg strength. It really seems to help!
I tore my ACL/MCL as well, I have a lot of discomfort when I leave the gym out my daily routine for months on end...
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This thread is twofold, one for anyone who might have knee issues - why not create a thread for a common snowboard injury - and two -for myself.
The inside of my right knee is a little tender/sore. This is mostly me being paranoid, but do I have anything to worry about? The tenderness is on the inside - if you were to sit down, knees at 90 degree angles, and feel that "ball" of cartilage on the inside of you right knee...thats whats sore for me. It hurts if I press on it, especially lower towards the back of the knee. I can walk on it fine.
Within the last couple of months I started lifting hard, something which I have not done in many years. I'm athletic and so wasn't too worried about ramping up to a fairly intensive core/strength routine to get ready for the season. I started out the first couple weeks with lifting smaller weight, and got into REALLY pushing myself the last two weeks, up until now. I've also been hiking and playing soccer the last two weeks, mixed in with lifting (squats, lunges, jump-rope).
So, should I be worried? I'm guessing I should just rest it and chalk it up to a tendon strain, although I know the MCL is on the inside of the knee too.
Do any of you ride with a knee brace?
Thoughts/advice are appreciated. I'm banking on hitting the doctor for a physical sometime soon anyways, so maybe that will help?
Turns out my quads were super tight and thick and too strong compared to my hamstrings. A tight quad and/or IT band will literally pull on your kneecap and cause it not to track properly in the groove of your knee.
You should get a foam roller (they are cheap at Walmart) and start rolling like this. I've even saw some pro riders using the foam roller in a one of those pre-ride timelapse skits in a snowboarding video (might have even been Travis Rice's Art of Flight...)
Also stretch out your quad... I found the resistance stretching technique, which was used by 42-year old Olympic swimmer Dara Torres to be really effective. I know this guy seems a bit... frou-frou, but trust me... this stretch really works better than the standard quad stretch
|Knee probs from soccer here as well. I'm a fairly active/athletic person and have all but stopped doing heavy squats. Now on leg days I do high rep squats using a bosu ball standing on the platform side. I normally hold a 30-40lb dumbell under my chin for 30 reps. For heavier weight I only do sumo front squats. For some reason front squats feel much better on my knees and the duck/sumo position of my feet when squating feels much more natural to me. I never load up more than 200lbs.
Go see a sports Chiro with a CCSP diplomate. There's a reason why these guys take a leading role at the Olympics, because they know their shit.
Everyone's advice is great and all but it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
First of all going balls to the wall training in something you haven't done for awhile or something new can and will always increase your chances of injury. So remember to always ease into things.
Giving advice without seeing the person in patient is near impossible. There are 10 more questions that someone would want to ask before they should even consider giving an opinion. First of all we don't even know his/her age. There's a big difference between someone 20 vs someone 50.
When you say inside of your knee, that could be like 5 different spots which all have different mechanisms of injury, and treatment plans. Keep in mind that one treatment plan will most likely aggravate the area more if it's not the right one.
Go see someone now before it gets worse, and dont take some half ass answer from some schmuck, be informed and investigate the doctor before you see them. MRIs are often warranted for knee problems.
Go see someone now.
You definitely need to take some time out to rest it. Unfortunately knees are one of those things that take a long time to heal.
I just got over a case of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome caused by running too much without training my supporting muscles.
It took about 3 weeks for the pain to go and that's with me doing as little as possible with my knee. No walks longer than 15 mins and lots of stretching and strengthening exercises.
A physiotherapist will help a lot, my Doctor just told me to stop running. My physio gave me more practical advice and a programme of exercises.
|You need to rest or you will not recover. I'd see a specialist. How often were you "pushing yourself" in the gym. What were your recovery times? Your knees take a lot of stress, especially when lifting. Soccer is also a big killer for knees. Not to say its the same issue, but the back of my knee used to hurt if i tried to squat low (mainly in the winter when it was cold). Sucked trying to strap into my board or get up from the ground. With a lot of stretching and correct leg workout at the gym and taking Orange Triad (good multi and joint sup) I haven't had the problem come back as its gotten colder again. I can prove that taking a joint sup helped, but more towards strengthening my legs correctly. Just because you beat your ass up at the gym, doesn't mean your body can handle it.. Go see a doc man, especially if your knee hasn't changed in a week with rest... Could be multiple things.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Expanding the World of Your Novel
In our day and age, a writer's work is never done, even—make that especially—once you've finished writing.
When my first novel came out in 2003, it was my impression (accurate or not I can't say) that many books and authors did not yet have websites, much less websites of depth beyond a cover image, summary and an order link. That's changed. In fact, now you might feel you have to be push your resources to earn reader's attention with extras, because we're all trying.
How do you most effectively expand your universe beyond the borders of your book covers? It's about looking for ways to capture the mood of your book in a creative entity separate from and complementing your book and to do it in ways that don't require an unrealistic amount of work from your reader.
A scavenger hunt might be fun and creative, but is probably asking too much.
Keeping Things Fresh
Since my newest novel, The Technologists, out February 21, is noticeably different than my previous ones in at least one way (in that it trades literary history for technological history as its story source), I wanted to freshen up my approaches to exploring the book's outer "universe."
First, I decided to do a book trailer. Of course, this is common now. Again, sometimes that makes it harder because the novelty has worn off and conventions calcify. Besides, I had no previous experience with one and wasn't even sure where to begin. My vision became clearer through a strange happenstance that connected back to my first book.
While searching for something else online related to The Dante Club, I came upon an "opening credit" sequence a college student had done for my book as a class assignment. Much to my surprise, I was blown away! (You can see it here.) It also gave me a much better idea of what I'd want for a trailer of The Technologists. I contacted the creator of the short video, talented motion designer Jessi Esparza, and after agreeing to work together a few months later we have this finished trailer:
We used photographs from the nineteenth century including from those early days at MIT where the novel takes place to make it authentic as well as fun.
Of course, if you're trying to appeal to readers you might want to give them something to read. For The Dante Club, I included "lost chapters" on my website. Some readers (and me) have their fill of violence with what's in The Dante Club's published version, but others have a higher tolerance and I send them to that page on my site to read the scenes of murders I had cut out.
I carried over the idea of additional chapters in similar ways for my second and third novels in the form of "Secret Chapters" (chapters that take place between two specified chapters in the finished novel) and "Extra Chapters" (a standalone story set simultaneous with the events of the novel) for The Poe Shadow and The Last Dickens, respectively. These were all web only treats on my own sites, but my publisher also reprinted one of the "Secret Chapters" at the end of the paperback of The Poe Shadow, so sometimes your expansions sneak back into your book.
Putting Your Characters to Work
One problem: those extra chapters for my first three novels would interest those who already read the novel. Looking to avoid that limitation, this time I decided to do something a little different. I wrote a prequel to The Technologists that could stand on its own two feet but also lead a reader of that prequel to be interested in the novel by carrying over its mood and style.
The result: a novella called "The Professor's Assassin" set twenty-eight years before The Technologists. This my publisher has made available for download at the usual places for only 99 cents (when writing "99 cents" I find you also must write "only"). Why not make it free?, I asked my publisher. I'm told that many people are less interested if it's free than if there's a small charge! I'll leave the logic behind that to the (micro?) economists.
In addition to this novella, I wrote a few other prequelly shorter stories, set a few years before the novel begins, available for free at my website (which I guess makes them less interesting), each one tracing a bit of how the characters got to where they are by page 1 of the book.
With a variety of approaches and styles, universe expansion for a book hinges more than anything on two things: the ideas, obviously, but especially the willingness of the author. You might be surprised how often I encounter authors who resent any work on behalf of a book outside the writing of the book.
That Elusive Balance
Make no mistake about it, all the extras that go into the expanded world of a book require work. Sometimes even simple things, like composing suggested topics for book clubs, require a fair amount of hand wringing, and other side projects that sound so innocuous—writing an article tied to the topics covered in your book, for instance—can end up momentous tasks without very concrete results.
Even when the hard labor is shifted away from you toward other capable hands—as with a book trailer or website design, if you're not doing it yourself—there's a fair amount of working hours involved overseeing and directing the process.
The reluctance to commit oneself to such extras is understandable. So much work goes into writing a book, and there's likely an intimidating amount of work awaiting you elsewhere assuming there's another book you're supposed to write. Writing a novella, spearheading a book trailer, getting a website together, all can be enjoyable. And grueling.
Personally, I find finite non-book projects a welcome break from the long, exhausting, monomaniacal marathon of novel writing. And of course, it's all ostensibly to the benefit of the book to enhance the experience of the reader. But I can relate to the feeling that a full plate is being piled to overflow.
How do you contribute more and more to the external life of your book without taking away from your writing? This dilemma will continue to be the writer's burden—and blessing—as avenues for exploring and promoting continue to increase away from the printed page.
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- Mr. D said...
Making scenes available to readers that you cut out is a cool idea. Reminds me of those DVDs that contain edited scenes from movies.
- February 7, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Rashad Pharaon said...
Love the idea of secret chapters. Adds resonance, a final echo. As for contributing to the external life of a novel, I don't particularly view this outside work as tedious. Half an hour here and there snowballs into considerable results. Rather than setting specific times to do it, like you would for writing a novel, maybe you should throw yourself on a sofa with your laptop (don't try this with a desktop) and enjoy it! Thank you for sharing your post,
- February 7, 2012 at 10:46 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Great stuff! I think the time to innovate in literature is certainly here. Even if you don't have skills as an illustrator or game designer, there are plenty of ways to get creative with storytelling.
- February 7, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Stacy Beauregard said...
Rashad it's not so easily done for those of us who put the P in proscratination.
- February 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Matthew Pearl said...
Stacy, I fit that category too. I think "extras" can also be a productive (?) way to procrastinate from your other work!
- February 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- Bryan Russell said...
I'm going to offer free donuts. I mean, who doesn't like donuts?
- February 7, 2012 at 11:42 AM
- phyllis sweetwater said...
This is great advice. Sometimes I write my extras at the same time as the novel (if time permits) to give myself a breather and it helps solidify my novel. I'll write a scene in another perspective, a parallel universe, or completely out of context just to get to know him better. There are many books that stick in my head because I just want to read a little bit more.
- February 7, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Matthew Pearl said...
Bryan, donuts are a good idea and less work than a short story. Actually, you might be surprised by how many contests are unlawful because they would be considered lotteries! Book related contests would be a good post for this blog, actually, by someone who knows more, if Nathan hasn't already done it.
- February 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Bryan Russell said...
Plus, you can have jelly filling in donuts. Much harder to squeeze jelly into a short story. Especially a digital short story.
- February 7, 2012 at 1:45 PM
- Cossette said...
Thank you for this post! Those are a lot of good ideas, and frankly they sound like fun to me. I would much rather be expanding the world of my book than pounding on doors trying to market it cold turkey. Since I write fantasy, I have to do a lot of background writing which won't be in the novel just to build the world on a solid framework so I don't contradict myself. Using that to help build the external life of the book would be relatively easy.
- February 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- Mira said...
I love your trailer. Gave me the shivers, but there wasn't actually anything scary in it.
Nice job.
Great post. The idea of a prequel is a good one, and I liked following your thinking about how you arrived at that idea: what might work, what might reach readers, etc.
I also really love the creativity of this. There's the social networking and promotion aspect, but these are also new ways to creatively play with story and character. It will be so interesting to see where this all goes.
In the future, a novel may have a different form than it does now.
Thanks - interesting topic.
- February 7, 2012 at 3:14 PM
- Emma Cunningham said...
The first thing I always advise authors is to put bonus content on their website. It's probably the number one reason fans visit the same author page again and again. They miss the characters once the book is over!
- February 7, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
Great post! I'm not much for book trailers in general, but I love when extra content is available: extra chapters or novellas, alternate viewpoints, character discussions, soundtracks, and so on. Oddly enough, it's one of the things I most want to do when/if I'm published someday! And it's something that keeps me going back for more as a reader, so obviously it's effective.
- February 7, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- wendy said...
Thanks for these helpful tips, Matthew. I love doing the 'extras' and have a website and a trailer for my unpublished masterpiece. Speaking of which, loved your trailer - very compelling and so professionally done.
- February 7, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- PPC Meso said...
Thanks for letting me know about "Book trailers". I had not heard of them before and it was a real "head slapping" moment for me. "Of course!!!"
If I ever write a book I will have to make at least one and maybe several versions. One official, one by a "fan", one parody, one highly critical with extended crazed ranting, and one that also has a ho-hum review.
And I think writers should think about getting a web site and domain name BEFORE their book is done. It will help motivate you to finish the dang thing and web sites that are older tend to get more traffic. But that is a whole other topic for discussion.
- February 7, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Natalie said...
Great ideas. Now I know what to do with 40 pages I cut - make it into a novella/bonus content. Interesting ideas here for how to add to the reader's experience. Thanks for this post
- February 7, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Andrea Wenger said...
Why do readers prefer paying $0.99 to getting something for free? Because if you don't value your work, why should they?
- February 7, 2012 at 9:45 PM
- Robena Grant said...
I'm not a big fan of trailers, but I love the extra chapters, or the scenes that end up on the cutting room floor. Those fascinate me.
Excellent topic and advice. Thanks.
- February 7, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- Neurotic Workaholic said...
This is all great advice. I like the idea of secret chapters. I especially like the idea of prequels, because they give the readers a better sense of where the story is coming from. And if you've already written the original novel, in a sense it gives you a framework for the prequel.
I have been wondering about what to do with all the "extras"; I have several pages of random lines and scenes that I cut from my manuscripts, because I couldn't bear to just delete them forever.
- February 8, 2012 at 1:14 AM
- Susie said...
This was such an interesting post, thank you. I am going to add some of my best deleted scenes to my website (once the book is out though, after all, they were deleted for a reason!) I did already post my preface, which I learned from this very site was a good thing to cut from my book! :-)
And congrats on your success!
- February 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM


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