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Shrug

18:32 / 19.07.05

or
http://cisternpop11.blogspot.com/

P. Horus Rhacoid

18:40 / 19.07.05

Okay, I'm a) very tired and b) a moron. Typed the url wrong, then put in a request to mod it, rather than simply reposting it as it should be, as in:

yorickpop11.blogspot.com

Apologies to the mods for heaping unnecessary work on them.

paranoidwriter waves hello

23:21 / 19.07.05

The first step is to register a blog at blogspot.com ...

Roger willco. About to commence orders. Will report back once I'm in position for phase two... Over and Out.

paranoidwriter waves hello

01:28 / 20.07.05

p.w has completed Phase 1: I followed orders and managed to infiltrate the system. I was captured for a while and mentally abused, tortured, humiliated by their technology. But I showed 'em. Bastards. Gave them a new smile. From ear to ear.....I can still hear them, laughing....

Ready for phase 2.

Evil Scientist

08:23 / 20.07.05

Deep Cover Operative E. Scientist reports problems connecting with blogspot from his filthy corporate workplace, suspects the company internet filters are to blame. Will sort it out when he gets back to his safe house tonight.

Also suggests we avoid implementing a Phase 4, (I watched CSI last night and now get itchy thinking about ants taking over...)

...and being buried alive.

Withiel: DALI'S ROTTWEILER

08:52 / 20.07.05

pop11: Withiel is up and running. I think.

Would it be necessary to set up some nifty blogring code that would enable people to scroll through the blogs? I'm happy to host a summary page on my webspace as well, if that's an easier solution.

Also, how short is short fiction: 300word microfiction-type pieces or proper short stories with a plot and everything? Or can it be both?

autran

09:14 / 20.07.05

Done: http://autranpop11.blogspot.com Let the writing commence.....

DuskySally

15:34 / 20.07.05

Hey Phex? Think I could join in? You wouldn't have to change the name or nothin'.

iconoplast

16:19 / 20.07.05

iconoplastpop11.blogspot.com

paranoidwriter waves hello

16:20 / 20.07.05

Have we have found The Twelth, the One who's name is known, but who's number should never be counted?

Evil Scientist

17:56 / 20.07.05

Here I am!

Dear god I hope that works. I'm not having much luck with links currently.

paranoidwriter waves hello

18:20 / 20.07.05

Evil Scientist, it seems to be working as far as I can tell. All you need to do now is log-in, click on the blog link, and add the HTML links to the rest of our blogs at the bottom of the Template window. If you need a hand, PM me and I'll send you the relevant text, instructions etc. Nice description by the way.

Also, I really like the idea of pop.11 having twelve members; it hits me on MANY levels. Phex, oh Mighty Boos Hog, what do you reckon?

TeN

Dusky Sally is in. So Phex commands, so it shall be done. Once she, Sylph and Mick-Travis are online we can begin.

DuskySally

16:12 / 21.07.05

Thanks much, Boss. I'm on it.

Due to some perverse demon of the web my blog got it's ass deleted from blogger.com. Man, I hate the internet sometimes.

Okay, I'm now on there at...

monkeysciencepop11

Until that gets deleted of course.

P. Horus Rhacoid

19:17 / 23.07.05

It just occurred to me– are we going to have some procedure of dealing with sharing/critique of rewrites? Or is it just going to be story-criticism-rewrite at your leisure? I would be in favor of working rewrites in somehow, though at the moment the one-story-a-week structure seems not to leave much time for it.

paranoidwriter waves hello

19:43 / 23.07.05

Maybe we could do one a fortnight, or even one a month?

rising and revolving

20:38 / 23.07.05

I'm late, but here! morganpop11 to action stations!

paranoidwriter waves hello

22:23 / 23.07.05

With all this name changing going on (which is cool an'all), is it OK to a.k.a in the blogs? e.g.

Phex, boss? You there, boss? Boss?!....

Phex: Dorset Doom

10:51 / 24.07.05

I don't mind name-changing as long as we know who is who.
As for re-writing, I think that if a member decides that one piece definitely needs a major re-write then you can opt out of doing the week's assignment to concentrate on your re-write. Post an explanation in this thread so everybody knows.

autran

20:15 / 24.07.05

Gosh but I'm itching to get on with this. So much so that I've posted something to my pop11 blog already, rather than wait for Mick-Travis.

It's what I wrote for Wandrin' Notebook 3.....

Phex: Dorset Doom

22:08 / 24.07.05

I PM'd Mick-Travis a little while ago, so far nothing. I don't want to exclude him but we'll go ahead by 5.00GMT tommorow if he doesn't post up a blog.

Evil Scientist

10:07 / 25.07.05

I for one wouldn't mind it being a fortnightly thing, but I'm happy to go with the group decision on that.

Shrug

12:07 / 25.07.05

Fortnightly would also be more viable for myself really, but as above I'm "happy to go with a group decision".

Phex: Dorset Doom

20:21 / 25.07.05

Okay, I've given Mick-Travis long enough to reply, and he hasn't so we'll go ahead. Looks like we're back to pop.11. So, this week's title is: Merchandise. Write whatever you want, however you want. Post it as soon as you're happy with what you've written.

Evil and Cistern: Fortnightly may be better for me too actually. We'll do this one for next week and see how we go.

rising and revolving

22:46 / 25.07.05

Fortnightly or weekly is fine by me - I'll get this one up by the end of the week, but then I'll be offline for a week or so while in the UK, so I may miss making some comments early on ...

Excitement! We're off!

Evil Scientist

07:15 / 26.07.05

That gets a "Hell yeah!" from the Evil Scientist camp.

Merchandise eh? Hmm...

paranoidwriter waves hello

14:45 / 26.07.05

Excellent...

Top topic/title, by the way, Phex. You've really got my engine revving.

Glad to be part of the team and I can't wait to read everyone's words! Yay popsters, this is going to be the best damn writer's group that has ever graced the Wicked World Wide Web!

Evil Scientist

08:10 / 27.07.05

Oh the Scientist has plans now, oh yes he does.

Fortune has smiled on me this week, I've got to take tomorrow off work anyway to wait for a new mobile to be delivered to my house.

So I'm going to brew up some uber-strong Sumatran coffee, hook my Ipod up to the downstairs speakers and leave it running. Then write my guts out.

Wee doggy! (Or possible Arr, Jimlad).

paranoidwriter waves hello

18:19 / 27.07.05

Erm can I just confirm our deadline (if we have a set one, that is). I wouldn't ask, but I've already lost two days and my brain needs rules otherwise it likes to act up and embarrass me.

So, is the deadline: 23:21 / 01.08.05 ?

Sorry if that's a "pain in he arse" type of question (sincerely)! Oh, and I reckon we need a slogan/motto. If so, I vote for DuskySally's "12:11". Any ideas? Should we have one? ? Am I wasting time which would be better spent working on "Merchandise"? I am, aren't I?...

DuskySally

22:18 / 29.07.05

My story may be a couple of days late as I'm very far away from home for a funeral. Needless to say, my creative self is rather absent.

paranoidwriter waves hello

22:27 / 29.07.05

Sorry to hear your bad news, DS. Hope you're relatively OK, and best wishes comrade.

12 : 11

iconoplast

05:48 / 30.07.05

Oh, dear. Not only have I been away from teh computer, and therefore missed the 'Go' sign, but I'm driving across the country on Monday. Well, starting in New York on Monday, aiming for Chicago by Wednesday, and oregon sometime around the weekend.

So... while I will be free-associating while I drive, and trying to steal moments to write where I can, I'm probably going to be, at best, very late with my first submission.

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