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How To Optimize Mobile-Only Websites
A few years ago, mobile devices were just used for phone calls. But nowadays, the traffic that our websites receive from smartphones just keeps increasing to a level that their importance cannot be denied anymore. And with new technologies and opportunities come new challenges and questions.
To make things easier, we are sharing here a list of questions and answers about how to optimize mobile-only versions of your websites, taking into account technical, user experience and SEO considerations.
- Why would redirecting to a mobile version make sense?
- Should you display different content for mobile browsers in the same URL, or redirect them to a different, mobile-only URL?
- Should you create different versions for feature phones and smartphones?
- How is a mobile URL marked as a mobile, alternative version?
- If there is no corresponding original page, where should a canonical tag inside the mobile version point to?
- How can you detect mobile browsers to serve them different contents?
- Should Google's mobile crawler be considered in mobile browser redirection scripts?
- Server-side redirection or Javascript redirection?
- Permanent 301 redirect or temporary 302 redirect?
- Should you include a vary HTTP header in mobile URLs?
- Should you include a link to the original, regular version in your mobile-optimized version?
- Where should a link from the mobile version to the regular version exactly point?
- How to allow mobile users browse your regular version?
- What about redirecting desktop / regular users accessing your mobile version to your regular version?
- Are tablet browsers mobile browsers too?
Why would redirecting to a mobile version make sense?
Responsive web design presents several advantages when compared to creating a detached, alternative version just for your mobile users:
- Maintenance can be simplified. Even when responsive websites can increase the level of complexity, only one website would have to be modified. Content-wise, all your contents would remain on just one place, making it easier to expand and update your site for both, regular users and mobile users.
- SEO can be simplified. Presenting a single version of your website for all your users with (mostly) the same content avoids the hassle of notifying search engines about both versions, making clear which one is the main version and which one is the mobile-optimized version.
However, even when responsive web design is probably the only trend that will survive in the not-so-distant future, creating a responsive web design instead of a mobile version may not be the best option under certain circumstances:
- Budget constraints. Responsive designs require additional planning in advance and testing in a broad array of devices and screen resolutions, for all the kinds of content.
- Outdated phones. If most of your users still rely on feature phones or old smartphones, but still do want to navigate a mobile version of your site, then you better make that version very lightweight and fast, specifically designed with simplicity and speed in mind.
- Legacy code. If you already do have a mobile version in your website, or a website that would be very hard to turn into a responsive website, then working with your existing versions would make sense.
- Context restrictions. The goals of your users while on the go may differ from the goals of other users accessing your website from a desktop computer. There are some additional interface and context restrictions as well: typing on a small touchscreen while walking down the street may render your web forms useless; reading on a tiny mobile screen may render your detailed, long pages overwhelming.
If you are under one of these previous scenarios, you will definitely want to keep using your separate mobile website version, and optimize it as much as possible so:
- You will be serving easy-to-navigate content to your users.
- It will be easy to discover for search engines.
- Your mobile version won't compete with your original version, cannibalizing your search engine results.
Here is a list of frequently asked questions about how to optimize the performance of a standalone mobile version.
Should you display different content for mobile browsers in the same URL, or redirect them to a different, mobile-only URL?
There are two approaches to serve mobile optimized content to your site users: keeping them in the original URL but sending them different, mobile optimized content, or redirecting them to a different URL where they would find mobile optimized contents.
The first approach has a SEO-related advantage: all links pointing to one of your mobile URLs will also pass their ranking to the main URLs, since both are the same.
However, this approach also has bigger risks as well. Issues with this configuration, like failing to tell apart your mobile users appropriately, may lead to search engines think that you are sending shallow content to all users, or creating a URL masking scheme.
There could be issues with your mobile users as well. Without the URL providing additional feedback about the version they are browsing, your users might be confused about thinking this is the only version of your website (if your "go to original version" link weren't very visible.)
That's why redirecting to a mobile-only URL still makes sense, as it can be technically easier to work with, pretty clear to understand, and very well organized. But you need to make sure such an URL is marked as just for mobile browsers, as an alternative version, so it won't compete with your regular URLs in search engine rankings.
Should you create different versions for feature phones and smartphones?
While smartphones boast not-so-tiny touchscreens and powerful processors, those old mobile phones out there, the so called feature phones, will lack enough screen real estate or processing power to deliver a good browsing experience in most websites.
The answer to this question depends on your business. Your browsing stats will be priceless for this purpose. Most stats tracking software will give you a detailed breakdown about the hardware that your visitors are using to navigate your site. If that list contains a decent percentage of old mobile phone users, then creating a version optimized for featured phones would make sense.
However, mobile phones are quickly evolving. It depends on your target market and on the country where your business is located, but chances are that feature phones will quickly disappear in favor of more powerful smartphones. And taking into account that the processing power of smartphones is coming closer to being little desktop computers, chances are that your future website design plans should consider only smartphone-optimized versions.
At the end, this is what the other big web design trend of responsive design is already hinting: in a not-so-distant future, desktop versions and mobile phone versions would only be distinguished by the layout used to present information. In the meantime, a single alternative fast-loading and concise mobile version should suit the needs of all your mobile users.
How is a mobile URL marked as a mobile, alternative version?
Google recommends tagging pages with alternative versions following this approach:
- The regular, original page should signal that there is a mobile-friendly version serving similar content.
- The mobile-optimized versions should point at their related regular pages, marking them as the main, canonical pages.
Screen size is used to discriminate mobile phones, while the media type handheld is used to target feature phones. In the most common scenario where there's just a mobile-friendly version, these are the alternate link tags that you would include in your main, regular version:
<link rel="alternate" media="handheld" href="http://www.mobileURLHere" />
And this is the canonical link that you would include in the mobile version:
You can also tag mobile versions in your sitemap.xml as alternative versions. Each alternative mobile version should be associated to its related regular version, so the sitemap of your website would look like this:
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)"
href="http://www.mobileURLHere" />
It is important to make sure you are redirecting exactly to the URL specified in these alternate tags, or you could be sending confusing information to the search engines, and you could even risk getting your website flagged as spam.
If there is no corresponding original page, where should a canonical tag inside the mobile version point to?
If your mobile site doesn't mirror your original site in full (that is, having a mobile-optimized page per each original page) then the quickest approach would also be the safest: small mobile websites can redirect all their pages to your main url in your original version, ensuring all of them pass pagerank to your main webpage.
Take into account that, in an ideal case scenario, every single page of your main website should be having a mobile-optimized page. Other scenarios can lead to bookmarks that don't work as expected across different devices, or, as Google calls them, irrelevant redirects – unless your mobile version is specifically crafted to serve an optimum version considering your mobile users' context and market niche.
Update: in this official blog post titled Changes in rankings of smartphone search results Google updated what they consider an irrelevant redirection. According to this report, mobile-accessed pages without a mobile version available shouldn't redirect to your main mobile page, as that would be considered an irrelevant redirection. The recommended approach for pages without mobile versions is to lead the user to the original, non-mobile-optimized page.
Other than that, the recommended suboptimal approach according to Google is having a mobile-optimized page for every single of your regular pages (thus removing the risk of irrelevant redirections.) And the optimum recommended scenario would follow a fully responsive website approach, with a single version that would work nicely on all devices.
How can you detect mobile browsers to serve them different contents?
Mobile browsers identify themselves through their own user agents. By identifying their user agent you can send them different contents or redirect them to a new page.
Be careful with this tactic, though, since new mobile devices, not considered in this list, might eventually appear. There's a slim chance of your mobile detection script running outdated and classifying new devices into the wrong category. So make sure you keep updated detection rules as well.
Should Google's mobile crawler be considered in mobile browser redirection scripts?
Google has a Googlebot-mobile webcrawler, specifically dedicated to crawling mobile versions, which is completely independent from their regular Googlebot. So it would make sense that this crawler reached the mobile version of your website.
However, Googlebot-mobile presents itself using the user agent of regular, well-known smartphones. You don't need to discriminate Googlebot-mobile in your browser-detection scripts. Google warns that doing so can be flagged as URL cloaking, which would bring you a penalty from Google.
Server-side redirection or Javascript redirection?
The problem with a Javascript redirection is that part of your original page needs to load before your mobile user is redirected to the appropriate version. On the other hand, a server-side redirection would leave the user agent checks and processing to the server itself, preventing your user from loading unnecessary content.
Taking into account that mobile users have limited bandwidth and processing power, server-side redirects are the preferred approach since they will be faster.
Permanent 301 redirect or temporary 302 redirect?
There are two main different types of server-side redirects that are triggered by specific HTTP response headers directly sent from the server:
- A 301 redirection is a permanent redirection, indicating that the original URL doesn't matter anymore, so all queries should be redirected to the new URL.
- A 302 redirection is a temporary redirection, just signalling that visits to the original URL are redirected to a new URL at the present time, but that this is a temporary situation expected to be reverted.
If you use response codes to redirect your mobile users to the appropriate, mobile version, in Google's own words:
For this purpose, it does not matter if the server redirects with an HTTP 301 or a 302 status code.
So it really doesn't matter what kind of redirection you are using to send your users to your mobile version.
However, let's consider a worst case scenario: if some misconfiguration or glitch in the process is preventing both versions of your site from being understood the right way from a search engine's perspective, using a permanent 301 redirect from your regular version to your mobile version would send most or all your pagerank, traffic or users to your alternative, simpler, mobile-optimized version. Such a scenario would be a disaster for your SEO strategy.
That's why using a 302 temporary redirect pointing towards your mobile version is a better strategy in terms of risk prevention.
Should you include a vary HTTP header in mobile URLs?
Google mentions in its guidelines that, in case you use any kind of redirect, any redirecting webpage should also be outputting a Vary HTTP header to notify potential search engine crawlers that mobile crawling is also in order, since the page can lead to different results depending on the user agent used to browse it. This way, every mobile page would be crawled, and the structure of your site would be better understood.
This also holds true for websites using the same URL to serve optimized content for both, mobile users and regular users (dynamic serving.) In this case it can become even more important, as there wouldn't be any other way to tell the search engine spiders that a mobile version exists for the present page. You would also make sure that the mobile optimized version wouldn't be considered as masked content or as the main version related to this URL, since you would be announcing its existence through this header.
The Vary header should be sent indicating that the contents in that page can vary depending on the user-agent, so it should look this way:
Should you include a link to the original, regular version in your mobile-optimized version?
Definitely. Some users will still want to access the full contents of their main version if they feel that they are missing part of the content, or if they just have a smartphone powerful enough for regular browsing.
If your mobile-optimized version is simple and short enough (as it should be,) the link to the original article / normal version could be safely included at the bottom of the page: there wouldn't be any need to go to the regular version if the mobile version provided enough information by itself. Going to a normal version is rarely a decision taken in the first second.
Make sure to display this link to your main version in a very visible way, though. You really do want to make your users know there's still a different, potentially more complete and eye-catching version that they could visit if they wanted to. This becomes specially important if you are serving your mobile contents from the same URL, as the URL wouldn't offer any additional clue about the existence of a regular version.
Where should a link from the mobile version to the regular version exactly point?
In the ideal case of having a mobile website composed of a mobile page per each regular page, the links pointing to the regular versions from the mobile pages should precisely target their corresponding regular page, talking about the same subject and offering similar content.
However, things can be a little bit more complicated if your mobile website comprises just a subset of your whole regular site, which can still make sense to offer a simplified, more straightforward version of your contents to the specific market niche composed of your mobile visitors.
If there were no matching page, offering a link to the homepage of your website from its mobile version could seem like a good idea, since the homepage presents the most easy-to-access gateways to all your content.
But that's not enough. Consider the following scenario: a user performs a specific search from his web phone, clicks a specific search result, and is then redirected to the homepage of your mobile version instead. This can be okay as long as your user appreciates the ease of navigation of your mobile version, and as long as he finds relevant information. But, what if he just wants the answer to his original, specific query, and thinks that his smartphone should be able to handle browsing the full, regular webpage? Giving him a link to your main homepage will feel like a burden.
That is why you should also offer a link to the page your mobile users were trying to reach before being redirected to the mobile version of your website. You can annotate the page where a redirection was started (for example, in a parameter, cookie or session variable.) Mobile users pleased by the ease of use of your mobile version would remain there with no problem. And mobile users wanting to reach the original contents that triggered their click in the search engine results would still have the option to view the original contents they were originally thinking about.
How to allow mobile users browse your regular version?
Mobile users should be redirected towards your mobile-optimized version. So when one of your mobile users prefers trying to navigate your full website using a powerful smartphone, and clicks a link to your regular version, how to prevent him being redirected back to the mobile version, and stuck in an endless loop?
One of the most straightforward approaches to solve this issue is to add an additional parameter to override this redirection for users who explicitly request to see full versions from their mobile phones. Just a query parameter appended to the target URL can be enough. The target, regular webpage would check for the existence of this parameter. If found, any redirection would be skipped this time, allowing your mobile user to navigate the regular version of your website.
Nevertheless, that might not be just enough. That same user could still want to keep navigating other regular sections of your website. If such parameter weren't kept, your user could be redirected back to a mobile version when clicking a new link.
So once a regular version is requested by including a parameter to override mobile browsing, this preference should be stored in a cookie for your user, or even just in a session variable. So your user won't have to worry about being redirected to your mobile version again.
If a cookie or session variable were set for that user, no regular page would redirect such specific mobile user.
On the other hand, this user can still go back anytime to your mobile version, not by an automated redirect, but by pressing his "back" button on the web browser of his mobile phone. This is a rare scenario that might only happen if your user decides that the regular version is too much for his phone after explicitly requesting it, but being covered about this case is still worth for optimum user experience purposes.
What about redirecting desktop / regular users accessing your mobile version to your regular version?
This is what Google calls bidirectional redirects. It prevents your desktop users from landing on a mobile-optimized version, which in their large screens would look rather limited or empty, and thus, wouldn't create the appropriate first impression.
If you have an updated mobile agent detection, then bidirectional redirects can make sense. It is very strange that a desktop user would rather see the incomplete or limited mobile version instead of the full, original version of your website.
Independently from that redirection for desktop users, some mobile phone users would still like to access your regular pages. Having a link offering to visit the normal version instead would come here into play.
The only catch about bidirectional redirects is that you need to make sure your code is working perfectly. If not, you could leave your users stuck in the wrong site version or in a redirection loop.
Are tablet browsers mobile browsers too?
Tablets have some points in common with mobile browsers: they provide their users with some mobility, not-so-big touchscreens, and less processing power than desktop computers.
However, most modern tablets already allow regular navigation in regular webpages with ease. Their processing power is enough to move normal webpages, and their screens (even the 7-inch ones) are big enough to provide good website readability.
That's why I suggest not treating tablets as mobile devices, and to exclude them from your user-agent detection scripts.
Besides, it is still possible to redirect tablet users to your mobile version as well. This can make sense if your regular version is not so tablet-friendly (if it takes too long to load, if it features Flash content that won't work in iPads, or if it just targets a niche where you wouldn't include your tablet users.)
If you are using the user-agent-detection script previously mentioned, detectmobilebrowsers.com, you would just need to add the following code to the first regular expression to treat iPads, Kindle Fire, Playbooks and Android tablets as mobile devices as well:


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This is the favourite of deer hunters, who know that dense vegetation, low light conditions and rapid target movements demand instant accuracy.
This is the favourite of deer hunters, who know that dense vegetation, low light conditions and rapid target movements demand instant accuracy. The 7000SC both-eyes-open view cuts target acquisition time in half.
The Aimpoint® 7000SC is a hybrid design incorporating features of both the 7000 and Comp families of Aimpoint® sights. The fusion of the short front tube, compact body and long rear tube allows unprecedented mounting flexibility. This sight is suitable for firearms with shorter actions and for semi-automatic firearms as well as magnum handguns.
This sight can be used with virtually all 30 mm ring systems. For special applications, a 38 mm ring can be used to mount the sight by attaching directly to the objective "bell".
The only difference between the 7000SC SM and the 7000SC is the colour.
Discontinued January 2006
Launched 2001
|General data
|Technology: CET (Circuit Efficiency Technology)
|Working principle: Reflex collimator sight - red dot sight
|Optical data
|Lightsource: LED (Light Emitting Diode) totally eye-safe
|Lightsource wavelength: 650 nm red light
|Red dot size in MOA (minute of angle): 4 *
|Parallax: Absence of parallax - No centering required
|Eye relief: Unlimited
|Night vision compatibility: No
|Anti-reflex coating all surfaces & multi-layer coating objective lens: Yes
|Magnification: No magnification (1X)
|Electronic data
|Battery: One 3V Lithium battery, type 2L76 or DL1/3N
|Battery life in hours: 100-1000 **
|Dot intensity adjustment: Manual rotary switch
|Daylight (DL) settings: 1 Off & 9 DL
|Mechanical data
|Material housing: High strength aluminum
|Surface finish: Anodized, semi-matte
|Color housing: Silver
|Adjustment 1 click: 13mm at 100m, (1/2" at 100yds)
|Mounting methods: 2 Rings, ø 30mm, (ø 1.18")
|Environmental data
|Temperature range: -30° - +60°C, (-20° - +140°F)
|Water resistance - submersible to: Fully waterproof
|Radioactive components used: None
|Length: 160mm, (6.3")
|Maximum distance between rings: 115mm, (4.5")
|Minimum distance between rings: 50mm, (2.0")
|Objective diameter: 38mm, (1,5")
|Tube diameter: 30mm, (1.18")
|Weight sight only: 200g, (7.1oz)
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Nature and Science
August 2017
"'We are standing next to a dynamite keg, and the fuse is lit,' he said.
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Papa Germano
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In 1969, the
Hotel Papa Germano
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AnkleGate Part 2
CLEVELAND — It was a pretty embarrassing scenario for that camera man to suddenly be thrust into the spotlight by tripping and falling on Doug Mientkiewicz, injuring the first baseman's left ankle. That doesn't mean Mientkiewicz was happy to hear the guy got fired for it.
"Did he really?," Mientkiewicz said after New York's 12-3 loss. "I didn't want that, by any means. Accidents happen. I hope they come back and — that's kind of harsh, isn't it?"
At that point, one of the reporters in the crowd surrounding Mientkiewicz's locker pointed out that the camera man was just a freelancer — not a full-timer for his network.
"Still, that doesn't matter," Mientkiewicz said. "Trust me, there's a lot better players he could've sabotaged than me. That shouldn't happen. It was a mistake and people make mistakes. I feel bad. He doesn't deserve that. He deserves better than that."
Mientkiewicz was pulled from the game early, but Yankees manager Joe Torre said that had nothing to do with the sore ankle. Although, torre did say it appeared as though Mientkiewicz was hobbling some during the game. The first baseman didn't agree.
"I play when I'm told to play," he said with a shrug. "If I looked like I was hobbling around, I didn't feel like I was hobbling around. I was totally fine."
Maybe he wasn't hobbling, but the Yankees as a whole sure went limp against the Indians. They drove C.C. Sabathia's pitch count up early and chased him from the game, but New York couldn't turn one of Sabathia's six walks into a run and Cleveland's bullpen overpowered the Yanks in the final four innings.
On the Blue Jays' front, here's the 2008 home schedule:
4-6 Red Sox
8-10 Athletics
16-17 Rangers
18-21 Tigers
2-5 White Sox
6-8 Devil Rays
20-22 Angels
23-26 Royals
6-8 Orioles
9-11 Mariners
13-15 Cubs
24-26 Reds
27-29 Braves
8-10 Orioles
11-13 Yankees
25-27 Mariners
28-30 Devil Rays
4-7 Athletics
8-10 Indians
19-21 Yankees
22-24 Indians
2-4 Twins
5-7 Devil Rays
16-18 Orioles
19-21 Red Sox
23-25 Yankees
9 Comments
Are you going to post your playoff picks?
Class comments from Mientkiewicz.
It was nice of Mientkiewicz to support the camera man , he is a class act for sure. Whether the camera man was freelance or not , we all have to make a living .
Jordan, sorry your cubbies are struggling .They deserve kudos for their accomplishments this year
gs , I would love to see a series between Cleveland and Colorado (the underdog thing again )
Well, I'm not sure Colorado is an underdog;but I would like to see them get into the series and play Cleveland.
The series, I'd like to see more would be the Cubbies and Tribe.
Cubs will have a tough time coming back from 2-0 deficit . No NL team has ever done that
I was going to post my playoff picks when I got to Cleveland, then I didn't and now the first round is underway — so it'd be kind of pointless to make first-round picks with some games in the books now.
I will say that I thought the Cubs would do better than they have against Arizona, and I'm not surprised to see the Rox still rolling against the Phils. I would've picked Rox-Cubs for the NLCS, but that doesn't look too promising now.
In the AL, my picks would've been the Tribe against the Red Sox in the ALCS, and I can safely stick by that pick right now. For the World Series, I might've gone sentimental with a Cubs' pick, but I would've tabbed the Indians as the series winner.
I like Cleveland's pitching for a playoff format, and they have a potent offense, as evidenced last night. So, I'll say Cleveland vs. Colorado in the Series. We'll see if that holds up or not. You would think the Rox were due to cool off at some point.
Colorado barely made it , only taking the wild card from the padres in 13 innings . They have never won a WS and only been in the post season once before . I would consider them an underdog. One that is gaining momentum
Thank Jordan…..see women know best …..lol
That post sort of made Jordan sound female..lol…I apologize Jordan. Women and sports writers know best , thats much better
I still don't view Colorado as an underdog-that is one strong team. They could have the NL MVP and Rookie of the year on the same club.
I think they jelled about 20 games ago which is why they're on this win streak-and I really don't see them slowing down until they get to the series.
I like Cleveland pitching which was the best in the 2nd half-better than ours. Strong rotation and stronger bullpen. If they get to the Yanks bullpen early, that series might only go 3 games-max 4.
And yes Indigo, women always know best-I'm sure Jordan will agree with that statement. lol


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Blueberry Hill in St. Louis Doesn't Stand the Test of (Burger) Time
Blueberry Hill
6504 Delmar, St. Louis, MO 63130 (map); 314-727-4444; blueberryhill.com
Cooking Method: Gas grill
Short Order: A once great burger fails to adjust to advances in burgerology.
Want Fries With That? No—they're flavorless and mushy.
Price: 5-ounce burgers, $5.25; 5-ounce hickory burgers, $5.50; 7 ounce versions of each, $5.95 and $6.25
Some styles of burgers have defied the shifting tastes. Places that rely more on unique cooking methods than quality beef, including any number of slider purveyors, are just as delicious today as they were decades ago. Steakhouses that have always made burgers from higher quality meat have also withstood the test of time. But when a place puts out a thick burger on an ordinary bun with minimal toppings, grocery store-quality meat is no longer going to satisfy the discerning burger eater no matter how perfectly it's cooked.
That message was really brought home when I visited Blueberry Hill on a trip to St. Louis in December. When I lived in the Gateway City from the fall of 1998 until early summer 1999, if I craved a good burger, I went to Blueberry Hill. Eager to see if it stood the test of time, I returned with a friend I had made in St. Louis to this comfortable place that may be better than any other for catching up with St. Louis friends and reliving St. Louis memories.
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Unfortunately, there isn't too much to talk about regarding the actual burger. Yes, it's cooked perfectly, and given the volume the place does, that should be applauded. But the meat has all the beefiness of once-frozen ground chuck sitting on a Styrofoam platter and wrapped in plastic at your local supermarket. Some people can do special things with that kind of beef, but on a gas grill with ordinary accoutrement, it may not be possible. That's not to say the burgers are bad—they just don't belong in a serious discussion of great burgers.
Up first was a cheeseburger topped with provel. I discussed provel in some detail when I reviewed Imo's over on Slice last fall. Long story short, provel is a cheese product that made from Cheddar, Swiss and Provolone cheeses along with some other stuff that causes it to not meet the government definition of cheese. I'm a fan of the tangy, gooey provel and think it works well on a burger, but it was not enough to save the meat. It was fine, but not remotely exciting.
While the regular burger at Blueberry Hill remains relatively satisfying, if nowhere near the showstopper I once considered it to be, the hickory burger is an affront to cows and the people who eat them. The meat is mixed with liquid smoke or some equivalently awful fake smoke flavor. Making matters worse is the hickory sauce, which seems to be a blend of Thousand Island dressing and more liquid smoke. Perhaps I'm overly sensitive to the topic since smoking meat is the star of my limited repertoire in the kitchen, but if I stumble across a good use of liquid smoke, it will be a first. In the meantime, I can add burgers and hickory sauce to the list of foods the stuff has ruined.
The trio of sides we got with our burgers were all disappointing. The fries almost certainly come the bargain bin at Sysco or an equivalent mass distributor—they are mushy and virtually devoid of natural potato flavor. The potato chips had a nice crisp outer shell, but the insides of the thick chips were indistinguishable from the fries. The last thing I tried was the toasted ravioli, the fried treats that will make any St. Louisan's heart go atwitter. Sadly, Blueberry Hill, that iconic St. Louis institution, does not make its own toasted ravioli, and customers are much worse off because of it.
I should note that thousands of St. Louisans will disagree vehemently with everything I've written here. Every single year since at least 2000, the readers of The Riverfront Times have selected the place as home of the city's best burger. Presumably, the streak is longer, but prior years are not available online. The burger isn't terrible. Well, the hickory one is, but regular one is fine. But I have to think that the voters are basing their opinion far more on nostalgia than taste.
Despite this review of the food, I will say that I am still a big fan of Blueberry Hill as an institution. It is as comfortable a place to visit as any bar and grill around. The décor, with cases full of and walls covered with an amazing array of sports and pop culture memorabilia and various pieces of taxidermy all over the place, provides endless amusement. And as an intimate live music venue, The Duck Room remains great, especially on the one Wednesday a month that Chuck Berry still performs. I will gladly return to Blueberry Hill on future visits to St. Louis, but until something significant changes, I won't have another burger there.
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How natural can Klugeville be?
I am writing in regard to a comment attributed to Bill Moses (husband of Patricia Kluge) in the June 26 news story, "Sour grapes, Neighbors fermenting over Kluge plan," (http://www.readthehook.com/93654/news-sour-grapes-neighbors-fermenting-o...) about the couple's desire to build a subdivision.
The remark that "This is a nice transition from large, useless lots (emphasis mine) to something that promotes agriculture" exemplifies many landowners' opinions that land is only of value if they can personally profit from it. It is very sad that few folks look at land as habitat worth preserving for numerous species of wildlife wildlife that are important for the proper functioning of this world.
Although 313 acres will supposedly be kept as a "preservation tract," vineyards and orchards will compose about 50 percent of that acreage. Such areas do not supply wildlife habitat when they are managed with pesticides and "clean" agricultural methods. And if the "meadows" are hayed as they must be to receive a tax break from the county they will not help our "field wildlife" much, either.
Thus a common misperception is illustrated: the erroneous idea that "farmland" is automatically worthy of preservation even though it probably will not supply wildlife habitat and certainly in this case it will contribute nutrient load and pesticides to the Chesapeake Bay.
The owners do, according to Albemarle County zoning regulations, have a right to subdivide the land that they own. But in the end, it does not matter how many lots the land is divided into. Whether five-acre yards or 21-acre estates, most people will treat the land as an extension of sterile indoor living (read "acres of mowed grass and pesticide use"). Thus it is doubtful that much of this land will ultimately support any more wildlife than the vineyards that Moses wants to intersperse among the separate properties if he is allowed to do so.
We are losing many species of wildlife. As the landscape becomes ever more dotted with homes because we refuse to limit our population, we must start learning about living in agreement with nature.
Now there is a proposal with "many interesting aspects" to it. If only this influential couple would take this idea to five of the six county supervisors a proposed subdivision where natural landscaping would be the norm.
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The 8X has an f2.0 lens with a 88° viewing angle that's meant to help with low-light photography. Inside, the 8X packs a 1.6GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB of memory, 1,800mAh battery, and an NFC chip. It also sports a 4.3-inch 720p screen. HTC is also bringing its Beats Audio partnership to Windows Phone for the first time.
HTC emphasized the design and unibody construction of both phones. Spec details on the 8S were scarce, but it is the smaller of the two devices with a set of two-tone color choices, giving the phone a "playful character," according to HTC.
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, called the phones a "newer, simpler approach" to naming phones. "We think this approach will help us tell the story very crisply and clearly to consumers." Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC, stated that "HTC will position the 8X and 8S as the signature phones of Windows Phone 8."
The two phones will be available on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, in addition to 150 carriers worldwide. Pricing details were not announced, but HTC confirmed that the phones will launch in November.


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You've just returned from two weeks at the Honeymoon Hilton and you're so wiggy with joy, you even think his inability to toss his dirty clothes in a hamper is "adorable." You're even sharing his sweat socks!
Flash forward a few months.
Despite your loving requests, then sweet pleas, not to mention a hamper you appropriated from the New York Nets' locker room, his soiled clothes have become part of the "decor."
Instead of sharing sweat socks, you're now wondering why a man who can make a jump shot from 15 feet can't manage a 6-inch "hamper-shot." With the business of living, those "little things" you thought were "adorable" on the honeymoon have become a little prickly. By your first anniversary, your anger is set to "Krakatoa." And then one day, you spew:
"You are a slob! You were always a slob! Your mother picked up after you! Well, I'm not her! And while we're on the subject, I didn't appreciate her bringing her own brisket to Shabbat dinner last week, and the week before! And you never take my side! Why?? Because you're a mama's boy! A mama's boy and a slob!!"
As you conjure images of tossing the brisket into the hamper, you wonder, What happened? How can I be saying such things to the man I love?!
Anger is a lot like temporary insanity.
In my advice columns and clinical practice, anger takes a top slot among the Big Issues that threaten our relationships, and our sanity. To understand how perfectly normal, generally loving people can turn shrewish, we need to understand a simple fact: Anger is a lot like temporary insanity. When in the throes, many of us are capable of using a verbal hit list on our mates we wouldn't think of using on a mugger. Threats! Maledictions! Name-calling! And the ever-effective "silent seething."
Can we lop the angry beast? No.
While each of us boils at a different temperature, anger – within reason – is a natural, even necessary part of the human condition. When it fuels righteous indignation and positive action, it's the stuff of poets, heroes and yes, survivors. But when it flails, unfettered and out of control, it can sabotage even our most loving relationships. The difference lies in how well we can tame, train and aim it so we don't "bury the hatchet" – in our mate's soul.
(1) The Insult: "Are you a moron?" "What an idiot!" "You're such a jerk!" This may be the stuff of sitcoms, but without the "laugh track," insults – even when they're couched as "constructive criticism" – are character assaults. They land like a punch, and the sting renders the "victim" deaf to your legit gripe. (The proof? Has anyone ever said, "You know, you're right! I am an idiot. Thanks for clarifying!") Worse, with each assault, another precious stitch is yanked from your mate's esteem, your mutual respect, and the fabric of your relationship.
(2) The Prophecy: How often have we heard (or said), "You're lazy! You always were lazy, and you'll always be lazy!" Boom! Talk about leveling a blow, with one comment we've doomed our mate, now and for eternity. The result? As one newlywed told me, "If she already thinks I'm 'lazy,' I may as well enjoy it!" then he promptly kicked his "lack of vigor" up a few notches. Instead of positive change, this unholy M.O. invites, even dares our mate to "follow" his or her miserable "destiny" – one we've unwittingly created!
(3) Hitting Below the Belt: "Not only did you act like a fool at the party, that weight you're gaining didn't help!" This one-two punch qualifies as "aggravated assault." While our intention may have been to get his attention, overkill totals our point, and our mate.
(4) The Melodrama: "You always ignore me!" "You never think of my feelings!" Like salad spinners, these extremes toss us – to nowhere. We say, "You never," they say, "Yes, I do!" we say, "No, you don't!" until we're dizzy from all the "nevers," "always" "buts" and "ah-ha's!" The real problem? Lost in the cross-spin.
(5) The Laundry List: "Not only did you come home late again, you forgot to take the garbage out, and you still owe my brother $200!" Hurling an angry "list" telegraphs that "nothing" is right with our world. Who could listen, never mind fix or take the blame for that much mishegoss? Overwhelmed, our mate will shut down, rather than climb our Mt. Everest of Misery.
A close relative is The Mini-Series. Extending our grievances to a saga may get us a win, but like a confession under duress, can we really trust a deal from a mate who'd give up a kidney to get away from our harangue?
(6) "It's the Little Things": Hopefully, we've wed someone who shares "the Big Things" – our values and beliefs. But it's the "little things" that turn our laundry lists into life litanies. Carping over each small "violation" can makes us bigger violators of our mate's human rights.
Note: Without exception, anger is never physical.
Related article: The Newlywed Game
(1) Timing is Everything: Anger is unreasonable and unrestrained. It's up to us to set "anger" limits. Agreeing to a time period, say 10 minutes, where each may vent uninterrupted, allows us to express our anger fully, hear, then exit and end it. No "buts," "you dids," or "you saids" while the other is spouting. Each gets several turns, as necessary.
(2) Call the Act, Not Personality: If we talk behavior, not character, and how it affects us, we move from "blame" to helping our mate understand, and resolve. Listen to the difference:
"How dare you walk in here late! You're so selfish!"
Now compare:
"When you were three hours late, I was worried sick. It upset me terribly, and that makes me furious. What can we do about it?"
Using the "I" word (as in, "I felt") helps us stay on track and moves the sound track from liability to responsibility.
(3) Stay on Point: If we're angry over the budget, keeping it to the bucks allows us to focus on a solution, one issue at a time. That means we save the "your mother's a harpy" theme for a later discussion (with a wiser lead-in). The clearer and cleaner the grievance, the more likely we are to make positive headway with not only minimal damage, but maximum potential for creating a loving, caring and workable dialogue.
(4) Pick and Prioritize the "Poison": Is it more important that he quit cluttering up the junk drawer, or that he stick with the budget? Contrary to "popular opinion," we can't mold our mates to our personal standard of "perfection." Separating the big stuff from the little, and choosing our battles with care not only increases the likelihood of our being heard, but is easier on our stomach lining.
(5) Manage the "Little Things": As living with the "little things" comes with the territory, it's the better part of valor to let the small stuff go, take preventive measures, or trade-off nuisances. If he's into watching ESPN till 2 a.m, earplugs can save our voice and our nervous system. The toothpaste is open and crusty? Buy "his" and "hers." If he flings his shorts, we'll chuck them in the hamper – as long as he gasses up the car.
(6) "What's Fair?" These two little words carry more raw power than Don Rickles on double latte. Asking "what's fair?" demands that the adult part of us show up. It challenges us to think as well as feel, and allows us to negotiate an equitable deal. After all, isn't that what fueled our anger in the first place? Working on "What's fair?" goes to the heart of our grievance and gets us squarely where we want to be: heard and heeded.
A wise person once said that marriage is God's Great Roller Coaster. When we're on top, it's life's headiest ride. But oh, those mad, mad curves. Learning to navigate them safely insures that our most precious relationship endures and thrives – far beyond the "Mazel Tovs" and the Honeymoon Hilton.


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Perhaps the Miss Daisy should be called the Mademoiselle Daisy: Brie cheese, Dijon mustard and toasted brioche slices give this extravagant burger a French pedigree. In addition to "La Grande Mademoiselle Daisy," consider making miniature "slider" versions as hor d'oeuvres at your next dinner party; guests are sure to exclaim, "oh la la!"
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First France; now on to Italy! Enjoy this artistic Italian twist on the American cheeseburger, complete with Gorgonzola cheese, Sicilian olives, pancetta and olive ciabatta bread.
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Julie Zetlin is the only American rhythmic gymnast making the trip to the London Olympic Games. Zetlin will be the first U.S. rhythmic gymnast to compete at the Olympics since 2004.
Our producers got the opportunity to get to know Julie, and she tells them that she thought she wasn't very good in the beginning. Boy, was she wrong! Her passion, drive, and motivation are the keys to her success. She loves performing in front of an audience and enjoys the glitz and glam of rhythmic gymnastics, she tells us.
Due to multiple knee surgeries, Julie only practices once a day and focuses on quality versus quantity. However, she is still able to show off world-class leaping in her routines. Julie performs many of the hardest jumps in the rulebook. In 2011, she won the all-around championship titles at the Pan American Games and Rhythmic Challenge competitions. Her biggest achievement was capturing the 2010 U.S. National All-Around title.
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- Julie auditioned for a Welch's grape juice TV commercial when she was 4 years old, and landed it!
- She's putting off college for four years.
- When Julie retires after the Games, she's moving to L.A. to go to school and pursue a career in acting.
- She would love to be a stunt double or a dancer in a music video.
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- Her favorite event is Rope, Clubs, and Hoop (depends on the routine).
- She tries to pick music for her routines that has not be used by other gymnasts.
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It may not be possible to predict when the next health pandemic will take place. What you can count on is that, when it happens, scammers will try to take advantage of the situation. The tips below will help you protect yourself at any time.
The threat of bird flu is fueling stock scams touting large gains from companies that claim to be poised to capitalize on helping the world avoid a global pandemic. We are issuing this Alert to warn investors that fax and email investment scams may come your way trumpeting the promise of large gains for companies with products and services aimed at fighting bird flu.
One fax claimed its company "has the solution for tracking and containing the Bird Flu virus in turn preventing it from spreading." Citing the enormous cost of fighting avian flu, the fax stated the stock was "positioned to gain 250% or more." The fax went on to urge investors not to miss out on a stock that was "clearly missed by Wall Street."
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- Mention of associations with, or actions by, federal and international government agencies that bolster a company's product or service. One fax mentioned that the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology "had the authority to issue a mandatory directive" to require the use of technology similar to what the firm offered.
- Mention of other "bird flu plays" that showed strong run-ups in price. On closer inspection these stocks often are not directly associated with bird flu response and may themselves be subject to attempts at price manipulation.
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- Pressure to invest immediately
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- Investigate before you invest. Never rely solely on information you receive in an unsolicited fax or email. It's easy for companies or their promoters to make glorified claims about new products, lucrative contracts, or the company's revenue, profits, or future stock price.
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'Mad Men': 7 takeaways from the first half of Season 7
Warning: Contains major spoilers about the midseason finale of Mad Men Season 7.
Well, that was an uncharacteristically happy finish.
Mad Men, the highbrow drama known for its eternally gloomy characters, wrapped the first half of its seventh season Sunday night with a gleeful song-and-dance number. More precisely, a now-deceased Bert Cooper — flanked by beautiful, young secretaries — delivered his rendition of The Best Things in Life Are Free (recorded by Jack Hylton in 1928) to Don Draper in a hallucination at the end of the episode, titled "Waterloo."
Luckily for fans of the series — who still have to wait another year for the last batch of episodes of the final season — there are no major cliffhangers or unresolved issues to mull over in the months to come. Nevertheless, here are some of the biggest defining moments of Season 7 (so far):
R.I.P. Bert Cooper. Sterling Cooper & Partners' oldest founder died toward the end of the episode (saying one final "bravo" as he watched the moon landing on TV). His sudden passing left the fate of agency — which was ready to oust Don at the beginning of the hour — up in the air. That is, until Roger struck a deal with McCann-Erickson, which agreed to buy out the firm, making SC&P a subsidiary and all the partners very rich. More importantly, after six episodes of struggling to get his life back on track, Don has finally re-entered the office hierarchy — a bittersweet victory for the ad-man antihero, who now has no one to share his success with.
R.I.P. Don and Megan's marriage. This relationship has been on the rocks for a long time — Megan even corralled her actress friend into a threesome to try to renew the "spark" — but it still may have surprised viewers to see Don and Megan end things so amicably over the phone: Megan, in California, and Don, contemplating a move to the West Coast when he believes he's been fired. "You don't owe me anything," Megan says to Don, who assures her that he will continue taking care of her. Oh, Disneyland and Zou Bisou Bisou ... what distant memories.
"Family supper at Burger Chef." Of all the characters, Peggy has had one of the most eventful arcs of Season 7: Michael Ginsberg gifted her his severed nipple in a box after confessing his manic love. After much headbutting (and drinking), Don began working under her. She later reconciled with Don in a late-night, whiskey-infused slow dance to Frank Sinatra's My Way in "The Strategy." Her biggest moment was in the midseason finale, when she stepped up to the plate and delivered a heartfelt pitch for Burger Chef, (reminiscent of Don's Kodak Carousel spiel of Season 1) and ultimately won the account. She's come a long way since her Relax-a-Cizor days as a secretary.
Betty Draper 2.0. Early in the season, sulky teenage Sally ditches her boarding-school buds in search of her dad at SC&P, later confronting Don about how much pain his affair with Sylvia caused her. Don, in turn, confesses the true reason he's not at the office (his forced vacation), and the dust begins to settle between the strained father-daughter pair, culminating in Sally's dry admission of, "Happy Valentine's Day. I love you." In "Waterloo," Sally catches the eye of not one, but two boys, and masters the art of lighting her cigarettes — becoming more and more like her manipulative mother Betty each time she's onscreen.
"West Coast Pete" has a sunnier outlook. Viewers' feelings for Pete Campbell have run the gamut from loathing to sympathetic over the years, but in Season 7, it's been pretty difficult not to like the guy. Since moving to California to head the new SC&P office with Ted Chaough, he's gotten a new girlfriend, a more laid-back wardrobe, and an appetite for pastrami sandwiches (with coleslaw on the sandwich). But as Pete's trip back to New York proves — when his toddler-age daughter, Tammy, doesn't even recognize him, and soon-to-be-ex-wife Trudy assures they're getting a divorce — no one in the Mad Men universe can stay happy for long.
Bob is back. Just when fans had given up hope that he'd be returning, the ever-elusive Bob Benson returned in the midseason's penultimate episode, "The Strategy," with news that SC&P is losing the Chevy/XP account — and a job offer from Buick. So how does he decide to celebrate? By spending the day with Joan Holloway and clan, later proposing to Joan ... and getting flat-out denied. "You shouldn't be with a woman," Joan says, reaffirming Bob's sexuality, and adding that she would rather die hoping for real love than live financially stable in a sham marriage with Bob.
"I'm not stupid. I speak Italian."Speaking of strong ladies, Joan's not the only woman sticking up for herself: Betty Francis (field-trip picnics and Sally's nose aside) has really come into her own as a character in Season 7, refusing to be silenced by her politician husband, Henry, at a dinner party and asserting that she's tired of having her opinions dismissed. Perhaps the ex-Mrs. Draper will embrace the feminist movement if the story moves into the early '70s?


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Saturday, May 10, 2008
New Beginning 498
"Twenty, and I transport you outside the city walls," the figure rumbled. The city walls were very high, and the gates were guarded by intense men, who might recognize Kailis as a thief.
"Look--do you want that altar-jewel, or not? I," she tapped her budding chest, "am the best thief in town. I can get it for you. Someone else? Good luck."
The wizard arched a manicured eyebrow at her. She continued, "Remember, a few weeks ago, when someone robbed that rich trader from Nakan? That was me. And, trust me, he guarded his little treasury like it held his soul, his heir, and his balls." She ran a hand through her dark, raggedly cropped hair in annoyance.
"You, child?"
"Yes." The street-rat sighed audibly, and continued, "Thirty five, transportation to the next town, and a full healing."
"Twenty-five, I cure that rash and you can borrow my horse."
"Thirty. You take me to the Halfway Inn and a full healing. Try getting that stone without me."
"Twenty-seven fifty and I take you to the roadhouse, and an unexplained partial remission."
"Final offer. Twenty-nine, you take me to the roadhouse on your motorbike, and I get better myself."
The wizard grunted. There was a long pause; then the robed figure chuckled. He waved his hand and held it out to the girl; in it was the Altar stone, glinting in the sunlight. "Can you believe it?" he said. "I almost forgot I'm a wizard. I don't even need you!"
Opening: anon......Continuation: anon.
18 comments:
- Julie Weathers said...
~~"Holy smokes." The wizard yelped. "Its Evil Editor walking down the street. We must hide before he realizes how similar our dialogue is to Alan Dean Foster's: Splinter of the Mind's eye."
"That is the beauty of my theft." Kailis chuckled. "I change a few words around and it's not copyright infringement."
Evil Editor raises his magic lufa and yells, "To the slush pile with you."
And now all that we have left is a blank page.~~
Ouch. If this is true, you're obviously going to have to make some deep revisions. I know in genre writing there are certain elements in common to the point of being cliche, but you have to prove why yours is different. If this dialogue is that similar it would be a deal breaker for me to read.
"Budding chest" is one of those phrases like "throbbing member" that makes me cringe. Plus, like Kiersten's continuation, the first thing that crosses my mind is a flower garden. Find a different feature to describe her youth if you need to, but the wizard calls her a child so it's already there.
~he guarded his little treasury like it held his soul, his heir, and his balls."~
The first thing I think of here is someone gelded him and he thinks he'll find a magical healer to reattach them. Then I wonder if the box with his treasure and balls is refrigerated. Don't give my fevered brain reasons to go down strange rabbit trails.
I like the bit about her cropped hair.
Most sighs are audible so you don't need that. She sighed soft as a whisper or something if you need to describe it.
EE is right, if he's a wizard, why does he need the girl? You can solve this by adding a sentence from her telling him why he needs her.
- Whirlochre said...
On the whole, I quite liked this, but I'm tripped up by a few phrases, most of which seem to require a simple trimming.
Not sure how you can be 'heavily' cloaked unless you're wearing a sack over your head.
Is the figure made of stone? If not — no need for 'rumbled'. Just 'said'.
'Intense' men sounds weird. Is there a better word for them?
'Budding' chest — I agree with JW. Ditto 'audibly'
Arching eyebrows is a cliched twitch, not helped here by being 'manicured'.
'Ragged' hair will do for 'raggedly cropped'.
I'd pop 'she continued' between Nakan and 'That was me'. Looks odd where it is.
So - on the whole it's looking like adverbs, adjectives and doubled-up descriptions that are bugging me and if you chop these, it would work better without flattening the detail.
What they're actually saying is good — we're straight into the business. Just a tad fussy.
- Dave Fragments said...
I think this is fat with words. Too many of them.
(GROAN, he's at it again!)
Kallis leans against a stone wall. We don't need the rough.
Locked her blue-green eyes? This is from her POV and I never think about my eye color, nor does anyone else.
Make a choice: It's either a "heavily cloaked figure" or a "figure" (not yet a man), or a "Wizard" or whatever he/she/it is... If he is a wizard, hidden in a heavy cloak, wearing clean and neat clothing and hands betraying a soft lifestyle, then say it in one sentence. That's what Kallis sees in him.
"her dark, raggedly cropped hair" again, I never think of my short gray hair when I run my hands through it.
Now Kallis is a "street rat"... What's a ready to think of that? I would have him/she/it - the cloaked figure say to her "You? you're nothing but a street rat. Why should I trust you?" That's a better bargaining chip than merely arching an eyebrow under heavy hood in the dim light of an alley. If this were a movie or TV show, then the camera could show arching eyebrows. In real life, people seldom see arching eyebrows.
Now let me ask this -- does the second sentence in P2 belong as the last line in P1? Then it would read as: Kailis leaned against a rough stone, her eyes locked on the cloaked figure. The city was guarded by intense men, who might recognize Kailis as a thief."
Then the next two lines are all dialog.
"Twenty, and I transport you outside the city walls."
"Not goo d enough. Look--do you want that altar-jewel, or not?" She tapped her budding chest.
"I am the best thief in town. I can get it for you."
"You? you're nothing but a street rat. Why should I trust you?"
Now you can write snappier dialog than I can. I think this is tighter and has a bit more urgency than the original.
- Dave Fragments said...
I'm in a hurry. I gotta fix some typos.
#1 - What's a READER to think of that?
#2 - Kailis locked her eyes on the cloaked figure. SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE CITY BUT, the city was guarded by intense men, who might recognize Kailis as a thief.
#3 - I forgot to say that when you separate dialog like that, you slow the action down. Placing dialog together creates action and increases tension.
- Bonnie said...
Not bad. You've got a nice breezy tone and some zip to the dialogue.
But a wizard in a cloak and a girl thief strikes me as a rather cliche'd situation. You'd have to show me some real writing chops to make me think you could do anythng original with it, but budding chests, arching eyebrows, and audible sighs make me think more cliches, not originality.
- writtenwyrdd said...
Unlike Dave, I don't think this has 'too many words'. But the complaint is valid because it's too many adverbial words. You could easily tuck in description without actually spelling it out as description. Instead of leaning against a rough stone wall, the rough stone might dig into her shoulder or something.
In any case, reading this is sort of like trying to drink a full cup of coffee on a bumpy road. It's a bit difficult to get a lock on the imagery because it's just a little too awkward to manage easily.
Streamline, reword and yeah, remove the unfortunate similarity to Alan Dean Foster's work that Julie noted.
I liked the situation, though. I think this is a decent opening, although not perfect. (Not much is when we see it here, anyhow, so you are in excellent company with the rest of us!)
- Kiersten White said...
Dave, I happen to think about my eye color all the time.
- Julie Weathers said...
WW, Lyle is the one who noticed the similarity. I haven't read the book. I simply agreed if the dialogue was nearly verbatim it needs to change.
- Julie Weathers said...
Kierstan's comment makes me laugh.
I do have to wonder why the girl needs healing. I might have dropped some kind of hint about it if it is important.
- Xenith said...
I'm not sure that girl thieves are a cliche (on the basis, I've been trying to read every fantasy book with a major character that's a thief -- for all that it's supposed to be a fantasy archtype there are surprisingly few of them & I haven't as yet come across any of the female persuasion, of course I've probably missed some but if it's common enough to considered a cliche, it shouldn't be that hard to miss) but there is a feeling of "been there, read this" about the opening.
It would have to do something very soon to show this isn't the usual standard fantasy fare.
Also, I find haggling hard to follow, so having it thrown in at the very beginning where nothing else doesn't make for easy reading
- Xenith said...
(Hope previous comment didn't go missing?)
I believe the thief/wizard thing comes from roleplaying, AD&D? (Never played it myself.) Some writers can get away with turning their roleplay world into a novel (Ray Feist comes to mind) but generally most um there are a lot of these in the slush pile and not so many on the shelves (deliberate tie-ins not included there). The easier it is to hear the dice rolling, the quicker the rejection, I'm sure.
Not that I'm saying this opening or the rest of the novel/story is roleplay related, I have no idea :) but I'd be trying very hard to make it obvious that it wasn't.
- talpianna said...
I assumed the "full healing" was for injuries inevitably sustained in the course of the theft.
Does having an eyebrow manicured hurt as much as having a fingernail tweezed?
- Unknown said...
I'm The Author here...
The full healing, as will be revealed in a few lines, is because Our Heroine has asthma (not said in so many words, but described reasonably clearly). The reason the wizard isn't taking the stone himself will be revealed a chunk later, when Our Heroine meets the goddess whose temple it is...
I don't think I've ever read Splinter of the Mind's Eye. So I have no idea how similar the dialog is or isn't.
I was trying to describe her without having a Big Chunk of Description (and the "budding chest" was to indicate that we're talking a 14-year-old rather than a 5-year-old or something, perhaps there's a smoother way to do that)
Oh, and we're never going to see the wizard again, after this conversation. In about 4 pages, Our Heroine is going to be dropped halfway around the planet by the aforementioned goddess. For Our Heroine's own good.
- EB said...
The word repetition bugs me, as it seems like it is unintentional.
"...give you the STONE." Kailis leaned against a rough STONE wall.
...cloaked FIGURE in the shadows. "20 and I transport you outside the CITY WALLS," the FIGURE rumbled. THE CITY WALLS were...
Twice the figure's a figure then he's a wizard (with a manicured eyebrow?). Something about that was confusing.
Lose the 2nd sentence of the 2nd graph. It's all telling and not at all interesting. I assume the city walls are high otherwise, well, what good are they. It is apparent that the walls pose an obstacle since the wizard has offered transport to the other side. And "intense men" is so vague as to be meaningless.
Then you tell us Kailis is a thief...when you accomplish the very same thing with dialogue in the next graph.
"Budding chest" made me cringe. You start talking Tanner stages so we can pin down where she is in her development, I'm outta here.
I like the term street-rat. I wonder if it would be better uttered by your manicured wizard. "You're nothing but a child. A street rat."
I realize you're trying to describe the girl, but the scene seems to be from her POV and the eye-color bit is disjointed. Particularly if it's dark and shadowy when it's tough to discern eye color.
- batgirl said...
Is this opening from the girl's pov? I thought it was omniscient. (Or is only EE allowed to be omniscient?)
- Unknown said...
I'm... actually not entirely clear on the distinction betwixt omniscient and merely third person from someone's point of view.
I think... limited-omniscient may be what I'm going for here.
Also... the comment about the trader's heir, soul, and balls? I was just trying to indicate that he guarded his treasury like it held everything most precious to him in the world, rather than mere cash. Like unto bragging that she got into someplace guarded like Fort Knox, except that that would be anachronistic here.
- Bonnie said...
You might want to get involved with a learn-to-write forum such as Online Writer's Workshop or Forward Motion to learn more about handling point of view, avoiding cliches, improving your prose, and all that.
- Evil Editor said...
Unchosen continuations:
He glanced down at her budding chest. The orchids were starting to bloom, and the daffodils had already opened.
"I don't think I can heal that," he growled.
He cocked his head and gave a wry smile as he stepped out of the shadows. "Very well, child. But don't expect me to like you."
"It's a deal. You truly are a wizard, Doctor House!"
"Look, kid," the wizard said, "Maybe you can do the job. Maybe not. But if you an come back with the stone and you, ahem, guard my balls, I'll pay you the forty, transportation halfway to the next town and give you a full healing, including that nasty case of pox."
"What pox? I don't have no pox!"
He smiled. "You will. Deal or no deal, kid?"


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The "Charlie's Angels" actress, who died of cancer on June 25 at age 62, updated her will two years ago, after learning her anal cancer had spread to her liver, according to KTLA television in Los Angeles. The majority of her estate was placed in a trust fund for Redmond, who is 24 years old and serving time for drugs. Nothing was left to Fawcett's longtime lover, Ryan O'Neal.
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"Farrah appointed two trustees to make sure the money supports her son's journey into sobriety rather than giving him the means to destroy himself. Redmond's inheritance will be tightly controlled," reported the Daily Mail of London.
Ryan O'Neal, Fawcett's longtime lover who had pledged to marry her on her deathbed, will not be one of the trustees.
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