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And Then We Came to the End!
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/20/2007 06:11:00 PM
Bonus Content--like DVDs!
Dear Miss Snark,
As a hugely successful and incredibly wealthy New York literary agent, I gotta tell you that you're really causing me heartburn.
In the good old days, crappy writers did a crappy job of submitting their crappy queries, and I was able to cull through the crap at the rate of five per nanosecond, no problemo. And then you came along, dishing up advice and giving away our industry secrets.
I now have thousands of submissions in my slush pile that are perfectly executed, beautifully formatted, and follow my agency's amazingly complex and intentionally contradictory instructions precisely.
So, even though 99.9% of the actual writing is still atrocious, it's taking me ten times longer to slog through the slush.
Are you trying to make my life a living hell, or what?
Clearly my work here is done!
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/20/2007 05:02:00 PM
Labels: Miss Snark is amused
Bonus Content-one last post
Dear Miss Snark,
I've got papyrophobia (fear of paper) and bibliophobia (fear of books). My therapist says my phobias are the most severe she's ever seen, and there's no hope of a cure for me.
I've written a novel (on my PC, as you might expect), and now the publication date is looming. I'm deathly afraid of seeing my novel rendered on paper, in the form of a book. And yet I'm thrilled that others will be able to pick up a copy and read it. I want to make sure the book is okay, but because of my phobias I can't get anywhere near one.
So, since you're in New York, and my publisher is in New York, would you be willing to pick up a copy, call me, and read it to me over the phone?
oh shur, no problem.
Is your phone number 648-9487?***
*clue: telephone numbers also have letters
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/20/2007 04:57:00 PM
Labels: Miss Snark is amused
Miss Snark is quite overcome
Killer Yapp (activating Nextel two way collar radio): "Grandma Dog! Grandma Dog!"
Grandmother Snark: "KY? What's wrong?"
KY: Snark! Snark! Melting!
GS: Miss Snark is melting? I'll be right there, open the patio doors!
(Grandmother Snark rappels down east face of building and swan dives into Snark Central).
KY: Here! Here!
Grandmother Snark: (aghast) oh dear dog in heaven, hell must be freezing over, where are my skates, Miss Snark has tears running down her flinty cheeks!
Miss Snark: 300 plus comments on the blog retirement post. I thought I was tough. They got me! They really got me!
Grandmother Snark: And it's only Saturday night. I better buy stock in Kimberly Clark.
Grandmother Snark: "KY? What's wrong?"
KY: Snark! Snark! Melting!
GS: Miss Snark is melting? I'll be right there, open the patio doors!
(Grandmother Snark rappels down east face of building and swan dives into Snark Central).
KY: Here! Here!
Grandmother Snark: (aghast) oh dear dog in heaven, hell must be freezing over, where are my skates, Miss Snark has tears running down her flinty cheeks!
Miss Snark: 300 plus comments on the blog retirement post. I thought I was tough. They got me! They really got me!
Grandmother Snark: And it's only Saturday night. I better buy stock in Kimberly Clark.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/19/2007 08:54:00 PM 96 comments:
Labels: Snark Central
The Post-Snark Snark
Some questions have popped up in my email and in the comments:
1. What are you doing next?
The only thing retiring is the blog. I'm still agenting. KY is still chasing squirrels and Grandmother Snark is still blessedly unaware of Miss Snark's potty mouth. Please resist the urge to reveal all to her.
2. What about the blog?
The blog will stay up. You can search the archives (most of the posts have labels now and google will turn up a lot if you use "miss snark" and "what ever you're looking for" as search terms).
3. We can still comment, right?
No, comments are now off as of 5/22/2007. You can see the previous comments but you can't comment now.
4. Are you going to write a book?
5. Can I print up your blog as a book on Lulu?
No. Please don't. If you want to print it out and put it in a pink unicorn binder for your own personal use, ok, but please don't turn it into book form or sell it, even at no-profit.
6. Was it something anyone said or did, and if so, can I kill them for you?
No. It wasn't a specific event. The questions were increasingly ones I'd already answered or ones I couldn't answer. Managing the mail was actually more time consuming than the blog.
7. Are you alright? You're not sick or anything are you?
No, I'm not dead, dying or disabled. I'm slightly dehydrated cause the outpouring of such marvelous comments and email and video and blog posts has been very very overwhelming, but you didn't make me cry, you didn't you did NOT.
8. Are you marrying George Clooney?
1. What are you doing next?
The only thing retiring is the blog. I'm still agenting. KY is still chasing squirrels and Grandmother Snark is still blessedly unaware of Miss Snark's potty mouth. Please resist the urge to reveal all to her.
2. What about the blog?
The blog will stay up. You can search the archives (most of the posts have labels now and google will turn up a lot if you use "miss snark" and "what ever you're looking for" as search terms).
3. We can still comment, right?
No, comments are now off as of 5/22/2007. You can see the previous comments but you can't comment now.
4. Are you going to write a book?
5. Can I print up your blog as a book on Lulu?
No. Please don't. If you want to print it out and put it in a pink unicorn binder for your own personal use, ok, but please don't turn it into book form or sell it, even at no-profit.
6. Was it something anyone said or did, and if so, can I kill them for you?
No. It wasn't a specific event. The questions were increasingly ones I'd already answered or ones I couldn't answer. Managing the mail was actually more time consuming than the blog.
7. Are you alright? You're not sick or anything are you?
No, I'm not dead, dying or disabled. I'm slightly dehydrated cause the outpouring of such marvelous comments and email and video and blog posts has been very very overwhelming, but you didn't make me cry, you didn't you did NOT.
8. Are you marrying George Clooney?
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/19/2007 06:33:00 PM
Labels: Snark Central
Miss Snark is Retiring
Two years; two million hits (2.5 actually as of 5/20/07);
yes, Miss Snark has run out of new things to say.
It's been an amazing run.
This blog wouldn't have been any fun at all without you, my devoted readers.
I know I'll miss hearing from you.
I hope you'll miss hearing from me.
Yes, the blog will stay up cause I'm pretty proud of what we did here. And by "we" I don't mean just me and Killer Yapp, I mean you too. You sent me questions, trusted me to snark your work, made "crapometer" an industry term and most of all, you gave me perspective on what it's like to be on the other side of the slush pile.
There will be a few more days of clean up as I close out my email and spruce up the blog roll.
You can reach me through Killer Yapp.
Thank you for everything.
yes, Miss Snark has run out of new things to say.
It's been an amazing run.
This blog wouldn't have been any fun at all without you, my devoted readers.
I know I'll miss hearing from you.
I hope you'll miss hearing from me.
Yes, the blog will stay up cause I'm pretty proud of what we did here. And by "we" I don't mean just me and Killer Yapp, I mean you too. You sent me questions, trusted me to snark your work, made "crapometer" an industry term and most of all, you gave me perspective on what it's like to be on the other side of the slush pile.
There will be a few more days of clean up as I close out my email and spruce up the blog roll.
You can reach me through Killer Yapp.
Thank you for everything.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/19/2007 12:26:00 AM 524 comments:
Labels: aw hell (as requested)
Email query format problems
Dear Miss Snark:
I've sent out a bunch of e-mail queries and noticed when I received some answers (and my query shows up at the end of the responses) that sometimes my letter looked strange on the other end. I copy and pasted my query from a Microsoft word document into the body of the e-mails and some of them apparently look like I wrote it in a foreign tongue. My apostrophes have been replaced by Russian looking letters. The columns and everything look out of whack. Other replies show that my query looked fine, just as I had sent it from my end. It looks normal from my "sent" column and it also looked fine when I sent a test run on some of my friends' computers. What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? Are these agents seeing Russian letters instead of my apostrophes? Thanks.
Yup, they are, in some cases.
I have one colleague who reliably sees weirdness in my emails so I have prevailed upon her to be my "reader". All she has to do when I send her a practice/draft email is hit reply when I send it to her for testing (her email program prints the text of my email at the bottom).
That way I get back what the finicky computers see, and I can fix it. It usually takes three or four "send/reply" cycles to get all the problems fixed.
The trick is to find the one friend who will see it like that, and bribe her into helping you.
There are other tricks to employ here too, and I'm sure some of the comments will give you some additional good ideas.
The good news is, most of us are pretty used to seeing that. It's annoying, but it's not a deal breaker. You DO want to fix it though cause it's really hard to read.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/18/2007 09:12:00 AM 22 comments:
Resist! Resist!
Dear Miss Snark,
I recently received this email:
(Agent's name)
I see you've already rejected my query on (title redacted) oh, a month ago. And you're in great company. Sorry-- please disregard the query I sent ten minutes ago because I don't need another rejection.
It's a fun read. Why is everyone passing?
Can I borrow a match to set my hair on fire too?
Yes indeed.
Just to underscore the obvious:
If you screw up and send a query twice, don't compound the mistake by writing to say so. Don't say you don't need more rejection, cause really, who does??
I know you get tired of hearing no, but the person to ask "why" is not the agent.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/18/2007 09:00:00 AM 3 comments:
Labels: Nitwittery abounds
Thank yous (and giftage)
I recently entered a writing contest (a well-known one) and didn't make the short-list. No biggie, I learned a lot and made some good progress with my writing. Then I got a very encouraging letter from one of the contest judges (the chair), letting me know that I'd made the informal "long-list" of the top 20 entries and giving me some feedback on my submission. She didn't have to do this (the contest stated that feedback would only be given to short-listed folks), and made it clear she did it on her own behalf. This was very cool and much appreciated. My question is this...would it be okay to send her a short thank-you note care of her publisher? Just a "thanks for taking the time to do this, much appreciated" kinda deal? I'm not looking to come off as some psycho-stalker chick, so should I be grateful in silence, or is a brief note okay?
A short thank you note via the publisher is always in order.
You'd do better to email her from her website; publishers are notoriously slow about forwarding author mail.
You only come off as psycho-stalker chick if you send gifts, or more than one note.
Never send any object to an agent or an editor until you've signed a deal with them. Given the lunacy of this day and age, gifts from strangers mostly get thrown away still wrapped and unused.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/18/2007 08:50:00 AM 6 comments:
Labels: this crazy industry
More on rejections
Dear Miss Snark,
If your oven wasn't already in use as a file cabinet, I'd be asking to stop by so I could stick my head in and turn on the gas. After the one-millionth rewrite and almost as many rejections, two agents requested my manuscript AFTER reading partials. Such a hopeful sign, but alas, both NO's. But it was the nature of their comments that has me competing for space in your oven.
The first pass was from a pair of agents who work together. Their comments were all very positive, but they didn't think the market was large enough for the novel. They did, however, ask me to resubmit my next project.
The second agent passed because she felt the story needed to be told in a far more brutal voice. Because of the nature of the material, I purposely avoided sensationalizing the story.
Who to believe? At this point I am committed to finishing my second novel, a very commercial project, furiously rewriting with the hope of submitting next fall. But I can't completely shake a nagging doubt that agent #2 is right about my first novel and the first agents were just too kind to tell me my writing sucks.
I'm trying to talk myself into putting the first manuscript away for now, stop submitting and rewriting it and hope that, some day, it finds a good home at a small press where it probably would be most happy.
I really need someone, who is objective, to say, "Stop! Put it away and get on with the next project." I am so confused.
Thank you for all you have done to help writers like me and please give Killer Yap a big kiss on his furry snout and, of course, a cookie.
Killer Yapp says "excellent idea" and heads for the cookie jar.
One of the ironclad rules of rejection letters is they all say different things. Too long, too short, too violent, too placid. You don't have a large enough sample to draw any reliable conclusions.
And NO agent asks to see future work if they think your writing sux. Never.
You in fact have TWO agents who said something other than "not right for me" and that says to me you're probably a damn fine writer, and it's other things that needs some work.
You're exactly right in what I'm going to tell you: finish the second book. Send it out on a round of queries. THEN look at novel #1 and see (with what you learned from writing #2) what, if anything, you'd chanage.
Quit obsessing. Write well.
Killer Yapp adds "eat cookies".
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/18/2007 08:40:00 AM 7 comments:
Labels: Quit obsessing
Oh here, let me help you
Dear Mistress of the Highest Snarkitude
I'm in the early stages of querying my mystery novel, and a top New York agent is currently reviewing the full manuscript. Meanwhile, an acquaintance of mine recently read my manuscript and gave it glowing reviews. Knowing she'd be too polite to tell me if it sucked, I smiled and moved along. But apparently, she was serious. She's contacted a friend who works for a production company that develops movies for, ahem,well, a women's cable network. This person is now asking for a screenplay based on my novel, which she has NOT read by the way. I have no screenplay, and creating one would take precious time and effort –time I'd allocated to crafting the novel's sequel.I've tried to politely decline this request, but my acquaintance is pushing the issue.
What to do?
-Should I drop everything else to write a screenplay? No
-Am I correct in suspecting the production-company contact is just being polite? Yes
-Even if the interest is genuine, would you advise an unpublished author to pursue this?No
I mean, if the story is "used up" in a made-for-TV movie, will it hurt my chances to have the book published? No Will it piss off my dream agent(s)?Yes
-Am I a snob for wincing at the thought of my masterpiece appearing on a woman's TV network? In the book, the love interest is a delightfully dangerous hottie who owns a gun store. I fear the TV folks would transform him into a first-grade teacher who owns a
little antique shop. Now, I like teachers and antiques as much as the next gal, but my guy's an alpha male, and I like him that way.
- On a scale of one to ten, how paranoid am I? The voices tell me not to worry, but they also suggested I seek your advice.
I'd be eternally grateful for your insight. All of us– me, the voices, and my fictional hottie - send you and Killer Yapp our kindest regards.
First, you have no clue how to write a screenplay and if you think writing a novel was good practice for that, you're wrong.
Second, you don't want to go anywhere near film people without an agent. That industry works on much more stringent rules about what they'll consider (and I think that most legit places require you to register your work before they'll look at it). And, film rights are in important piece of the package for a novel. You write a screenplay, send it off, and you've just made it a LOT harder for an agent to sell film or TV rights. Do NOT do this.
Clearly this friend of yours has badgered her friend at the production company and this is the standard brush off.
What you need to do with this clueless friend is say "thanks for your help. I appreciate it" and STOP talking to her about your novel. Her "helpfulness" does not oblige you to accept it or report back on your progress. Once you're published lots more people will have "helpful" ideas for you. Some of them are good; 99% are not. This is good practice for how to deal with them politely. Respect the intention, but that's it.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/16/2007 09:09:00 AM 26 comments:
Labels: QnA
Stop, drop, (sc)roll
Dear Miss Snark,
Since I read your advice not to mix genres in query letters I've been planning to market my novel as a mystery. The problem is that although I throw out some hints early on, the 'mystery' itself doesn't emerge till page 100 or so. I've also tried to make the book stylistically interesting. Is 'literary mystery' a viable genre option, or should I just leave well enough alone?
Nothing makes me want to set my hair on fire faster than hearing "I've tried to make the book stylistically interesting". You tell me that in a query letter, I'm reaching for the lighter fluid.
And when you say the "mystery" doesn't emerge till page 100, that's akin to saying the "the plot doesn't start till page 100".
And avoid the use of the word "literary" with "mystery". Tell me where it goes in the bookstore. That's all.
I'm gonna suggest you scan down the previous posts till you come to the one that has a bunch of crit groups and the Crapometer Annex listed in the comment column. The post title is "Miss Snark is Clueless" I think.
I have a feeling you need some readers to look at this before you send it off to hot-headed Miss Snark or her colleagues.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/16/2007 08:57:00 AM 9 comments:
Labels: Miss Snark sets her hair on fire
"no deals" isn't always what you think it is
An agent whose name I have seen several times with offerings but who has no deals listed under her name on Agent Query or P.M. has asked to see my complete manuscript. She requires a 1 year contract. (Yes I know I'm getting ahead of myself.) I've heard "no agent is better than a bad agent." On the other hand, everybody has to start somewhere..so.. your thoughts?
First, let's all remember that PM and AQ are self-reporting websites. Not all agents post their deals there.
The key piece of information you need to find out is this: has this agent made any sales. Don't assume she hasn't just cause you can't find them on the web. ASK. It's ok to ask at this stage. She wants your full, that means she's interested in your work.
If she's new to the biz, she may not have any sales at all. In that case, ASK about her previous experience. If she has not ever worked in a company that does book deals, on either side of the desk, I'd be wary. I see a lot of websites with well intentioned people who want to help authors sell their books but what they don't know about how to do that or who to approach would be a book in and of itself.
As for the one year contract, there are several quite reputable agents who do that. They give you a year and if they can't sell it, you're released from the agency.
An inexperienced agent is not a bad agent by default. And "experience" isn't some sort of universal either. I'm pretty experienced but if you hand me category romance, I'd be a VERY bad agent since I don't know the genre, don't read it, and don't know the editors who buy it.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/16/2007 08:40:00 AM 7 comments:
Labels: Agent Protocol, useful info
Movin' on
I have been peddling a completed middle grade novel for some time now and have had three requests for full submissions. The first two came back with personal rejections and invitations to submit future projects. I am still waiting to hear back on the third full but have been told to expect a wait of 3-5 months. Having endured an additional 40 query rejections and several others on partials with seemingly personal invitations to query future projects--I now have all my proverbial eggs in this one last basket.
However, I am nearly finished with my latest "future project" and wondered if I should wait the 3-5 months to hear back regarding the full sub of my last book before sending queries to the inviting agents on the new one. Is it unwise to overlap the query/submission process of two different projects?
Their slow pokieness should have no bearing on your forward motion.
You can have a variety of things in submission at any given time.
IF Slow Poke Publisher makes you an offer, great. If they pass, you've got other irons in the fire.
If EVERYONE makes you an offer you'll have fun juggling offers.
There's no down side to getting your "new" work out into circulation.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/16/2007 08:27:00 AM 3 comments:
Labels: can't hurt
SASE...cause really, there's SO much more to say
As a service to an author who isn't in it for the money and who can afford my rates, I'm putting together queries for a nonfiction book I edited (his secretary will do the printing and mailing; he will sign the letters himself--big of him, I know). I'm dutifully checking the submission guidelines for each and every agent on the list I've assembled so far, with every intention of following the instructions to the letter.
Then I come to this one:
"SASE – Due to new postal regulations, all self-addressed envelopes must follow these guidelines. Use postal stamps only. No metered mail. Envelopes must be addressed and include our address as the return address in the top left corner of the envelope. Use self-sealing envelopes."
How anal can an agent get? Yeah, sure, if I were the author, I'd probably just go out and buy special envelopes and do the return address thing, too. But geez, don't you people even have rubber stamps you can use for the return address? And you can't wet a gummed envelope with a sponge? Gimme a break!
Bottom of the list, dude. Plonk!
OK, I know you think it's anal, but its only cause I'd burst into flame from your enraged glare that I don't have this on MY site too. I LOVE it when people send self sealing envelopes, the ones with the pull strips.
The meter mail thing IS a rule at the post office. I drop SASEs in the box with meter stamps all the time, but I have NO idea if they get back to the querier. The thing about meters is they have dates. You meter an SASE and it says I mailed it the same day you mailed your query to me. You'll need to be writing more than science fiction to make that happen.
The only thing I think is weird is having the agent's name for the return address. I'd rather you put your own, but again, I've read in the comments column from people that the post office does require that.
And for a general comment on the overall obsessive nature of agents, trust me on this, this is a quality you WANT in an agent. You want someone who researches what works, tells you about it up front and makes it easy to understand what they need. Careless, slipshod, and "it'll all work out" are not things you want to say about the person negotiating your contract.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/15/2007 09:43:00 AM 40 comments:
Labels: query letters, sase
what! what! you mean...I'm NOT the exception??
Dearest Miss Snark,
I fear that I already know the answer to this question, but I am compelled to ask, nonetheless...
I have a successful "day job" career, but I'm trying to pursue my dream of writing a novel. I therefore recently signed up to attend my first writers' conference (a costly affair). I will have two one-on-one sessions with well-known agents. So far the writing is going well, and I hope to have a polished, final copy in about six months. Here's the catch: the conference is in one month.
I know, I know... I normally would not even dream of prematurely attempting to launch an unfinished work of fiction. I know that it should be finished, polished, put away, re-polished, etc., ad nauseum. The only reason that I am even thinking about dashing my chances prematurely with these two highly-coveted agents is because a) I am writing in a genre that is considered "hot" right now (and all things hot burn out quickly, as we well know), and b) my prominence in my "day job" gives me an excellent platform (it is directly related to the genre) that I believe any P.R.-minded agent or editor would drool over.
Am I a complete nitwit to even consider pitching an unfinished work, given the above?
Feel free to waste my time at a conference, I really don't care. I have to sit there all day anyway and one more guy with an unfinished novel is one easy answer: no. That said, we can sit there and drink gin.
No matter how enticing or hot or yummy, I can't sell an unfinished novel from a first time novelist. Maybe someone else can, but I'd get laughed off the phone by most of the editors I deal with.
They know, like I do, that the final 20% of the novel is harder to write than the preceding 80%. They know too that a first draft (which is what you're talking about when you first write THE END) is hardly ever something you should show anyone except your dog. That means you're a year from being really done, if you ever finish at all.
You've spent a lot of money hoping the rules don't apply to you. Even if you GET lucky and these agents ARE interested, they're buying for 2009 right now so anything you think of as hot NOW is something we were selling two years ago.
There are lots of reasons to attend a conference other than meeting agents. Take full advantage of them but do NOT expect agents are going to be falling all over a hot idea with an unfinished novel.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/14/2007 11:35:00 PM 19 comments:
Labels: clues, conferences
Holy Burning Bakery, Batgirl!
Miss Snark is glad to see that others too like to light their hair on fire.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/14/2007 11:30:00 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Miss Snark sets her hair on fire
But, but, I did that on purpose!
Hi Miss Snark--
I've been querying my novel since March and have gotten responses from a few big agencies. I'm in my second round now, sending samples to the agents who said yes to a letter, and presentation packets to those who said yes to a sample. All of the former have turned me down. (what the fuck is a presentation packet for a novel anyway??)
One agency requested temporary exclusivity on a three-chapter sample after reading my letter. This is, I've read, one of the most (reputable? powerful?) agencies in the industry, but they had no submission guidelines listed anywhere, not even on their own website. I sent the sample over, but also sent an e-mail saying that while I'd be happy to give them exclusivity effective that day, my submission was already simultaneous (this was also stated in my query). Their rejection came less than a week later.
Given the very quick turnaround, I can't help but think that this was because I could not offer them exclusivity. But had they been interested, I might have been caught in a lie, which I think is no way to establish a business relationship. Would it have been better to lie? Am I just being naive here?
Another agent sent along a few criticisms with her rejection, and, my gigantic writer ego aside, I thought they were preposterous. She suggested that I stop using the passive voice, add more dialogue, and put in more vivid descriptions--all intentional personal style choices that were direct results of the novel's story.
My own business sense and understanding of the market, coupled now with the fact that big agencies have responded to my queries, tell me that this novel is most likely sellable. That being said, I'm thinking that this agent--and the others who said no to a requested sample--liked the premise, but not my writing style in executing it.
But if a novel has marketability, does its style really affect that? Or is there something I'm missing here?
Yea, a clue.
What on earth led you to conclude the novel was "sellable" (and it's "saleable" but maybe you chose that word on purpose too)? You've got a fistful of rejections from people who've READ the thing!!
Just because someone said no quickly doesn't mean they didn't read it. I can turn things around pretty damn fast if I see right away that it doesn't work.
You've got passive voice, limited dialogue and flat description. Yes, I know you described it differently but that's what I get from what you said. Say what you will about downmarket fiction, it's usually full of dialogue and pretty vivid.
What you have here sounds like a high concept, badly executed book. Of course I haven't read it, so take that with a grain of salt. The only thing that really makes me think I'm right on the money here is the idea you actually have a presentation packet for a novel. I'm almost afraid to ask whats in it.
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/14/2007 10:43:00 PM 41 comments:
Labels: craft
Submitting work that's in a contest
Dear Miss Snark,
Please help me avoid acting clueless. I want to maximize my opportunities without doing something that will make agents snarl. Here's the deal. I will be submitting my recently completed novel in a contest. The contest meets the Snark Test, as it is one YOU posted some months ago with a note that if we felt compelled to enter a contest it was a good one. (Bless you...it was your blog that put me onto the contest.) The winner gets a publishing contract with St. Martin's.
So, the question. I want to query agents while the ms. is under contest consideration. If I wait until I hear that I did not win, I've lost six months. If I do win (Dear Dog in Heaven, get me the smelling salts), then I'd like an agent anyway to advise me on the 'standard contract' they will offer the winner. But will prospective/interested agents be put off that the ms. is in a competition?
Querying agents while the ms is in a contest: bad form or good business? Please advise.
I think it's fine. I wouldn't elevate an eyebrow at that info in a query letter.
In fact you're smart to pursue all avenues.
(You do want to mention it in your cover letter of course.)
And if you win, email me again. I have a lifetime supply of salts here at Snark Central. One must always be prepared for a sighting of Mr. Clooney...or this guy
Posted by Miss Snark at 5/14/2007 10:21:00 PM 14 comments:
Labels: contests
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Miami -- By the time the Rev. Reinhard Bonnke edges toward the stage, anticipation in the thundering arena is swelling. The crowd of thousands has been told of his decades of preaching in Africa, the tens of millions of souls he has saved, the countless healings for which he has been a conduit and the modern-day Lazarus he saw risen. The floor is vibrating with the thumping of bass, fog blows into the air, sleek videos play on huge screens and each speaker who comes to the microphone stokes the fires of excitement.
Great things are coming. Anything is possible. Miracles will happen.
This is the cavernous home of the Miami Heat and concerts for the likes of Madonna, now serving as the Saturday-night host to a German-born Pentecostal minister most Americans have never heard of and whose stories many would discard as fairytales. He began his evangelism an ocean away and a lifetime ago amid similar doubt, only to become a household name across Africa, a magnet for colossal crowds and a fundraiser who has brought in more than $100 million since 2006. And so, answering what he says was a message from God to bring his first great crusade to this continent, the 74-year-old Bonnke walks into the spotlight with a confidence borne of decades of defying expectations.
"This is an hour of salvation," he tells the crowd. "Miami shall be saved! Florida shall be saved! America shall be saved!"
Bonnke was born in East Prussia, the second-youngest of six children, who were shepherded by their mother to safety in Denmark as World War II raged. His father served in the German army before becoming a pastor — though he dismissed his young son's ambitions of following him into ministry.
Bonnke says he was 10 when he heard God's calling to preach in Africa and still a boy when he first spoke in tongues, first preached on a street corner and first won a convert. In time, his crusades all over Africa would save the souls of more than 72 million people, he claims. Some challenge his crowd counts, but the throngs became so indisputably huge that on two occasions, Nigerian crowds clamoring to touch him resulted in stampedes that killed at least 17 people. He says his largest single gathering was a staggering 1.6 million people in Lagos, Nigeria.
"A crowd is always impressed by the sum of its own number," Bonnke said in an hour-long interview. "When people come in great numbers everybody says, 'awwwwww.'"
After taking the stage in Miami, he outlines no transgressions for which the sinners must repent, saying it is not his place to weigh which sins are big and which are small. He makes no forays into politics, though he is a registered Republican and was preceded on stage by GOP Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, who receives loud applause when he declares Christ is his savior. Bonnke's audiences hear no soaring evangelism and no lesson in morality.
In dramatic bellows and near whispers, he returns again and again this night to the same simple theme: He tells the faithful to turn from darkness to light, from Satan to God.
He invites those ready to make a spiritual commitment to the arena's floor — the "altar call," in evangelical parlance — and they file from red and orange seats toward center court. A crowd amasses, arms outstretched: Some tremble and cry, some shout "hallelujah," a few dance and one jumps up and down relentlessly.
"Jesus Christ, son of the living God: Save me now!" Bonnke screams. "Jesus! Save me now!"
At the end of the two-night crusade — a masterful, $1 million production that included a Grammy-nominated singer — Bonnke's aides estimate 15,000 people came. But he says he measures his success most by the more than 1,800 who came to the arena's floor to proclaim their faith and receive a booklet entitled "Now That You Are Saved."
Almost precisely an hour after appearing, Bonnke slips off stage right with little fanfare. His mission, as always, was simply to get people to accept Christ — and so his work, for tonight at least, is done.
But the evening is far from over.
Taking the stage as Bonnke departs is the Rev. Daniel Kolenda. He is 33, with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing jeans with a jacket and a skinny tie. In 2010, he became president of Christ for all Nations, the international ministry that Bonnke started, though the elder pastor remains its CEO and headliner. Kolenda has taken over the bulk of overseas crusades, though, and this night he assumes the responsibility, too, of prayers for healing.
Belief in miracles is widespread, not just among evangelicals, but across Christianity. At Lourdes, France, a Roman Catholic shrine where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared, thousands have reported being healed, though the Catholic hierarchy has affirmed just 69 miracles in more than 150 years. Bonnke's ministry will claim hundreds on the first night in Miami alone.
Kate Bowler, a professor at Duke Divinity School who has written about Bonnke, says it remains to be seen whether his "dramatic supernaturalism" can attract American audiences. Still, she said, "He will be remembered by history as one of the most important faith healers of the 20th century. He will be known much longer than a Jimmy Swaggart or a Jim Bakker because far more people have seen this person in real life than almost any of those other cast of characters."
Like other charismatic preachers, Bonnke has made healing a hallmark of his services, and claims those who've attended have been cured of everything from AIDS to cancer to paralysis.
In the most widely-told story about him, he says he witnessed the resurrection of Daniel Ekechukwu, a Nigerian man whose wife brought his body to a church where Bonnke was appearing. Both Bonnke and Kolenda claim, matter-of-factly, to have witnessed other resurrections, too, but they and their adherents repeatedly tell the story of Ekechukwu, saying there is so much evidence of a profound miracle, that it cannot be questioned.
"It is watertight. It could not be denied. And yet people still — some people — still doubt it," Bonnke said. "Well, may God forgive them."
On stage, Kolenda instructs those searching for a miracle to place a hand on the part of their body in need of a cure, and across the arena, people do so. The night reaches its fevered climax as he recites a litany of illnesses he commands be fixed, from blocked arteries and kidney stones to cancers and addictions.
"I command every tumor to disappear right now in the name of Jesus! I want every thyroid to go right now in Jesus' name!" he says. "I speak to every cripple and I command those crippled legs to receive strength. Rise up and walk in the name of Jesus! Deaf ears open in the name of Jesus! Blind eyes open in the name of Jesus!"
Afterward, Kolenda asks the crowd how many experienced healing, and hands go up around the arena. Some come to the stage and testify of a malady they now believe to be gone: the pain of hernias, a sore throat, heart palpitations, sensitivity to light, and others.
An 82-year-old woman, Daphne Bonas, says she felt a heat run through her body that she is convinced has cured her bladder cancer. About two weeks later, she hadn't yet seen a doctor to verify her healing, but she said she still felt stronger and healthier and was convinced tests would validate a miracle.
"I'm looking forward to them telling me, 'There's nothing there and you're OK,'" she said.
June Williams, 77, came searching for a miracle too, after suffering a painful hip fracture in a fall. She tried to walk after the healing prayers, but only made it a few steps. She left as she arrived, in a wheelchair, and for four days afterward, was in such pain she could barely get out of bed. But she still believes in Bonnke and the power of faith healing.
"It's not that I don't believe," she said. "It's either that I'm not supposed to get better or the time has not come yet."
Even Bonnke says he does not fully understand the healings. When his mother was dying, all of his and his family's prayers did nothing to improve her health. He says there is no special power in his hands or his prayer. He says he's not sure if everyone is truthful when they claim to be healed and his ministry cannot investigate each such report.
Belief in healings is a chief driver of the crowds to Bonnke's events, as it is for preachers including Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn, two men with whom he is closely linked. Copeland has given Bonnke's ministry millions in support; Bonnke helped preside over Hinn's remarriage to his ex-wife last year. All three men have been associated with the so-called prosperity gospel, which stresses God will reward the faithful with health and wealth, and all three have led ministries that have made them rich.
Bonnke lives near Palm Beach in an expansive $3 million Ritz-Carlton condo with prime ocean views. Though Bonnke's total compensation from Christ for all Nations was $178,784 last year, it was down significantly from $289,546 two years earlier, according to IRS filings.
From 2006 through 2013, Christ for all Nations received more than $105 million in donations; last year it brought in nearly $15 million, about $6.8 million from four donors alone, according to the filings and a June audit.
Its crusades are free to attend and no offering was taken at the Miami event, just as Bonnke says is the case at each of his stops.
Rusty Leonard, who runs MinistryWatch, which analyzes religious groups' finances, says Christ for all Nations has above-average spending on fundraising and administration, but he is most concerned by the number of affiliated organizations it spends money on, and from which he says Bonnke is likely to have received additional income.
Harvester Services Inc., a for-profit corporation owned by Bonnke and his wife, publishes the pastor's books and other media, and received $735,307 from Christ for all Nations in 2012 and 2013, according to the auditors' report.
Launchpad School of Evangelism Inc., a nonprofit evangelistic training program, received $663,302 in grants from Christ for all Nations in 2012 and 2013, according to the audit. Bonnke serves as Launchpad's president and it is headquartered out of his condo, according to filings with the Florida Department of State. A 2012 IRS filing for Launchpad says Bonnke received no salary for his work.
Evangelistic Resource Productions LLC, which holds footage of Bonnke's past events and handles logistics for his crusades, was sold to Christ for all Nations in 2012 for $490,000, the audit found. That company's ownership was unclear, but the audit said some members of the Christ for all Nations board were on the board of the entity that owns it.
"It's a classic way to funnel money to yourself," Leonard said. "It tells you that they're working every angle."
In Bonnke's autobiography, "Living a Life of Fire," he writes that "unbelievers assume that evangelists are all about money." In an interview, he rejected questions about his lifestyle, saying he has no stocks or other investments, just one apartment, which he said he and his wife will sell when he's no longer able to preach and live off its proceeds.
"Sometimes, when God blessed me with something, I would feel guilty. Then I realized this was wrong, because a blessing is a blessing is a blessing," he said. "I had to learn my lessons through the years and I thank God for his provisions."
He says Christ does not want people's money, he wants their hearts. And so Bonnke will bring his crusade to Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sept. 12 and 13, then to Long Island and Houston, Chicago and Pittsburgh and beyond.
He expects it will mirror his African experience, that stadiums will become too small to hold growing throngs, and that they will eventually move events to open fields. His writings are filled with numbers of those he has reached, but he refuses to limit his goal as he embarks on his American tour. He wants to win over everyone for Christ.
"He has a claim on all people. He doesn't speak in percentages," Bonnke says. "I will aim at the moon to reach the highest bounty."
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Collins, Francis (1950-) is an American physician and geneticist who in the late 1900's became recognized as one of the most important and talented figures in the field of medical genetics. In 1993, he was appointed director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which oversees the role of the United States in mapping the human genome.
Francis Sellers Collins was born in Staunton, Virginia. He was raised on a farm and home-schooled by his mother until the sixth grade. Collins studied chemistry at the University of Virginia and earned a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Yale University in 1974. He switched career tracks in 1974, when he began to study medicine at the University of North Carolina. Collins received his M.D. degree in 1977, and subsequently completed his internship and residency at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. He then received a fellowship in human genetics and pediatrics and worked at Yale University School of Medicine for three years. Collins then taught and conducted research at the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1993.
Collins's work in identifying and locating genes that cause disease in humans has brought him a reputation as one of the most important and talented figures in the field of medical genetics. As a researcher, Collins first gained fame for his development in the 1980's of a gene-finding method called positional cloning. This method uses the inheritance pattern of a disease within a family to map the location of a gene that causes a hereditary disease to a specific chromosome. This technique revolutionized the field of human gene mapping and has helped researchers locate several disease-linked genes. Collins and his colleagues have used the technique to locate the genes that play a role in such potentially lifethreatening hereditary diseases as cystic fibrosis (CF), neurofibromatosis, and Huntington's disease. In 1995, an international consortium to which Collins belongs used positional cloning to isolate the gene responsible for ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). The discovery of the CF gene in 1989 was a landmark in genetics research, ranking as the first time that a gene had been mapped on a chromosome and its biochemical processes determined without any background information on the gene.
For his extraordinary achievements, his admirable leadership style, and his genuine concern about important ethical issues regarding genetics, Collins was appointed director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a division of the National Institutes of Health, in 1993. Collins succeeded James Dewey Watson, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who in 1953 codiscovered the structure of DNA.
As director of the NHGRI, Collins oversees the United States role in the Human Genome Project, the international effort to map the human genome (the complete set of genes in a cell). The Human Genome Project began in 1990 as a program to determine the entire set of chemical instructions that control heredity in human beings and certain other organisms. Scientists believe that by understanding the human genome, they will be better able to find and understand the connection between genes and disease. This knowledge will launch a revolution in the field of medicine. It will lead to individualized preventative medicine, in which individuals will take a genetic test and then receive medication or preventative therapy based on their personal genetic makeup. It will also lead to the development of more effective drugs and therapies based on a deeper understanding of the mechanics of disease.
In addition to mapping the human genome, the project is also designed to develop technologies that will aid researchers and physicians in analyzing information garnered from genetic tests. The project also promotes training a corps of scientists to utilize the technology and resources developed through the project in ways to improve human health.
Another important component of the Human Genome Project is the examination of the possible ethical, social, and legal issues that may result from human genome research. Collins has been at the forefront of such issues, which include questions of how people will use their own genetic information and the genetic information of others.
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Bank of America (BAC) said Wednesday that it had net income of $340 million, or $0.00 per share, in the third quarter, compared to $6.2 billion, or $0.56 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected BofA to report a loss of $0.07 per share.
It blamed the flat earnings on $1.9 billion of debit valuation adjustments (DVA) and fair value option (FVO) adjustments related to the improvement in the company's credit spreads, $1.6 billion for total litigation expense, including a charge for the previously announced settlement of the Merrill Lynch class action litigation, and a charge of $0.8 billion related to the repricing of certain deferred tax assets due to a reduction in the U.K. corporate tax rate. Together, these three items totaled a negative $0.28 per share.
The latest results benefited from improved credit quality across most major portfolios, increased sales and trading revenue (excluding the impact of DVA), higher mortgage banking income and increased investment banking income, the company says. However, average annual sales by financial advisors in the first nine months of 2012 are down 5.5% from the same period in 2011.
"We are doing more business with our customers and clients: Deposits are up; mortgage originations are up; we surpassed 11 million in mobile customers; small business lending is up 27% year over year; loans to our commercial clients rose for the seventh consecutive quarter; and our corporate clients made us the second-ranked global investment banking firm," said CEO Brian Moynihan, in a press release. "Our strategy is taking hold even as we work through a challenging economy and continue to clean up legacy issues."
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The number of financial advisors stood at 17,533 as of Sept. 30, which is down one from the second quarter but up 439 reps from a year ago. These figures include financial advisors in the mass-affluent Merrill Edge platform and others in BofA's Consumer & Business Banking segment, which totaled 1,457 in Q3'12; 1,383 in Q2'12; and 1,032 in Q3'11.
The average yearly production (or fees and commissions) of Merrill Lynch advisors—excluding those in Consumer & Business Banking—was $910,000 for Q3, down from $921,000 a year ago and from $915,000 in Q2. On a nine-month basis, current annual production of $910,000 is off of the first nine months of 2011, when production averaged $963,000 per advisor.
Total client balances in Global Wealth and Investment Management rose 3% from the prior quarter to $2.3 trillion, led primarily by market gains, as well as gains in deposit balances, long-term assets under management (AUM) flows and loan balances.
Asset flows to advisors in the third quarter were $3.83 billion, down from $3.99 billion in the second quarter of 2012 but up sharply from $1.93 billion in the year-ago quarter. For the first nine months of 2012, new assets totaled $15.64 billion vs. $10.19 billion in the same period of 2011.
Total assets held in Merrill Lynch accounts were $1.86 trillion as of Sept. 30. This is up from $1.69 trillion a year ago and $1.8 trillion in the second quarter. The total Global Wealth unit had assets under management of $2.26 trillion.
Merrill Edge brokerage assets increased $13.9 billion from the year-ago quarter to $75.9 billion, driven by market improvement and asset growth from new accounts, the company said of its mass-affluent channel.
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The public is invited to attend an open house on the N. 27th Street Viaduct project from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at the Salvation Army, 1645 N. 27th St. The viaduct carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and the Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railroad from Center Street to Theresa Street.
The project includes replacement of the barrier railings on both sides of N. 27th; replacement of the bridge deck expansion joints; rehabilitation work on the substructure; and replacement of the concrete pavement approach sections. Construction is expected to begin by spring 2013. One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained on N. 27th during the project.
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A just-released survey by Allianz Life has found that regardless of party affiliation, Transition Boomers—those ages 55 to 65 who are less than 10 years away from retirement—see rising health care costs and Social Security as having the greatest effect on their retirement outlook.
According to Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America's 2012 Retirement & Politics Survey, 67% of all Transition Boomers listed health care expenses as their top concern–with Republicans at 64%, Democrats at 69%, and independents at 66%.
Social Security ranked second at 53% for all Transition Boomers, followed by tax payment changes (31%), rising national debt (26%), unemployment (19%) and education (4%).
The survey, conducted from Sept. 17 to 20 among a random sample of online panelists with more than 1,200 baby boomers ages 55 to 65, found that, among these six economic issues, Democratic Transition Boomers are more focused on Social Security (65% of Democrats versus 42% for Republicans, 50% for Independents and 54% for those with no preference) and Republicans on rising national debt (38% of Republicans versus 15% for Democrats, 29% for independents and 19% for those with no preference) than their counterparts.
Katie Libbe, vice president of consumer insights for Allianz Life, said in statement announcing the results that "regardless of political affiliation, Americans are facing tough challenges in the years ahead. It's crucial that everyone starts the process of retirement planning as early as possible to build toward a future with some certainty and security. Finding the time and energy to devote to retirement planning is a challenge, but the strategic choice can pay dividends down the road."
Regarding the effect the election will have on their approach to retirement savings, 29% of Republican Transition Boomers were likely to become more aggressive if Romney wins while 30% of Democrats would become more conservative. If President Obama is re-elected, 81% of Democratic Transition Boomers anticipate no changes to their retirement approach while 42% of Republicans said they would become more conservative, according to the survey.
As for independents, the majority of this group of Transition Boomers also said the outcome of the election would not trigger a change in their retirement savings strategy. Specifically, if President Obama is re-elected, 64% of independents and 75% of no preference Transition Boomers said they would keep the same retirement savings strategy. If Romney wins, 61% of independents and 73% of no preference Transition Boomers said they would keep the same retirement savings strategy.
The survey also found retirement planning to be particularly important to all Transition Boomers, with 73% of this group starting to save for retirement in their 40s or earlier, and 28% starting in their 30s.
More Republican Transition Boomers say they have started saving for retirement prior to age 50 (79%) than Democrats (69%), independents (71%), or Transition Boomers without political party preference (67%).
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Mike / February 19th, 2011
February 19, 2011 at 3:25 am
Amazing; can't wait for the other 3 parts. Will you be doing any more horror movies that are public domain like this?DS30455
February 19, 2011 at 3:25 am
2 parts, even. Geeze.
February 19, 2011 at 4:00 am
Love your work ! Makes me laugh till my stomach aches xDFuck RomEmKing
February 19, 2011 at 4:17 am
I like the music in the beginning. xD
February 19, 2011 at 4:33 am
Do Night of the living dead one day =)
February 19, 2011 at 5:04 am
conservatives = white zombies 🙂
March 16, 2013 at 7:36 am
edgy humourgiltone87
February 19, 2011 at 7:03 am
oddly enough, two nights ago i had a dream about zombies where, as AVGN, you were fighting them off along side me….
February 19, 2011 at 9:40 am
Bela is awesome.Razgriz
February 19, 2011 at 10:02 am
About Beaumon the 'Van Hellsing' who asked for a match and is the bringer of light, from a Biblical perspective the bringer of light is Lucifer, don't know how a match is called up in the west but we call a match a lucifer. So that would make Beaumon the deceiver but i haven't seen the movie yet so lets wait making that assumption after is saw the movie.
Great commentary James & MTF'er Mike!
February 19, 2011 at 10:03 am
This is amazing, its like hanging out with James and Mike. Hope you guys are planning on doing this regularly.
February 19, 2011 at 12:42 pm
I wanted the coachman to say "this is Zombiecom"
February 19, 2011 at 2:06 pm
This makes me want to listen to Rob Zombie's song Living Dead Girl now that uses samples from these movies 😛handsome pete
February 19, 2011 at 2:47 pm
If I recall correctly, zombies are created by some kind of obscure zombie shamanism where you give people a certain drug that stops their pulse and breathing. Then after the funeral, you dig up their bodies and give them a different drug that brings them back, but they're now totally braindead and will do whatever you want. So in a way, the coach driver wasn't wrong at all.callmeRaskolnikov
February 19, 2011 at 3:16 pm
They played this around Halloween this year on AMC I think or maybe it was TCM. But, anyway I watched it because of your original review during Monster Madness a couple years back. It was perfect because it was on at like 2am and the mood was perfect.
Anyway I really enjoyed this film. Such a classic movie. Bela does a great job in it. And I probably would never have watched it unless you brought to light how awesome it is so thanks for that.
Can't wait for the other commentary videos. I really enjoy them. Everything like such as the Dracula one.Mr. Simon
February 19, 2011 at 3:18 pm
I actually saw this for the first time yesterday, so wierd. I recognized the part about the version and I was pissed of that I had to choose between better video or audio. Still I really liked it and it's short so it's worth the time to watch. Bela Lugsoi is king!apeman505
February 19, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Great cheesy old movie. Bela Lugosi is awesome, but the rest of the people are kind of sucky, especially the lead male character guy.Stonen
February 19, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Awesome. I honestly enjoyed this movie.Mattashell
February 19, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Can you do an audio like you did with dracula?Stonen
February 19, 2011 at 4:49 pm
I think he asks for a match so often because he was ad-libbing too much and wasn't good at it.
Just my theory. 🙂sutekh22
February 19, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Hey James I don't know if you care but there's a much much better copy of this on DVD. Look for the Roan DVD of White Zombie which is restored completely. Almost all of the scratches, missing bits and the like are restored to their original look.sutekh22
February 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm
DOH! Way to make a comment before I listen to the commentary! The audio on White Zombie may be an original problem. The Roan DVD also has a great commentary by Gary Rhodes as well as some vintage Lugosi interviews.
I wonder about Jack Pierce doing Lugosi's makeup. Pierce did not do Bela's makeup on Dracula (from what I've heard Bela told him off and insisted he do it himself) and as this wasn't that long after I wonder how much the two still disliked one another.SURPLUS_NiNjA
February 19, 2011 at 8:50 pm
I think I'm going to watch White Zombie before I watch this.madcow
February 19, 2011 at 9:54 pm
I can't get this to play! Fricken hate Quicktime… X(LastOrders
February 19, 2011 at 10:05 pm
In this movie is it one of the first african americans in movies ? Even though he was just a coach driver, I would bet it was a privalage to get a job as a coach driver in the time in the period it was set. During the time it was set, 13 year old girls would be working in a factory as slaves in victorian times. Many dying through accidents and living in holmes having nothing but a handfull of porridge for a days food.TomM
February 20, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Nice video. It was very informative. Keep doing commentaries. I gotta watch this movie now to catch up with you guys.Night_Hawk
February 20, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Always hoped you'd do more of these after the dracula one. Thanks.nowhere
February 20, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Nice commentary so far. Mike mentioned the use of Lugosi's hands in ed wood, just a side note that the hands are not Martin Landau's but belong to Tom McLoughlin, director of Friday the 13th part VI: Jason Lives. Perhaps you guys could do another public domain movie. According to movie critic Mike Mayo "Night of the living dead" is public domain.
February 20, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Haha the "bringer of light" cause of the matches made me laugh.volt28
February 20, 2011 at 11:33 pm
cool video. Its intresting how you mention the 2 sides of the movie. I'm in the camp, I love it. My sisters find it boreing.
can't wait for part 2gorski
February 21, 2011 at 1:03 am
At the 17:20 mark you can see Lugosi's breath. Kind of a tip of that they weren't in Haiti, but I guess people in the 30s wouldn't have noticed, or wouldn't have cared. If the book missed it, we gotta demand a revision!StevenO45
February 21, 2011 at 1:19 am
you guys should make a commentary on Night of the Living Dead its also public domain.that would be neat!Kijun
February 21, 2011 at 7:55 am
Frankenstein wasn't really based on experiments but rather on Shellys own experiences, she had seen a inmate being electrecuted and when they shocked him to see if he was dead his eyes opened and his muscles had spams simulating life.Mr. Arkadin
February 21, 2011 at 11:42 am
Yay, Carl Barks' Duck comics!Pogiforce
February 21, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Wait, did the butler say "I will let Mr. Belmont know you're here?"
That's awesome.Pogiforce
February 21, 2011 at 11:25 pm
the drug he gives him is a drug that feigns death. This drug was even used in Romeo and Juliet. As I recall hearing the zombie lore the original zombie was they would use a drug to make them appear dead. Back then they didn't do embalming and determining death was much simpler, so people were buried as they were. the zombie maker would then dig up teh body and keep them doped up on a drug making them into slaves. People who witnessed these zombies witnessed what they believed to be someone they had seen as dead up and walking around. walking dead.ulmuchiha
February 22, 2011 at 9:27 pm
zombie umpa loompas would be the best movie ever.
IT would officially be the only movie because nothing else would compare.afromonkey
February 22, 2011 at 11:31 pm
I dont know if it has something to do with current day zombies but theres a very interesting comic book of the Smurfs called "The Black Smurfs" released 5 years before Night of the living Dead, where some Smurfs are infected and become black, acting like zombies and transforming other Smurfs by bitting them.Shazza1990
February 23, 2011 at 2:14 am
Yay, another commentary 😀
You are both entertaining to listen to, cool facts as well. Hope to see another one 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 3:36 am
@gorski at 4:16 you can see one of the actor's breath as he's walking down the embankment as well.
I picked up this movie on DVD a few months back. Was in the bargain bin at Wally-mart for $3. I'm more of a fan of Romero type zombies, but I picked it up for the nostalgia and to add it to my collection of "things Rob Zombie has referenced in his works".
February 23, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Tottally cool, you guys kick ASS!!
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February 24, 2011 at 10:45 am
Just the other day I saw Val Lewton's I Walked with a Zombie that has the same similar concept of zombies, voodoo, and Haiti. It's actually more slow and atmospheric than White Zombie, but I think White Zombie is better because of Lugosi!
February 25, 2011 at 2:36 pm
you guys have to do "Dementia 13" by Francis Ford Coppola.. a very underrated horror flick – i believe it's in the public domain, so you should be able to use the footage.Schloss Ritter
March 1, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Too bad there aren't captions to read the original dialog.
The "raising the dead but not really" here reminds me of The Serpent and the Rainbow.
Near the end, I'm surprised they got away with showing that much of her legs in 1932.Dapper-Atheist
March 2, 2011 at 6:45 am
Hey James & Mike, I'm a huge fan of the video game nerd stuff and the movie reviews. The first time I saw the karate kid Nintendo game you did, I was hooked and been following this site ever since. I have introduced many people to this site, & like me , they love it.
Constructive criticism, I just watch your white zombie review and I gotta say, I only made it half way. I realize it's unscripted , but it was hard to listen too. James I think your brilliant, and there are a lot of cool facts you both mention. I found it hard to listen to because of the excessive use of "LIKE" , "I'M LIKE", HE'S LIKE", "OR WHATEVER", "OR SOMETHING". I was born in 1980, so we are pretty much the same age, I can relate to mostly every thing you talk about, I it brings great memories . Baddest bad guys , I fucking love it. I'm just saying that review sounded a little like I was listening to 2 teenagers , and it was painful. I couldn't finish it. Any ways I'm only letting you know because I am a fan and respect what you do. Dapper-Atheist.zoslize
March 2, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Awesome! thank you for sharing, guys!Codwyn
May 5, 2011 at 9:22 pm
I found James commentary on the voodoo religion interesting, he said the zombie thing was a form of hypnosis or drugging to control people into doing slave labor and he seemed to disagree with the notion that voodoo is basically about black magic and curses, but to me is sounds like the Zombie thing is an actual dark magic curse. I have native ancestors and we've heard stories about relatives who've done/or experienced things like this, but i won't get into that because it's a very touchy issue with people and they'll most likely be hostile towards me for 'stupidity' but i just wanted to correct James because he seemed like he didn't find it all too far fetched, and i don't disagree that voodoo is a religion i think it is
June 21, 2011 at 1:13 am
I love these old movie reviews, and the commentary is awesome 😀
so many old movies that I've never heard of or would have a chance to see! It's fucking sweet! Keep it up James 😀
July 18, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Yeah, in Haiti, the zombie master would poison the victim with the poision from a fugu (puffer) fish. It made the person appear they were dead, they'd be buried, and a few days later the zombie master would go dig up the victim, then feed it the antidote for the poisoning. The result was one obedient, barely conscious zombie that would do whatever you told it to.
😀Dolly Dagger
July 22, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Elizabeth Bathory (The Blood Countess) didn't actually bathe in the blood of her victims according to eyewitness accounts–but she did torture, mutilate, sexually abuse and murder them.
February 16, 2012 at 1:48 am
she did bathe in blood but also tortured her victims and used them for rituals and she was never judged over it because it's a common thing amongst world leaders to torture and kill people in rituals, look at the Bohemian Grove and the Skulls and Bones for exemple.If you don't believe this you shouldn't believe Wikipedia, because Wiki approves.JaysonGeronca
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March 1, 2012 at 10:04 pm
I enjoy these movies and videos, but where did Mike and James get the quite annoying habit to say the word "like" in almost every sentence? And then quite often more then once in a sentence? I hope James and Mike notice this about themselves…
January 2, 2013 at 8:28 pm
I was just rewatching this and at one point in here, I mentioned Bombie the Zombie. If you want to check out that story, pick up Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "Lost in the Andes" by Fantagraphics books. The story is in there.
Philip Eisel-Elder
February 5, 2015 at 6:25 pm
I haven't thought about Bombie the Zombie since I was a kid until this commentary track. Wow…. brings back some memories.Jukka-Pekka Siltanen
February 5, 2015 at 1:45 am
I am going to make her zombiePhilip Eisel-Elder
February 5, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Bump… great commentary… I've seen this movie a million times since I was a kid, and the past four or five times I've watched it, I've watched this commentary version. Thanks for the info.horrorlover1994
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Microsoft has confirmed that it's ready and willing to deliver devices sporting the screen sizes customers desire, igniting thoughts that a 7-inch Windows tablet may be on its way.
Speaking during a Q&A session at the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference, Microsoft's CFO Peter Klein explained the Redmond firm was ready for all eventualities.
In regards to offering different screen sizes, from 4- to 13-inches and beyond Klein said: "We've done a lot of the hard work in the developer platform. We are well set up to respond to demand as we see it."
Supply and demand
As the budget tablet market continues to boom thanks to products such as the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD we expect it's only a matter of time until Microsoft dips its toe in the water.
It appears even more likely when you consider that its Surface RT and Surface Pro slates sit right at the top the tablet market with price tags out of reach for many consumers.
Of course Microsoft wouldn't be drawn on commenting on future products, or even if it is considering a 7-inch tablet, but it looks like it has a few things up its sleeve that Google, Samsung, Apple and co. will need to keep an eye on.
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Supernatural's "Party on, Garth" and SQUEE Surprise!!!
Wow, I feel stupid. I never connected DJ Quall's awesome Garth with the "how are you still alive" hunter from "Weekend at Bobby's." Man, I love seeing Bobby, even in flashback.
This campfire thing reminds me a little of "Wendigo" even though they didn't do campfire ghost stories. (Coincidentally, That Haley Girl from "Wendigo" was on tonight's episode of Fringe!)
Anyone who saw the previews knows what's coming. Wasted Trevor sees/hears something in the woods. He runs off, and when his brother goes after him, he finds a gruesome scene. Nice touch with the down from his vest floating around.
Oh, yeah, Garth appears to Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison," which somehow fits him very well. He approaches two of the women from the campfire, who dis him until he throws his badge and gets amusingly sudden respect. I love when dorks rule! They tell Garth about the real Jenny Greentree. He salts and burns her: "You've been Garthed." Bell Biv Devoe come back, while Garth hits himself in the face with his jacket when he tosses it over his shoulder, and the small grave fire gets bigger and bigger. Love it!
Trevor's brother is getting drunk in the woods now. You don't have to have seen the preview to know something bad is going to happen. Do you think he has salt rounds in his shotgun? Oh, wait, I think that's a rifle. He's "hunting" his brother's killer, but he gets hunted.
Garth "hearts you more"--Number One (my oldest daughter) thinks he was talking to Becky. What do you think? Garth hears about Trevor's brother and is angry. "I Garthed her!"
Finally, we get to Sam and Dean. Dean's getting an update from the bitch Meg. Apparently, Cas is still catatonic or something close. Dean asks Sam how his custard is. Sam says it's getting better, but he feels guilty for passing on the crazy. Dean's phone interrupts him, and it's Garth. How did I know Dean wouldn't remember him right away?
Fed Dean and Fed Sam show up at the morgue, and Corporal Brown--James Brown, ha!--is there to pay respects to his cousin, but clearly doesn't know the victims were brothers. An exasperated Sam takes over, checking the files and doing quick research. Dean asks if he's allergic to a suit, but Garth just looks good in a uniform. Doesn't everyone?
Dean gets EMF when Garth hadn't, but the details point to monster chow rather than ghost. A witness says it was invisible, so Dean goes with invisible ghost werewolf. Sam finds Thighslapper Ale (beverage for douchebags), and the owner is the father to the dead brothers. Dean assures Sam that Garth grows on ya. (He does, Sam! Give him a chance!)
The manager of the brewery is the sister. The place is run by two guys, with a third partner recently dead. I'm going to quickly encapsulate the storyline here so I can get to the good stuff. Sam, Dean, and Garth trace clues and family intricacies to learn that:
Three partners in the business, two want to sell to a giant distributor, one doesn't, he committed suicide a couple of months ago. But he gave them a gift "that would show them I forgive them," a saki bottle from Japan containing an alcohol spirit that was programmed to go after the kids of the ousting partners. I don't know why it kills the wife/mother instead of the little girl who accidentally drank from her mother's screwdriver, but probably they had the girl witness the trauma instead of dying herself because they know my husband's rule about quitting shows that do harm to kids.
I love that Sam and Dean consult, what, a sushi chef? He reads the curse on the box (and Dean very nicely pays him for his time) and later helps Dean bless a samurai sword with spring water poured from a plastic bottle. Dirty, but it works! Garth, who's not as hapless as he seems, figures out that Ray's son is the company janitor. He also saves Sam and Dean by tazing Ray when he discovers Sam and Dean drunk in the office, watching security footage of the spirit being set free.
Garth goes to the company (drunk on mini bar bottles) and sees the spirit stalking the unrecognized son. Sam, who's been getting drunk while watching out for the older sister, has to take a cab to the company. Dean meets them there with the sword, but he's the only one sober enough to fight the thing, but too sober to see it. (Sam to Dean when they got drunk in the office: "Can you even get drunk anymore? It's kind of like drinking a vitamin." Another good line: Drunk Sam saying the spirit followed the kid to the place with all the thingies. Dean thought that was smart. I love drunk Dean!)
Garth gets drunk on one bottle of beer. "Party on Garth." He doesn't usually drink beer because it messes with his depth perception, especially when he skinny dips. LOL He gets the young daughter's story out of her with a sock puppet, Mr. Fizzles. He also figures out that Bobby's old flask set off the EMF meter.
And that's the stuff that's REALLY good. Garth thinks Bobby might be haunting them. Sam admits that after the beer disappeared, he used a talking board to try to contact Bobby. It didn't work, or he'd have told Dean. But during the battle, the spirit throws Garth through a wall (again) and Sam against a wall (knocking him out) and knocks the sword from Dean's hand. Dean's a bit desperate, with Sam knocked out, the kid useless, and the sword five feet away...until it slides across the floor, right into his hand.
Dean's convinced now. He thinks he's alone and begs Bobby to do something. God, Jenson does tortured well. Sam, however, still needs a haircut. I mean, Sam hears Dean, but nothing happens. Later, after they say goodbye to Garth (I love the hugs...and the music!), we have this huge buildup of anticipation as Sam confronts Dean about the Bobby thing. Dean tries to blow it off, calling it his imagination, but Sam pushes. Dean catalogs the sword, the beer, the page, the book. But Sam thinks regular people see people they've lost all the time, too. They're actually close to normal.
I'm dying here!
Dean says "who knows more about being a ghost than Bobby?" Of course Bobby would let them know. They leave the motel room...come on come on come on...the camera pans over...
Dean goes back inside, and kills us by glancing around, landing his eyes on something, and saying "there you are." Bobby thinks he sees him, but Dean just came back for the flask.
"I'm right here, ya idjit!" A gray-looking, heartbroken Bobby ends with "Balls!"
But OMG, that preview! I can't believe we have to wait three more friggin' weeks!
I love being unspoiled. I don't know if there were hints in any of the interviews I avoided, but I had no clue he'd actually show up and prove right those of us who called "he chose to stay" from the last fadeout on "Death's Door."
As a classic episode, I liked this one. I like Garth (which means we'll get three episodes with him next season and then he'll die) and the new spirit and the down-and-dirty blessing ritual and even the way figuring out what was happening was kind of like an episode of Castle or something, with all the family intrigues and unseen connections.
But as a Bobby reveal, it was even better. I made some strangled screaming noises when it happened. I think my family was ready to perform CPR on me (or make me Cas's roommate).
After this next hiatus, we should get the last five episodes all in a row. Which is nice, but it makes me sad that it's almost over when it feels like it just started.
What did you think?


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The No. 2 seed Liberty women's soccer team returns to action in the 2013 Big South Women's Soccer semifinals, Friday, squaring off with No. 6 seed High Point. Game time in Conway, S.C., is slated for 7 p.m. Liberty will be making its eighth semifinal appearance and holds a 12-10-2 all-time record over the Panthers, including a 3-1 mark in tournament play. The last time the two squads met in the postseason, the Lady Flames bested High Point in the 2011 Big South quarterfinals, 2-1, in overtime. Helena Pereira scored the game-winning goal for Liberty in the 93rd minute. The winner advances to Sunday's finals to take on the winner of the first semifinal match on Friday (4:30 p.m.) between No. 1 Radford and No. 4 Winthrop. How to Follow the Lady Flames A free live video stream courtesy of the Big South Network will be available on the women's soccer schedule/results panel. Live stats will also be available courtesy of the Coastal Carolina media relations office.
A Look at Liberty The No. 2 seed Liberty women's soccer team clinched a spot in the semifinals of the 2013 Big South Women's Soccer Championship, after defeating Presbyterian College, 1-0, in a quarterfinal matchup, Sunday afternoon, at Osborne Stadium. Crystal Elmers posted the game-winning goal for the Lady Flames in the 43rd minute, receiving a cross in front of the goal from Brittany Aanderud. Elmers leads the team with six goals on the season, while Aanderud's third straight assist in as many games gave her 11 for her career. The mark tied her with Madison Short (2009-11) and Aimee Luurtsema (2008-11) for the third most in program history. Liberty goalkeeper Holly Van Noord finished with two saves on the day, notching her 13th shutout to extend her single-season program record. The netminder leads the league in shutouts and goals-against average (0.58) and is third in the Big South with a save percentage of .859. She needs one more shutout to surpass Radford's Che Brown for the Big South single-season shutout record. Van Noord is currently 19th in the country in save percentage and 22nd in goals-against average. As a team, the Lady Flames are 10th nationally in shutout percentage, 18th in save percentage and 20th in goals-against average. Aanderud remains the team leader in total points with 16, posting five goals on the season to accompany her six assists. Elmers is second with 14 points with six goals and two assists. Defender Casey Norris has cemented her place in the Liberty record books, this season, appearing in more contests (81) throughout her collegiate career than any other Lady Flame in program history. Norris recently surpassed Liberty Athletics Hall of Famer Nancy Davis, who held the previous record with 78 total games.
Five Earn All-Conference Honors This week, five Lady Flames received Big South All-Conference honors. Midfielder Brittany Aanderud and defender Casey Norris were named to the conference's first team, while junior defender Maddie Boone and goalkeeper Holly Van Noord earned second team honors. Van Noord and forward Julia Delgatti also secured spots on the conference's all-freshman squad. Much like Van Noord, Boone picked up a second accolade, as she was named to the all-academic team. High Point at a Glance The Panthers earned a spot in the semifinals with a 3-1 win at No. 3 Longwood on Saturday. Freshman Jenny Marshall scored two second-half goals as HPU battled back from an early 1-0 deficit to pick up the upset victory. The two-goal performance by Marshall was the freshman's first multi-goal game of the season. With its win over the Lancers, High Point has now won four-straight games to even its overall record at 9-9-1. Senior Kelli Joline and redshirt-freshman Kelsey Perrell lead the Panthers with 15 points on six goals and three assists each. Senior Becca Hemby leads HPU on the season with five assists to go along with three goals. Goalkeeper Jesse May has seen the bulk of the action between the pipes, this season. The netminder has a goals-against average of 1.89 to go along with 79 saves (.693) and five shutouts. Head Coach Jessica Hain Jessica Hain is in her fifth season as the head coach of the Lady Flames. Coming into the tournament, Hain has a career record of 54-49-14. In 2009, she earned Big South Coach of the Year honors, becoming the first coach in Big South history to take a last place team to first place the following season. Liberty's All-Time Marks in Big South Championship The Lady Flames are 16-8-6 all-time in the Big South Championship, capturing titles in 2000, 2001 and 2005. Liberty is currently tied for second with High Point in tournament wins and is third all-time behind Radford (5) and the Panthers (4) with three championships. This year marks Liberty's eighth semifinal appearance all-time. The Lady Flames were denied a spot in the round of four, last season, as Longwood advanced on penalty kicks (3-0) following a 1-1 tie in the quarterfinal round. The Lady Flames' most common opponents in the tournament have been Charleston Southern (2-1-1), High Point (3-1) and UNC Asheville (2-0-2). The Lady Flames have also played Radford (2-1), Coastal Carolina (2-0), Winthrop (0-1-1), Gardner-Webb (0-0-1), Longwood (0-0-1) and former conference members UMBC (0-3), Elon (2-1), Howard (1-0), Towson (0-1) and Birmingham Southern (1-0). Lady Flames and the Big South Championship The Lady Flames captured their third Big South Championship by winning the 2005 Big South Women's Soccer Championship. By winning in the finals, Liberty also won its 11th tournament contest overall. Liberty's other titles came in 2000 and 2001. In 2006, the team won two games to extend its tournament win total to 13. With quarterfinal victories in each of the last two years, the Lady Flames now have 15 wins in Big South Championship play. With their appearance in 2006, the Lady Flames have played in five conference finals, posting a 3-1-1 record. Liberty made three straight trips to the Big South final from 1999 to 2001. Liberty fell in its first appearance in the title game in 1999, 3-2, in overtime to Elon. The following year, the Lady Flames claimed their first championship with a 2-0 victory over Elon and then made it back-to-back titles with another 2-0 title-game win over the Phoenix in 2001. Liberty returned to the title game in 2005 and added its third trophy since 2000, with a 3-0 victory over UNC Asheville.


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