This one's utter silliness. I laughed out loud, and the music is awesome!

Islander Boys: Rescue the pig from the King Crab for your island feast!

Here's a silly little game for you. This is the sort of dumb thing I tend to do on a Saturday night.

BOO-yah. [smirk]

Defend Atlantis: draw bubbles around your enemies to defend the city!

Here's another quiz. It's a bit... um... male-centric, but I still had fun with it.

Find out which Transformer you are at LiquidGeneration!

Thanks to Jim Hines (apparently also Wheeljack) for pointing this one out!

I received a rejection letter in the mail today from Realms of Fantasy. Sadly, it was a "blue slip of death" -- a professionally impersonal form, blithely advising the writing hopeful that his or her work may or may not have been either grammatically horrific or as dull as shoe leather. It's worded more kindly than that, of course, but that's the gist of it.

Ah, well. I'll find the story a home somewhere... In the meantime, the blue slip got me thinking about a recent post by the Realms of Fantasy slushmaster. Apparently he once received a reply from a particularly cheeky bloke, essentially rejecting his rejection letter. I began to ponder what a rejection-letter-rejection form letter might look like...

So here it is, with no further ado,
The Aspiring Author's Form Letter for Rejecting Rejections:

Dear editor,

Thank you very much for considering EM Sky in your professional correspondence. Unfortunately, your rejection of our work does not suit our needs at this time.

Because of the large number of rejection letters we receive every month, we regret that we can not reply individually to each dismissal. However, the most common reasons for rejection letter rejection are: a lack of familiarity with our preferred rejection style, an unoriginal approach to the rejection genre, and an obvious failure to research our current acceptance needs.

Your rejection letter may or may not have fallen into one of these categories.

Again, thank you for thinking of us, and we hope you continue to enjoy our submissions.

Sincerely,
EM Sky
Author

I'm halfway through Sam Cheever's 'Tween Heaven and Hell, and so far I'm having a blast! Look for a full review in the July newsletter. (If you're not getting the newsletter, sign up now!)

In the meantime, here's a book trailer for you. (It doesn't give away the ending, but the plot points do range over almost half the book, so if you want to go in cold, you might want to wait for the release.) The book is launching in July, so stay tuned!

Yes, I want to watch that trailer!

Check out this awesome You Tube video by Rowena Cherry, author of Insufficient Mating Material. (It's a bit racy in the middle, if you want to wait until the kids have left the room...) OMG I laughed my butt off.

Okay, this one's hilarious. Apparently I am a bit more of a nerd than Phil Gerbyshak, but then again, I could have told you that. What's your nerd score?

Thanks for the link, Phil!

Tim Johnson has a terrific contest going on through June 4th. I'd explain it, but it's too funny to ruin it with explanations. I've already entered several times. Check it out here:

http://carpefactum.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/brit_lit_wit.html

The last quiz went over so well, I'll have to keep an eye out for more good ones. This one is along the same lines as the last, but a bit longer and based more on your actual personality. According to this "real life" quiz (smirking), I would be a:

Red Mage

"You sort of have a split personality. Sometimes you can be calm and friendly, other times you can be vicious and active. You enjoy playing sports. You are into the elements of Fire, Water, Ice, Wind, Earth, Light, and Darkness. You do a little bit of everything. You probably have many friends. You're very outgoing and daring. You seek danger and adventure. Anything just to have some fun. You love taunting your enemies and showing off in front of them, just to prove you are better than them. You need to take a chill pill."

Take the quiz here.

Apparently if I were a fantasy character, I would be a...

Swordmaster

"You are usually quiet, pretty much only talking to your close friends. You enjoy beauty and peace, but sometimes it just feels good to run somebody through on your blade. In battle, you carefully pick out your targets, then artfully eliminate them. Your favorite weapons are katanas, scimitars, and longswords."

Take the quiz here.