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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Stephen King will kill you, if you can afford it

Your chance for fame and immortality has come and, like all other such offers in legend, song, and story, it'll cost you. Probably not your soul, though, unless PayPal has changed its policies.

Next month, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Amy Tan, Lemony Snicket, Nora Roberts, Michael Chabon and 10 other best-selling writers will auction the right to name characters, items, and places in their new works. Your name could soon be read by millions on subways, listened to on iPods during long lines at Starbucks, maybe even assumed by Curtis Armstrong in the straight-to-DVD adaptation. It's every American's dream!

Profits from the auction will go to the First Amendment Project, which seeks to protect the free speech rights of activists, writers and artists. No word yet if any activists will follow suit with personalized protest signs ("Hell No, Glen Harbecki of Ponce Inlet, FL, Won't Go!").

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Yup, it's all cool. [Cool]

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Of course, if you get into a Jasper Fforde book you could end up in several books, so clearly that would be the most cost-effective [Smile]

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Whee! Neil Gaiman linked to me (Aug. 17 entry). Life is good.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

And he thinks you're funny! *high five*

[Smile]

I want to be in Ender's Jeesh, too.

Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :

[Smile]

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

It was pointed out to me that the jeesh is full. But I could try for one of Bean's men, or maybe become a throw-away character in Hatrack. Is there a knack for consuming Chinese food?

For those who thought I was already a throwaway character in Hatrack, [No No]

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

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Jennifer Crusie... Do with me what you will. I can take it.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

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Chris Bridges is funny and wistful about it.

Now that is cool. [Cool]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

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Fully a third of the begats in the Old Testament were really just shout-outs.