Begging for Snippets!

Mark Time wrote:

USMA74 wrote:Snippets tomorrow, snippets yesterday, but never snippets today.

Boom shakalaka boom shakalaka!
Hey there! Hey there! Three bags full!
You come here often?

Yes, I do!

Love the Babylon 5 reference. And yes I am checking more than once a day for another snippet from our Puppet Master. I am glad that we keep RFC/MWW amused.

Same here. Funny thing though, if you google "Boom shakalaka" you get lots of hits none of which reference Babylon 5. I must be showing my age that Ivanova's mating dance was the first thing that popped into my mind. Here's some more.

Add the words Ivanova dance and it will appear

Another day and no snippet...

Alistair wrote:Another day and no snippet...

Friday AM - nothing overnight - sob! So let me try this ...

Snippets galore had us raving,
Six plus satisfied our craving,
Now a dearth makes us mad,
Eleven Days without, so sad,
RFC PLEASE, our sanity saving!

Charybdis wrote:

Alistair wrote:Another day and no snippet...

Friday AM - nothing overnight - sob! So let me try this ...

Snippets galore had us raving,
Six plus satisfied our craving,
Now a dearth makes us mad,
Eleven Days without, so sad,
RFC PLEASE, our sanity saving!

I repent me in sackcloth and ashes.

Woe, thrice woe, that I ever started that wretched thread on 'exuberance in snipeting'...

Spare a small snipet...

isaac_newton wrote:

Charybdis wrote:Friday AM - nothing overnight - sob! So let me try this ...

Snippets galore had us raving,
Six plus satisfied our craving,
Now a dearth makes us mad,
Eleven Days without, so sad,
RFC PLEASE, our sanity saving!

I repent me in sackcloth and ashes.

Woe, thrice woe, that I ever started that wretched thread on 'exuberance in snipeting'...

Spare a small snipet...

So, 'Sir Isaac' was it the sum total of submissions or was it just my effort that has brought you down? You do appreciate that this is, at best, a Gentleman's 'C' effort. Was it a wry smile, a wince or a 'passing gas' expression on your face?

Still, let us all hope that our united efforts bring forth something this weekend! It is 52 days or so (depending upon one's time zone) before 'snipping' becomes utterly moot.

Charybdis wrote:[quote="isaac_newton]SNIP
I repent me in sackcloth and ashes.

Woe, thrice woe, that I ever started that wretched thread on 'exuberance in snipeting'...

Spare a small snipet...[/quote]
So, 'Sir Isaac' was it the sum total of submissions or was it just my effort that has brought you down? You do appreciate that this is, at best, a Gentleman's 'C' effort. Was it a wry smile, a wince or a 'passing gas' expression on your face?

Still, let us all hope that our united efforts bring forth something this weekend! It is 52 days or so (depending upon one's time zone) before 'snipping' becomes utterly moot. [/quote]

a combination of deepest remorce and horror at the level of snippet calling 'verse' tht is being inflected on us

I would say that yours is definitely - gluuuuurk...

isaac_newton wrote:a combination of deepest remorce and horror at the level of snippet calling 'verse' tht is being inflected on us

I would say that yours is definitely - gluuuuurk...

With utter sincerity, and a doff of my chapeau, THANK YOU!

For those who don't visit the Honorverse forum, here's an update from David:

The workload is that the page proofs for At the Sign of Triumph and Shadow of Victory came in literally back-to-back. That was 600,000+ words that had to be turned around in less than 1 week for each book. Note that I do not blame the publishers for the time crunch. The delay from my end in delivering the books is what created the problems for everyone, including my copy editors and typesetters, who have done yeoman duty to actually hit the release windows on both books. I am awed by how well they've done, to be perfectly frank.

However, I was working 16 to 18-hour days for the space of just about 10 days, and I'd already been pushing it to get the books delivered. So exhaustion has been part of what's kept me off the boards.

The other thing that's kept me off them is doctor's orders. I'm having some vision problems, which is why the cataracts operation has been moved up by three months. At the moment, it's very difficult for me to read anything, even the outsized monitor on which I work in the office. (And I’m sure you can imagine just how much that “helped” with the page proofs!) In addition, skeletal system seems to have reached its "use by" date. The arthritis is really flaring up in my left hip, which wasn't giving me any problems at all six months ago. The long-term damage to my right hand and wrist also seems to be coming home to roost. That appears to be a new neurological problem, not the arthritis and bone spurs I already knew about. And, finally, I am experiencing vertigo. Well, dizziness. I've had recurrent vertigo for about 15 years, but it's always come in fairly short flares, and I'm familiar enough with it that I know this isn't vertigo. Whatever it is, though, it's severe enough that I am now walking with a cane and avoiding driving after about 4 p.m., because the dizziness gets progressively worse as the day goes on. I have an appointment with a neurologist, but we all know about delays in finding appointments with specialists, so I haven't been able to see him yet. In the meantime, my GP strongly suggested to me that I should stay completely away from the office for at least one week, because he thinks exhaustion is an aggravating factor. Unfortunately, Sharon knows he said that, so I've been trying very hard to stay away from stuff.

bigrunt wrote:7 Days without a snippet makes one weak. Please sir may we have some more pudding (stares mournfully at our plate that still holds meat)

OK, I have groaned weak at the lack for almost a week of snippet, lovely snippet!

It is Nine 5-days, or should that be 9 fivedays, before the big reveal and that famished feeling continues apace. We know that Himself has an obligatory command performance at HonorCon in Raleigh at the end of October so I doubt that we will get any in that last fortnight. So, logically we have 5 TF-Standard weeks for normal and out-of-sequence snippets (I seem to like the latter for the shear speculation generated!)

Having said the former, with tongue firmly in cheek, the reports of RFC's health problems remind me that flesh is frail and we do want to see good endings for these many story arcs. If the lack of snippets is RFC taking care of health, then, by ALL MEANS, continue! I (and we) will wait, somewhat impatiently, for USofA ELECTION DAY, November 8th!

(What, you didn't notice? Non-Yanks are excused but the rest of us, come on now!)

So its time to beg again?
It seems like we were just begging...
No break for the weary...

beg...beg...beg...
beg...beg...beg...

Oh and please convince Tor to sell EAC's even at twice the cover price they would sell.....