tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200154482024-03-13T21:59:57.270-07:00McKoala DaysMcKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-59710390943583609032012-09-24T10:13:00.002-07:002012-09-24T10:13:27.824-07:00A home among the aspensIt's not the same as the eucalypt, but McK is settling into the Land of Aspens. No writing to report as we haven't quite moved into the Actual Home Aspen yet. All well, but all busy! And youse? McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-73111047085094438792012-08-02T02:15:00.000-07:002012-08-02T02:15:14.876-07:00McK is still a-slacking - and moving!No writing, although I will admit to one submission. Oh, yes, and submission to the Moving Beast. The McK clan is on the move again - this time to the the US. So keep up your valiant efforts and when McK settles again, she will be back...oh, yes...she will be baaaaaaaaack...McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-5390173201757299652012-06-28T02:11:00.001-07:002012-06-28T02:11:07.565-07:00Very, very naughty McKThere's just been too much going on in the McK household! Big changes in my writing life (good or bad? Can't tell, they are still happening!) and also in the family - we have a big move coming up, but we're not sure yet where we will go or when it will happen!<br />
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May was a good writing month - I'm safe, but I can only award myself a handful of points for June. I suspect July will be a month off, and August may end up that way too. When life is all sorted, I will be back...<br />
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And Mothereeee, exactly what proportion of that cv was fiction? One point or two?!McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-38910243914204813682012-05-07T02:34:00.001-07:002012-05-07T02:36:22.860-07:00McK is soooo unreliable!But that would be because I've been working so hard and editing so much, really, really, really.<br />
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So with 35,000 edited and another 5000 written I'm safe. And youse?<br />
<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-32497186895259712722012-04-04T03:39:00.004-07:002012-04-04T03:39:56.205-07:00McK lives! And March reporting.Ahem. If you think I'm running behind here, you should see my 'to do' pile at the office... I figure you all know which badge to take, I haven't seen any rampant cheating (apart from Whirl, of course, but that's normal), so I'm trusting you... up to a point.<br />
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How was March? I remain on approved, having edited 30,000 words and written about 5000. *preens fur smugly*<br />
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<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-87127594485644213142012-02-29T19:37:00.001-08:002012-02-29T19:41:00.269-08:00Still no gadgetry...February reportingIt may surprise you to learn that the Koala is not the utter slacker you might think (who said that?) - I've checked back regularly and I'm still missing my gadget editing links, despite much logging in and out. Perhaps I need to dig more deeply into the back end of the blog, maybe they have moved the access whatsits.<br />
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Anyway there's not much point in putting up January now, let's just say you all did very well, even those who didn't, leave it at that, and move on to February. Well, I go straight back to approved after editing 65,000 words. Thank you, thank you.<br />
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And youse? How did you go in February? I promise to somehow get this place fixed up and get the points up!<br />
<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-53841986834482379262012-02-07T13:17:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:17:16.435-08:00Can't edit side bars at the momentThe little gadget that gives me access has disappeared and I can't see an alternative way to get to them. If I'm missing something obvious, let me know, otherwise I'll wait for Mr Gadget button to reappear then update the Koala stats.<br />
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Yes, I'm logged in...McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-68347759222858922832012-01-31T00:27:00.000-08:002012-01-31T00:27:21.056-08:00Free stories!Koala challenge reporting post below!<br />
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If you're all written out, then it must be time for a reading break. How about some freebies?<br />
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This Tuesday, January 31, you can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Extinct-Doesnt-Mean-Forever-ebook/dp/B004SUOWMU/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327997954&sr=1-2" target="_blank">download the Extinct Anthology</a> from Amazon's Kindle store, for free! Here's the blurb for this most excellent anthology: "Echoes of yesterday touch the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary
ways in 18 provocative stories by some of the best up-and-coming authors
of mainstream and speculative fiction around the world." <br />
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Or pick an individual story from Extinct - free, on Tuesday and Wednesday. You'd like to read mine? Why, thank you for asking. You'll find <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Fruit-ebook/dp/B005FFOF2E/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327997995&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Blood Fruit right here</a>. It's a bloodthirsty little sci-fi number about Levo, one of the last survivors of a pampered world that loses the technology it depends on.<br />
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You can check out some more of the writers and their stories at their blogs - if you go to Phoenix's you will see a montage of all the covers - they look fantastic all together. <br />
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<a href="http://phoenixsullivan.blogspot.com/">Phoenix Sullivan: Extinct Doesn't Mean Forever</a><br />
<a href="http://chrystallathoma.wordpress.com/about/" target="_blank">Chrystalla Thoma: "The Angel Genome"</a><br />
<a href="http://cornerkick.blogspot.com/2012/01/another-free-story.html" target="_blank">Peter Dudley: "Distractions"</a><br />
<a href="http://fallslikesnow.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-story-connect-was-published-last.html" target="_blank">Kenneth Burstall: "Connect"</a><br />
<a href="http://exxceptiondraft.tumblr.com/post/16784313123/stories-from-the-extinct-doesnt-mean-forever" target="_blank">Scott Thomas Smith: "In Ring"</a><br />
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<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-27031766086612258922012-01-28T21:27:00.000-08:002012-01-28T21:27:17.247-08:00Are we ready? Reporting in for January!The Koala is smugly preening her fur after a fab January. 15,000 words and three, count 'em, three short story submissions. One of which got tossed out immediately, because it would have been a reprint and the publication had changed its policy on that. Whoops. But I tried. And I start the year on nine pristine points at the top of the eucalypt. <br />
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Read the full story of Koala pointage <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-koala-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and report in below! (And the 2011 awards post is below this one if anybody missed it.)<br />
<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-7674379191125269712012-01-22T02:09:00.000-08:002012-01-22T02:09:00.642-08:00The 2011 Koala AwardsAh, I do love this. I look back over the year and check out all the scores and the excuses... Here we go for 2011...there are some new awards this year, just for fun...<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Most
Sympathetic Bystander aka Loudest Gloating for Having the Sense to Not Actually
Get Involved</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Fairyhedgehog</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Person
who Talked the Most about Reporting In, but Never Did</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Travis</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Award
for the Best Manners</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: not sure if I'm awarding this
one this year. I think everybody sassed me at some point. Although Angie,
Sempra, Stevie, PD, Stacy and Jenna were pretty nice to me mostly. Tell you
what, split this one six ways. The rest of you Must Try Harder.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
'I Know It's Nothing to be Proud of but I got There First' Smackdown Award</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Writtenwyrdd</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Most
Humiliating Smackdown</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Me. Again. I'm an
embarrassment to myself. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Award
for Best Excuse for Not Accruing Pointage</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Iasa
"I spent two weeks in a cave" (that's the best I got this year. No,
it's not up there with "I got married" or "I got flooded" –
come on you lot, Must Try Harder)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Worst
Excuse</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Whirl for: "A chimpanzee ate my
homework"</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Worst
Poetry Award</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: (yes, last year this was a Best
Poetry Award) Whirl for </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">How
he cruised<br />
in the slipstream<br />
of a koala's laxness<br />
Now his corpse lies strewn<br />
upon the floor,<br />
bollocksless.</span></i></div>
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for the Most Points in a Single Month:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Angie (30 - she
admits it was the goad of Nano that got her there, but who cares. Impressive!)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Most
Graphic Description of a Koala Attack</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Merry (I
won't put you through it again, but she mentioned intestines and surgery)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">High
Five Award</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (for most achieving a high score after
months' of dedication to low scoring): this year it's the High Fifteen Award
and it goes to…. Iasa</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">In
and Out Award for Most Inconsistent Reporting</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:
well, this is humiliating, one year she won the top award, the next she came
third overall, but this year… due to international moves and other such shabby
excuses the winner of this one is… Robin! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">And
now for the big one…McKoala's Most Consistent Writer and Submitter for 2011</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This was really hard fought this year, with
many people consistently producing high numbers, well above the nine points
needed for Approved. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Third: Jenna</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Equal second: Angie and Stevie</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">PD Singer!!!! (Once she let us call her
Pam, but that was before she got all famous and everything)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Congrats to PeeDeePam - and to everybody
else who survived the year! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">An amazing number of people fell by the
wayside this year. Let's take a moment to remember Those Who Couldn't Hack It
for a Whole Year (some of them confessed…most just hid behind the sofa)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lauren K</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Daniela</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sarah</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Phoenix</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Merry</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Writtenwyrdd</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Julia B</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Erastes </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bid Merry, Aniket and Phoenix a fond
farewell, because they have confessed to needing at least a year off to lick
their wounds. I'm mentioning them, because they had the courage to tell me, so
I only scratched them gently. As for the others who attempted to slide off
behind my back...well, let's just say, we may not see them for some time…</span></div>
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<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-25950393970001422392012-01-08T00:46:00.001-08:002012-01-08T00:53:57.968-08:00The 2012 Koala ChallengeHave you got it in you to keep writing in 2012? Or have the scars from 2011 not yet healed?<br />
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This year's challenge will work the same way as last year's, which I think had a good balance between writing and marketing. Let me know in the comments if you are participating so I know where to take my slashy claws when you fail me.<br />
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Here's the structure:<br />
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Every month we start on zero and gain
points by meeting Koala targets. Each point will raise you up a notch in
The Koala's estimation and take you up a challenge level. Depending on
the number of points, you earn a badge, created by The Koala's semi-tame
goblin, JJ de Benedictis, to display on your blog. <br /><br />This is how the points are earned (this is almost the same as last year, wit ha few minor changes):<br />
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One
point for every short story, poem or other short fiction submission to a
competition or magazine. This is one point per publication, so check
out the ones that allow multiples, and race up the Koala Love charts.
Your blog does not count as a submission. However, blog competitions
such as Jason Evans' Clarity of Night do count as a submission, as do guest articles of 500 words plus on other people's blogs. <br /><br />One point for every article submitted
to print or online magazine. <br /><br />One point for achieving The Koala's perfectly reasonable writing/editing target of 4000 words a month.<br /><br />One point for each 2000 words of original writing (not editing) over and above the basic 4000.<br /><br />One point for each 5000 words of editing over and above the basic 4000.<br /><br />One
point for beta reading a fellow writer's novel and providing feedback.
(Nothing shorter than a novel is eligible for this category).<br /><br />One
point for completing and publishing a new author website, or making significant changes/updates to a web
site - as a rule of thumb, this means completely redesigning/rewriting
four or more pages - not just adding a new picture or short story. <br /><br />One point for writing a query (one-off point for each novel)<br /><br />One point for writing your synopsis (again, a one-off point for each novel)<br /><br />
One point for a novel submission <br /><br />Bonus points may be awarded for impressive marketing initatives or entering selected flash story competitions. <br /><br />Report
in at the end of every month, with your point totals and what you did
to get there - as you have been. Points cannot be held over for a
following month. The Koala wants consistent effort. The Koala is always
right.<br /><br />Each person is allowed one month off in the year - you
decide if you want a summer holiday or a Christmas break or to have a
baby or get your appendix out.<br /><br />Go, go, go - January counts! <br /><br />Remember to support one another in your attempts to avoid a Koala Shredding.<br /><br />Spread the word, all welcome!
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<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-2297311091328323702012-01-01T16:13:00.000-08:002012-01-01T16:13:40.010-08:00Do-do-do-do da-da-da-daSo how was December for you? 6000 words here, but good 'uns every one. Tantalisingly close to the end of the first draft I've been working on for a while. Well, the first draft of the first draft. You know how it is.<br />
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Report in here! And, coming soon... the 2011 McKoala Awards... no guts no glory... and some of you have no guts thanks to me... I'm expecting some changes this year, with some of my most reliable Koalings failing me and some others clawing their way closer to Being Goodness.McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-61190908519147034042011-11-30T21:04:00.001-08:002011-11-30T21:05:25.684-08:00Nano or Nono?How did you go in November?<br />
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The Koala managed a number with a 5 and lots of zeroes. Sadly it was 5000, not 50,000, but at least I'm safe from myself and I look forward to all you smug Nano folk blowing me out of the water. <br />
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Report in - full details <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2011/01/koala-challenge-2011.html">here.</a><br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-80368353570483442162011-11-23T21:36:00.001-08:002011-11-23T21:37:29.147-08:00October's up and it's not even the end of the month!Clever Koala.<br />
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What a strange month. The Month of All or Nothing aka Goblin's Best Yet. Other than Whirl, Pete and I, everybody is on approved or Smackdown (I took the liberty of putting the two no-respondents on Smackdown anyway...hey, my challenge, my rules).<br />
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Which means that not only is Goblin on approves for the first time in a while, but she gets to go and do some serious toenail work. <br />
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<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-5691927083124920852011-10-28T09:38:00.000-07:002011-10-28T09:38:37.272-07:00September's up, how was October?McK screeches through the door of late October, smoke coming from her paws...but she makes it with the September scores!<br />
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Good work for most, but Merry, have you got space in your basement for my goblin? It'll save on the monthly plane fares.<br />
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McK has been travelling, and writing, hence the delays. Up to 15,000 words so far, and hoping to squeeze in a few more before November tolls. Report in here when you are ready - and look out for a post in a week or so, hopefully featuring the results of my interesting Klout experiment involving Tasmanian Devils...<br />
<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-984097263099677102011-10-01T23:10:00.000-07:002011-10-01T23:10:53.195-07:00Confessions for September!Yes, yes I know the August results aren't up yet, details, details! I'm still watching you after all, and isn't that the most important thing? Quake in fear, my darlings and keep writing...<br />
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Now, what do you have to tell me about September? Will I be happy or will I be releasing my pet Goblin from her cage?<br />
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Report in - full details <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2011/01/koala-challenge-2011.html">here.</a>McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-29349420868226498122011-09-04T03:02:00.000-07:002011-09-04T03:02:46.135-07:00Report in for AugustWhoops, was that the first of September whisking past?<br />
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McK is embarassed. Not a word in August, not a word. Big Fat Zero. SMAAAAAAAACKDOWN for McK!<br />Any more smackees to join me? Report in the comments, full rules are <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2011/01/koala-challenge-2011.html">here</a>McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-13633861275810367722011-08-15T23:40:00.001-07:002011-08-16T04:00:25.555-07:00July results up!At least, those that I have...last chance for:
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<br />Lauren K
<br />Writtenwyrdd
<br />Mar
<br />Julia
<br />Sylvia
<br />Peter
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<br />Bid farewell to Phoenix, who's more into the business than the writing right now, but knowing her, she'll be back... And hello again to Sarah, who will be returning to us this month, having grown her toenails nice and long in preparation.
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<br />In other news...am up to 85 books read for the year, and the top ten is finally full!
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<br />McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-49253511996719928082011-07-31T02:29:00.000-07:002011-07-31T02:30:44.017-07:00Report in for JulyMy, my is that the first of August I see looming on the horizon? I am narrowly saved from my own claws - I managed a mere 4000 words, but it keeps me safe, although in moderate disgrace. How about you?<br /><br />Report in the comments, full rules are <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2011/01/koala-challenge-2011.html">here</a>McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-15811628813146941962011-07-15T08:05:00.000-07:002011-07-15T08:07:31.782-07:00June results are up!Thanks for bearing with me - again...<br /><br />I'm sensing some serious competition up at the top for the best results of the year. The rest of us, well, yes, we're still writing though, aren't we?<br /><br />No new smackdowns, so the goblin goes hungry this month, unless Written and Lauren have grown new toenails. A few are looking vulnerable for next month, though... Back to the keyboard honeys!McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-87033000370511178992011-06-30T17:14:00.001-07:002011-06-30T17:16:24.374-07:00Reporting in for JuneMcK is about to go underground for a while, nonetheless, she expects full and detailed reporting in the comments for her to come back to. She may also be in a bad mood upon her return, so those stats better be good, or else...<br /><br />Report in the comments, full rules are <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2011/01/koala-challenge-2011.html">here</a>McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-19633955869757432852011-06-16T00:48:00.000-07:002011-06-16T00:51:07.734-07:00A victim says..."Missing toenails? Please, it took the doctors three hours to shove back in my intestines and stitch me up... nobody told me the goblin eviscerated people, too!!! I know, I know... I'll go humble myself before the koala soon... haven't been able to keep up on the writing deadlines."McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-56126021402976054082011-06-12T01:24:00.000-07:002011-06-12T01:25:47.786-07:00May scores up!There's a huge gulf between the top and the bottom this month! A good number on approves (purrr), but then everybody else right down at the bottom - and three, read it, three on Super Smackdown! I think that's a record.<br /><br />Off you go little Goblin...McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-72936409736952253002011-06-01T03:50:00.000-07:002011-06-01T03:57:50.179-07:00Reporting in for MayAs <span style="font-style: italic;">Somebody</span> pointed out below, May is now over. <span style="font-style: italic;">Somebody </span>may have to be very careful he doesn't get all his points taken away for excessive smugliness. Remember you're in Koalaland now and there is only one way. The Koala's Way. Yes, it's a dictatorship. So watch it, Mr <span style="font-style: italic;">Somebody...<br /><br /></span>Speaking<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>of smugliness: 16,000 words written, over 20,000 words edited. The Koala is Smug and Safe on Approved for this month.<br /><br />How about everybody else? Mega May or Mega Bust? (Julia B, do I have to give you a smackdown so soon, or did you scrape up a few words from somewhere?!)<br /><br />Report in the comments, full rules are <a href="http://mckoaladays.blogspot.com/2011/01/koala-challenge-2011.html">here</a>. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /></span>McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20015448.post-64489062624419963142011-05-14T21:10:00.000-07:002011-05-14T21:13:14.243-07:00April scores up!Sorry #bloggerfail meant a delay (even more of a delay) in getting them up, but there they are!<br /><br />My faithful Goblin is already on her way to Written's place, pliers in hand. (Watch out, she's got doggies...). Lauren K and Merry are down on Smackdown, they've got a month to save themselves from Goblinizing.<br /><br />Still a good four on Approves, that's pretty good as the year moves on. Noticing some clustering down at the lower numbers there, though. Or maybe you're just keeping Aniket company?<br /><br />Back to the keyboards chummies!McKoalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.com8