I Inherited a Mixed Animal from Uncle Living in Woods (the novel)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

It will be out in June 2025. Yay! That is, if the world is still here, if publishing and reading and laughing are still legal, if Loyola University Maryland is still here. And it will have the full title. Born in 2004 in the DU Lounge. Almost published 3 times. To be published finally in 2025. So it will be of age. Did i say Yay!? I believe i did. DU, its birthplace, will be in the acknowledgments.

[Rhiannon12866]

1. I remember!

Good luck and thanks for sharing!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

4. Thanks, Rhiannon!

[intrepidity]

2. Congrats!

Jeez has it really been 20 years? Sigh.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. I know. They flew by!

[ms liberty]

3. Are there any door buzzards in this novel?

The title does say "mixed animal"

Congratulations! I look forward to it!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

5. No, but there's lots of crows on a cold tin roof.

[cilla4progress]

7. Wish I knew what you are talking about

sounds delightful!!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. Click the link in my sig

and you will see the astounding origins of it all in the old DU.

[Drum]

9. Congrats!

(Loved your work in those State Farm commercials, by the way. “Nayba”, hilarious! 😉

[A-Schwarzenegger]

11. The name came during Ahnold's first run for Gov of CA

It was a parody thing that i couldnt get away from. He was so out-there, the whole idea of him running for Gov, that parody was the only option.

[hlthe2b]

10. LOL... A remarkable nod to DU's past.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. Seems like yesterday.

hi, hlthe2b! When i think of the mixed animal, i feel like i havent changed at all.
(By the way, his much-evolved name is now Yonder).

[MuseRider]

13. OMG!

SO excited about this!

I have often wondered what the end of that story was.

THANK YOU!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. Well, there is no end of the story of course

but i trust the ending of the novel will satisfy. Hi, MuseRider!

[Solly Mack]

15. How fucking cool is that!?!

Very cool.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

16. Pretty pretty pretty

fucking cool, huh? Hey, Solly.

[Ellipsis]

17. Congrats. For old times sake.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

19. .

[Botany]

18. Can you tell us what is in the book in 2 paragraphs of 250 words each?

Asking for a friend?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

20. I'd rather go into a coma.

What's in there? Short version: everything that you ever needed.

[Botany]

21. OK then! Nice start. Short declarative sentence.

7 words into your 500 word limit. Only 493 more words to go.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

22. There are parts of this adventure that are a grinding hell.

Summing up a book in xx words is one. But like all things you get the hell with the heaven. Ii'll take it. How many words to go?

[Botany]

23. So it is an adventure book titled, "Everything that you ever needed."

Sounds like a real e page turner.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

26. Good title.

I'd take out that that though.

[Chellee]

24. Yay! I'm so excited!

Is there a place for pre-orders?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

25. Not yet, Chellee.

I'll post something.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

27. I just realized again how many of the posters who joined in that original thread in 2004

are no longer here. Gone in one way or another. 20 years is indeed a long time.

[Coventina]

28. OSCAR

The best of all possible Oscars!!!!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

32. Born Oscar, now Yonder.

But you can still call him Oscar. Hi, Coventina!

[Drum]

29. That is a very intriguing piece of writing. Bookmarking!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

33. Thanks, Drum.

[LudwigPastorius]

30. Here's hoping for a much-deserved Pullet Sore Prize!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

34. Ha. I'll be satisfied if people read it and have a good time

and finish it smiling with a teardrop riding down their ruddy cheek and splashing in their coffee.

[UTUSN]

31. Haven't seen the DU-handle A-Schwarzenegger in decades

[A-Schwarzenegger]

35. About a decade, yeah, went into hiding

after 2016, lost heart for politics, but DU has always been about more than politics for me anyway, popped in now n then, tended my garden. Hi, UTUSN!

[yellowdogintexas]

36. Oscar returns!! Can't wait to read it.

Oscar is one of the great treats of DU

[A-Schwarzenegger]

39. Thanks, yellowdog, good to see ya.

[Ty Mexelby]

37. Yay! nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

40. Hi, Ty.

I think i know you.

[flvegan]

38. Fantastic news!

Well deserved, looking forward to purchasing a copy of the classic, extended remix maybe.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. Hi, flvegan!

Thanks. (vegan here too now)

[Wicked Blue]

42. Oh, thank Goddess!

Our collective prayers have been answered.

Happy holidays to you and Oscar

[A-Schwarzenegger]

45. And to you, Wicked Blue.

Now you came here long after the Animal first appeared. You saw references to the story?

[Kali]

43. OMG OMG OMG

[A-Schwarzenegger]

44. Yes! Yes! Yes!