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So I’d like to do some contests–either for the Corvis Rebaine novels, The Goblin Corps, or both–that involve either the creation of artwork, or the the translation of some of the characters into people’s favorite role-playing games. But I’m not comfortable with the idea of a contest that asks dozens or hundreds of people to send me files via e-mail, since the chance of a virus (even unintentionally) is a little high for my tastes.

So, I’m asking for suggestions. If I were to do such a contest, what are some ways I could arrange to get the files to me without risk of infection? What sorts of services, if any, exist for such huge numbers of file transfers that won’t cost me much (if anything) out of pocket? (Said services have to include trustworthy virus-detection on the server side, of course, or there’s no advantage to using them over e-mail.) What other options might I have?

Due to some sort of bizarre server hiccup, I briefly navigated to a page receiving classifieds and Craig’s List-type entries from other worlds. I was able to copy-and-paste some of them before the problem corrected itself, and I thought I’d share.

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So I’ve caught up on the current season/series of Doctor Who. First, to paraphrase something I read elsewhere online, the only real way to describe the Neil Gaiman-penned episode of Doctor Who is "It’s very much as though Neil Gaiman wrote a Doctor Who episode."

About says it all.

Beyond that, the first half of the season is over, with the second half not to air until September-ish. (Those of you who read my rant on season-ending cliffhangers on TV can guess how I feel about that.) Despite my irritation, however, I’ve been giving what we’ve seen so far some thought, and I have a theory.

Do not read any further if you haven’t watched everything this season up to, and including, "A Good Man Goes to War." No, seriously. (Anything about what happens beyond said episode could be construed as a spoiler only if my guess happens to be accurate. I don’t know anything.)

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We have met the enemy, and it is this friggin’ chapter! 😛

But at least it’s done, albeit more than a few K longer than I intended it to be. (And yes, I’ll likely split it, but still…)

And can I just say how weird it is writing dialogue for prolonged arguments? You end up with entire pages where nobody actually finishes a sentence.

62417 / 80000 words. 78% done!

May not actually be done for the day–I’d kind of like to get this chapter wrapped up, so I have the weekend free and clear to work on that oh-so-mysterious freelance gig I keep referencing–but for the time being, at least…

60731 / 80000 words. 76% done!