Can’t Play Today

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1. Romeo Vitelli says:
   April 13, 2009 at 8:38 am

   I guess it really will kill you to have that story in on time.
2. Christopher says:
   April 13, 2009 at 8:53 am

   You could be science fiction first undead writer.
3. adelheid says:
   April 13, 2009 at 9:01 am

   I suppose you want cake now?
4. Joel says:
   April 13, 2009 at 9:46 am

   Soon John will be a zombie and then all he’ll want to eat is

   BRAINS
5. rys says:
   April 13, 2009 at 10:28 am

   is this a “publish or perish” thing?
6. Kevin says:
   April 13, 2009 at 10:33 am

   Oooooooo this is so exciting! I can’t wait to see what happens!
7. Patrick M. says:
   April 13, 2009 at 10:46 am

   Yeah, I don’t know that I would sign a FINISH OR DIE contract. I mean, penalties for being late are understandable, but….
8. William Schafer says:
   April 13, 2009 at 10:56 am

   Type monkey-boy, type.
9. Wirelizard says:
   April 13, 2009 at 11:17 am

   When all zombie writer wants is BRAINS, will he at least remember to amuse the rest of us by taping some to the cat and creating BRAINCAT, please?
10. Nikitta - now a bard says:
    April 13, 2009 at 11:33 am

    I think you need some inspirational singing:

    *starts singing*
    Dodge, dodge dogde that pesky death-thing
    Write, write, write and make it well

    *stops singing and runs, dodging the weapons that people throw*

    I was only trying to help!
11. Ghlaghghee says:
    April 13, 2009 at 11:57 am

    Trying. Not, you know, succeeding.
12. Deborah Brown says:
    April 13, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    Will keep eye on DDN. And hope not to see you.

    @adelheid: Cake fixes everything. So do lindt truffles.
13. Christopher says:
    April 13, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    The Night Ranger Army has their Sister Christian ninjas ready.
14. ytimynona says:
    April 13, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    It’s surprising how much death can motivate someone…
15. Christopher says:
    April 13, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Are you dead yet….how about now?
16. Christopher says:
    April 13, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    How about now?
17. Fathercrow says:
    April 13, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Death is highly over rated anyway, so don’t worry, you’re not missing anything… yet.
18. Robert Burns says:
    April 13, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    I guess I should wait this out before sending you an unsolicited copy of my latest novel to read, huh?

    RB
19. Fletcher says:
    April 13, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Oh John Scalzi, your hapless procrastination in the face of oncoming doom gives me hope that even someone as lazy as me can become a best-selling author.

    Also, if this succeeds it may usher in a new and terrifying era of writer/publisher relations. Although they will need to tranquilize Neil Gaiman before they can fit him with the shock collar, he is a feisty one!
20. MarkHB says:
    April 13, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    *inky, inky teabagprints all over the shop*
21. hugh57 says:
    April 13, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Christopher @15-16: He must be. He mentioned on Twitter about 9 hours ago that he was pulling his DSL line out of the wall. Everyone knows that humans can’t survive without DSL for more than 30 minutes (maybe 45 tops).
22. Jim Wright, alarmed and appalled says:
    April 13, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    Pull the DSL cable?

    But that’s just crazy talk. You can’t just go cold turkey bacon like that, the withdrawal symptoms could kill you.

    Like methadone treatments for heroin, you should first shift to 56.6kbps dialup, gradually working your way down to 14.4kbps before pulling the plug – over a period of weeks is what I’m saying here.

    Anything other than a controlled weaning of the highspeed internet fix and step by step detox could lead to seriously unpleasant side effects – and with Scalzi who knows what that would manifest as? Good lord, he’s probably swallowed his tongue already!
23. Warren Terra says:
    April 13, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Everyone knows that humans can’t survive without DSL for more than 30 minutes (maybe 45 tops).

    You must be a real treat on airplanes.
24. MWT says:
    April 13, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    Skyphone FTW! :D
25. Jim Wright says:
    April 13, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    You must be a real treat on airplanes.

    Do they have wireless detectors in the lavatory?
26. David Hill says:
    April 13, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    Hurry up! I wanna know what happens.

    Probably involved bacon. Mwahaha.

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