Great Hites 37

Great Hites 37
	COUNTING THE DAYS By: Anima Zabaleta
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	Prometheus By: Jeff Hite
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Feeds, Numbers and other things.

Hello everyone,

I have moved both of my feeds from Feedburner to Google. There is not supposed to be a difference, but if you have any trouble getting the new items, you might need to resubscribe. I really hope not but...

While I am on the subject of subscribers. On Monday, I think, I talked about how Great Hites had finally broken the 30 Subscribers mark and been there for a while. The day after that it dropped back down below that. I was a little disappointed but I guess that is what I get for talking about it. Then again it might have been that there was something that feedburner was not reporting correctly that now Googlefeeds is or vice versa.

Today is National Pie day. I think national days like this are great opportunities to spend time with your kids. (Assuming you have kids, or loved ones if you don't) So if you are not prepared for this day I have decided to help you out. Besides who does not love a slice of yummy pie.

Here is your grocery list
* One tin Pie pan

* one frozen crust (pillsbury sells them in sets of two perfect for if you want a top crust)

* One can of pie filling of your choice.

Yup that is really it. A pie can be that easy!

go home:

* Preheat your oven (according to the directions on the filling can)
* put the crust into the pie pan (be gentle they do rip)
* Let your kids put the filling in the crust.
* (if you are going to have a top crust) put the top crust on.
* (Again only if you are using a top crust) let your kids crimp the crusts shut with a fork
* Cut small slits in the top crust
* Pop it in the oven with a cookie sheet under it to catch drips.

* Pull it out and let it cool while you eat dinner.
* Slice and enjoy

That it it really. Slice and enjoy!

Murder at Avedon Hill

I have talked about this book before. We are still waiting for it P.G. Holyfield to finish the adventure on podiobooks, but I still even knowing I would have to wait for the ending I would start it all over again. It is a wonderful book so far, and worth your time to listen to it. You can get it at free at Podiobooks.com



Well he as done a very nice Video Promo for it. Here it is:

The Prompt

I had a question about a week ago how the prompt could be used. The question was basically, do you have to use the prompt verbadium, or even use it in your story.

Here is the way I look at the prompt. If the prompt tickles your fancy use it. If you can quote the prompt great. If it is just an idea that stirs something in you and it has something to do in some way with the prompt, then use it that way. basically I don't care how you use it. If it is a one word prompt obviously fitting it into your story should be pretty easy. But like the prompt from this previous week that was quite long, I don't expect you to use it word for word, in fact, unless you are a much better writer than I am I can't see how you could do that. (BTW I think most of the people that write for Great Hites are better writers than I am.)

Long and short of this, the prompt is there as a way to, for lack of a better word, prompt you into writing something. It is an idea, a grain of sand that you might turn into a pearl.

To everyone who has submitted thank you. For all of you listening thank you.

- Jeff

GreatHites Prompt # 38

This weeks Prompt is:

"The Cold was Shocking"

All Stories for this prompt are due by Midnight Tuesday January 27th. Email the text of the story and a recording if you would like me to include it in the podcast to jeffrey dot hite at gmail dot com.

good luck. And don't forget to come out to the site and vote for your Favorite stories this week.

Don't forget to go out to iTunes or podcast pickle or both and leave a review. It is a great way to let people know about great hites and what you think of it.

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30 listeners

I want to announce that it has been over a week that Great Hites has had over 30 Subscribers. I think it is safe to say that it will stay there unless I start upsetting people. That may seem like a really low number compared to say, Escapepod, but it is something new for me.

To all the wonderful people out there listening and reading. Thank you! Now go out an tell your friends.

-Jeff

P.S. The last time I heard Steve Eley talk about his stats he was some where in the neighborhood of 20,000 downloads a week. Makes my 30 seem like nothing, but as I said, 30 is more than I had before.

100 word stories tidal wave

Hello all. Last week I decided that I wanted to stir things up a bit. I was not sure how or where I would do it until I started thinking about the 100 word story contest.

The week before Laurence Simon, the sites editor and Publisher, only got 6 stories for his weekly contest. That is 4 or ten less than normal. This was in my humble opinion a big hit for his site. Unlike my site, where I get 2-4 stories a week, he almost always gets 10 stories a week.

This was my chance, my moment to stir up some trouble. And with a subject like tidal wave, how could I resist. So I wrote ten stories with different names and sent some of them out to people to read, even got my wife to read on under and assumed name. then I sent all the stories in, saying that I had gotten friends of mine to write them. I left the text of my story out, since my story gave the secret away.

I did however carry the joke a little too far for some people. I Didn't tell my readers what I was doing, and even in one case, replied saying I would ask the author if the recording was ok. in my defense, sitting in my office all alone I do tent to talk to myself, but to those of you who did the readings thank you and sorry if I offended you by not letting you know what was going on.

If you would like to hear the original podcast you can find it the 100 word story contest I won't repost his file because I don't have an explicit tag and he does, but feel free to got listen to the whole thing unravel. Besides there are some other very talented authors who publish on his site so it is worth your time to go listen.

However if you would like to just listen to the stories I told here they are. Thank you to all of you that helped with this this week. You time and talent as very much appreciated.



Whale Meat By Martin Joyce

"What is that?"
"what?"
"Up in the sky."
"Oh my goodness it looks like a whale."
"A whale? in the air?"
"Yeah, these young people and their improbability drives."
"Improbability huh? Well what are we going to do about that whale?"
"Hmm, not much we can do. It is going to fall in that lake over there."
"But don't whales live i the ocean?"
"Don't worry."
"Why not?"
"It won't survive the fall, worry about the tidal wave."




The Union By: David Tomes

"Ok guys we need to get organized here."
"What are we trying to accomplish here?"
"You forgotten already? Look we need to all rush forward at the same time."
"But why?"
"Come on we talked about this, we are trying to take over the world."
"How we going to do that, we are just krill?"
"That's why we have to get organized."
"What are we going to do?"
"We are all going to swim toward Washington DC at the same time and create a tidal wave an wipe'em out."
"Ok lets go."
They never saw the whale that swallowed them whole.


Last Message By: Ben Clarke

"This will be the final message from our civilization. It is important that someone know we where here and what we accomplished in our time. Our lives have been spent building thie beautiful world, that our children will never be able to enjoy, after the disaster that is about to befall us. Our scientists saw the disaster coming only a short while ago and told us all to prepare for it. Our world's about to wiped out. Oh the humanity, tidal wave!"
"Ow that water is hot," Tom said pulling his big toe back out of the tub.


Blow me to Bermuda By Misty Fritz

Mortally wounded, and heart sick from the betrayal, King Arthur made is way to the sacred lake. There he'd return the sword from whence it came, and hopefully gain access to Avalon that he might sleep until he was called for again. Nothing disturbed the lake's surface as he neared. Looking down the goddess saw all of this and more. She watched his life, and failings and knew the price that it has exacted on her. If she did this her vision would be obscured for some time.
"Merlin, what's that?"
"Surf's up your highness, tidal wave!"

Garth's Bad Idea By: Fred Hickman

The tidal wave of human bodies rushed forward and there was nothing they could do.
When the sparks began to fly from the stage everyone gasped in anticipation of a pyrotechnic light show. When the fire works lept from the stage to the gutiar, to the gutairist arm everyone realized it was no show. The screams flowed before the bodies but only because the bodies were heavier. All of the bodies moved as one, rising and falling with the pitch of the wailing guitar.
"See Garth, look at this mess. I told you we shouldn't do the flaming shirt trick."


Tidal wave of Paperwork - By: Robert Metsker

"We are a document Imaging company right?"
"Yes, Jack, we are why do you ask?"
"Well it just seems rather odd to me that we'd sell this wonderful software that takes digital images of paperwork and turns them into data to be stored a way on some server but we would have a room like this."
"What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? Have you looked around you? I mean look at this. I can't reach the top of this stack."
"Don't touch that."
"What? Why?"
"Because it'd be bad."
"Whatever." he said leaning against the stack.
"Tidal Wave!"


IT Tidal Wave BY Alan Marker

Laurence and Alan worked feverishly to stem the tide of cases that were coming in. Three techs had called in sick leaving only skeleton crew. They joked between calls about The Day That Sysadmins Ruled the World, but It had been a murderous day, and they worked like mad men, but the calls kept coming in.
"Geeze you would think that this was harder than it really is."
"Right, I think every wacko whoever used their CD-ROM as a cup holder is calling today."
"Maybe we should just plug the plug."
"Won't help, as they say you can't stop stupid."



Brush The Dog By: Carolyn Westburg

"I told you to brush the dog."
"I did."
"Come on, there is no way this all came from today."
"I Brushed him, that is my story and I'm sticking to it."
"That is so typical, a guy that lies and then won't admit to it. I mean here we are with indisputable evidence, and you won't even admit that you are wrong."
"I wouldn't call it indisputable. A few dog hairs laying around."
"You call this a few?"
"Ok more than a few."


The Comet by Arthur Kline

When the giant comet hit the Earth, it caused tidal waves that wiped out coastal cities all around the pacific rim. But, that was only the beginning of the devastation that it caused. The water and air around the site were vaporized and broken into it's component elements, causing massive explosions, which cascaded to more and more. Resulting in the largest nuclear explosions ever on the face of the planet. Half of what was left of the atmosphere was blown off in to space. Even the dinosaurs could not survive such colossal devastation. I wonder if we, with our wonderful technology will be able to.

Too Many Stories By Jeff Hite

Tom Tossed the gauntlet last week with the stats. Laurence took the gloves off when he laughed at Tom's stats only having 6 stories. It was a sad day to be sure, when the 100 word stories didn't even cover my commute time. Ashley was the impetus for the tidal wave to new authors with his tpoic. Since I don't know any other authors I wrote 10 stories this week. Got a number of people to record for me, and just tossed all to Tom's stats in the toilet. Giggle giggle snort. I think I cheated on this one. Thanks everyone!

"We are floating in a tidal wave of dog hair and you call it a few."

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