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Michelle Lansing Mercier's avatar

How do publishing dates fit into this conspiracy, I mean, outrage?

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Bob Shea's avatar

I'll leave that to a bunch of lawyers.

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Tricia Springstubb's avatar

SUE!! (as in, court, not the girl)

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Sarah Allen's avatar

So much suspicious behavior. On behalf of the kid lit community I would like to extend my condolensces to you as you go through this difficult time.

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Kayleen Sokol's avatar

This style reminded me of Will Terry at first haha

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Bob Shea's avatar

I’m not familiar with Will Terry, so they must be ripping me off!

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Kayleen Sokol's avatar

Sorry I meant the sloth drawing in the thumbnail 😅

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Bob Shea's avatar

Still counts

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Clair Sullivan's avatar

That's some top tier drama right there!

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Bob Shea's avatar

You get used to it. Especially as the instigator.

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Rachel Michelle Wilson's avatar

Not to stir the pot or ruin your friendships or anything, but I bet at least one of these guys used the word "friend" which they probably got from your bearsuit turtle idea.

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Bob Shea's avatar

Yeah. Total BS.

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Kyle T Webster's avatar

Too funny. You have a wonderful Dave Barry-esque way about your writing. I needed a laugh today! Thank you.

Also, one tiny passage reminded me of one of my favorite bits on a long-running TV show. I wonder if you know what I'm talking about if I share this with you?: "You'd be wrong, though. It's Hambone."

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Bob Shea's avatar

If you a friend named Flippy and a friend named Hambone, can you guess which one is really into dolphins? You’d be wrong. Its hambone.

That's a Jack Handy thing and one of my favorite jokes of all time.

Oh my gosh! Now I’m the one stealing! I'm sure that’s where I got that set up, I use it a lot.

I'm not really familiar with Dave Barry’s stuff. I remember him from the 90’s, but never really read any. I'll check him out.

And thanks for the note, Kyle!

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Lizzy Metcalfe's avatar

Hahahaha! 🤣

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Joseph Nelms's avatar

“it's not the same image twice,” got an honest to goodness real life audible chuckle out of me.

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Susie Felber's avatar

Great fun. Thanks for exposing these baddies! <3

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Matt Roeser's avatar

THIS IS SHOCKING!!!

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Charles Santoso's avatar

It was an Homage!!

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Mariana 🙋🏻‍♀️'s avatar

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.

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