{"id":9293,"date":"2011-06-13T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=9293"},"modified":"2011-06-14T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T23:23:22","slug":"its-time-to-make-it-rain-bitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/06\/13\/its-time-to-make-it-rain-bitches\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time To Make It Rain, Bitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/books-for-sale\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2009\/5762125641_13df67df73_b.jpg?resize=658%2C246\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a>This one&#8217;s pretty easy.<\/p>\n<p>I just crossed the 4,000 Twitter follower mark, which is pretty cool. I mean, sure, 3,465 of them are insane Twitter robots who are trying to sell me porn, iPads, real estate, and baby formula&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;but whatever it takes to feed my manic hunger for adoration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*gibber, howl, snargh*<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As such, I want to give you a copy of <strong>CONFESSIONS OF A FREELANCE PENMONKEY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to give away 10 copies in PDF, Kindle, or Nook format.<\/p>\n<p>How it works is like this: you have 24 hours (till 4pm EST on 6\/14\/11) to drop a comment into the comments below. What should go into this comment, you ask?<\/p>\n<p>Your favorite word of profanity, and a short description as to why that might be. I figure this is entirely reasonable, given how sodden with wretched language <strong>CONFESSIONS<\/strong> happens to be. One assumes that if you&#8217;re not comfortable dropping some language yourself, you won&#8217;t be comfortable reading through <strong>CONFESSIONS<\/strong>. And besides, who doesn&#8217;t love a little cussin&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>At 4pm I&#8217;ll come back to this post and pick my ten favorite answers. Those folks get a copy of the book.<\/p>\n<p>Jump in. Get to cursing. Get creative. And please to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT:<\/p>\n<p>THE WINNERS:<\/p>\n<p>Tamsyn: \u201cBollocks!\u201d Description made me laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Caytlin: \u201cShitting Dicknipples,\u201d because that sounds like a bad high school teacher\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Kara: \u201cTwat.\u201d Calling it \u201ccunt\u2019s classy cousin\u201d is pretty genius.<\/p>\n<p>Penrefe: \u201cDick.\u201d Simple. A classic.<\/p>\n<p>Joanna: \u201cImperial Fuckton.\u201d Like something out of a filthy version of Star Wars.<\/p>\n<p>Antimony: \u201cDhallar.\u201d Because now we all can learn something, too.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Regan: \u201cFlaming Thunder-cunt.\u201d Because, how mythic.<\/p>\n<p>Emily B: \u201cThroatfuck.\u201d Because that one\u2019s new to me.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah: \u201cCock Holster.\u201d It\u2019s really so elegant.<\/p>\n<p>Spomenka: \u201cSlattern.\u201d Why not go old-school?<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s our ten, folks.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tough choice. Be on notice. Really enjoyed roadwhore,  cuntblocker, twatwaffle. So many good ones. But these are the ones that  spoke to me in the cockles of my heart.<\/p>\n<p>YOU TEN PEOPLE:<\/p>\n<p>Hit me up either using the Contact Form above or at chuckwendig [at]  terribleminds [dot] com and I\u2019ll get you squared away with a copy of  PENMONKEY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to give you a copy of CONFESSIONS OF A FREELANCE PENMONKEY.How it works is like this: you have 24 hours (till 4pm EST on 6\/14\/11) to drop a comment into the comments below. What should go into this comment, you ask? 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