One of those topics is "Housewives as authors."
Probably looking for a place to file Jean Kerr, Erma Bombeck, Peg Bracken, and the like. People whose writings focused on the domestic.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Betsy HP - Apr 06, 2005 7:56:09 am PDT #1114 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
deborah grabien - Apr 06, 2005 12:04:44 pm PDT #1115 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Big old tenterhooks. From my agent, in re the 4-6 proposal:
I think at this point it's just a matter of getting approval for whatever offer it is she wants to make. I'm nudging her for details. With any luck I can manage to turn your lunch into a celebratory one.
Nice if she's right.
Also, Fed Ex hasn't shown up with the manuscript of "Matty Groves" yet. I'm out of here at 9 tomorrow morning. Eep!
SailAweigh - Apr 06, 2005 2:49:13 pm PDT #1116 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Damn, Deb! Sure hope it gets there.
Photo #8. (Nope, not tired of these things yet.)
That’s great-aunt Georgeane standing next to grandmother. They didn’t look much alike. Georgeane had a belly-busting laugh that filled the room; grandmother just smiled politely at a joke. Great-aunt’s appetite was legendary. Her son, Matthew, says he’d seen her clear off a platter of pancakes stacked 16 high! I’m surprised you see her in a dress in this picture. Usually, you’d find her in one of great-grandpa’s pairs of overalls, workboots and a kerchief on her head. She ran the farm for years, after great-grandpa died. She had to when Grandma ran away with the piano tuner to the city.
deborah grabien - Apr 06, 2005 2:53:27 pm PDT #1117 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Matty has arrived. Breathing way easier.
Sail, these things are acting like creative rose and exotic flower food for you. It's lovely to watch; it's lovely to read.
erikaj - Apr 08, 2005 10:22:54 am PDT #1118 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
I just got a total stranger on lj all excited about my book...now, granted, it was sort of fish in a barrel, with the Perv in it, as far as Homicide fans go...murder police being to us like tits in a frat house, but hey, this time last year, it didn't exist.
Susan W. - Apr 08, 2005 9:31:22 pm PDT #1119 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Oh, copyediting experts! Which is correct?
"Don't worry," she said. "He calls all men papa."
or
"Don't worry," she said. "He calls all men 'papa'."
Anne W. - Apr 09, 2005 2:52:48 am PDT #1120 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'd go with the second.
Hil R. - Apr 09, 2005 4:32:28 am PDT #1121 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'd also say the second.
Pix - Apr 09, 2005 6:14:25 am PDT #1122 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yes, 'tis the second.
Susan W. - Apr 09, 2005 6:40:47 am PDT #1123 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, y'all. That's what I thought, but it looked funny.