ita, is that a pencil in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Also, can I send you a piece for permission to use your name, or do ya just trust me?
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Allyson - May 03, 2005 8:37:37 am PDT #1706 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
§ ita § - May 03, 2005 8:41:24 am PDT #1707 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You have to send it to me, Allyson, because I want to read it.
deborah grabien - May 03, 2005 8:42:14 am PDT #1708 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I opened the door. Outside, it was cold. I was a bit tight.
[I thought about it, and realised that I wanted a Pepsi. "Wanted" was the wrong word; I needed it. The cold matched my mood. Bleak. Self-absorbed. This stuff? Tricky. I tilted my head back, tipping the cold wet brownness that was my personal choice of caffeine down my throat, feeling it tickle my tonsils. This was a bad day. Cold. I couldn't seem to get a handle on all the bad things I'd done today, the crimes I'd committed, the feeling that everyone and everything in the universe was in some way affected by my tiniest decision, I mean every decision. The shade of my underwear. Cream in my coffee. Sugar.]
Should I send it to the copy desk Deb? Give her an Episode?
Heh. erika, at her age, she doesn't have episodes. She lets it go in most things, providing it isn't overused.
What's not a body part, you know? My eyes are much more expressive than my pencil.
See, I have no idea whether my eyes are expressive or not...
Connie Neil - May 03, 2005 8:44:01 am PDT #1709 of 10001
brillig
Don't make me use the word effulgent in something long and twisted, folks. Just--don't. Subject-verb is your friend!
deborah grabien - May 03, 2005 8:46:27 am PDT #1710 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You realise, between me and Teppy, we've got the beginnings of a perfect candidate for our very own Bulwer-Lytton contest?
I mean, really. Overwritten, underwritten, pretentious....
TEP! Can we have a weekly challenge for "really really really shitty fiction" please?
erikaj - May 03, 2005 8:54:25 am PDT #1711 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Crime Fiction has its own special sins. Some cop's dinner is always getting puked in the gutter. They always hover over the nubile female vic all "What a waste."The Serial Killer italic flashback. Don't hold my fingers over the stove, Mommy. But Mommy always did. To purify Roger's flesh. Roger hated Mommy
Topic!Cindy - May 03, 2005 8:56:53 am PDT #1712 of 10001
What is even happening?
See, I have no idea whether my eyes are expressive or not...I can't imagine that they're not. I only know you online and the phone, but it seems to be you are an expression delivery mechanism. I meant that in the best way. There's a particular life to you--a vividness that manages to come across, even at a distance. I suspect that in person, you could kindle a fire with a glance.
Jesse - May 03, 2005 8:57:51 am PDT #1713 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How do people make expressions, if not with their eyes? That's jackass. (She said, rolling her expressive eyeballs....)
Connie Neil - May 03, 2005 8:59:18 am PDT #1714 of 10001
brillig
rolling her expressive eyeballs....
Come on, 7! Baby needs shoes!
Topic!Cindy - May 03, 2005 9:00:51 am PDT #1715 of 10001
What is even happening?
snake eyes!