Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...

Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


Amy - May 09, 2005 11:21:00 am PDT #1945 of 10001
Because books.

Oh, Susan just did this so much better...

Oh, Do It Already

Cayenne stared up into the coal dark eyes of Drako. Soon they would be joined as man and woman had since time immemorial. They would begin the dance of love, a rhythm as ancient as the earth, as sacred as the tides, as…

“Calm yourself, my spicy one,” Drako mumbled. “There will be pain—and then there will only be the ecstasy of bliss. Yes, even this first time.”

“Do it, my strong gorgeous hero of a man,” she whispered. She gasped as Drako’s manroot penetrated her love grotto, a dragon in a dark cave. And breathing such sweet fire!


deborah grabien - May 09, 2005 11:24:03 am PDT #1946 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

cheering and throwing confetti for Susan and Amy

Bravo! BRAVISSIMO!


erikaj - May 09, 2005 11:26:20 am PDT #1947 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

The Case of the Putrid Procedural

Officer Flynn felt his gorge rise and he left his steak dinner in the gutter as he came upon the nubile teenaged corpse, a blonde angel with injuries he thought he had left in the verdant hell that was the Mekong Delta. Why was it always the pretty ones....she wasn’t that much older than his own daughter, Kathleen, who had become a stranger with either the phone stuck to her ear or a bong stuck in her mouth. Just another little girl looking for trouble, but this girl? Actually found it.


deborah grabien - May 09, 2005 11:30:01 am PDT #1948 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

a blonde angel with injuries he thought he had left in the verdant hell that was the Mekong Delta

erika, close, but yours is still pretty good in other spots. You need to really try hard if you want to genuinely stink.

Maybe something like "Just another hot potato, looking for a hot date with trouble" at the end?


erikaj - May 09, 2005 11:32:40 am PDT #1949 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Guess I've been reading only *good* mysteries lately. mostly this is a good thing.


Astarte - May 09, 2005 11:35:02 am PDT #1950 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

Let's not forget timeless children's literature:

Booblebear Explains It All For You

Horny Owl had to visit his sick mother. Booblebear was teaching the Sunday School lesson for the week. Booblebear did his best to answer questions according to the Big Book.

“Why is the sky blue, Booblebear?”

“Because God’s favorite color is blue, Christopher Bobbett.”

“Why is water so wet, Booblebear?”

“As the psalms tell us, Figger, so that we can slake our thirst and still stay pure as God intends us to.”

“Hey, Booblebear, where do babies come from?”

“Well, Sniglet, when a mommy’s honeypot and a daddy’s manroot find a cozy little citadel...”


deborah grabien - May 09, 2005 11:38:43 am PDT #1951 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

“Well, Sniglet, when a mommy’s honeypot and a daddy’s manroot find a cozy little citadel...”

thunk


Susan W. - May 09, 2005 11:40:31 am PDT #1952 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

t snerks at Astarte

I love that, AmyLiz! Drako and Cayenne, indeed!

And erika, I've hardly ever read a police procedural, and that's still got me laughing aloud. Loved the bit where he reflects on his daughter.

(Did y'all notice how I used the wrong form of address for a duke?)


Astarte - May 09, 2005 11:41:19 am PDT #1953 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

I started with the ending on that one.

I just felt so inspired, you know?

Doffing my hat to Susan.

Snerk.


Amy - May 09, 2005 11:44:15 am PDT #1954 of 10001
Because books.

when a mommy’s honeypot and a daddy’s manroot find a cozy little citadel

Bwah!

Drako and Cayenne, indeed!

Someone actually submitted a manuscript to me in which the heroine's name was Cayenne. I also had a Cinnamon once. And Drako was a big favorite. Sigh.

erika, you hit just the right tone there. And the Mekong Delta, too! Hee.