The bad spelling was a mistake. I was in a hurry to get this up because I'm at work and somehow Word didn't put the squiggle-y red line underneath.
I'll leave them though.
Gunn: You saying popping mama threw you a beating? Lorne: Kid Vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwah-ha-ha'd at us.
'Underneath'
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.
askye - May 11, 2005 8:46:39 am PDT #2065 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
deborah grabien - May 11, 2005 8:48:58 am PDT #2066 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
OK, we're getting into the serious funnies.
In other news, I think my pointed little "I did the edits on the plane, I hope you can read this" proofing of my publisher's first edits to Matty Groves bore some fruit; just got an email saying the the first-pass layout is being fed-exed to me, to arrive Friday. This time the deadline is 1 June.
Two weeks instead of two days. YES PLEASE.
Astarte - May 11, 2005 9:14:22 am PDT #2067 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Fleshy headed crusaders.
Bwah!!!!
Amy - May 11, 2005 9:41:41 am PDT #2068 of 10001
Because books.
Sharing bouncy news because I need to bounce this week...
Romatic Times gave Murder in the Hamptons four and a half stars, which is awesome, and said, "Garvey writes a fresh mystery with an unexpected twist." Wheee!
A friend went into B&N yesterday to buy it, and couldn't find it. Asked the manager, who told her they'd sold out. Now, they might have ordered only a few copies, but still. Sold out! (and were ordering more.) The woman in line behind my friend overheard the exchange and chimed in with, "Murder in the Hamptons? Oh, I loved it! I just read it!"
So Renee asked if she knew I was a local author, and also if she'd read Wicked Women Whodunit. She hadn't read it, but told Renee she was going upstairs to find it and buy a copy on the spot.
Takes the sting out of AAR's C+ review, too, which actually didn't sting too much since they give Fs. Seemed like the reviewer thought I could have done better, and I had failed to live up to her expectations, which kind of sucks but is still better than hearing, "Who on earth gave this woman a contract, she writes like an illiterate gnat on bad crack."
And I got the cover for the next book which is a thousand times better than the crapola I had for Murder. So, squee-worthy news.
t /mememe
Pix - May 11, 2005 9:44:11 am PDT #2069 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
That's WONDERFUL Amy! Go you!
Aims - May 11, 2005 9:48:07 am PDT #2070 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
YAY AMYLIZ!!!!
Susan W. - May 11, 2005 9:50:42 am PDT #2071 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Woohoo, AmyLiz!
FWIW, a lot of books I thoroughly enjoyed got reviews in the C+ to B range at AAR--their reviews are detailed and idiosyncratic enough that the trick is to read between the lines, figure out the reviewer's taste, and decide to what degree I share it.
Ginger - May 11, 2005 9:51:29 am PDT #2072 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Squeeee AmyLiz. Bounce away. You deserve it.
t Goes to Amazon to order book
Pix - May 11, 2005 9:53:05 am PDT #2073 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Oh, btw, my essay in English Journal will be published in November, and I just got approached to write an article about the transition from middle school to high school for another (far more regional, but still) educational journal. Kind of cool!
Amy - May 11, 2005 9:54:33 am PDT #2074 of 10001
Because books.
Modest bow. Thank you, thank you.
The last week -- actually the last two weeks, and more -- have been so sucktacular, I thought posting good news would kind of anchor it time/space.
read between the lines, figure out the reviewer's taste, and decide to what degree I share it
I do that, too. And I think my reviewer gives out a lot of Cs. I also think she wanted more mystery and less romance, which I thought might be the problem with the title, but I clearly didn't get the last word on that one.
Off to actually try and finish the book that was due three weeks ago...