It's a real burden being right so often.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


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.


SailAweigh - Jun 12, 2005 5:24:59 am PDT #2668 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Connie, I like that one. I think my next one kind of fits into the same category, whatever you want to call it. It's sort of an undefined category, but recognizable.

Stalk Her

She lies in wait for me. I don’t always know when or where she’ll show up. Last time it was in the grocery store; I was squeezing some grapes. Mushy grapes are nasty, but I only squeeze, never eat.

She ambushed me. I tried to ward her off. Before I knew it she had grabbed a carton of raspberries. Like a child, she stuffed them in my mouth, smearing them around my face grotesquely. But, I’m the one that had to go to court; pay the fine. Some day, I’ll learn how to keep her confined only to my mind.


deborah grabien - Jun 12, 2005 7:25:27 am PDT #2669 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

WHOA. Sail, that's - ok, "confined space" as defined by "mind", dayum.


SailAweigh - Jun 12, 2005 7:55:07 am PDT #2670 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I was in a "Sybill" sort of mood, today, Deb. Like I said, it's not a genre you can really pin down, but you know it when you see it, yes?


erikaj - Jun 12, 2005 8:00:54 am PDT #2671 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah...brilliant.


Amy - Jun 12, 2005 8:13:37 am PDT #2672 of 10001
Because books.

Sail, that was awesome. Totally took me by surprise.


SailAweigh - Jun 12, 2005 8:24:10 am PDT #2673 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Thank you, all. I like being able to pull that last zinger out at the end and do it well.


deborah grabien - Jun 12, 2005 11:52:48 am PDT #2674 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

since we're talking about small confined space as metaphor....

Alive in Memory

We're in here and it's dark. I try to see you, hold on, clinging for dear life because there are things behind every corner and I'm frightened, frightened

but

sometimes there's light, we touch, hand to hand, sometimes belly to belly, and in the bits of light that break through there are no hidden places and the eyes in the shadows are shut, cowering back, afraid of the blaze we make

so

it seems that you and I, in this tiny undefined place of no horizons, belong together, holding on, being what we are

wait

make that, what we were.


SailAweigh - Jun 12, 2005 11:59:58 am PDT #2675 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Ooh, Deb, that's a good one.

this tiny undefined place of no horizons

I am in love with this phrase and want to have its babies.


deborah grabien - Jun 12, 2005 12:10:50 pm PDT #2676 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

this tiny undefined place of no horizons

It's how I see my own memory.

edit: Chapter 13 begun, first six pages of it done, for all of you people who are breathlessly following the progress of the Attack Novel that Ate Deb's Brain. I'm about 200 words shy of the 60K mark. Should have at least first half to send WIP readers tonight.

JZ, if you're lurking, can you letl me know if you want me to continue sending you bits as they're done? Thankee, ma'am.


erikaj - Jun 12, 2005 4:15:04 pm PDT #2677 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Huh...in the taking a minute column...the second mystery project is 1600 words big today. Not all impressive like my spouse but nothing to be embarrassed about.