Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.

'Touched'


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.


erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 9:52:40 am PDT #2696 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I can't believe I have two new projects and neither one really has a plot yet...I really thought I was getting better at this.


Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 9:55:19 am PDT #2697 of 10001
brillig

erika, did the books get there?


Pix - Jun 13, 2005 10:15:16 am PDT #2698 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I know I've been away a bit, but I love this drabble topic. It spoke to me.

The Air We Breathe Drabble

The air is heavy with scent. Seaweed and salt and rugosa rosa twine like jellyfish tentacles, a gentle undulation of water brushing earth brushing water. It is thick and wet on my skin, a warm coating of ocean and sand. I breathe it in: the Atlantic, McCook’s Beach, crabs tempted from under tide pool rocks with bits of snails. The way the moon skips like a rock across the waves. My first kiss. The summer I turned sixteen; the winter I turned thirty.

Even on another ocean, the air I breathe is haunted by the pinks and blues of memory.


erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:24:22 am PDT #2699 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Not yet...probably this afternoon, though.Maybe they will help. Either because I say "Yeah...I could do it like that." or "No way! Is this guy on the pipe?" Either way, it might focus my approach.


Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 10:26:13 am PDT #2700 of 10001
brillig

It's always fun to call the authors of books idiots.


Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 10:28:43 am PDT #2701 of 10001
brillig

Is there a mailroom or something in your complex, erika? The USPS site says the package was delivered at noon on Saturday.


deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2005 10:28:54 am PDT #2702 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Kristin, lovely. Water brushing earth brushing water.

Deep into the second half of chapter 13. The roller coaster analogy was used for it by a few WIP readers, but I feel more like the driver of a curricle, with a pair of restless, very strong thoroughbreds harnessed up: I'm trying to rein them in and they want to gallop. Not good for the pacing.

Of course, if I do just let it rip, it'll take some breath away, I think.


erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:39:45 am PDT #2703 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

No...will have to askif we got one of those P.O. sticky things...you know "You got a package..." Mom was pretty busy this weekend. Maybe she forgot to mention it. Crap. I do live in the mail theft capital...we're very proud. But it's early going yet. How disappointed would that identity-theft wanna-be be? Provided he does not write up his exploits.


Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 10:49:23 am PDT #2704 of 10001
brillig

Such problems are always why I spring for Delivery Confirmation. I learned to love tracking numbers in my stint in Postal Service hell.


erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:56:47 am PDT #2705 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I'll definitely let you know...most packages we end up going to the PO for, depending on size.