All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

Mal ,'Trash'


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.


Susan W. - Jun 21, 2005 11:15:38 am PDT #2886 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I don't know, Jesse. I do want to sell, and I hope to one day be able to be a full-time author. But I'm starting to realize just how much I've been fighting my natural tendencies as a writer to try to make my books fit the romance industry's current requirements for length and plot. I'm not being a genre snob, mind--if I *could* write the kind of thing Jo Beverley and Loretta Chase are putting out, I would, and I'd be thrilled with my work. Or if the genre shifted a bit and made room for epics again, I'd be happy to sell accordingly. Meanwhile when I look at the market for what I actually want to write, it's smaller and more amorphous, and therefore harder to make that first sale. But if you *can* make that sale and find your market, it's a great place to be--I guarantee you Diana Gabaldon sells more copies of her books than even very successful historical romance writers.

So. Stuff to think about. Meanwhile I think I'm going to keep writing the way I want to write.


Ginger - Jun 21, 2005 1:15:30 pm PDT #2887 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Run along. Nothing to see here.


deborah grabien - Jun 21, 2005 2:48:49 pm PDT #2888 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

1400 words of the prologue to WMGGW? Done.

Anyone wants it had better ping me. This list is going to be request only. I need to keep it reasonable.


erikaj - Jun 21, 2005 3:13:27 pm PDT #2889 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I'm a little busy, Deb. I'll read the full draft when it's done, though.


deborah grabien - Jun 21, 2005 3:16:53 pm PDT #2890 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Kewl.


Strix - Jun 22, 2005 5:00:54 am PDT #2891 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Deb, insent.

I'd love to read your new one.

I'l give you feedback! I have feedback coming out of my bottom!


Steph L. - Jun 22, 2005 5:01:30 am PDT #2892 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I have feedback coming out of my bottom!

I think you can get a prescription to help with that.


Connie Neil - Jun 22, 2005 5:04:07 am PDT #2893 of 10001
brillig

Moving the microphone away from the speaker should help, too.


Strix - Jun 22, 2005 6:06:24 am PDT #2894 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

BWAH! Getting some disturbing, yet funny, visuals to go with that...


deborah grabien - Jun 22, 2005 7:07:45 am PDT #2895 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

You move your Shure mic in, you move your Shure mic out, you move your Shure mic in, and you crank the feedback out...

Yes. Definitely disturbing.