I'm glad they were accepted. I think it's sad/disgusting if there was a chance they wouldn't be. A romance is a romance. Not all readers are going to be drawn to any given sub-genre. Besides? I'm really sort of charmed by the name Romentics. That's just too cute.
Inara: We thought we lost you. Mal: Well, I've been right here.
'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.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 04, 2005 6:46:51 am PDT #3423 of 10001
What is even happening?
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 6:52:35 am PDT #3424 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Wow.
...incidentally, anyone read the Elizabeth Peters whodunnit about a Romance Writers' Convention? With, iirc, Jacqueline Kirby? I thoroughly enjoyed it. I forget the title, though.
Lee - Aug 04, 2005 6:57:45 am PDT #3425 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I did! It's Die for Love.
Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2005 6:58:53 am PDT #3426 of 10001
brillig
I've read it, too, Fay, and there's a sequelish thing called "Naked Once More." Though I'm very often tempted to smack Jaqueline.
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 7:26:46 am PDT #3427 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yes! I read Naked Once More too. I liked these two books much more than the couple of Vicky Bliss stories I've attempted. Although not quite as much as the Amelia Peabody ones.
Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2005 7:29:13 am PDT #3428 of 10001
brillig
I like Vicky more than Jacqueline, because Vicky doesn't strike me as being as arrogant. Plus Vicky's got that sincere "I am so sick of being a six-foot blonde Valkyrie, I want to be tiny!" thing. And, of course, John and Schmidt. "Night Train to Memphis" was fun.
deborah grabien - Aug 04, 2005 7:32:29 am PDT #3429 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Huh. Thought for a moment there I'd wandered into Literary....
Susan, I thought Crusie's letter about the awards clusterfuck - the tack she took, the points she made - was one of the most perfect things I've seen in years. What a mess.
Ginger - Aug 04, 2005 3:58:37 pm PDT #3430 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
At a cost of roughly $25,000 in Pentagon research grants, 15 elite scientists from across the country are being taught how to write and sell screenplays. [link]
deborah grabien - Aug 05, 2005 9:06:47 am PDT #3431 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Tomorrow morning is going to be interesting; I've got a Mystery Writers of America special breakfast for the NorCal membership, and the guest speaker is Lyssa Keusch, Senior Editor at Avon/Morrow HarperCollins.
She's going to be allowing a series of mini-pitches. I've just left Jenn a message: if I get the opportunity, should I pitch the Kinkaid Chronicles?
Then dinner with Sparky and Lee and JohnSweden tomorrow night. It's going to be a fun, fun day.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 05, 2005 9:17:48 am PDT #3432 of 10001
What is even happening?
Is Sandra coming out this weekend, Deb?