Amy, that reminded me a bit of Eleanor's drive from NY to Hill House, in "The Haunting of Hill House." How she nearly stopped forever in front of a cottage with stone lions at the front and giant poisonous oleanders rioting all over the front garden, and the green hills behind.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2005 2:48:55 pm PDT #3477 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Amy - Aug 08, 2005 3:10:23 pm PDT #3478 of 10001
Because books.
Amy, that reminded me a bit of Eleanor's drive from NY to Hill House
Oh my! Cool. I'm waiting for Halloween-ish to read it again.
deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2005 3:22:43 pm PDT #3479 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Jackson is my idol. You've read her books about her family, yes? "Life Among the Savages" and "Raising Demons?"
Because your Sara and her Sarah seem to possibly have a few personality traits in common....
Amy - Aug 08, 2005 3:32:48 pm PDT #3480 of 10001
Because books.
You've read her books about her family, yes? "Life Among the Savages" and "Raising Demons?"
I haven't, actually. I must remedy that!
Is her Sarah adorable and bright, with a will of pure steel and a deep streak of demon imp?
deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2005 3:45:17 pm PDT #3481 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Is her Sarah adorable and bright, with a will of pure steel and a deep streak of demon imp?
Her Sarah is the textbook illustration of Triple Scorpio. She's kicked out of kindergarten for putting a hex on the teacher. And she takes baby brother Barry to places - well. Go read. Brilliant stuff.
Out the door, for now...
erikaj - Aug 09, 2005 11:39:28 am PDT #3482 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Do you guys always follow every idea you get? If not, why not? Allyson, I think I still have the drawing...
deborah grabien - Aug 09, 2005 1:50:56 pm PDT #3483 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, nope, not if you're referring to story ideas. If not, mostly because the feel of it is wrong for me, no matter how much it pinged me to begin with.
Allyson - Aug 09, 2005 1:51:00 pm PDT #3484 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I follow every idea I get. Sometimes it leads me to the end of a very bad paragraph, but it's never a waste of time, in my head.
deborah grabien - Aug 09, 2005 2:07:59 pm PDT #3485 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Allyson, nope, I don't think any idea is ever a waste of time. But I've been doing this for so long now that I've learned to sense, usually, what's going to eat a chunk of time and slim energy reserves and then peter out, because it just isn't where I'd go as a writer, or do well.
So, with those, I extract the bits that ping me hardest, and try to use them. The rest, I salute and send on their way.
Susan W. - Aug 09, 2005 2:48:39 pm PDT #3486 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I don't think I've definitively ruled out any of my ideas, but some of them are so deeply back-burnered I won't be surprised if they've lost their lustre (luster?) by the time I get to them. I'm very much afraid I've permanently outgrown that epic fantasy I was writing at 24, which is too bad, because I'm still fond of the characters and the worldbuilding, just not the plot and the too-obvious resemblance of the hero to the guy I had a crush on way back then. Just before I met Dylan. But I really want to get to that time-travel baseball novel eventually, because I feel like I could adore it almost as much as I do the WIP, even though it'd take a whole different voice and style than the niche I'm currently carving myself.