Well, I found that having weekly goals and an overall target for when I hoped to finish helped me write the second book a lot more quickly than the first. And since it's also a much better book, I don't think I lost anything by pushing myself a bit.
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
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. - Oct 18, 2005 4:41:25 pm PDT #4603 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
deborah grabien - Oct 18, 2005 4:45:06 pm PDT #4604 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nope (edit: nope as in, not losing anything by pushing yourself). That's exactly my point: whatever works for the individual writer. One writer I know won't write anything without doing double and triple outlines first; I'd rather eat ground rat intestines than outline, because the rigidity that works so well for her would kill anything I tried to do. Same thing with structure and timing. One writer's NaNoWriMo is another writer's tenth level of hell, and so on.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2005 5:41:36 pm PDT #4605 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
twitches
I just sent e-mail to Neil Gaiman, letting him know about the new Gothic Charm School website. Yes, when I saw him at the Seattle signing two weeks ago, he asked me what happened to the Gothic Miss Manners site. Yes, he did say he wanted me to let him know when the new site was up. But *still*. I just e-mailed one of my top literary idols, about something slightly self-promotional. I feel funny.
twitch twitch twitch
Kristen - Oct 18, 2005 5:43:58 pm PDT #4606 of 10001
Jilli, that's so awesome!
Allyson - Oct 18, 2005 5:59:53 pm PDT #4607 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
Awww, Jilli. You're famous, too. I totally name-check you. Just letting you know, in case someone ever says, snottily, "Some ass in LA claims to know you. Her name is Allyson. Like someone like you would actually like, TALK to someone like her."
Speaking of, can you email me your addie? I absentmindedly tossed the box the jacket came in without writing it down!
deborah grabien - Oct 18, 2005 6:01:25 pm PDT #4608 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Ten bucks says Neil heads over at warp speed.
Now, if only I had the nerve to ping him and say hey, you probably do not remember me from a small black hole in the ozone layer, but we met at World Fantasy in 2002 - Siege of Beziers! Remember? - and also pal of Roz Kaveney's (memo to self, must ring Roz tomorrow), and, well, wanna come to a not quite Halloween thing in Minneapolis next Friday...?
Atropa - Oct 18, 2005 6:19:07 pm PDT #4609 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Just letting you know, in case someone ever says, snottily, "Some ass in LA claims to know you. Her name is Allyson. Like someone like you would actually like, TALK to someone like her."
Oh please. You're totally on my list of "People to import and keep forever and ever."
Speaking of, can you email me your addie? I absentmindedly tossed the box the jacket came in without writing it down!
Yes'm.
P.M. Marc - Oct 18, 2005 6:27:26 pm PDT #4610 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh please. You're totally on my list of "People to import and keep forever and ever."
She's cute, funny, and talented. Also, she's on the short side. If you're going to kidnap her when you're in L.A., she may well fit in carry on.
The Firefly essay was wonderful, and I want someone to buy the damn book already so that I can give it to people as a gift.
Allyson - Oct 18, 2005 6:33:14 pm PDT #4611 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
Plei, it makes me deliriously happy to read that.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2005 6:38:53 pm PDT #4612 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Firefly essay was wonderful, and I want someone to buy the damn book already so that I can give it to people as a gift.
As soon as the book is published, I'm planning on giving my dad a copy. He'd really like it.
She's cute, funny, and talented. Also, she's on the short side. If you're going to kidnap her when you're in L.A., she may well fit in carry on.
Sure! I'll leave behind some petticoats to fit her in my luggage. I can always get one of the L.A.istas to mail the petticoats to me ...