I liked your take on it. It gave the female more agency. I like origin myths, they tell you a lot about a culture.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
SailAweigh - Nov 09, 2005 5:30:31 pm PST #4834 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
deborah grabien - Nov 09, 2005 5:47:51 pm PST #4835 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Part of me wants to write something using the Dreamtime or Dawntime.
Part of me wants to grit my teeth and write the #$$#$ long form synopsis for London Calling.
Oh, and Lyssa passed on R&RNF. Not "gripping" enough for her.
Onward.
Susan W. - Nov 09, 2005 7:16:35 pm PST #4836 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I got my first agent rejection on the new project today: "Although your work sounds intriguing, I'm sorry to say that I don't believe I am the right agent for you."
Oh well. Her loss. One down, 40 or 50 to go.
Allyson - Nov 10, 2005 5:29:04 am PST #4837 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'm sorry, Susan. I have a stack of rejection letters here from publishers, and I'm not at the point where I can say it's their loss. I keep reading them and thinking, "I suck."
Susan W. - Nov 10, 2005 6:43:41 am PST #4838 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Well, it helps a lot that my first choice agency just reopened to submissions from unpublished writers yesterday. I won't be as philosophical if they reject me.
erikaj - Nov 10, 2005 10:05:25 am PST #4839 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Titles: Mine are never very good. Any thoughts?
Amy - Nov 10, 2005 10:07:07 am PST #4840 of 10001
Because books.
I used to be good at romance titles -- my boss and I would sit and brainstorm in her office over books that needed new ones. My own titles, not so much, unless I get the occasional inspiration.
Titles are hard. And there's more that goes into it than you think -- the tone, the genre, a sense of humor (or not), and on and on.
Kalshane - Nov 10, 2005 10:20:16 am PST #4841 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
It's funny, I'm titling the individual chapters of my WIP, but I have no idea what the title of the actual book is going to be. I have the same problem titling short stories I write. I guess the chapter titles are easier because they don't mean as much.
Liese S. - Nov 10, 2005 10:29:47 am PST #4842 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, titles are tough. It's one of the reasons I make myself title my drabbles. I need the experience.
With my song titles, it's easy, because I can be deliberately vague and get away with it. But that's a whole different thing.
Connie Neil - Nov 10, 2005 10:38:00 am PST #4843 of 10001
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So far I haven't had too much trouble with titles, though it does take a lot of internal mumbling. I pretty much go with the old "what's the theme" thing and try to avoid anything too cutesy or trite.
My problem is summaries. I hate giving away big plot points, but I can't help thinking I'm being so vague as to not make it sound very interesting.