Tell someone you're anti-homophonic, and watch their brains blank out.
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I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
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.
Gus - Feb 26, 2006 1:13:58 pm PST #5600 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Gus - Feb 26, 2006 2:59:44 pm PST #5601 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
if you can trust me to write a publishable novel based on the lyrics in the first place, you can probably trust me to post the right lyrics...
Sure. Like anyone in New York has ever trusted anyone, about anything.
The true motto of NY: "Check your trust at the border."
Gus - Feb 26, 2006 8:56:20 pm PST #5602 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am reading a "note" over and over. Editors of text do not use marks which mean things to programmers. It all seems to be about the layout of the frackin' thing.
Lay it out as you will. Just send dollars.
Gus - Feb 26, 2006 9:17:45 pm PST #5603 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am not kidding. I'm staring at these glyphs and thinking ... "Ah! They are dialing a StarGate!"
deborah grabien - Feb 26, 2006 9:58:25 pm PST #5604 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus, I feel your pain. I dealt with that crap last year and the guy wrote it all on post-it notes. And 99% of them were layout questions.
I have never written "Not the writer's purview" so many times before, and I'm damned if I ever intend to again.
Volans - Feb 27, 2006 3:37:54 am PST #5605 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Write them back, "I'm the content, you're the CSS, bucko."
He called me "funnier than a monkey in a crack house, and twice as twisted."
Now THIS is a t-shirt!
erikaj - Feb 27, 2006 3:54:22 am PST #5606 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Don't get him started on the T-shirts again.
Nutty - Feb 27, 2006 5:14:14 am PST #5607 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's all fun and "why don't we set the whole thing in Lucida Bold!!" until an author gets cranky. Generally speaking, it's safer to ask the author for an opinion, and get none, than not to ask and get lots.
Allyson - Feb 27, 2006 5:20:08 am PST #5608 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 have a ton of edits to do, and everything is feeling unweildy, I'm getting confused between versions. I think I need to break it up into individual essays again or I'll have a meltdown.
How do you all keep your manuscripts organized?
Zenkitty - Feb 27, 2006 6:11:41 am PST #5609 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I do the layout and send the author a galley proof so s/he can see what it looks like. If he complains, I might fix it. Generally, he doesn't.
I have an intricate organization system understandable only to me. It involves color-coded folders.