Something about late nights alone and the White Album that kicked my ass into gear.
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
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.
Aims - Apr 27, 2006 7:07:08 am PDT #6540 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Karl - Apr 29, 2006 7:46:16 pm PDT #6541 of 10001
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Don't Go Hunting What You Don't Want to Find (100 words)
No, no. This is wrong. I shouldn't be doing this. It doesn't matter that it's electronic, that there will be no steamed envelopes or careless smudges.
Class schedules, group projects, work emergencies. No sign of her glittering prose here; everything is spare, utilitarian. Even this one: "7:30, Thursday. Behind the library. -J" Thursday. The day she couldn't meet me for dinner because "I have to work late, you know how it is." Oh.
"Babe, why are you staring the screen like that?"
Being right doesn't justify it. I run for the bathroom, not knowing which of us disgusts me more.
deborah grabien - Apr 29, 2006 11:05:19 pm PDT #6542 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, Karl. OUCH.
Just ouch. That one draws blood.
erikaj - Apr 30, 2006 8:59:27 am PDT #6543 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Poor you. Not that you haven't gone on, just fine, but...
Typo Boy - Apr 30, 2006 12:41:13 pm PDT #6544 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
That's ... harsh. The reality I mean, not the story.
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Just to be clear, that was a compliment.
Beverly - Apr 30, 2006 2:50:15 pm PDT #6545 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
That's especially sharp and honest, Karl. Ouch.
Anne W. - Apr 30, 2006 4:22:22 pm PDT #6546 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Karl, that was wonderful. Painful, but beautifully done. The observations about the difference in her language were what really got me.
Allyson - Apr 30, 2006 9:50:51 pm PDT #6547 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
Writing about oneself, when one doesn't find oneself very interesting is a mindgrinding exercise.
Karl - Apr 30, 2006 10:39:32 pm PDT #6548 of 10001
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Would it make any sense for you to write about the things you've done as if ita (just to pick an example out of my hat) had done them? Can you get a list of accomplishments written, and then take a step back to say "Wow, some of these are really cool" without automatically discounting them because you don't find the person who did them very interesting?
(For what it's worth, I find you very interesting, but I'm not sure that helps you write the book.)
deborah grabien - Apr 30, 2006 11:17:15 pm PDT #6549 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allyson, so let someone who does find you interesting - my geuess would be, that's pretty much all of us - write about you.
Me, I'm about to kiss a long-preserved personal anonymity goodbye, with a long email to Joel Selvin tomorrow. Unless I chicken out. Which I won't.
Sorry. Enigmatic. It concerns the inspiration for the Kinkaids, and a show Selvin aired tonight. The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things....
Wish me some serious courage tomorrow. I'll need it.
edit: cancel the courage. I wrote the damned email, and sent it. Aw jeez.