That's especially sharp and honest, Karl. Ouch.
Wash: I'm not leaving her side, Mal. Don't ask me again. Mal: I wasn't asking. I was telling.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
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.
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.
Steph L. - May 01, 2006 9:28:20 am PDT #6550 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
It's Monday, May Day, and New Drabble Day!
Challenge #107 (describe a character by the contents of his/her _____) is now closed.
Challenge #108 is The Big Reveal. (I admit, it was inspired entirely by Deb's big scary e-mail of yesterday.)
erikaj - May 01, 2006 10:28:30 am PDT #6551 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm too competitive. I was just trying to drive up the price on that auction that Betsy linked to for the mystery author critique, and now am winning again, but at a higher price than I originally envisioned, with the poverty and all...but I'm posting about it because, in case I win? She'll want to see a five-page synopsis, which I'll have to write. What should I keep in mind?
deborah grabien - May 01, 2006 12:35:27 pm PDT #6552 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, if you win, yelp. I'll go over it with you - is there a deadline, if you do win the bid?
Strix - May 01, 2006 12:37:15 pm PDT #6553 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Luck, then, Deb.
(Which I typo'd orginally as "lick, Deb." Which kinda wasn't the message I wanted to send, but hee.)
erikaj - May 01, 2006 12:42:21 pm PDT #6554 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not sure...just a bunch of stuff about payment clearing and such. I think when you win you set things up with Cherry Author Lady, but I'm not completely sure.