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Tara ,'Storyteller'


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 - Jun 24, 2006 2:13:10 pm PDT #7333 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I've been writing drabbles too long. I'm straing at this paper that needs to be 750 words thinking to myself, "But I can make my point in 100 words or less!! This goes against my recent rules of writing!!!"


deborah grabien - Jun 24, 2006 2:27:08 pm PDT #7334 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

I've been writing drabbles too long. I'm straing at this paper that needs to be 750 words thinking to myself, "But I can make my point in 100 words or less!! This goes against my recent rules of writing!!!"

You are soooooo COMM'd...


deborah grabien - Jun 24, 2006 5:07:22 pm PDT #7335 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Done deal.

Three-book high drama, men and women, sex for miles, hiphop setting and clubs and love and mistreatment and remorse and a shooting and a suicide....

ita! Juliana! Get your club gear out, bebes. Daymond's flying me down to LA and setting me up with VIP all-access, and oh, by the way "you wanna take some girlfriends in, right?" j, we'll need to get you down to LA. Good thing fares are cheap; we'll set up a hotel for us.

The deal is looking all the way sweet, by the way. 50-50 down the line, including all subsidiary stuff. My agents are the leads on this; his guy, out in Hollywood, will be taking it to the studios, and possibly HBO.

The logline? "Think Sex in the City, but hiphop, from the mens' perspective."

We talk again tomorrow, 1 pm our time. That's when I bring up coverage for the time I'm writing the first 35K words.

Meep.

And this is going to be soooooooooooo good for the Kinkaids.


ChiKat - Jun 24, 2006 5:08:47 pm PDT #7336 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Way to go, deb!!! That is FANTASTIC!


Anne W. - Jun 24, 2006 5:11:10 pm PDT #7337 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

WHEEEEEE!!!!!!


deborah grabien - Jun 24, 2006 5:18:31 pm PDT #7338 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Did I mention that we're thinking "low" for the first two - $50K to $75K each?

I'll just be over here giggling incredulously in the corner.


Allyson - Jun 24, 2006 5:19:22 pm PDT #7339 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

Hooray deb!!!


Lee - Jun 24, 2006 5:19:50 pm PDT #7340 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

WHEEE, Deb- That's fantastic.


deborah grabien - Jun 24, 2006 5:33:57 pm PDT #7341 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

I'm seriously hyperventilating. Not at the project - I can do that in my sleep, although the style is going to be a lot faster than my usual literary stuff is: small hot bites instead of elegant four-course meals.

But I just pulled a three-book deal - worth potentially millions of dollars, because Daymond is who he is - out of my ASS.

My daughter is getting such a nice prezzie from me. She hooks up with the coolest guys, that child does...


Typo Boy - Jun 24, 2006 5:35:53 pm PDT #7342 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.

Chyea! Chyea! F'Ril!

Its all about tha benjamins!

t /End embarrassing not quite right use of urban slang by middle aged white guy.