(Waving madly at Allyson)
Me! I wanna beta! MEEEEEEEEE!
Also, Amy, still hunting for titles?
Death of the Day
Dishing Up Murder
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'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.
deborah grabien - Jun 29, 2006 6:08:34 pm PDT #7630 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus - Jun 29, 2006 6:15:09 pm PDT #7631 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Do not rain on my parade. No one has asked me to tour, partly because I do not have the Stephen Hawking cache needed to put people through the whole vocoder thing.
October rocks because I really, really want it to rock.
Reality can just step off.
deborah grabien - Jun 29, 2006 6:26:22 pm PDT #7632 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus, sweetie, no one asked me to tour either, not for the first two in this series.
I did it myself. I made the calls. I put together a list of stores I thought would be good, where I knew I had people, friends, family, who would come out. After a couple of those, the stores start pinging you.
That's how it works. And October is good - when I say fall, I actually mean winter. You said you thought November is the good month and it really isn't the best, unless the book hits at once. If it does, you're in clover.
I have October. I like October. I write ghost stories and I get to premiere the damned things during Halloween.
Gus - Jun 29, 2006 6:37:00 pm PDT #7633 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Hmm. Minneapolis, Madison, and Milwaukee have some influential stores. I'm going to push some letters about "Mid-West author", and see if I can move a few covers.
Thanks for the tip, DG!
Allyson - Jun 29, 2006 7:05:45 pm PDT #7634 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
Insent, deb. Two hours to do another 3000 words? Heh.
Allyson - Jun 29, 2006 7:09:53 pm PDT #7635 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
ooof, deb, I sent the pre-spellchecked version. Should I resend? I dont want you to go blind.
deborah grabien - Jun 29, 2006 7:10:32 pm PDT #7636 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus, Minneapolis has a huge scifi/fantasy community. Neil Gaiman hangs out there. Google it.
Allyson, I'm on it. Back with feedback shortly.
deborah grabien - Jun 29, 2006 7:33:09 pm PDT #7637 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allyson, you've got mail. And that's a damned good essay. These last two are, literally, my favourites so far. The time pressure may suck, but damn, woman, you're producing beautiful stuff.
Allyson - Jun 29, 2006 8:24:12 pm PDT #7638 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
It's writing while in terrible pain.
Next time I fall into some money, I'm buying a decent office chair.
deborah grabien - Jun 29, 2006 8:27:24 pm PDT #7639 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Costco has superb office chairs. Mine's mostly taped together these days - bloody cats - but it saved my arse, not to mention my back. $100 at costco, high back adjustable arms, excellent lumbar support. It's no joke, especially not with the MS.
Kate sells me some Kinkaids - or Daymond's thing does what we all think it's going to do - I'm buying me an Aeron. My back loves those.