Just seems like she uses the net for her vibrator or something. "I'm great, right? Still love me?" And this is where you'll be polite and pretend not to remember my e-mail folder of compliments.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
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.
erikaj - Jul 09, 2006 6:51:17 pm PDT #7766 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
DebetEsse - Jul 09, 2006 6:55:02 pm PDT #7767 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
That's different, erika. That's you-the-writer, not you-the-person (fine as the distinction may be). She's looking for validation as a person from what she's portraying as deeply shallow relationships.
erikaj - Jul 09, 2006 6:57:34 pm PDT #7768 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Sounds like it anyway.
Allyson - Jul 09, 2006 7:06:19 pm PDT #7769 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
As usual, I don't understand what's annoying.
That she gets to be in th NYT with her crappy story about 'net communities, and I'm not.
§ ita § - Jul 09, 2006 7:12:42 pm PDT #7770 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How does one get a story in the NYT?
deborah grabien - Jul 09, 2006 10:05:51 pm PDT #7771 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Or what implies that she's unable to cope in realtime.
The entire tone of the essay, for one thing. The entire first half of it, for another. And that she pretty much announces it. As erika says, this is a vibrator. I'd expect it in Cosmo, not the NYT.
How does one get a story in the NYT?
By knowing or being published by someone who is part of a remarkably incestuous little community, or at least that's one way.
Having either hung out with Howard Fast's fourteenth cousin over lunch at Sardis in 1963 is another surefire way.
Or you could have a friend at Vogue. That never hurts.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2006 7:23:51 am PDT #7772 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
That chick's friendslist must be impressive. Or she bribed somebody in Yankton. No, that only works on HBO.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 10, 2006 7:29:04 am PDT #7773 of 10001
What is even happening?
Allyson, it's lemonade time.
Obviously, there's an interest not just in using computers, IM, posting boards, blogs, etc., but in reading about people who do. This bodes well for your book (which is markedly different from that column, but the column indicates your subject is appealing).
Typo Boy - Jul 10, 2006 8:32:19 am PDT #7774 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.
And worth mentioning to the publicity department of your publisher in hopes they will take that into consideration in deciding how much effort to put into publicizing your book.
Steph L. - Jul 10, 2006 8:59:17 am PDT #7775 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I am a bad moderator. I didn't even realize until a few days ago that I completely missed posting a new topic last week. I couldn't figure out why I forgot to post one, and then I realized -- the July 4th holiday threw everything off for me. Yeesh.
In any case, challenge #115 (describe someone by the contents of his/her trash) is now closed.
Challenge #116 is escape. Houdinis, start your engines....