Well, I'm not consciously trying to avoid her, by any means. (Well, except insofar as my "avoid Rifle fiction until I'm done writing it" rule keeps me away from one of my favorites among her books.) I've read a good chunk of her output, and I have 2-3 of her books on my TBR shelf right this minute. t shrugs I think I can acknowledge her importance to the genre while simultaneously acknowledging that I connect more strongly with Austen or even Patrick O'Brian. And that insofar as I dare to name myself in the same breath as the great ones, my natural style/voice comes much closer to theirs than to Heyer's.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Susan W. - Mar 25, 2005 9:25:11 am PST #838 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Susan W. - Mar 25, 2005 9:25:13 am PST #839 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
(didn't need to say it twice)
erikaj - Mar 25, 2005 9:26:18 am PST #840 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I mean, I really respect those people. If there's a homage to somebody, I don't think that is so awful.(My character's fake name is "Marlo Phillips" after all.) What I don't want is people reading along like "Another Grafton wannabe. Boring."
Pix - Mar 25, 2005 10:17:02 am PST #841 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Wow. March just handed me more good news...
Dear Ms. Taylor:
We would like to use your submission, "Letters from the Past," as a "Snapshots" feature in a future issue of English Journal. More details will follow in the coming weeks, including the official acceptance materials, but I wanted to inform you of this decision now. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely, Theresa Kay
Thank you SO MUCH. You all helped me so much when I was editing this piece.
SailAweigh - Mar 25, 2005 10:21:39 am PST #842 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's great news, Kristin!
erikaj - Mar 25, 2005 10:22:15 am PST #843 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yay! Kristin, congrats. Also to Susan for 100 pages.
Susan W. - Mar 25, 2005 10:22:52 am PST #844 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Woohoo, Kristin!
sumi - Mar 25, 2005 10:22:53 am PST #845 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Woo hoo Kristin!
And Susan!
erikaj - Mar 25, 2005 10:25:46 am PST #846 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I read that yesterday, Susan, but I forgot to say anything. I think 100 pages was when I knew I wasn't going to stop writing it. Because that is a lot of time to throw away.
Susan W. - Mar 25, 2005 11:08:35 am PST #847 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Yep. This time around, 100 pages before the end of March means that barring some kind of disastrous life disruption, I'll have a rough draft by the end of the year, quite possibly with a month or two to spare.