You don't think I'd stop with the parking spaces, do you?
Of course not. They're mere tokens of your megalomania.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 17, 2006 4:08:56 pm PDT #8573 of 10001
What is even happening?
erikaj - Oct 18, 2006 8:08:32 am PDT #8574 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I just need a Pinky to run around fetching garden hoses and live chickens and such.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 18, 2006 8:38:00 am PDT #8575 of 10001
What is even happening?
When Julia gets her working papers, I'll send her your way.
erikaj - Oct 18, 2006 9:06:06 am PDT #8576 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Excellent!
dcp - Oct 20, 2006 10:23:10 am PDT #8577 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I got to see a performance by Baxter Black yesterday evening. It was great fun, and I laughed so much that tears were running down my face.
I only mention it in this thread because of what happens afterwards. Baxter Black pre-signs the books he sells after the show, but he adds personal inscriptions, and the interesting thing is that he writes them upside-down and backwards so the customer can see it as he writes. It comes out really neat. I wonder how long it took him to develop the skill. I didn't get a chance to ask.
Pictures here: [link]
deborah grabien - Oct 22, 2006 8:11:20 am PDT #8578 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(poking head in, because it occurs to me I hadn't shared this, and then back out)
So, it looks as if Andy Summers - guitar player for the Police - may be blurbing the Kinkaids. We got to talk at his Haight Street signing. His editor has offered to forward anything I send, and Andy wants to read.
So, there's that.
Back to work.
sumi - Oct 22, 2006 12:44:56 pm PDT #8579 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Hey, that's excellent!
And my copy of Cruel Sister came in - -just started reading it and enjoying it so far.
Jesse - Oct 22, 2006 3:25:27 pm PDT #8580 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
HMOG. Here's a conference erika should be at: [link] I mean, I'd like die to go, but you have to be admitted with a writing sample and NSM.
dcp, I can write upside down and also mirror-wise, and neither one was especially hard -- I could just kind of do it. I definitely get better with practice, but the basic principles are just there.
erikaj - Oct 22, 2006 3:42:20 pm PDT #8581 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
OMG, Jesse. That is so something I do need to be there for. Stupid no money. Stupid big country. But could I write while squealing like a fangirl? Tim Goodman does it...and we all know what a baseball geek Olbermann is. I suppose it could be the same thing.
Jesse - Oct 22, 2006 3:50:06 pm PDT #8582 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you can bring yourself to write about "healing the human spirit" without puking, you could get this:
The Larry and Marcia McCartt Scholarship is given annually to a woman who has overcome personal hardships and shows talent and a strong commitment to the craft of writing and its ability to heal the human spirit. The scholarship covers the entire cost of non-credit workshop tuition ($650).
Sadly, it doesn't help with travel and etc. But still. Gah!