Excellent!
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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 - Oct 18, 2006 9:06:06 am PDT #8576 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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!
erikaj - Oct 22, 2006 4:22:21 pm PDT #8583 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
There would be a really comical irony in learning how to write from Lehane and Simon by doing that. Psych!
Jesse - Oct 22, 2006 4:36:08 pm PDT #8584 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Possibly healing the human spirit by letting people shiv their enemies in fiction, thereby releasing the anger from their hearts?? Also, I find Bubba Rogowski (whatever his name is) a real inspiration.
erikaj - Oct 22, 2006 5:15:24 pm PDT #8585 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Any guy that names his dog after Phil Esterhaus is always okay with me, Jesse. Even before he could snap me like a twig.