While I'm thinking, I just got an email that my publication date has been pushed from Spring to August. I have no idea if that's a good or bad thing. And they're working on cover art.
I'm so nervous.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Allyson - Nov 06, 2006 10:12:21 am PST #8657 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
erikaj - Nov 06, 2006 10:14:26 am PST #8658 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I know that my dialogue is always good. I've got an ear.
Amy - Nov 06, 2006 10:14:57 am PST #8659 of 10001
Because books.
Cover art is so much fun.
Being pushed from spring to August is probably no big deal. A lot goes into maintaining a pub schedule -- juggling all the authors and production deadlines and probable sales, etc. Not something for you to worry about.
I should really just go ahead and post what I like about my writing, but somehow when I'm asked that question I go blank. Even on Saturday, in the workshop, I was thinking, "Um, I use commas correctly...?"
Allyson - Nov 06, 2006 10:20:19 am PST #8660 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
I think I can turn a phrase like no one's business.
Amy - Nov 06, 2006 10:24:34 am PST #8661 of 10001
Because books.
I'm good at deep POV, whether in third or first person.
We're all very pretty, but we're not so effusive when it comes to ourselves, are we? I can think of a lot of good things to say about both erika and Allyson's writing, though.
erikaj - Nov 06, 2006 10:33:13 am PST #8662 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I try to be honest, every time.
Allyson - Nov 06, 2006 10:46:53 am PST #8663 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
I have a gigantic voice, I'm told, and I will accept that wholeheartedly.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2006 10:53:33 am PST #8664 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In my work writing, I'm very good at getting people's half-assed ideas to sound like Something Real.
Atropa - Nov 06, 2006 10:55:51 am PST #8665 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Things I like about my writing? I have a very distinctive style. I'm good at atmosphere.
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2006 12:24:56 pm PST #8666 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In business writing, I'm good at emotion--putting it in, but much more importantly, knowing when and how to take it out.
I'm also good at the Oxford comma.