Sorry Zen. The PDFs are prettier though. They let me do cool things with the formatting. You can pretend it's a stylistic choice!
And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.
Angelus ,'Damage'
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.
Deena - Jul 21, 2007 12:39:09 pm PDT #9122 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Connie Neil - Jul 21, 2007 1:21:15 pm PDT #9123 of 10001
brillig
It's selling as well as the ones who've been flogging theirs all over the web for weeks, and it sold from Mobipocket, which implies to me that the purchasers were strangers (note: purchasers), since otherwise they'd know they could buy it off our website for cheaper.
bleeble. Ur?
I glanced at the Mobi page again (yes, I've been doing that) and saw "People who have bought this have also bought" and went "Wait. That means--"
t cue delayed self-aggrandizing yeehaw moment I am a fucking published author. People pay for my words. Check one more thing off the Life To Do list. Hah. t / self-aggrandizing yeehaw moment
We now return you to your regularly scheduled "Nice people keep their pre-adolescent urges to themselves" programming.
Connie Neil - Jul 21, 2007 1:23:43 pm PDT #9124 of 10001
brillig
By the way, does anyone know any good Appalachian folk tales that involve land spirits? I'm mulling a story that ties into the crumbling of thte land back home from the longwall coal mining, with streams and springs running dry and hills falling apart.
Liese S. - Jul 21, 2007 1:25:35 pm PDT #9125 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Totally a yeehaw moment, connie! Yeehaw! You deserve it.
Anne W. - Jul 21, 2007 2:00:48 pm PDT #9126 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Congratulations, Connie!
Deena - Jul 21, 2007 3:45:30 pm PDT #9127 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Connie, you might also go back to the roots of the people who settled the Appalachians--Welsh, perhaps? I don't recall off hand, though I'm sure there were others.
Connie Neil - Jul 21, 2007 5:32:52 pm PDT #9128 of 10001
brillig
Since I'm looking at my own ancestry in the area, it'll be a lot of Scots-Irish. Also, traditions of protective magic in re: mining, because I think I remember stories of very early mines having protective shrines.
Ah, research. It suddenly occurred to me that the deaths of miners could be seen as a sacrifice to the earth in return for taking the coal and gold etc.
Deena - Jul 21, 2007 9:21:37 pm PDT #9129 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I did a quick google and there are a million sites on appalachian folktales. I'd help, but I just remembered I can't.
An excerpt of your story is up on the site now. I forgot to put up excerpts.
Jesse - Jul 22, 2007 3:57:35 am PDT #9130 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
FYI, writers, apparently Walter Mosley has a new book about writing your novel in a year, and it's excerpted in this month's Oprah. It's a lot of, "No, really, just write every day. It'll be OK." but his style is engaging.
Connie Neil - Jul 22, 2007 8:37:17 am PDT #9131 of 10001
brillig
I'll have to read it in the grocery line, because I refuse to give money to Oprah. Her and Disney, they've both become Evil Empires in my mind.