Insent, Zenkitty--thanks!
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
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.
Susan W. - Aug 26, 2007 7:46:39 am PDT #9300 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Zenkitty - Aug 26, 2007 10:41:50 am PDT #9301 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Reading now, Susan. I'm into it, it's good. I may be making more notes than you wanted, though. me = OCD.
Zenkitty - Aug 26, 2007 11:08:13 am PDT #9302 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Susan, insent back at'cha.
Typo Boy - Aug 26, 2007 1:18:59 pm PDT #9303 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I don't seem to have the knack for issuing drabble challenges, so passing the match on to whoever wants to take it up, in hopes they will use it to light a torch.
erikaj - Aug 26, 2007 5:47:01 pm PDT #9304 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
It's not you, it's me. Haven't got drabble -fu lately.
Laga - Aug 26, 2007 5:51:50 pm PDT #9305 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I did one and it came out all weird. I've been meaning to try again but I went out of town.
-t - Aug 26, 2007 6:26:59 pm PDT #9306 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Drabble topic for 8/27: On the Bus
Susan W. - Aug 26, 2007 8:25:35 pm PDT #9307 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
My writing goal for the summer was to get 100 pages into my new manuscript and have the first 50 pages or so in good enough shape to send to my agent to show her what I was working on.
It seemed like an achievable goal until early July, when I realized I needed to start over. I'd started the story at the wrong place, I'd engaged in massive backstory dumps, etc. No way could I write 100 pages in less than two months, not when I'd been having so much trouble with the story, not when I was going down to Alabama for a week to help take care of Mom during her chemo, etc.
I just hit p. 100 with a week to spare. The second half is pretty rough in spots, but the first 40-50 pages are polished enough by early draft standards, so I'm going to email my agent tonight or tomorrow, as soon as I've got a rough synopsis ready.
I did it. I didn't think I had it in me.
amych - Aug 27, 2007 3:34:23 am PDT #9308 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Congrats, Susan! That's really fantastic work.
Toddson - Aug 27, 2007 3:59:46 am PDT #9309 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh my ... the drabble topic ... we had an emergency last night - smoke in various stations closed down stations on four of the five Metro lines, so they were using buses to shuttle people around the closed stations. Then one of the buses CAUGHT FIRE. Right downtown, close to my office (although I wasn't there late Sunday).