It's not you, it's me. Haven't got drabble -fu lately.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
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 - Aug 26, 2007 5:47:01 pm PDT #9304 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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).
Allyson - Aug 27, 2007 5:27:56 am PDT #9310 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'm being interviewed by Sally Jessy Raphael at 8:30am PST.
That seems to be a listen live link for those interested!
Beverly - Aug 27, 2007 5:30:15 am PDT #9311 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Eeep! Knock'em, dead, paperdol!
And go you, Susan!
Drabble topic? I, um, er. Gots nuthin, sorry.
sumi - Aug 27, 2007 5:36:45 am PDT #9312 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Whoa!
That's excellent.
Susan W. - Aug 27, 2007 7:55:45 pm PDT #9313 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I just emailed a partial and synopsis to my agent, who's eager to see what I've been working on this summer.
I'm askeert. I don't know what I'm going to do if there's an email in my inbox tomorrow saying it's a terrible idea, unmarketable and unsuited to my voice. As tough as this story has been to write so far, I'm growing fond of the characters. I want to follow them all the way to the big triumphal scene I've got planned for the denouement of Book 4. What I'm not confident about is whether I'm writer enough to do justice to the story.