Thanks Sail.
Also, not at all hard to read, in fact quite a pleasure.
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Laura - Mar 29, 2005 3:04:02 pm PST #948 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Strix - Mar 29, 2005 6:01:06 pm PST #949 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
They say that love and hate are two sides of the same coin. Janus, that two-faced bitch, just likes to keep things interesting. My bed is a shrine to Janus, and I lay on the altar every night, listening to that coin roll on the tabletop, wondering which side it will fall on -- heaven or hell?
There are nights when I slip into bed, and when my head hits the pillow, the residue of last night's dreams puff up like dust and suck me into that otherworld where I fly, I float, I fuck without compunction, without rules, without limit.
I long for that world, and on those other nights, the night when Janus rules against me, I lay stretched out, burning-eyed and waiting, on the altar.
I lay myself in sacrifice to Morpheus, but Janus will have his due.
SailAweigh - Mar 29, 2005 6:37:13 pm PST #950 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Beautiful, Erin.
Beverly - Mar 29, 2005 7:32:55 pm PST #951 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Erin, wow. And all you other wonderful people--I'm overcome with the wonderful, powerful stuff that's poured out here.
And jealous. But, good with the bad.
deborah grabien - Mar 29, 2005 9:46:52 pm PST #952 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
the residue of last night's dreams puff up like dust
I seriously love this line. Dayum.
SailAweigh - Mar 30, 2005 2:25:40 am PST #953 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's the line I liked best, too, Deb. My eyes just kept going back to it, over and over.
Pix - Mar 30, 2005 5:00:39 am PST #954 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I'll third my love of that line. Gorgeous.
Strix - Mar 30, 2005 6:14:12 am PST #955 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Wow. I'm blushing. But thanks!
I LOVE doing these drabbles. Sometimes what comes out is so surprising to me, and everyone puts their own unique take on it.
Allyson - Mar 30, 2005 8:33:38 am PST #956 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'd like to test the waters, and send out some query letters for my essay collection. I think I'm ready to take rejection, now, I let that fear go.
Would anyone mind sending me a sample query, and what would I include with a collection of essays? Sample paragraphs, or a couple of the short ones? I'm lost, and know not what I'm doing.
deborah grabien - Mar 30, 2005 8:36:10 am PST #957 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allyson, love to! But the flavour of a query letter varies a bit, depending on who you're sending it to. Magazine? Agent?