Also,
Who can write a novel without raffles?!?
Who can write a church novel without raffles? (You can tell I live in the Land of the Lutherans.)
I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Mar 29, 2005 1:03:07 pm PST #1306 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 1:03:26 pm PST #1307 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The thing that really frosts me is that the most bigoted Christians are being allowed to set the standards for everybody else.
"The Friendly Persuasion" isn't a Christian book by these standards.
msbelle - Mar 29, 2005 1:09:12 pm PST #1308 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The thing that really frosts me is that the most bigoted Christians are being allowed to set the standards for everybody else.
Really? It seems to me that they are only being allowed to set the standards for people who want to write Christian romance novels that can be sold in CBA bookstores.
Is this publishing house dominating the romance publishing world?
brenda m - Mar 29, 2005 1:09:18 pm PST #1309 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wow. Johnnie Cochran died. (I found this out by clicking Tommyrot's M & Ms link, btw.)
msbelle - Mar 29, 2005 1:12:19 pm PST #1310 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
and Falwell is in critial condition. wow.
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 1:13:23 pm PST #1311 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Really? It seems to me that they are only being allowed to set the standards for people who want to write Christian romance novels that can be sold in CBA bookstores.
Right. Which is the primary location in which Christian romance novels are sold.
Is this publishing house dominating the romance publishing world?
Yup. Those guidelines I published are from Harlequin's Christian line. I've seen the guidelines for the other Christian lines, and they're similar.
Daisy Jane - Mar 29, 2005 1:22:17 pm PST #1312 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Aaaand of course now that I'm all caught up, I'm bored.
I have nothing to add to the Christian Romance discussion.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2005 1:25:47 pm PST #1313 of 10001
Trust my rage
Thanks to all for the tick/Lyme information. I found a tick attached to me (almost in my bellybutton) yesterday, but since I spend so much time rubbing my belly, I'm positive it wasn't there for more than an hour or so.
I'll still ask about it when I see the midwife (I know it's not her area but I figure she can give me advice), but based on what I just read, I should be fine.
Wow. Johnnie Cochran died. (I found this out by clicking Tommyrot's M & Ms link, btw.)
Me too. Seems weird.
Also, I am so relieved to see some other people expressing the "Would she just die already" sentiment (although way more tectfully than I just did) regarding the Schiavo debacle. I was starting to wonder if I was the only cold-hearted Bitch around here.
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 1:27:13 pm PST #1314 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I have been trying to get people to set up a pool on who goes first: Schiavo, the Pope, or Prince Rainier.
Yes, I am a bitch.
Nutty - Mar 29, 2005 1:29:31 pm PST #1315 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"We're targeting an evangelical Christian market, and therefore your book must not contain anything that would offend any Evangelical Christian."
I suppose "evangelical Christian" was too long a phrase to use in all their marketing stuff. Still, it fosters the illusion that the only kind of Christian is an evangelical one.
Not that I'm into chick lit or hey-you-be-a-Christian lit (as opposed to literature by Christians or about Christianity, which I do consume on occasion), so my complaint is more of a general sociolinguistic gripe.