That's a great excerpt. I finished Kitchen Confidential a few weeks ago and the structure and the balls-out writing really reminded me of the Vampire People excerpt and proposal you have online.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
bon bon - Nov 22, 2005 1:31:47 pm PST #6467 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Allyson - Nov 22, 2005 1:33:26 pm PST #6468 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
dies from being way too flattered
Wolfram - Nov 22, 2005 2:02:41 pm PST #6469 of 10001
Visilurking
Allyson, please link us to the Amazon pre-order, that book sound awesome!
Unasked for copy-edit: (allowing a twelve-year-old daughter deliver papers to strangers after dark) needs a "to" between daughter and deliver.
Allyson - Nov 22, 2005 2:08:48 pm PST #6470 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
Thanks, Wolfram. I'm not quite ready for copyediting yet, I'm still writing.
Allyson, please link us to the Amazon pre-order, that book sound awesome!
Oh please oh please oh please someday!
Wolfram - Nov 22, 2005 2:18:02 pm PST #6471 of 10001
Visilurking
Eddie - Nov 22, 2005 3:13:00 pm PST #6472 of 10001
Your tag here.
Hey Tim, that Out of Gas thing you wrote is on SciFi right now.
What is it about broadcast television that makes things seem more special? I mean, I can watch this episode as much as I want by popping in a DVD, but it just doesn't seem to be the same.
Laura - Nov 22, 2005 3:17:25 pm PST #6473 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I'm watching too. The DVD is on the shelf, but it just demands to be watched on the tv anyway.
Allyson - Nov 22, 2005 3:33:24 pm PST #6474 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 vote we don't show Tim pictures of private islands for sale. I only get to see him twice a year as it is.
Jesse - Nov 22, 2005 7:18:58 pm PST #6475 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The snark or the mush?
Both! But I meant the mush.
Simon - Nov 23, 2005 2:40:50 am PST #6476 of 10001
I like the excerpt, it's very powerful and well written. I can't say anymore cause I suck as a literary critic.