I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.

Willow ,'First Date'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2009 11:38:53 am PDT #10105 of 28380
brillig

I wish I was playing hookie, but I'm at work--AKA watch movies on the company's dime day.

When is Drollerie's deadline on the Trafficking in Magic stories?


Deena - Sep 19, 2009 11:53:22 am PDT #10106 of 28380
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

January 1. Are you submitting something?


Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2009 12:27:59 pm PDT #10107 of 28380
brillig

I'm trying to pull something together. Something on the line of moonshiners.


Deena - Sep 19, 2009 3:07:41 pm PDT #10108 of 28380
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

That sounds cool.


StuntHusband - Sep 21, 2009 8:16:58 am PDT #10109 of 28380
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Oh, and in the vein of gay/lesbian fiction of possible interest: Stonewall Mystery Press released (oh, 20 years ago now) "Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde".

I think it's very true-to-the-voice, but Holmes starts off as a RAGING homophobe (including pulling a gun on Wilde), and slowly thaws throughout. Especially after Mrs. Hudson points out the OBVIOUS implications of Dr. Watson hanging around Baker Street so much...

(And it's an entertaining read.)


Deena - Sep 21, 2009 9:08:39 am PDT #10110 of 28380
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Huh. That sounds like fun. Thanks.


P.M. Marc - Sep 21, 2009 10:42:30 am PDT #10111 of 28380
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

and a pretty edgy YA, Mary Borsellino's Wolf House also available in e

Is Mary's through DP?

I've been SLACKER WOMAN on buying Wolf House. But if it's through DP, I have run out of excuses. Two friends, one stone!


Frankenbuddha - Sep 22, 2009 9:09:25 am PDT #10112 of 28380
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Wondermark's Genre Fiction Generator: [link]


Polter-Cow - Sep 22, 2009 9:32:57 am PDT #10113 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That is pretty awesome. If you haven't seen it, you must also check out his post on genre microfiction.

"A final tear dripped down her dying cheek. Cancer! On our wedding day!" [Drama/romance]

"A final acidic tear dripped down her dying, scaly cheek. Dragon cancer! On our wedding day!" [Fantasy]

"A final tear dripped down her goggles to her sprocket-laden corset. Brass poisoning! On our wedding day!" [Steampunk]

And in this case, I do recommend reading the comments.

A final tear dripped down her bronzed Egyptian cheek. The world's first documented case of cancer! On our wedding day! Around 1500 BC! (historical fiction)

"A final tear dripped down her dying cheek. Or did it? On our wedding day! If it really WAS our wedding day!" [Conspiracy theories]

A final tear dripped down her dying cheek. Finally! Time for our wedding night. [Necrophilic erotica]


Deena - Sep 22, 2009 11:56:32 am PDT #10114 of 28380
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Is Mary's through DP?

Yes, it is! The second one will be out soon, probably October.