Oops, my bad, Hec. I could have sworn that conversation was in a different thread.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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."
Frankenbuddha - Oct 22, 2009 9:36:24 am PDT #10251 of 28377
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Atropa - Oct 22, 2009 3:59:19 pm PDT #10252 of 28377
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Bekka Black's iDRACULA,
AAUUUUGH.
brb, must pick up debris from head explody.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2009 4:08:51 pm PDT #10253 of 28377
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, guys. I will be snarfing these up as soon as I get home.
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2009 5:22:36 pm PDT #10254 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What does "cell novel form" mean?
I hope to God it doesn't mean what I think it means, which is a book told entirely in text messages.
Steph L. - Oct 22, 2009 5:22:49 pm PDT #10255 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
LOL
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2009 5:26:27 pm PDT #10256 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strix - Oct 22, 2009 6:48:14 pm PDT #10257 of 28377
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh. Interesting. Now, I read books on my itouch and on my computer -- instant gratification is EXCELLENT at 3 am when you've discovered a new series, or if you are in your underwear and scraggly hair -- but I cannot imagine WRITING anything lengthy on a cell.
P.M. Marc - Oct 22, 2009 7:53:31 pm PDT #10258 of 28377
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I, err.
::coughs::
Yeah, I've probably written at least 10,000 words of fiction on my iPhone, some of it through texting, some in note form.
I usually wind up with 300-400 word chunks that I quilt together and expand in the final versions, but really, most of my drafting now happens on the phone.
DavidS - Oct 22, 2009 8:04:35 pm PDT #10259 of 28377
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cell phone/text novels are a big deal in Japan where they've been popular for years.
Really just updating the format of the old epistleatory novel, like Dangerous Liaisons.
Maysa - Oct 22, 2009 10:22:58 pm PDT #10260 of 28377
This is a really interesting article about the cell phone novels in Japan and how they're used by young women as a means for expression: