Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"

'Lessons'


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."


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!

Cell phone novel.

I...don't even know.


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:

link


Fred Pete - Oct 23, 2009 4:38:31 am PDT #10261 of 28377
Ann, that's a ferret.

I haven't kept up -- my first reaction to "cell phone novel" was Steven King's Cell. Where cell phones are a key part of the story, but it definitely isn't a cell phone novel.