"Or taken literally, incredibly gross."
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
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."
Ginger - May 08, 2010 4:16:09 pm PDT #11336 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Barb - May 08, 2010 4:53:17 pm PDT #11337 of 28344
“Not dead yet!”
Funny thing is, this is another one of those "love stories written by men, so of course they must be deeper and have more meaning," books. But unlike a Nicholas Sparks book, this one is actually quite good. (Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff.) Great setting/era, in post-D-Day 1945 and the premise for the story is well thought-out. The author has written quite a bit for film and television so he can craft a nice story, but again, I find myself thinking, had this been written by a woman, it might have been published, but not in hardcover and it wouldn't have gotten front table placement at B&N.
(And most editors of my acquaintance would not have allowed the washing eyes.)
But still, it's a good read with which to unwind.
Barb - May 10, 2010 7:15:25 am PDT #11338 of 28344
“Not dead yet!”
Question for the reading hive mind:
Why is a romance/love story written by a woman so looked down upon while a love story/romance written by a man is considered stunning work of sensitivity and a revelation?
(And yes, I deliberately reversed the terms separated by a slash.)
Gudanov - May 10, 2010 7:20:29 am PDT #11339 of 28344
Coding and Sleeping
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Ginger - May 10, 2010 7:27:26 am PDT #11340 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Because men are special flowers and women are that damned "horde of scribbling women."
Tom Scola - May 10, 2010 7:30:38 am PDT #11341 of 28344
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Barb, you saw the Brontësaurus commercial, right?
Steph L. - May 10, 2010 7:32:02 am PDT #11342 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Why is a romance/love story written by a woman so looked down upon while a love story/romance written by a man is considered stunning work of sensitivity and a revelation?
Because a man expressing emotion (whether via the written word or spoken word) is considered an act of God, while women -- well, you know *women.* We're ALWAYS spewing all of our silly little emotions EVERYWHERE, because we're such emotional creatures who can't control our crazy hormonal fee-fees! Just because a woman writes a book full of emotions is no big thing, because it's just a different venue through which the silly little woman can spew forth her silly little feelings. A dime a dozen, women's feelings are.
But men's feelings! My god, more rare and precious than unobtainium! And should be heralded and treasured as such!
...or so I assume. But my fee-fees might be clouding the issue.
Gudanov - May 10, 2010 7:45:12 am PDT #11343 of 28344
Coding and Sleeping
I would think a good part of it would be novelty and that gives it a marketing angle to play upon--oh hey, this is written by a man, that's different. Doesn't make it fair, but don't most things in publishing come down to money?
Aims - May 10, 2010 7:47:28 am PDT #11344 of 28344
Shit's all sorts of different now.
A dime a dozen, women's feelings are.
Can I have my $45,761,907.20 now, please? Thanks.
Barb - May 10, 2010 8:01:09 am PDT #11345 of 28344
“Not dead yet!”
Barb, you saw the Brontësaurus commercial, right?
I did, Tom-- it's been making the rounds of all the writing blogs and twitterverse. I think what makes it so funny, aside from the spot-on parody of the children's toy commercials, is the fact that there's still more than a few grains of truth to how publishing works/thinks.