You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!

Spike ,'Smile Time'


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."


Steph L. - Jan 04, 2020 5:15:41 pm PST #25607 of 28195
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I had to explain Chuck Tingle to Jim.

I regret my life choices.

Ahahahaha! All I did was read a list of Chuck Tingle's titles to Tim, which led to about 3 days of him doing things like holding up a coffee mug and saying "pounded in the butt by my unbreakable caffeine addiction." (To which I held up my coffee mug and said "NOT pounded in the butt by my unbreakable caffeine addiction because even though it's an addiction, it respects my boundaries.")


-t - Jan 04, 2020 6:19:49 pm PST #25608 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, y'all prove love


Consuela - Jan 04, 2020 9:21:23 pm PST #25609 of 28195
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Chuck Tingle really is the best.


Jessica - Jan 05, 2020 12:33:24 pm PST #25610 of 28195
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Introducing our head of product to the existence of Chuck Tingle was a professional highlight of 2019. (The meeting was about providing support for indie authors, so it was EXTREMELY relevant.)


amyparker - Jan 05, 2020 4:10:38 pm PST #25611 of 28195
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Jessica wins.


Laura - Jan 08, 2020 4:41:08 am PST #25612 of 28195
Our wings are not tired.

I had only read the highlights of the dramatic shenanigans here, but this morning it ended up in my Washington Post morning newsletter. [link]


Dana - Jan 08, 2020 9:48:55 am PST #25613 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Latest breathless update: By-laws require that the president of the RWA have published at least 5 romances. President Slimeball had exactly 5, but now it seems that he faked the existence of one of those books.


Amy - Jan 08, 2020 10:14:46 am PST #25614 of 28195
Because books.

I just saw that. AND there's coverage in Entertainment Weekly about the general kerfuffle.


Dana - Jan 08, 2020 10:28:17 am PST #25615 of 28195
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

OMG, the imaginary book seems to have been part of an an April Fool's joke with Dreamspinner.


-t - Jan 08, 2020 10:31:04 am PST #25616 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OMG that is amazing