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.)
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
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
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
sj - Jan 08, 2020 11:02:27 am PST #25617 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If you write this as a story people would say it was too over the top.
flea - Jan 08, 2020 11:42:12 am PST #25618 of 28195
information libertarian
I mean, IMO it went over the top the instant there was a guy named Damon Suede.
amych - Jan 08, 2020 6:55:15 pm PST #25619 of 28195
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
wrod