Well, this is one way to handle crappy reviews.
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Barb - Sep 03, 2008 9:47:48 am PDT #7231 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2008 11:57:23 am PDT #7232 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, that was pretty great. I think my skin might be too thin to be a published author.
megan walker - Sep 03, 2008 11:59:57 am PDT #7233 of 28404
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think my skin might be too thin to be a published author.
Might I also suggest that you avoid becoming a college professor? There's nothing like having your work (among other things) being reviewed "anonymously" by 18-year-olds.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 04, 2008 5:06:25 am PDT #7234 of 28404
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
There's nothing like having your work (among other things) being reviewed "anonymously" by 18-year-olds.
Heh. I just found the "rate my professors" page for one of my oldest friends in the world. He actually got a pretty good rating overall, but I have to admit I found some of the negative comments hilarious (this being a friend I've had a cat&dog-like, or possibly Itchy&Scratchy-like, relationship with over the years).
megan walker - Sep 04, 2008 7:03:42 am PDT #7235 of 28404
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
"Rate my professors" is how I learned I have low self-esteem.
Polter-Cow - Sep 04, 2008 7:28:13 am PDT #7236 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aww.
Volans - Sep 04, 2008 9:29:14 am PDT #7237 of 28404
move out and draw fire
Brad Meltzer was on the radio this morning promoting that book, and was absolutely funny and entertaining. I think I may have to read it because the premise sounds great, and I have to admire that vid.
Polter-Cow - Sep 04, 2008 10:02:14 am PDT #7238 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
the premise sounds great
If you don't think about it too much!
Barb - Sep 04, 2008 3:15:23 pm PDT #7239 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
I'm curious, y'all, since I've just had this conversation with a fellow writer with respect to the work I just posted the bit from in GWW.
What, for you as readers, would render a character unsympathetic or unrelatable? And even if a character is unrelatable, what could keep you reading? If you have examples, feel free to share, please.
Amy - Sep 04, 2008 3:22:21 pm PDT #7240 of 28404
Because books.
Off the top of my head, I can think of Jude Coyne, the protagonist of Heart-Shaped Box. (Which I haven't finished yet, so don't spoil me, please!)
He's an aging rock star and an incredible dick -- but he's *honest* about it. There's something about his gruff acceptance of his own bad nature that makes you feel a bit for him, and of course as the book progresses, you begin to understand why he's so jaded and bitter.