Buffistas

Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.

Wash ,'Serenity'

The Great Write Way

Closed Threads

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.

First Previous Next Last Recent

Susan W. - Sep 23, 2003 1:59:49 pm PDT #1997 of 10001

Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I started it way back in 2001. I barely touched it at all for months at a time, during the Great Job Search Angst of 2002. It's flawed, it's a first effort, and will need plenty of hard work before it's ready for public consumption. But...

I did it. I wrote a novel. I finished what I started, proved I had it in me, proved I'm not just a quitter, that I can push past my own laziness and fears. I wrote a BOOK.

No force in the 'verse can stop me.

Betsy HP - Sep 23, 2003 2:01:32 pm PDT #1998 of 10001

If I only had a brain...

And the trumpets sounded for her on the other side.

BRAVA! GO SUSAN!

Daisy Jane - Sep 23, 2003 2:02:23 pm PDT #1999 of 10001

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

So happy for you Susan. Can't wait to get it at the local bookstore.

Sean K - Sep 23, 2003 2:02:28 pm PDT #2000 of 10001

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

YAY SUSAN!!!

Theodosia - Sep 23, 2003 2:02:30 pm PDT #2001 of 10001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

t strews flowers and glitter whilst singing hosannas The difference between a wannabee and an author, at least according to some: authors finish.

Dana - Sep 23, 2003 2:04:27 pm PDT #2002 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Rock on, Susan.

Astarte - Sep 23, 2003 2:07:43 pm PDT #2003 of 10001

Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

Woohooo!!!! Congratulations, Susan!!!

deborah grabien - Sep 23, 2003 2:09:23 pm PDT #2004 of 10001

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Susan, I got the nice agent lady over there. Whenever you're ready....

You done good.

Consuela - Sep 23, 2003 2:10:22 pm PDT #2005 of 10001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Way to go, Susan! You're an inspiration to us all.

t sadly ponders the barely-started space opera on my hard drive

Susan W. - Sep 23, 2003 2:28:20 pm PDT #2006 of 10001

Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I'm still amazed I actually pulled it off. I spent most of high school and some of college when I had time writing Chapter Ones. Occasionally Chapters Two and Three. And then I had a fantasy epic that was sort of cruising along, but then I went to England and met DH and reevaluated my views of the place/time/era I'd been adapting to fantasy (which had nothing to do with DH--just happened concurrently), so that fizzled out. And then nothing for years until I started this one.

I'm going to let it rest for a few days, and then start putting together a pitch for the writing conference weekend after next and polishing the thing until it's good enough to send to deb's agent friend and anyone else who's interested. And then, well, time to start the next novel, and put a little more energy into my freelancing so I won't have to go back to the Day Job post-baby.

First Previous Next Last Recent