Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.

Willow ,'Never Leave Me'


The Great Write Way  

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


Katie M - Oct 21, 2003 9:55:07 am PDT #2386 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Ooh, hey, Deb, I have a completely-non-writing-related question for you. If I wanted to remove the choke from an uncooked artichoke, what implement would be best to do that with?


deborah grabien - Oct 21, 2003 10:19:28 am PDT #2387 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Katie, weirdly enough? I used to use a grapefruit spoon (one of those spoons with the slightly serrated tip) to do the edges, and then a plain old tablespoon to dig it out. .


erikaj - Oct 21, 2003 10:32:03 am PDT #2388 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

mmm, artichokes. And I am the worst typist that ever touched a keyboard...I'll need some help if...or that should be when...I produce anything submittable.


Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 10:46:03 am PDT #2389 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

Yes, it should be "when". And I'm sure we can find some help when that time comes.


erikaj - Oct 21, 2003 10:50:33 am PDT #2390 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Well, I have submitted things by e-mail and had them appear in websites, but paper publishing is a different beast.


Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 10:53:17 am PDT #2391 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

Nonetheless, it's a beast we gonna tame.

(I'm feeling a bit fired up, can you tell? Hee)


Deena - Oct 21, 2003 10:57:11 am PDT #2392 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I like Astarte fiery. She's cute that way.

Erika, I'm sure we'll all be fighting over getting to make your manuscript pretty, just so we can say we got to read it first.

I don't know if I can write in courier, it bothers my eyes, but I may try, just so I know where I'm at without doing the word count button obsessively (though I'm not sure that will help much).


Katie M - Oct 21, 2003 11:03:32 am PDT #2393 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Katie, weirdly enough? I used to use a grapefruit spoon (one of those spoons with the slightly serrated tip) to do the edges, and then a plain old tablespoon to dig it out. .

Excellent. Thank you. I'd tried with just a regular tablespoon, and decided that was Not Worth The Effort.


Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 11:06:42 am PDT #2394 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

Well, I'm having problems organizing the story-- and I decided to bite the wallet and order Storyview--a software others have mentioned as being helpful in this regard.

It came this morning, and I almost did as well. Gonna do some ritin' tonight!

note to self: squeeing scares the poor UPS man.


erikaj - Oct 21, 2003 11:09:36 am PDT #2395 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

That always makes me think of Christopher on the Sopranos. He said "I bought this screenwriting program. I thought it would do a lot of it." Cracked me up.