Deb, backflung. Sorry for taking so long. I'm excited too.
We've been having warmish weather, so if it's what I think it is, we'll be okay for a bit without.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
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Deena - Nov 03, 2003 5:22:21 pm PST #2608 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
deborah grabien - Nov 03, 2003 5:28:50 pm PST #2609 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
My husband is a sick twist.
He suggests I open the first paragraph ("well-travelled Deb") with:
Intimately experienced in the sordid fleshpots of a dozen ports...
Deena - Nov 03, 2003 5:31:31 pm PST #2610 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Hee! I'm liking Nic more and more the more I hear about him (except for that coming home late on Avonex night stuff).
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2003 5:33:47 pm PST #2611 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Actually, that's a kickass lead. GO with it.
deborah grabien - Nov 03, 2003 5:34:53 pm PST #2612 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Betsy, are you serious?
Holli - Nov 03, 2003 5:37:28 pm PST #2613 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I like it.
Deena - Nov 03, 2003 5:39:40 pm PST #2614 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I like it too, though I might change it to "intimately acquainted with".
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2003 5:46:26 pm PST #2615 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I'm quite serious. It's a grabber, it's funny, and it happens to be true.
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2003 5:48:34 pm PST #2616 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Deena's right. Or "familiar with".
The only time I had to write an About The Author note, the editor asked me for one and I said "Oh, you mean the usual "She has two cats, one husband, and spent seven years in the French Foreign Legion" thing? Fine. Elizabeth Hanes Perry is a typical suburban matron living in the South with her husband and children."
Guess what I saw when I cracked the anthology to the back?
Vive le sacre...
deborah grabien - Nov 03, 2003 5:49:12 pm PST #2617 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
"Sordid fleshpots"?
For a bio?
(wanders off to bathtub to soak and consider whether a milder version of this might be less likely to scare away Ed Kaufman and potential buyers)