Yay! I'd be thrilled to take a look at your story, Deena. I just checked, and it appeared to show up in my inbox all safe and sound.
Question: With NaNoWriMo, are people showing their works in progress to anyone else?
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Anne W. - Nov 15, 2003 2:46:06 am PST #2737 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Deena - Nov 15, 2003 2:47:10 am PST #2738 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Anne, I showed it to a couple of people, mostly to see if it was even worth pursuing. Weirdly, I even showed it to my brother (he asked) and he liked it. It's not "nice" so something I wouldn't normally show to family.
Anne W. - Nov 15, 2003 2:51:38 am PST #2739 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hmm. Once I get to a certain point in my novel, I may ask people to take a gander.
Writing projects on the docket for today:
NaNoWriMo (tentative title: Pax Delmarva)
the Hermanos Numeros Story
shitloads of beta-reading
the Sailor Moon/Homicide fic that would not die
Deena - Nov 15, 2003 3:35:05 am PST #2740 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'd be happy to look at it if you'd like, Anne, whenever you're ready. The children's story is no rush, so you can kind of slide that one to the back burner if that's more convenient.
erikaj - Nov 15, 2003 10:33:52 am PST #2741 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I haven't yet, Deena. Too messy and brings up too many feelings.And some days I think it sucks all kinds of ass. Writing Projects: The Fic That Ate My Life My Nanowri about the Crip Experience And probably something else as a distraction from the others.
Deena - Nov 15, 2003 10:39:07 am PST #2742 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Even though 3 people have now told me mine doesn't suck ass, I still think it does. It's gotten all complicated and I don't know where to go from here. My brother likes it and that makes me think it's because he doesn't realize the lesbian relationship is about to start and then he'll hate it, but I don't know how to tell him he can't read any more if he asks. I think I feel frustrated because I'm a little overwhelmed by how long it's supposed to be instead of just focusing on the next step.
erikaj - Nov 15, 2003 10:50:38 am PST #2743 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Me too. And I haven't been working on it for a couple days, which makes me feel like a loser. What else am I doing?(Porn, mostly. And phallic stake jokes and fighting off a toothache which mercifully seems to have passed. But no kids, no stressful job...I should be able to write 2000 words with one hand tied behind me, as long as it's not my hand I type with. Maybe I should quit playing in my lj till I get done? But I like the variety...if i'm too grindstoney about it, I might say "Fuck it. I quit." Again. And I gotta tell you, I've been loving writing the stake jokes, in a very twelve-year-old place.
Deena - Nov 15, 2003 11:03:35 am PST #2744 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I haven't even looked at mine for a few days and last night got all inspired to write a children's story, so... I hear ya. Now I'm going to try to nap and that seems far more important than writing at the moment.
deborah grabien - Nov 15, 2003 2:27:39 pm PST #2745 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
All I can do is stand in the corner with pompoms here, and cheer y'all on.
Theodosia - Nov 15, 2003 2:31:45 pm PST #2746 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"
Remember that you're not trying to be good for NaNoMeMoFoFaDiddyDiddy... if good happens, good, but if not, you're working on larger issues of structure and character.