I'm embarrassed to have sent such a rough draft. But I didn't know I was. I'll bet that is a year old or something...I remembered it being more finished.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
erikaj - Jan 20, 2004 11:45:11 am PST #3235 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Deena - Jan 20, 2004 11:46:57 am PST #3236 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Erika, I know the feeling... something I got immediately after one of your e-mails to me, as I recall *g*.
erikaj - Jan 20, 2004 12:04:39 pm PST #3237 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I guess. I tend to grade 'em in terms of how long I spent. Which really doesn't mean anything if you're not looking for/at the right things. I get too close too fast, and get so I can't see it outside of what I put in. And just cause I picture it, doesn't mean I put the reader there, exactly.Although maybe my contribution to letters is teaching Deena Fisher what a "skel' is.
Deena - Jan 20, 2004 12:42:32 pm PST #3238 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I was actually thinking of burnt out cops there, but skels seemed so appropriate. You have most definitely contributed, but I've also read your writing. It's not the only contribution.
erikaj - Jan 20, 2004 1:25:23 pm PST #3239 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
there's a slang word for that, too, which is on the tip of my tongue, but I guess it's not cool like "eyefuck" so I don't remember.
Nilly - Jan 22, 2004 6:11:33 am PST #3240 of 10001
Swouncing
erike, a (sorry, belated) insent.
And deb made me blush.
erikaj - Jan 22, 2004 6:23:10 am PST #3241 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I got it, Nilly. I just need to think about what to say back...you are such a genius. If I wrote Hebrew, (Which I, you know, don't. Despite my bogus Yiddish) I'm sure I'd write like Tonto. (Do you know who Tonto is? Well, anyway, he talks in fragments like "We go.")
Nilly - Jan 22, 2004 6:28:34 am PST #3242 of 10001
Swouncing
Well, I'm learning English, both in school and on my own, from the fourth grade or so, and I have to be able to write papers in English for my work at the university, and on top of all that, I'm surrounded by English everywhere - very different from the level of your exposure to Hebrew. Oh, and I really don't know any Yiddish, too.
erikaj - Jan 24, 2004 9:47:08 am PST #3243 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I just started writer's group..I'm thinking I'm the Pembleton, which is affirming in its own way. Got shitloads of stuff to beta, most of which might make Baby Jesus cry, but a few of the people might be real writers.
deborah grabien - Jan 24, 2004 11:32:19 am PST #3244 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I want to do something unusual for me (in terms of my usual 'process' or whatever it's called) - go back and insert a few little bits in "Matty", pointing to echoes that later become louder.
If I ever get enough energy and three consecutive hours to do it, I will.
erika, writing that makes the baby Jesus cry is not your friend.