wow... That would be so ugly.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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erikaj - Mar 05, 2004 8:39:46 am PST #3436 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Astarte - Mar 05, 2004 8:43:23 am PST #3437 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
erikaj - Mar 05, 2004 8:49:18 am PST #3438 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
No, not you...I just don't type all that well, even after all this time.
Ginger - Mar 05, 2004 8:54:33 am PST #3439 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Is there a program for people like me?
Writers Anonymous? I think there are very few writers who don't feel that way at times. The whiplash between "Everything I write is ashes" and "That simile-ridden, cliche-filled piece of crap got pubished? I could write better than that at the end of a three-day bender" is a pretty common injury.
deborah grabien - Mar 05, 2004 9:01:38 am PST #3440 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Since I just got turned down by Hodder Uk because Weaver is "too gentle" or some shite, I'm all about the derisive snorting right now.
And yup. Astarte's totally right about the whiplash, although I'm generally a pretty confident writer.
Steph L. - Mar 05, 2004 11:17:18 am PST #3441 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Cause it's one of those women who is thinking she's deep and fucked up, when really, that's life, huh?
I'm experiencing that in my writing class. One woman is reading from her novel-in-progress, which people are fucking PRAISING, when all I can think is: (1) "You are the Mary Sue of PAIN, sweetheart," and (2) "You're not the only one who's experienced shit in her life, sweetheart."
But then I think perhaps I'm terribly mean.
erikaj - Mar 05, 2004 1:08:47 pm PST #3442 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'd be inclined to think you're right, Tep. We share a brain so frequently. Unless she brought something really new to the table, in terms of telling the story. Cause some stories are more about the telling than what happens.At least, that is what I hope, since I so seldom have anything dramatic to write.
Liese S. - Mar 05, 2004 1:34:43 pm PST #3443 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oooh. I like to write while looking out the window. Particularly if I'm working on the laptop and riding in the car.
I'll have to try the monitor off thing at some point. Don't think it's a laptop option, though.
Katie M - Mar 05, 2004 6:14:16 pm PST #3444 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
Okay, here's a question: When did "women" become an adjective? I flinch every time I see it, and it's getting old. ("Women faculty" being the most recent offender in my life. I mean, you wouldn't say "men faculty." What's wrong with "female"?)
deborah grabien - Mar 05, 2004 6:22:11 pm PST #3445 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Katie, good question and it sends me into bruxism code red, as well.
I mean, there've always been the "women drivers/men drivers" thing, but that's equal footing.
Fuckers.
(why yes, still cranky)