erikaj : nice to meet you, too! ;)
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Kessie - Mar 07, 2004 12:48:18 pm PST #3459 of 10001
The thing about life is :You can rehearse it all you want,
But nobody else ever sticks to the script. So why bother?
Amy - Mar 07, 2004 5:57:55 pm PST #3460 of 10001
Because books.
Just typed "THE END" on the book due tomorrow. And it's not even after midnight. And I'm almost sure the whole damn thing doesn't completely suck.
Hey, Kessie! Welcome. Very new here myself.
erikaj - Mar 07, 2004 6:01:18 pm PST #3461 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Go you, AL. Enjoy that Kinko's moment. Well, my instructor used to call it that, because we'd get copies for class and do our "victory lap" then.I'm coming up on 2 years Buffistaness, and it's FG.
Amy - Mar 07, 2004 6:18:32 pm PST #3462 of 10001
Because books.
erika, the sweetest thing is I don't even have to submit hard copy. Just email off the file tomorrow morning.
The not-so-sweet is, writing up till the deadline means I only did partial editing as I wrote, and these last couple chapters may stink up my editor's inbox. But since the publisher is heavily invested in revisions (and they only gave me eight weeks to write the damn thing), I'm senidng a big honking disclaimer to the same effect, and have made notes here, there and everywhere about stuff I want to polish.
Still...I want a big hot bath made entirely of the words THE END, and I want to soak in it until my shoulders stop aching. :-)
erikaj - Mar 07, 2004 6:19:47 pm PST #3463 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yay, you!
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2004 7:43:55 pm PST #3464 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hi, Kessie. What sort of tips?
AmyLiz, do you also get the weird blank minute of near-panic when you've finished? "Oh, crap, my house is untenanted!" panic?
I'm looking forward to that in about a month, when I finish "Matty Groves". Then I'm going to start the two periods of research for book four, "Cruel Sister." Then I'm having to have nervous collapse and drool on things.
Susan W. - Mar 07, 2004 8:47:41 pm PST #3465 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm going to start writing again tomorrow. I haven't been since I got the gestational hypertension diagnosis. I was kinda thrown for a loop at first; also, they gave me such vague instructions at the first appointment I wasn't sure just how much bedrest I was on. I feel all rusty, but I know it'll happen again, but worse, once the baby is born, so I need to get in the habit of getting back in the saddle as soon as I'm able.
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2004 9:46:00 pm PST #3466 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Laptop for Susan!
Nilly - Mar 08, 2004 1:05:42 am PST #3467 of 10001
Swouncing
Late, but still:
erika, I loved the piece you posted - so honest, with such a fresh-to-me way of looking at things, spiced with snark.
deb, I loved "Still Life with Devils" - I still have images of it in my mind's eye, which is the best way for a book to stay with me.
Welcome, Kessie. fellow mother-tongue-other-than-English speaker (mine is Hebrew).
Congratulations, AmyLiz!
erikaj - Mar 08, 2004 6:41:28 am PST #3468 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks, Nilly. I hope eventually somebody likes it that isn't us. Not that I don't write for Buffistas.