AmyLiz, if you want any more people to look at it, I'd be happy to.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Hil R. - Mar 13, 2004 9:49:27 am PST #3515 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Amy - Mar 13, 2004 9:49:59 am PST #3516 of 10001
Because books.
Already, um, insent.
How porny. :-)
I want to join the Bitches. It's my favorite thread to lurk in.
erikaj - Mar 13, 2004 10:13:22 am PST #3517 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
You're just bad influences. And I've stumbled into enough accidental double entendre, I'm hyper-conscious now. Imagine the fun when JZ sent me a box...um, package...oh, the hell with it. That thing, with the notecards and stuff. Amy Liz, come be a Bitch. We don't even have a secret handshake.
deborah grabien - Mar 13, 2004 10:33:10 am PST #3518 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I may have to resub to Bitches. I'm missing some of my regular conversations, damnit.
AmyLiz, Insent, Incoming (for future insents), backsent, backflung, there are a whole lot of versions.
Amy - Mar 13, 2004 10:41:53 am PST #3519 of 10001
Because books.
Hil, Gladly! The more the merrier. Will send in a minute.
erikaj, No handshake?! (frowns) That's almost disappointing. :-) I think I will wander in there soon, though.
While I'm asking questions, though, I think I figured out "timelies" -- so you're not saying good morning to someone in another time zone, for instance? But what's "-ma"? As in "healthma", for example? If that one was in the FAQ, I definitely missed it.
Must go get actual work done. Blah.
deborah grabien - Mar 13, 2004 10:43:13 am PST #3520 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
AmyLiz, -ma is a child of karma. It specifies that you want good karma beamed your way from the group - for car repair (car-ma), health (health-ma), employment (job-ma), etc.
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2004 10:44:40 am PST #3521 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
But what's "-ma"? As in "healthma", for example? If that one was in the FAQ, I definitely missed it.
Short for karma. I think it started when people were asking for/offering good karma for stuff, then someone had car troubles and "carma" started being tossed around, and then it kind of evolved into health-ma and exam-ma and jobma and just generalized -ma.
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Kessie - Mar 13, 2004 11:22:13 am PST #3522 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?
hello everyone!
AmyLiz : If you still need someone i would like to read it ! Email is Kessiebabe@compuserve.de ...
Btw how are the guidelines( format) for a novel manuscript in the US ? I know the german ones but i´m not sure if they are similar. Sorry still a newbie at all this.
Deena - Mar 13, 2004 11:48:26 am PST #3523 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I've got it AmyLiz.
Question: is this the first book in the series?
Also, I'm just going to track changes, marking anything that catches my eye as well as putting my thoughts in parentheses as it progresses (in red or green or whatever color Word decides is appropriate today), if that's okay with you.
eta: backflung!
Also, Deb, got your snail mail today, thank you.
Amy - Mar 15, 2004 12:03:59 pm PST #3524 of 10001
Because books.
I love the concept of -ma. I could use some careerma myself. And the baby could definitely use some teething-ma. *g*
Deena, thanks for the read. It is Book Two, by the way. And believe it or not, it is for readers as young as ten, and the kids will have sex, although it will always be off-camera. There's actually a pregnant fifteen-year-old in teh series. I thought we were going for strictly YA -- twelve and up -- but not according to the publisher. And yet, they still want it "edgier." It may be a blessing to disassociate myself from this.
Kessie and Hil R., thanks! I'll send it along.
Kessie, when you say manuscript format, what exactly do you mean? In the most basic terms, we're talking double-spaced, letter-quality printing, numbered pages with your name in the header (in case pages go astray), and normal one-inch margins. Anything more specific than that you were wondering about?