Packing my copy, in the safe box with the tiara.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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Beverly - Mar 27, 2004 2:56:03 pm PST #3811 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Pix - Mar 27, 2004 3:02:53 pm PST #3812 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Most excellent! I shall pack it in my bag nestled in the fluffy softness of the boa.
Amy - Mar 27, 2004 3:17:03 pm PST #3813 of 10001
Because books.
I'm very much enjoying the image of everyone sitting at their computers with tiaras sparkling and feathers drifting. And now I'm wondering why I don't have a tiara. Hmmm.
Good point, Deb. One of the problems with the book you saw part of was, it had to be within 50,000 words. But there was so much story to tell, a lot of (especially at the end) started getting the shorthand treatment. I could feel it...I'd look at the current page number, and then at what remained to be told in the outline, and shudder. I hate artificially imposed limits.
Nilly - Mar 27, 2004 11:44:38 pm PST #3814 of 10001
Swouncing
now deleted; let me know if anyone wants to read it...
Um, Teppy? Please?
Congratulations, Susan!
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2004 6:54:07 am PST #3815 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
t nothing to see here; move along....
Beverly - Mar 28, 2004 6:57:43 am PST #3816 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, lovely, Teppy! The "built for reading" really hits home, too. But darnit, I wish you hadn't had to cut for length, I wanted it to be longer, wanted just a bit more. That's a good thing, right?
Pix - Mar 28, 2004 6:58:20 am PST #3817 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Cool, Teppy! Thank you for sharing! I love the lines, "Essentially, I'm built for reading, with occasional breaks for snacks and naps. Certainly not built for a sport that was the precursor to ballet, that most graceful of physical exertions." It conveys your meaning elegantly and yet humorously.
ETA: semi-x-post!
Nilly - Mar 28, 2004 7:14:44 am PST #3818 of 10001
Swouncing
Teppy, it's lovely!
I love the first paragraph - the physical difficulties described line after line, ending it with "I'm in seventh heaven". I love that you go along with this structure of expect-one-thing-and-get-another for a few more paragraphs. Like pretty much everybody, I liked the "built for reading" line, and I also liked "it was a challenge that used both my flabby muscles and my limber brain". Most of all, I liked the feeling of 'something in the move', if I'm making any sense, that I got from reading - like you're eager for the next step.
Thank you for re-posting that.
amych - Mar 28, 2004 7:59:09 am PST #3819 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Lovely, Teppy!
Anne W. - Mar 28, 2004 8:52:20 am PST #3820 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Brava!