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The Great Write Way  

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


Deena - Jun 02, 2004 9:13:03 pm PDT #4999 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I've been trying to think of something constructive to say about all this week's drabbles but I'm coming up with nothing. They're just amazing and ita's makes me homesick for a place I've never been.

For my own Blue drabble, all I can think of is the Blue's Clues theme. I'm leaving that one alone. At least I've got another few days.


Astarte - Jun 02, 2004 9:58:04 pm PDT #5000 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

Okay, I'll keep an eye peeled for the short stories then.

Because I need more books. Oh, yeah.


ArcaneJill - Jun 03, 2004 4:37:46 am PDT #5001 of 10001
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.

Count me in as another who's now looking for Zelazny short stories - will have to look on the next trip to the bookstore. (They're still in print, yes?) And I may have to try a novel as well; it's been way too long since I've read any good SF or fantasy.

On everyone's enthusiastic recs, Zelazny is moved up next in the TBR mental list...

ETA: And Deena = me re: trying to find something constructive to say about this week's drabbles. Deena, I think you should write about Blue's Clues! Hee. But all the drabbles have been so vividly wonderful.


deborah grabien - Jun 03, 2004 7:43:04 am PDT #5002 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

AJill, I'm fairly sure the bulk of Roger's stuff is still in print - he was incredibly prolific.

I actually curled up last night with Unicorn Variations. I hadn't forgotten it, but there are a few stories of his that I flatly adore - including Dismal Light, which began as a kind of drabble (in concept, not length) because Roger was trying to figure out how his character, Sandow, would behave - that I hadn't remembered as being in this particular volume.

Home is the Hangman. Oh, man.

Of course, we're in completely the wrong thread for this discussion - since the writing threads are half the threads I subscribe to, I tend to misremember which one I'm posting in.


Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2004 7:46:28 am PDT #5003 of 10001
brillig

Last on Zelazny--I've got to rearrange my library so I know which ones I've got. I know I've been duplicating from the used book store because I can't find a book when I want to read it.


deborah grabien - Jun 03, 2004 7:47:58 am PDT #5004 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

'sokay, Connie, I wandered into Literary and pinged them. My take on Roger's stuff is slightly off centre, but I bet Micole has recs for miles, for those about to read him for the first time.


ArcaneJill - Jun 03, 2004 9:01:36 am PDT #5005 of 10001
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.

I tend to misremember which one I'm posting in.

Yes, this is me above. Sorry!

On topic, re: writing. Last night, reread a bunch of stuff I'd written previously, and also came up with a new take on something I've been struggling with. Yay! I intend on actually trying to start writing again after... um, the last thing was from May. Last May. Huh.

No drabble yet though. Every time I think, Blue, I think of that song from a couple of years ago by Eiffel 65. Must get it out of my head!


Pix - Jun 03, 2004 9:21:22 am PDT #5006 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

A Silly Blue Drabble

It stares at him blankly.

It is solid in its obstinance. It has one function, and it does it by doing nothing.

No frantic drumming of the keys will budge it. No wrathful obsenities will peel it away and reveal the unsaved pages below, though by god he tries.

It resists bribery, threats, and coersion. It is implacable in its purpose, simply to be:

The Blue Screen of Death.


Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2004 9:22:33 am PDT #5007 of 10001
brillig

Hah!


erikaj - Jun 03, 2004 9:23:24 am PDT #5008 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Love that!