It might be cheating, Connie, but you can get it on half.com for four bucks.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2004 6:25:11 pm PDT #5609 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
erikaj - Jul 07, 2004 6:27:47 pm PDT #5610 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Is that cheating? Cause I do it all the time. Stretching that book buying dollar, cause I'm broke.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2004 6:31:39 pm PDT #5611 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I just meant cheating wrt the thrill of finding it at a used book store. Like going to the deli instead of hunting.
sj - Jul 07, 2004 6:36:16 pm PDT #5612 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I like the hunting around at the used bookstores better than just ordering one online. I like to know what condition it is in for sure, and I like looking through stacks of used books to find a great deal hidden away. I will occasionally order a used book online if it is something I want to read immediately.
Connie Neil - Jul 07, 2004 7:21:17 pm PDT #5613 of 10001
brillig
I keep thinking about half.com, but that's dangerous water to dip into. Plus I hate paying shipping (of course, there may be free shipping deals). If I find something at a used book store I can justify it by saying, "But it won't be there tomorrow!"
I picked up a hardback of Stephen King's "On Writing" not long after it was published for five bucks. I giddily took it to the counter, and the clerk said, "Used? We have this used? Where!"
As a writing book, it's average, but as the story of a writer's life--especially the part about The Accident--it's wonderful. Assuming, of course, that you like King. I much prefer his non-fiction to his fiction these days. Though "Salem's Lot" terrified me.
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2004 7:39:05 pm PDT #5614 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Plus I hate paying shipping (of course, there may be free shipping deals). If I find something at a used book store I can justify it by saying, "But it won't be there tomorrow!"
I think we were separated at birth.
On Writing is good stuff.
Connie Neil - Jul 07, 2004 7:46:56 pm PDT #5615 of 10001
brillig
I think we were separated at birth.
I could have sworn Mother would have said something ...
"Mother! Why didn't you tell me I have a Indian twin brother! Who's half my age!"
Still, I've seen stranger things in my genealogy.
deborah grabien - Jul 07, 2004 8:09:02 pm PDT #5616 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(laughing my ass off at erika's story, in a twisty little way)
We had a genuinely good writers group tonight. Everyone had something to read, and they brough me cake for my birthday.
erikaj - Jul 08, 2004 5:30:48 am PDT #5617 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
That's exactly the way to read it.(I may be one of the only writers around who borrowed from life for a story like that.Although the prosthesis was a nod to my homegirl Flannery O'Connor and "Good Country People".) Sounds like a good group, Deb.
deborah grabien - Jul 08, 2004 7:22:57 am PDT #5618 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You know what I like about this particular writers group? Everyone at the moment is not only writing, they mostly know what they need input on.
So when Stephanie prefaces reading an early bit in her new book, Wire Monkey, by saying, "OK, I can't help feeling there's too much exposition by the main character, but all the info needs to be there", she really does want the input, and listens, and processes.
It's all good.