Susan, what are mini-bookstores at the mall?
Waldenbooks and B. Dalton and so on--the ones that seem so tiny now that B&N and Borders have such a strong presence.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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Susan W. - Jul 15, 2004 7:42:45 am PDT #5743 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
deborah grabien - Jul 15, 2004 7:45:26 am PDT #5744 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh! I was envisioning little stall things, and was about to swoon in envy.
We have one that I can think of, at one local mall: a B. Dalton at Serramonte. That's about it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 15, 2004 7:45:40 am PDT #5745 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Waldenbooks and B. Dalton and so on--the ones that seem so tiny now that B&N and Borders have such a strong presence.
I have this almost instinctive tradition of going into B. Dalton's and skimming the shelf on the left wall (fiction) for the presence of any Lorrie Moore. I just like seeing her on the shelf.
P.M. Marc - Jul 15, 2004 7:54:17 am PDT #5746 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'd say "mine too", but we're probably talking about the same store.
Hee! Yep.
Deb, I think I've just been too social lately.
deborah grabien - Jul 15, 2004 7:59:09 am PDT #5747 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Deb, I think I've just been too social lately.
Babe, if that's all that's doing it? It'll fuzz away on its own, I think.
Astarte - Jul 15, 2004 8:40:24 am PDT #5748 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I have marked Deb's post about distance, because I have self-diagnosed with that same problem.
With a side order of "doesn't this mean I'm not a very nice person if this stuff happens in my head?"
Yearrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh.
Tricksy brain, trickssssssssey.
P.M. Marc - Jul 15, 2004 8:49:26 am PDT #5749 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Babe, if that's all that's doing it? It'll fuzz away on its own, I think.
It's really exhibit A that I'm kinda sorta an introvert.
I like people, but they make my brain go poof.
Connie Neil - Jul 15, 2004 8:52:52 am PDT #5750 of 10001
brillig
"am I evil if I allow a character to be gleefully tortured to death?"
That's a hard one. But it's better to write about the evil things than to do the evil things. Just remember not to do the evil things after you write about the evil things, otherwise it'll come up in your trial.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2004 8:56:06 am PDT #5751 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With a side order of "doesn't this mean I'm not a very nice person if this stuff happens in my head?"
You're a nicer person than if you make it happen outside your head.
deborah grabien - Jul 15, 2004 9:03:39 am PDT #5752 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I like people, but they make my brain go poof.
I'm good with letting them play with my brain; it just means that I have to keep heart and soul under stricter controls.
You're a nicer person than if you make it happen outside your head.
Yupyupyup.