Damn. First eighty pages of "Matty" edited for pacing - the first third of the book is always the part that needs pacing checks after it's done.
But why do I feel as if I've got nothing done?
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
deborah grabien - Aug 06, 2004 11:32:01 am PDT #5971 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Liese S. - Aug 08, 2004 5:46:39 pm PDT #5972 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That ain't nothin', deb. Keep at it.
So I thought I'd post a pre-drabble-flurry bit. I wanted to say that the drabbles are still wonderful. And I find myself writing with much more ease and much less grumbling these days. Even if I'm still doing squat with anything, it's really good to be writing again.
--- the muse stirs
the muse stirs
she hears the call
a silver voice
drips
promises of relief
like dewdrops from her fingertips
to a dying man
panting in the heat
parched and starving lying
on the cracks of hell
he will not survive
this desert without inspiration
motivation
to arise with aching bones
and troubled head
to pour out the fire and passion
that is boiling in his soul
so that
she may quench it
in her eyes like inkwells
deeper than desperation
and more cool
she laughs
and blinks a velvet eye
and suddenly he sees
that the muse stirs
and he puts pen to paper
and writes
deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2004 5:49:54 pm PDT #5973 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, Liese, how lovely!
(psst, the eighty pages is now 220 pages, but I still have 140 pages to edit and a new piece to write)
Liese S. - Aug 08, 2004 5:54:34 pm PDT #5974 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
You're making good progress. I always admire your work ethic.
And thanks.
deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2004 5:57:18 pm PDT #5975 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
If all that nonsense with the car-towing idiots hadn't come up yesterday, I'd be done, or close to it. Thank heavens I'm still roughtly seven months ahead of when this needs to be submitted....
Liese S. - Aug 08, 2004 6:05:10 pm PDT #5976 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I was going to mention the still-ahead-of-schedule bit, but I figured since it was your schedule, you probably knew. Heh.
I can't believe the car-towed-idiots. Amazing, the gall, the temerity, the clipboard.
deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2004 6:12:57 pm PDT #5977 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
It was "see, you caused us a PROBLEM" 'tude that got me. Welcome to the Age of Anomie, people....
Liese S. - Aug 08, 2004 6:18:37 pm PDT #5978 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's like the opposite of empathy. Let me see how I can take anything from your viewpoint and make it totally about me. And how, since I am the center of the universe, I have but to react to these external things that dare to interact with me. Because YOU of course, could cause trouble for ME, but it is inconceivable that I could cause trouble for YOU, much less, that I could cause trouble for myself.
deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2004 6:27:18 pm PDT #5979 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
It's mind-blowing, that entire gestalt. I mean, the only reason Rosalinda the Officious Bitch (new! improved! with clipboard!) didn't come right out and say, I don't give a shit about who was inconvenienced, except that it was ME, when Nic asked his question, is because, well, Nic. Large man. Beard. Looking like Gunnar the Destroyer.
Astarte - Aug 08, 2004 6:36:54 pm PDT #5980 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
That image makes me chortle with evil glee. Every. Time.