Yup, "desserts" was wordplay. Words are fun to play with.
And everyone's doing great stuff.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Liese S. - Aug 19, 2004 3:18:21 pm PDT #6110 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Gris - Aug 20, 2004 12:03:49 pm PDT #6111 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I pace the hallways, back and forth, my dress shoes scuffing the tiled school floor. Rehearse the words I know so well, the phrases I wrote to interest, to impress.
The student before me leaves the room, relieved to be done but annoyed at his gaffs.
A sneak peek in the window, to look at the judges, judging my predecessor as they will judge me.
I shiver. I moan. I wait.
The door opens, "We're ready when you are," and the butterfies in my stomach threaten to escape out my mouth as I smile, shake hands, and prepare to speak.
Susan W. - Aug 20, 2004 5:50:45 pm PDT #6112 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I just got my first form rejection letter (from an agent). It hurts a lot more than the personalized kind.
Liese S. - Aug 20, 2004 5:53:07 pm PDT #6113 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Aww, Susan. Sorry to hear it.
Susan W. - Aug 20, 2004 5:58:37 pm PDT #6114 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t melodramatic temper tantrum
When will anyone recognize MY GENIUS??? WHEN??? WHEN???
A form letter to ME? Don't they know who I am....er...who I will be some day, as soon as the world recognizes MY GENIUS?
t /melodrama
Liese S. - Aug 20, 2004 6:29:38 pm PDT #6115 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
They will all kneel and beg to kiss your pinky ring one day.
In other news, I've insent you, wrt:freelance work from months and months ago. Sorry for being totally off the ball!
Susan W. - Aug 20, 2004 6:41:34 pm PDT #6116 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, Liese! I'll look over what you sent and get back to you--probably not tonight, because I'm coordinating a wedding tomorrow and am scrambling to do all the chores I normally do on Saturday, but tomorrow evening or Sunday at the latest.
Liese S. - Aug 20, 2004 6:49:04 pm PDT #6117 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup, no problem. I don't expect even a freelancer to put in weekend hours just for me! (Although I clearly still am, because I took a nap this afternoon when I shoulda been working. Ah, the benefits of self-employment.)
Susan W. - Aug 20, 2004 7:21:42 pm PDT #6118 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Actually, a lot of my work happens evenings and weekends, because I can hand Annabel to DH and say, "Job to finish--she's your daughter for now." But most of today and tomorrow are going to the wedding I'm coordinating. I think I'll like the work by my next wedding or the wedding after (I do 4-6 a year, taking turns with the church's other coordinators). But for this one I'm nervous, since it's both the first one I've done completely solo and a fairly complex one.
erikaj - Aug 20, 2004 8:21:40 pm PDT #6119 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Aw, Susan, seconding your rejection emotion, except mine might come with a promise to Quit Once And For All, which in my more together moments I imagine my muse looking down and saying "Excuse the fuck out of *me*, Virginia Woolf." Because my muse shares my weakness for profanity, I think."If you're so sure nobody'll care, why the Announcement?"