Very strong, descriptive drabbles.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2004 9:12:33 am PDT #6774 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Deena - Sep 22, 2004 9:32:38 am PDT #6775 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Love that AmyLiz. I remember that particular feeling of pride in doing wrong very well.
ita, I love your drabbles. They always freak me out.
dcp, I liked that one. I ended up in a blackberry bramble because I couldn't figure out how to stop.
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2004 3:19:18 pm PDT #6776 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allergic
Their voices are coming from very far away.
Clear!
What happened?
Aunt Dolly, it was a bee, or something -
Clear - antihistamine - her heart's cutting out - hurry up!
Deb? Her eye, what's wrong with her eye, Alice, Felicia, what happened?
It was a bee, or a hornet, it flew past and stung her face, this didn't happen when I got stung, oh god is she dying?
Clear!
I remember noise, buzzing, somehow angry. Then a flash of light, no saliva in my throat, and now they're fading, voices, faces.
Deb?
My eyes close. The family becomes mist.
Allyson - Sep 22, 2004 4:40:23 pm PDT #6777 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Maya and I are working out the details for a weekend with Suz Brockmann to kick off her book tour. There'll be some workshops for writers of romance and signings and Q&A and such. We're lining up a couple of other authors for workshoppy things.
It's sort of like a mini-romance writer con.
I'll post the info as soon as everything is solid, but it'll definately be mid-January.
Betsy HP - Sep 22, 2004 4:56:06 pm PDT #6778 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Let me know when you're ready to start promotion. I'm on a big list of Jennifer Crusie fans, many of whom are also Brockmann fans and writers. They'd be glad to know what you're up to.
Amy - Sep 22, 2004 5:13:52 pm PDT #6779 of 10001
Because books.
Scary, Deb. My brother is allergic to bees like that. It was so frightening when he was little.
Allyson, this mini-con will be in California, L.A.? God, I wish I could come -- I love Suzanne Brockmann. She gave the luncheon keynote address at a conference a few years ago, and she's a fantastic speaker.
dcp, I thought the drabble was fine the first time around, but the revision is good, too.
Allyson - Sep 22, 2004 5:29:58 pm PDT #6780 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's either Orlando or Atlanta. We're just waiting for the proposals to come back from hotels. It'll be MLK weekend.
ETA: Oh, thanks Betsy. The last one we did was a bed and breakfasty type place in Texas, IIRC. We're planning for 100-125 attendees at this one.
Amy - Sep 22, 2004 6:39:43 pm PDT #6781 of 10001
Because books.
It's either Orlando or Atlanta
East Coast venues! Hmmm. This may be a possibility.
Ginger - Sep 22, 2004 6:41:42 pm PDT #6782 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's cool, Allyson. Let me know if you need anything in Atlanta.
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2004 9:53:12 pm PDT #6783 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allyson, ought to be a hell of a con. Once it's set, can I pass this on to Jenn (my agent)? She has a nice stable of romance writers she reps.