Oh, I've been up to too much lately, and a lot of it has culminated here:
Life During Wartime: Living the Writer’s Life in Dubya’s America.
Enjoy! Or at the very least, let me know if I've gone off the deep end.
Bye, now. Have good sex.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
victor infante - Nov 21, 2004 12:36:43 pm PST #8200 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 21, 2004 12:43:46 pm PST #8201 of 10001
What is even happening?
Oh victor, I'm crying.
victor infante - Nov 21, 2004 12:50:43 pm PST #8202 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Oh victor, I'm crying.
Err, I'm sorry? I REALLY didn't mean to make you cry.
erikaj - Nov 21, 2004 1:12:29 pm PST #8203 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
That's great, Victor. And ftr, I *am* pretty much a textbook liberal, aside from living in Goldwater Country.(Ok, so I got used to disappointment young...is that so wrong?)
victor infante - Nov 21, 2004 1:23:18 pm PST #8204 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Ok, so I got used to disappointment young...is that so wrong?
You're in Tempe, right? I know good folks in Tempe. In fact, that's where I watched a lesbian poet learn how to breathe fire.
erikaj - Nov 21, 2004 1:30:44 pm PST #8205 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Not now, but I did go to college there, and it is Where The Liberals Are. Yep, sounds like Saturday night on Mill Ave. I love it there. I get to feel like Ms. Average.
Pix - Nov 21, 2004 2:00:26 pm PST #8206 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Heya folks. This is the only thread that I have time to quickly skim through (will have to skip like a mad thing in the rest of the threads tomorrow when I get home), because I am stuck on my BIL's computer via dial-up internet in Buffalo at the moment.
In catching-up news: Erika, I really enjoyed your piece. Thanks for sharing it! Susan, I'm so sorry about the rejection letter, but listen to Deb and others. I am certain you will find another agent who gets your book and who will nurture it as it deserves. Deb, I'm so sorry you've been sick this week, and I hope you're feeling better. Also, my MIL is officially ordering all of your books for the library she works for....assuming they still have a library. The current budget in this county is going to eliminate funding for the libraries.
Can you believe it? The locals are massing a huge local campaign to save their libraries. They think that the country commissioner is probably playing a game of chicken and doesn't really mean to follow through with this...but dear god. This is insane.
In MEME news, I wanted to share exciting (to me, at least) news! I got inspired yesterday to revisit one of my personal essays on my life as a teacher (I've been slowly working on a series that might one day become a compilation I'll try to market), and I think I've mostly finished it! I can't attach or send it now without the internet, obviously, but I'm looking for beta readers. It's about 1250 words or so, so not too long.
Any takers? If interested, I'll likely send it to you tomorrow afternoon or evening. No rush in feedback.
ETA: Warning--it is a sad essay.
Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2004 2:17:47 pm PST #8207 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Would love to read it, Kristin.
deborah grabien - Nov 21, 2004 2:28:57 pm PST #8208 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kristin, by all means send, but I may not get to it for a day. Just back from reading and have to go back out and I am dizzy and mildly out of it.
In re the library funding? Salinas - 125,000 residents, home of John Steinbeck - is about to become the largest city west of the Rockies without a library. No money to fund it.
I wonder if Ahnuld has an economoc recovery plan for it?
Feh.
dcp - Nov 21, 2004 3:58:39 pm PST #8209 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Kristin, may I try it too?