I really like the way Erika writes. It's just different. It's like being thrown in the middle of a sea of images rather than getting one image at a time. I think it might work best at longer lengths, though. I'm looking forward to the Erika novel.
I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Ginger - Dec 03, 2004 11:31:46 am PST #8455 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
deborah grabien - Dec 03, 2004 11:40:45 am PST #8456 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'm looking forward to the Erika novel.
Oh, that's a big hell-yes.
erikaj - Dec 03, 2004 12:07:30 pm PST #8457 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
(blush) It may take longer now, as y'all have made me nervous in re research. I guess I will have to call some local PIs and get at least an average rate, for instance. Because people do notice. And people do care.(Bloody smart Buffistas, making me work and call up strangers. Grr. argh.) Thanks, everyone, for putting such a good spin on the fact that my creativity works like a Cordy vision. Except I don't usually spew.I also don't have very much Wesley in my brain to help me figure out what I'm looking at.
Brynn - Dec 03, 2004 2:05:50 pm PST #8458 of 10001
"I'd rather discuss the permutations of swordplay, with an undertone of definite allusion to sex." Beverly, offering an example of when your characters give you 'tude.
Deb: This is from months back... But how did that apocalyptic clown story go? I'm drowning in a sea of term papers and could use a change of pace...
deborah grabien - Dec 03, 2004 3:04:34 pm PST #8459 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Brynn, finished and with the editor, who needs a boot up the arse from me. Shouldn't be too hard; we share an agent and he's here in town (San Francisco) doing readings at Borderlands. I might have to go threaten with a cluestick.
Why, did you want to read it?
Anne W. - Dec 03, 2004 3:44:41 pm PST #8460 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
thunks head repeatedly on dining-room table
I volunteered to beta a friend's YA novel.
I hope he'll still be my friend when I'm done.
Susan W. - Dec 03, 2004 3:48:01 pm PST #8461 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
That bad, eh? Wanna vent?
Anne W. - Dec 03, 2004 3:53:32 pm PST #8462 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
It's not horrible. It's just that it's very, very amateur, if that makes any sense. I'm not looking forward to explaining to him that handling exposition of historical fact by having two characters who already know this shit explaining it to each other is not a good way to handle things.
In general, the poor guy has trouble getting any kind of exposition--historical, character descriptions, etc.--across smoothly. For example: "Well, then it is a good thing the War is over..." David replied, referring to what would one day be called the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War.
Susan W. - Dec 03, 2004 3:57:44 pm PST #8463 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
ODL. I don't suppose he'd take kindly to being told he's got potential, but is making lots of beginner mistakes, and might benefit from an introductory book or community college course?
Anne W. - Dec 03, 2004 4:01:43 pm PST #8464 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Actually, I think he would appreciate knowing now rather than later that he needs some serious outside help. I'm going to go through the whole thing (it's not that long) and point out examples of what's not working. The story itself is actually not that bad, once you get past the beginner-level prose.