You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


The Great Write Way  

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


erikaj - Dec 30, 2004 4:49:52 pm PST #8947 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Hmm, Victor...although we'd be in bigger "We're gonna need a bigger boat!" trouble if I was the voice of optimism. No, I think we'd be completely fucked. But I am positive about that. Actually, I feel good about finishing Eva Braun's edit from hell. And I second the good wishes for Books of Deb.


Pix - Dec 30, 2004 4:50:22 pm PST #8948 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Basically I've decided that my dream job is to write somewhere between David Sedaris and Dave Barry. Humor, but humor with a purpose. More of the "everyman" than Sedaris, more poignant than Barry. Of course, I aspire to someone like Fadiman, who is my favorite essayist.

It's in the air. 2005 is going to be a hell of a year, and I can't wait.


deborah grabien - Dec 30, 2004 5:03:09 pm PST #8949 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Kristin, that's some damned good company you're talking about keeping, there. Don't forget some Garrison Keillor, too.


erikaj - Dec 30, 2004 5:09:19 pm PST #8950 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Wrod. Keillor rocks. Makes it look easy, too. All the great ones do.ETA: And I'm quite proud of having made him laugh once, as evidenced by taking every opportunity to talk about it.


Amy - Dec 30, 2004 5:15:15 pm PST #8951 of 10001
Because books.

Deb, you're not hogging. I love your drabbles. I'm not getting anything for this one, other than falling in love, and that was more of a sharp smack in the forehead for me. And I've got all fingers crossed for you this year -- I'm about three chapters away from done with Weaver, which rocks so very hard. I looove Penny and Ringan, and Penny and Ringan together, and all of it. The way you describe their encounters with Will and Betsy give me goosebumps.

Kristin, that sounds wonderful! I have a blog on blogspot which I just started updating again, and I will gladly link to your site when it's ready, not that I imagine too many people will be reading my blog. But I do have books coming out in March and May and next January, so hopefully some of those readers will check in. (And they told two friends, and they told two friends...)


Ginger - Dec 30, 2004 5:19:39 pm PST #8952 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'll let y'all know when mine is up, but I think I'm going to see how well I can sustain it before I make much of an effort to spread the word. I'm afraid that life will, once again, get in the way, and it will turn into one of the thousands of orphan websites that no one has swept or dusted for years.


victor infante - Dec 30, 2004 5:22:51 pm PST #8953 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

AtlanticRock.com, "your one-stop information site for all things African in America," is republishing an old essay of mine, "Once Again, Poetry Is Dead?: It must be true, because Newsweek said it."

[link]

Odd when total strangers take interest in things I wrote ages ago. But hey, I'm honored just to be here, y'know?


Amy - Dec 30, 2004 5:23:41 pm PST #8954 of 10001
Because books.

one of the thousands of orphan websites that no one has swept or dusted for years

That's what mine looks like now -- the website, not the blog. I kept thinking it would be easier than it is to put one together, and, uh, not so much, it turns out. I'm hoping my thirteen-year-old will pick up Dreamweaver faster than I am.


Pix - Dec 30, 2004 5:24:38 pm PST #8955 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

You all RAWK.


Ginger - Dec 30, 2004 5:27:25 pm PST #8956 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Web design is one of the things I do to make a living, but my business website is like the shoemaker's children. I would never let a client's website get so out of date.