I'm totally buying it in a bookstore. At least once.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2007 2:31:05 pm PST #363 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
shrift - Feb 12, 2007 2:32:18 pm PST #364 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Holy ass, shrift. I wanted to ask for your help but felt bad about being all burdeny.
Ha! It's so the opposite of a burden. I like it when my friends do cool things that I can brag about!
And now that I'm thinking about it, it's not too early to put up a link on the front page of the Buffy Fiction Archive and any other relevant website I run.
Anyone who reads my LJ is going to hear about it a lot, I'm sure.
sarameg - Feb 12, 2007 2:33:14 pm PST #365 of 10001
I'll buy at least one in a bookstore, so I can babble at the clerk. But not the last copy on the shelf, because I'm a guaranteed purchaser and that's still a potential new audience from that store.
That made sense in my head, ok?
Lee - Feb 12, 2007 2:33:46 pm PST #366 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Relatedly, Allyson, insent.
amych - Feb 12, 2007 2:50:04 pm PST #367 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sara, if you buy the last copy, they'll almost certainly restock right away, and can do so within 24-48 hours -- if you leave one, at least in a small store without tons and tons of turnover, they're much more likely to think they're doing okay on stock for now. (Note that this only applies to indies; the big box guys aren't directly in control of whether they restock things or not at the store level.)
Allyson - Feb 12, 2007 2:52:40 pm PST #368 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
You guys are being so amazing to me. I'm wickedly grateful.
Amy - Feb 12, 2007 2:54:32 pm PST #369 of 10001
Because books.
Allyson, I'm going to be running a contest onmy website in June, for my release, so I'll pimp it then. I have a few romance-y connections on the web, but lots and lots of them are Buffy fans, and Internet users, so it might help.
So happy for you! You better be ready to give some interviews, miss.
askye - Feb 12, 2007 2:57:07 pm PST #370 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I'm going to the library and request the book and call around to the various bookstores and see if they are going to carry it.
Oh! I can pimp it at the comic book store too. It's not something they'd carry but anything to get the name out.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 12, 2007 3:00:56 pm PST #371 of 10001
What is even happening?
Allyson, this is so exciting, I can't stand it. Can you breathe?
Allyson - Feb 12, 2007 3:08:03 pm PST #372 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
No! I cant breathe! And I'm going to have to stay late at work because I havent been able to focus all day, and I need to make sure some important things get done.
But my god, it's hard to think about anything else.