it probably did not hurt that your agent knew some of us, right?
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
msbelle - Mar 04, 2008 9:15:22 am PST #2869 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2008 9:16:07 am PST #2870 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I gave my editor your number, did he call?
Nope. I could be a figment.
Dana - Mar 04, 2008 9:17:37 am PST #2871 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm just busy trying to construct a horrific past for myself so I can get published.
You were a book editor, Ginger. In STALINIST RUSSIA. And you published this book that was supposed to be a memoir, but it turned out to be total fiction. And you are the Princess Anistasia.
Susan W. - Mar 04, 2008 9:22:17 am PST #2872 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm just busy trying to construct a horrific past for myself so I can get published.
Well, when the James Frey thing broke, I was all grumbly because as a writer of historical fiction, I can't really fake a memoir. I mean, even the most credulous idiot won't believe I was alive in 1811...unless I'm the reincarnation of a Peninsular War camp follower writing a past life memoir.
Except now I'm writing an alternate history, so, uh...I'm channeling my past life spirits from an alternate universe? Think anyone will buy that?
Allyson - Mar 04, 2008 9:22:21 am PST #2873 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 probably did not hurt that your agent knew some of us, right?
I'm sure it made a big difference, yes.
Scrappy - Mar 04, 2008 9:24:10 am PST #2874 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I realize I am being all me me me.
No, you are being all "I am sharing my unique personal knowledge of this subject we are discussing." In other words, please don't stop.
hippocampus - Mar 04, 2008 9:27:04 am PST #2875 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
I'm just busy trying to construct a horrific past for myself so I can get published.
growth industry!! we could offer this as a service! We'll be rich!
eta: (um, if these guys can - [link] - offer SL office design services and podcast vocal coaching, we could certainly do 'life enhancement services')
erikaj - Mar 04, 2008 9:27:16 am PST #2876 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My stepfather brought a gangbanger home from the crazy hospital to stay with us for...three months? But now I can't write about it because it sounds like: Yeah, right. But I swear it is completely true. Although not quite as dramatic as I just made it.
Ginger - Mar 04, 2008 9:28:57 am PST #2877 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I could wildly exaggerate some of the real horrificness, but not while my mother is alive. She'd out me in a New York minute.
shrift - Mar 04, 2008 9:29:04 am PST #2878 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I could write a gritty memoir, but I don't think the royalty check would be worth the awkward conversations I'd have to have with my mother.