I read the first paragraph and said, "yes! I would buy this!"
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
'Dirty Girls'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Laga - Nov 21, 2008 6:54:05 pm PST #1207 of 6713
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Wolfram - Nov 22, 2008 2:43:47 pm PST #1208 of 6713
Visilurking
MM, love to beta if you need. Profile addy is good. Great stuff.
Deena - Nov 23, 2008 8:50:25 am PST #1209 of 6713
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'd buy it too. That's awesome.
Miracleman - Nov 24, 2008 9:06:38 am PST #1210 of 6713
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Okay, so for a beta list I have: Anne W. Beverly Typo Boy Wolfram Deena
Anybody else? Anybody I name *not* want to beta?
Laga - Nov 24, 2008 12:27:24 pm PST #1211 of 6713
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Count me in if you need another reader. Lagarat at gmail.
Deena - Nov 24, 2008 2:45:07 pm PST #1212 of 6713
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
MM, I don't know how much I can respond. I'm really behind with work right now, but I'll do my best.
Miracleman - Nov 25, 2008 4:07:17 am PST #1213 of 6713
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
If you're swamped, Deena, it's cool, I don't have to send you anything.
Could that *sound* more passive-aggressive? But that's not how I mean it, honestly.
Deena - Nov 25, 2008 5:40:59 am PST #1214 of 6713
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Hee. No worries. I'd like to read it. I just don't want you sitting at your mailbox five minutes after you send it cursing me for my inability to respond.
edit: (or, reality, 10 days later.)
erikaj - Dec 06, 2008 7:06:19 pm PST #1215 of 6713
Always Anti-fascist!
Mystery fans: Is getting your detective protagonist roughed up necessary, played-out, or somewhere in between?
Ginger - Dec 06, 2008 7:54:40 pm PST #1216 of 6713
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It depends on whether it happens all the time or not. If our hero gets roughed up too frequently, I tend to start worrying about his judgment and his medical plan. Mainly, I get irritated if he or she gets roughed up because he did something really stupid.
I was just thinking about something similar after reading one book in which I never felt as if the protagonist was in jeopardy and another in which I thought the oft repeated jeopardy began to seem contrived. It's a fine line.