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.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Miracleman - Nov 25, 2008 4:07:17 am PST #1213 of 6690
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Deena - Nov 25, 2008 5:40:59 am PST #1214 of 6690
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 6690
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 6690
"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.
Amy - Dec 07, 2008 2:08:43 pm PST #1217 of 6690
Because books.
I think it depends on what the story demands, erika. If it's set up well and means something -- either in character development or moving the plot -- then go for it.
The danger is something like Giles getting knocked out all the time, I think. That was played as a running gag after a while, of course, but in a novel, unless your tone is pretty light, that's harder to pull off.
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2008 7:02:13 am PST #1218 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
AU Channel Christmas Specials
Carl The Christmas Vampire
Little Match Girl II: She's back from the dead and out for revenge.
Saving Pottersville: Can the people of a thriving metropolis be saved from an evil spell that seeks to make them vanish as though they'd never existed?
Dreidel of the Dead: "shin" in this game will cost you more than just Hanukkah gelt.
CSI North Pole: who killed the sinister Arctic sweatshop owner with the midget fetish?
Anne W. - Dec 13, 2008 7:18:09 am PST #1219 of 6690
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Little Match Girl II: She's back from the dead and out for revenge.
That is wonderful. There are no words for how much I loathe the original story.
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2008 7:21:17 am PST #1220 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
It was the first one I came up with.
Ginger - Dec 13, 2008 7:42:03 am PST #1221 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Terror of Jingle Bells: Who will survive the race with the wolf pack?
The Terror of Jingle Bells II: They've eaten Grandma. Who will be next?
Little Match Girl III: She's back with her matches and this time she has gasoline
CSI NY: The bearded man at Macy's claimed he was Santa, but what was he doing with little girls?
Other AU sequels:
Little Red Ridinghood II: Revenge of the She Wolf
Little Red Ridinghood III: The Woodsman with his Ax Gave Grandma 40 Whacks
Jack and the Beanstalk II: The Ho-ho-horrible Revenge of the Giants
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2008 7:51:12 am PST #1222 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Cool, Ginger. Anyone else?