Ha! I wouldn't worry about that, erika-- I finally admitted that I don't and in all likelihood will never write romance, much as I might want to.
I do, however, cop to some righteous love stories. I'm good with that.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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.
Barb - Jun 08, 2009 11:37:31 am PDT #1681 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Gudanov - Jun 08, 2009 11:38:51 am PDT #1682 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Congratulations Barb!
erikaj - Jun 08, 2009 11:53:34 am PDT #1683 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I'm a little confused where I fit on the genre divide myself, Barb. I mean, I like hard-boiled, but at the same time, I'm not all that comfortable with how sexist and violent the old-school stuff was. But, at the same time, the "Plumification" of the P.I. genre, for lack of a better term, is kind of alarming...I mean, I loved that series at first, but now, everyone and her sister has got a lipstick in one hand and a P.I. license in the other, and, FTR, Ms. Evanovich, it's better to stop a series before passionate readers like me say "Oh, are you still on that?" As a writer in my position, I've got no prayer of being hard-core, but I'm getting bored with the pink-tinted mysteries with no real stakes where the heroine gets saved by a dog or her grandma before nothing really dangerous happens to her in the first place.
Atropa - Jun 08, 2009 11:58:14 am PDT #1684 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Congratulations, Barb!
Amy - Jun 08, 2009 12:01:47 pm PDT #1685 of 6690
Because books.
Yay, Barb!
Burrell - Jun 08, 2009 12:05:41 pm PDT #1686 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations, Barb!
Wolfram - Jun 08, 2009 12:39:02 pm PDT #1687 of 6690
Visilurking
Congrats, Barb!
-t - Jun 08, 2009 1:43:27 pm PDT #1688 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, Barb!
sj - Jun 08, 2009 1:51:17 pm PDT #1689 of 6690
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Barb! I hope this helps to restore your confidence in your talent.
Gudanov - Jun 09, 2009 4:58:37 am PDT #1690 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Chapter 20 is over. That puts me at 114k words now. That puts me on target for about 160k words.