Congratulations Barb!
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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.
Gudanov - Jun 08, 2009 11:38:51 am PDT #1682 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
erikaj - Jun 08, 2009 11:53:34 am PDT #1683 of 6693
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 6693
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Congratulations, Barb!
Amy - Jun 08, 2009 12:01:47 pm PDT #1685 of 6693
Because books.
Yay, Barb!
Burrell - Jun 08, 2009 12:05:41 pm PDT #1686 of 6693
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 6693
Visilurking
Congrats, Barb!
-t - Jun 08, 2009 1:43:27 pm PDT #1688 of 6693
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 6693
"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 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Chapter 20 is over. That puts me at 114k words now. That puts me on target for about 160k words.
Gudanov - Jun 10, 2009 5:53:18 am PDT #1691 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I got about 800 words into Chapter 21. I have a few new characters that are slowing me down. I don't have a good feel for a couple of them yet.