Aside from just lots of stuff happening as the end nears, it's just plain fun to start having things finally go full circle. This thing in chapter one plays a role in chapter 24. So does this other thing in chapter two.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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 17, 2009 8:47:29 am PDT #1709 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Barb - Jun 17, 2009 6:15:16 pm PDT #1710 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Go Gud!
Go Amy!
I have met new agent in person and she TOTALLY rocks. She gets it-- she completely gets everything about my writing.
I feel like a thousand pound weight labeled "You suck, don't ever write anything again," has been lifted from my shoulders.
-t - Jun 17, 2009 7:35:07 pm PDT #1711 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's super fantastic, Barb!
Liese S. - Jun 17, 2009 7:41:07 pm PDT #1712 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay, Barb! I love it! A good agent makes a world of difference. Best of luck to you in your new relationship.
And yay, Gud! Yay for continuity and almost-done-ness.
erikaj - Jun 17, 2009 9:34:57 pm PDT #1713 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I am finding myself super-uncomfortable watching Billy Walsh on Entourage...he's like K-Fucked made flesh. "I'm great...no, I'm shit." No, I'm so fucking great that you're an ass if you don't love it. It's not fit to be seen...it belongs in Cannes. I'm afraid that every writer has a Walsh in us. Ugly but true. We're not all that mental nor that pretentious, and if it were true that sex killed creativity I'd be the best writer in the fucking world, but that's a rant for another day.
Anne W. - Jun 18, 2009 12:16:51 am PDT #1714 of 6690
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Barb, that is great news.
Gudanov - Jun 18, 2009 5:03:11 am PDT #1715 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Awesome Barb!
I'm now about 2000 words into Chapter 23. Hopefully that one will be in the bag by the end of the weekend. I think I should be done with my rough draft sometime toward the end of July. I'm shooting for Thanksgiving to be done with the book.
erikaj - Jun 18, 2009 8:01:32 am PDT #1716 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, Barb, that's very cool about the agent thing...just because I am pondering writer-crazy doesn't mean I don't care about that...
Barb - Jun 18, 2009 8:28:28 am PDT #1717 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Pondering writer-crazy is perfectly valid, babe. And I was just in shouting from the rooftops, slightly inebriated mode last night.
erikaj - Jun 18, 2009 8:50:04 am PDT #1718 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
sounds fitting. And like "I'll take Shit I Never Get To Do, for 200, Alex." Damn you, Doug Ellin, for putting our crazy writer-crap out on the street. I hate you, in the sense that you really need to, you know, hire me or something. I guess I shouldn't mention that in the pitch meeting, should I ever get one. I'm thinking not so much. Right?