Aww, connie.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Liese S. - Oct 06, 2009 3:59:45 pm PDT #2503 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Liese S. - Oct 06, 2009 4:00:16 pm PDT #2504 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
song
"Now would be a good time for anyone not a musician to leave the room. Or for any musician who values his hearing. Anyone not me, really."
It probably hadn't ever been done. The equipment was ancient, the sound man deaf. The proportions of the room were exactly, precisely wrong. And the gear got swapped out every week.
But it was time. We tore out the cables, labeled everything, taped it all down. Cleared the stage, tossed the trash, unearthed mysterious stashes of golf balls.
And rang out the system. The noise was shrill, but momentary.
Afterwards, the room sang.
Barb - Oct 06, 2009 5:12:00 pm PDT #2505 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Bah. Two more rejections. One from my former editor (although I was an inherited author, not one that she initially bought, so it's not a total shocker).
I want someone to buy my pretty book!
Amy - Oct 06, 2009 5:34:52 pm PDT #2506 of 6690
Because books.
Ugh, sorry, Barb.
Gud, you *didn't* fall off a ladder, right?
Liese S. - Oct 06, 2009 6:39:57 pm PDT #2507 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, Barb, that's too bad. Your book is pretty! Someone will buy it!
Allyson - Oct 07, 2009 6:47:14 am PDT #2508 of 6690
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Sorry Barb, May the next email be a sale.
Liese S. - Oct 07, 2009 8:01:33 am PDT #2509 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Drabble theme for today: blink ? How's that?
Amy - Oct 07, 2009 8:07:02 am PDT #2510 of 6690
Because books.
That's a good one. I was drawing a blank.
Gudanov - Oct 07, 2009 1:26:48 pm PDT #2511 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Gud, you *didn't* fall off a ladder, right?
No. I'm actually really safe on a ladder because of my phobia. I feel like I'm tipping backwards the whole time so I can't even get up the ladder unless it's really, really secure.
Chapter 17 and 18 are in the bag. I actually used a paragraph from my rough draft in 19, a rare event.
Sorry about the news Barb, I hope the next communication is more satisfactory.
Barb - Oct 07, 2009 1:29:14 pm PDT #2512 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Thanks, Gud. And glad to see that the ladder didn't claim you as a victim and that you're making some progress.
As far as the Rs, they are what they are. I also just found out today that an editor to whom my agent had submitted the manuscript was just let go from his house, apparently for creative differences. Which happens. We'll just find someone else at the house to submit to. I feel bad for one of my good friends, because this was her editor and he currently had her option book and was about to take it to committee, so now she's sort of back at square one until they decide who's going to be looking at his former work.