Barb, who doesn't want that? I don't even have an agent and I want that. Of course, I'm not likely to get an agent as a mystery writer who can't plot. Maybe I'll have to do it like improv: "Ok, give me a chronic condition, a deadly instrument, and a room in the house. Go!" Sometimes I wish another passion would well up in me so strongly that I just needed to hang up my keyboard for life. Because it makes me sad that writing could be my life's ambition and I'm still not that great at it. Because there is nothing else. I can't write well cause I haven't had a full life, yet the only way I really know to fix that is for the writing to get better. sigh.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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erikaj - Oct 21, 2009 6:05:36 am PDT #2579 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Amy - Oct 21, 2009 6:35:47 am PDT #2580 of 6690
Because books.
Promising news! It's in an editorial meeting today! Meep.
Of course, it could still get shot down, but hey, someone liked it enough to take to meeting, so I'm counting that as a qualified win.
Ginger - Oct 21, 2009 7:36:13 am PDT #2581 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay! Yay! Yay!
(I was so excited I accidentally celebrated in Beep Me. Oops.)
Gudanov - Oct 21, 2009 7:37:32 am PDT #2582 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Congratulations Barb!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 21, 2009 7:38:30 am PDT #2583 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Barb, huge congrats! That sounds amazing!
Amy, sending lots of ~ma for the editorial meeting!
Amy - Oct 21, 2009 7:41:17 am PDT #2584 of 6690
Because books.
Yay, Barb!
Allyson - Oct 21, 2009 7:43:18 am PDT #2585 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
I'm supposed to hear back from my agent on Friday. I hope all the good news is contagious.
-t - Oct 21, 2009 8:03:03 am PDT #2586 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, I'm so happy for you!
I hope so, too, Allyson.
Gudanov - Oct 21, 2009 8:12:24 am PDT #2587 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I hope the good news keeps flowing.
SailAweigh - Oct 21, 2009 8:14:42 am PDT #2588 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Good news~ma for everyone! This is really fantastic!