I get a little stompy about spelling, grammar, and punctuation myself, so I sympathize with him there.
And being high on your BOOK is an excellent thing. That's how you get it written, babe.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
Amy - Aug 16, 2010 5:24:59 pm PDT #3542 of 6693
Because books.
Typo Boy - Aug 16, 2010 5:55:24 pm PDT #3543 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In terms of writing books. I actually think they can be useful in the same way that a child care book can be. Not as a "this set of rules is the one true way" but as "hey, maybe I should try that next time x happens." Or "Hey that's an approach I had not thought of to this chronic problem. Maybe that'll work." Even if the writer thinks they are preaching the one true way, that doesn't mean you can't cherry pick what you find useful and leave the rest.
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2010 5:16:22 am PDT #3544 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Good luck with the writing Cindy! It's cool you're pumped up about your story.
During my brief between revision hiatus, I've written up some notes for my next novel project in the form of a short story.
erikaj - Aug 18, 2010 12:56:53 pm PDT #3545 of 6693
Always Anti-fascist!
as posted on lj, I still need to come up with a new title for my EQ story(that was betaed by people here...thanks.) It's a darkly comic story about a first-edition "Maltese Falcon", a heist interrupted, and an accidental shooting. If it'll help, it happens in a family business, and you can be funny if you want...help me come up with something!
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2010 8:55:35 am PDT #3546 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Oh hey, I remember that story, it was good. Jeez, a name, I can't think of anything offhand, I'm trying to remember the story better. It was first person so my first lame attempt: "The Maltese Falcon and Me"?
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2010 9:21:50 am PDT #3547 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I finished up my short story that is my notes for my next novel.
Now back to Dead Mountain to analyze all my feedback and make my last round of changes before a final checking and cleaning up of grammar and punctuation. I'm not planning to get feedback on the this next version, from what I've gotten back I don't foresee big enough changes to go do that. Lots of tweaks, but nothing too major.
Typo Boy - Aug 19, 2010 10:36:18 am PDT #3548 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Nothing great has occurred to me. Sharing what I've come up with in case they spark something:
Black Falcon Down
The Falcon and the No Man
The Maltese Screwup
The Maltese Stumble
That Sweet Neck...
Scrappy - Aug 19, 2010 10:59:02 am PDT #3549 of 6693
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Falconry For Dummies The MF
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 20, 2010 12:47:51 am PDT #3550 of 6693
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I've just been asked to write an article for the online comment section of the Guardian, on an exceptionally controversial subject to do with disability and feminism. By Monday. I fear the comments from the usual suspect crowd of right-wing disability benefits haters. And my schedule for the next three days. But, yay!
Amy - Aug 20, 2010 6:21:21 am PDT #3551 of 6693
Because books.
That's awesome, Seska!