Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Barb - Sep 12, 2011 6:14:24 pm PDT #4638 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”

Barb, you know I said what I said when you said what you said.

Consider yourself told, missy!

::pppppppppbbbbbbbbbblllllllllltttttttttt::


Strix - Sep 12, 2011 6:14:25 pm PDT #4639 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Ah, great ending! I like the way it leaves it open for thinking about possibilities and repercussions. (ETA: Sox' story, not Barb's raspberry. :stern frown: )

Nicely done, Sox!


hippocampus - Sep 13, 2011 4:10:36 am PDT #4640 of 6690
not your mom's socks.

Thanks, Erin!

Hey Amy, when's your tour taking you to ... Philly??


Amy - Sep 13, 2011 4:41:21 am PDT #4641 of 6690
Because books.

It's not! Although I am trying to arrange something at the Chester County Books.


hippocampus - Sep 13, 2011 5:43:34 am PDT #4642 of 6690
not your mom's socks.

We need to fix that - unless that gets you in trouble with your publisher. Then we won't.


Amy - Sep 13, 2011 5:47:50 am PDT #4643 of 6690
Because books.

Why would it get me in trouble? They'll be happy to support any other publicity I can put together.


hippocampus - Sep 13, 2011 6:09:01 am PDT #4644 of 6690
not your mom's socks.

cool. I will put my thinking cap on.


Toddson - Sep 13, 2011 6:30:12 am PDT #4645 of 6690
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Amy, I watched the little trailer - I noticed that your cover (the best, I think) is the only one without a young woman on it. It's distinctive and, so to speak, cool.


Amy - Sep 13, 2011 6:52:44 am PDT #4646 of 6690
Because books.

Aw, thanks, Todd!


Barb - Sep 14, 2011 1:34:29 pm PDT #4647 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”

I needs help, y'all. (Well, beyond the usual...)

Anyhoo, a producer has apparently expressed interest in Haunted, my ghost YA. (MEEP) Loves the concept, loves the writing, loves everything except she feels that the blurb/pitch as it stands, is a bit soft/cerebral/intellectual, so she wants a bit of a harder hook.

This is the blurb as it stands:

A fatal betrayal sends Matthew and Emily on a journey that traverses the boundaries between life and death. Combining elements of The Sixth Sense and The Time Traveler's Wife, A Single Haunted Memory explores themes of destiny and fate, guilt and retribution, and asks the question, where does the line between life and death truly lie?

Which, okay, I can understand the whole "too cerebral" thing, using TTW and Sixth Sense, especially since we're talking about a YA book. But I need a new one liner.

HALP?