(passes Erin a toasted Xanax)
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
amych - Sep 21, 2011 5:28:39 pm PDT #4677 of 6690
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Strix - Sep 21, 2011 6:00:49 pm PDT #4678 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
HA! I'ma take it!
Grazie, bella!
Amy - Sep 21, 2011 6:09:28 pm PDT #4679 of 6690
Because books.
Good girl, Erin! YAY!
hippocampus - Sep 22, 2011 1:52:45 am PDT #4680 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Good luck, Erin!
Etr the me me me stuff.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2011 10:19:29 am PDT #4681 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Good luck, Erin!
Strix - Sep 22, 2011 10:22:34 am PDT #4682 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Thanks, guys! Now it's just the waiting game.
Good thing (I mean that) that I have other stuff to work on that's fun and keeping me from thinking 1 week, 2 weeks, etc...
hippocampus - Sep 22, 2011 10:55:36 am PDT #4683 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
that I have other stuff to work on that's fun and keeping me from thinking 1 week, 2 weeks, etc...
and if that doesn't work, try "Good work, Wesley, good day. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." What? It's kind of working for me atm. [link]
Strix - Sep 22, 2011 12:17:52 pm PDT #4684 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Bwah! Duly noted, Sox.
Holli - Sep 23, 2011 5:41:13 am PDT #4685 of 6690
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Another no on my Defenders query. I'm starting to think about e-pubbing the thing and having done with it; as a first novel I'm proud of it but I don't know if it's likely to find an agent.
Typo Boy - Sep 27, 2011 9:42:55 pm PDT #4686 of 6690
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.
I'm starting to think about short descriptions of my graphics book, not to describe substance but style. One is "a picture book for adults" or "a picture book for grown ups". Hopefully that conveys the idea of a book with a layout and look and feel of a children's book, but with adult vocabulary and complexity of content. Hopefully the use of "adult" does not lead to an expectation of porn or sexual content. Hopefully the alternative use of "grownup" does not lead to an expectation of preciousness.
Another description is "a snarky survey of a serious topic". I'd say about one third of the book is snarky. One third tries is somewhat emotional but not funny or sarcastic, and one third use colorful metaphors to help make complicated concepts simple to understand without snark or emotional content. Is "snarky" a fair description for that amount of snark, or is it misleading?
Also, one description I rejected is "environmentalism without a stick up its ass". Is there a polite way to say that, without the false implication about other environmentalists?