For those who hate the serial/Oxford comma, an online tutorial. With some literary commentary.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
Toddson - Oct 06, 2011 10:18:20 am PDT #4703 of 6690
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Amy - Oct 06, 2011 10:19:26 am PDT #4704 of 6690
Because books.
From io9, The Ten Types of Writer's Block.
hippocampus - Oct 06, 2011 12:02:25 pm PDT #4705 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
oh Toddson. Thank you. hahahahaha.
Atropa - Oct 06, 2011 12:08:46 pm PDT #4706 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Double-checking my contract does reveal that my publisher is the one who handles translation sales. My agent was also a bit surprised, and has emailed my editor for more exciting details.
Tonight, I get to do some research and write up a few paragraphs explaining why a German translation deal for GCS is a REALLY GOOD IDEA. (My agent says publishers love being given that sort of information, and that numbers are especially good.)
Ginger - Oct 06, 2011 12:14:17 pm PDT #4707 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Germans: the original Goths
Strix - Oct 08, 2011 8:25:07 pm PDT #4708 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Heh, and Ginger beat me to it.
Barb - Oct 10, 2011 7:02:41 am PDT #4709 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Have I mentioned lately how very much I hate synopses?
And you'd think that reworking an existing synopsis would be easier, but nooooooo... not when one is completely turning the story ass over teakettle.
BAH. Frelling synopses.
Strix - Oct 10, 2011 7:26:49 am PDT #4710 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Have I mentioned lately how very much I hate synopses?
BWAHAHAHAHHA!
No, no you haven't.
(I'm laughing with you AND at you. MWAH!)
Amy - Oct 10, 2011 7:35:25 am PDT #4711 of 6690
Because books.
Pretend you're writing copy for the back cover, and then flesh it out a little bit.
Gudanov - Oct 10, 2011 4:55:12 pm PDT #4712 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
BAH. Frelling synopses.
OMG, I'm right there with you. I'm literally doing my synopsis of Cog right now. I'm pretty sure the first pass will be a fail, but getting that first attempt done will hopefully break the ice.