ARGH! Boring Novel Is Boring. ARGH.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
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.
hippocampus - Nov 09, 2011 12:08:02 pm PST #4833 of 6709
not your mom's socks.
erikaj - Nov 09, 2011 12:41:42 pm PST #4834 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!
Are you the most...established writer in the group, Amy? Cause maybe she's waiting for the Secret Handshake or something.
Liese S. - Nov 09, 2011 4:04:25 pm PST #4835 of 6709
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I just didn't know! If someone had smacked me down gently at the time, I would have been upset, but I would have been the better for it in the long run.
Amy - Nov 09, 2011 4:10:37 pm PST #4836 of 6709
Because books.
I have the most experience, if that's what you mean, erika.
I think she's reacting more to my editorial experience than my writing, since she's never seen my writing, as far as I know.
erikaj - Nov 10, 2011 8:51:05 am PST #4837 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!
Still, kind of a bold move with someone you just met.(I suppose I did that with Herself and some Buffy fic once...I had an idea that I was psyched about and she said "Yeah, cool," and I took that to mean "I'd love to read more--RIGHT NOW.Luckily for her, I write slowly so she was able to say "Nice start, but people usually *ask*) But I sort of knew her. I think it's weird, for all the articles about how isolating the internet is, all of us typing in our lonely, ticky-tacky boxes, the thing I've noticed is that the sense of public and private is getting a little skewed...maybe cause it takes just a few clicks to call someone a Friend.
Amy - Nov 11, 2011 5:41:50 am PST #4838 of 6709
Because books.
For Nigel Tufnel Day (i.e. 11/11/11), the challenge is to write eleven-word stories and post them to Twitter with the hashtag #11words.
It's a little easier than Hemingway's six-word ones, anyway.
hippocampus - Nov 11, 2011 5:49:55 am PST #4839 of 6709
not your mom's socks.
I'm feeling lucky I can still count to 11 after night #2 of Croup + fever. WTH - I thought croup was over when she could read or something. (I know this doesn't make sense. My brain is on slush mode).
Ginger - Nov 11, 2011 6:02:05 am PST #4840 of 6709
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Eleven words is hard:
If the bloodstains come out, I can sell the wedding dress.
Strix - Nov 11, 2011 7:21:56 am PST #4841 of 6709
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And it turned out that the drunken monkey had been correct.
Amy - Nov 11, 2011 7:24:25 am PST #4842 of 6709
Because books.
You have to tell a whole story, though. And you have to tweet it! Well, you don't have to, but it's fun.