Fan mail! Fan mail is awesome. ::nods::
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
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 - Nov 16, 2011 5:17:27 am PST #4914 of 6690
Because books.
-t - Nov 16, 2011 6:06:50 am PST #4915 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I got a fan mail this morning.
Awesome! And well deserved, it's a great story.
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 6:26:05 am PST #4916 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I was gonna say I never got one, but that's not true. It's just that the book review I got it for contained kinky crip sex, warm chocolate, and a few other things one might euphemistically call "hot-button"(huh, huh, huh) topics. One day the fans will love me for me.
Strix - Nov 16, 2011 7:34:29 am PST #4917 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yes, they will, erika.
Sox! That's fantastic!
Amy - Nov 16, 2011 7:36:47 am PST #4918 of 6690
Because books.
I don't get some agents. One I follow on Twitter is SO specific about what kind of stories she likes and what she doesn't -- right now, she's "still not interested in zombies or angels" when it comes to YA.
And I get that, on a personal level, but you're supposed to be looking for AUTHORS, not books. Authors you can keep working with, who can tell a story convincingly no matter what the subject is. And if zombies and angels are selling in YA (I have no idea anymore, just saying), isn't it short-sighted to pass over those books entirely?
She's a little weird.
Allyson - Nov 16, 2011 7:42:08 am PST #4919 of 6690
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I haven't gotten fanmail in so long! It's wonderful.
I dealt with a lot of children's editors who didn't want to read books with animals that talk.
You know who REALLY HATES talking animals? Kids. Boy do they...no, wait, they're cool with that.
Ginger - Nov 16, 2011 7:43:29 am PST #4920 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My impression is that vampires and zombies are neck and neck, so to speak, with anything supernatural right behind.
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 7:44:38 am PST #4921 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I could see that nobody wants to read *bad* talking animals, but nobody wants crappy *anything*, do they?
Ginger - Nov 16, 2011 7:46:44 am PST #4922 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
After all, there is no tradition of talking animals in children's literature. Oh, wait...
Atropa - Nov 16, 2011 9:10:24 am PST #4923 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Sox, congratulations on the fan mail!