And in a separate post: gnnng, I fail at FinishTheDamnNovel Month. Houseguests, then four days of birthday hijinks, job hunting, and other chaos means I'm only about halfway done. But! I am trying very hard not to beat myself up about this, and am concentrating on getting the first half polished and ready to go, so I can at least send THAT (and the new version of the proposal) to my agent in early December.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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.
Atropa - Nov 23, 2011 10:40:22 am PST #4965 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Strix - Nov 23, 2011 11:45:56 am PST #4966 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
How many pages did you get, Jilli? More than 20? Then fuck it: you did fine.
Ain't no arterial blood, ain't no house on fire, ain't no lurching zombies less than 5 feet away from you, and you with no weapon. It was a goal. You didn't hit it. Are you giving up?
NO? Well, then. Win!
hippocampus - Nov 28, 2011 7:55:00 am PST #4967 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Steven Gould (Jumper, 7th Sigma) let me pester him into an interview - it's up over here.
x-posted with Literary.
Gudanov - Nov 29, 2011 5:59:39 am PST #4968 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Cool.
Strix - Nov 29, 2011 6:14:39 am PST #4969 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Awesome!
Allyson - Nov 29, 2011 7:50:04 am PST #4970 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'm looking for a beta for a 4000 word essay that feels sort of wooden and disconnected to me. I think I just sound like a smug asshole, which is usually fine, but then I kind of want the reader to be on my side, so :/
If anyone's available and feels like a few lines of feedback, that would be great! Email is Allyson dot Beatrice at gmail.
erikaj - Nov 29, 2011 9:26:26 am PST #4971 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I could do it, Allyson. Send it to my profile address.
erikaj - Nov 29, 2011 11:04:37 am PST #4972 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
insent, Allyson.
I don't get to pee for another hour...and yet? Still beats Rock Class.
Although the one that broke my junior Poindexter brain, um, more than it was already, was when adults tried to motivate me with "Can't isn't a word," Which it obviously was in sentences like:
Erika can't walk.
Erika can't stand unassisted.
Now, what I think they meant is that it shouldn't be the *final* word in regards to things like fractions and try harder,but you know.
Allyson - Nov 29, 2011 12:23:28 pm PST #4973 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
Thanks a ton, erika!
Typo Boy - Nov 29, 2011 1:07:22 pm PST #4974 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.
Minor grumble. If you are copy-editing a manuscript which is required to to conform with Chicago Style Manual, you should not have to put in an author query asking what 4(4) in a citation of a journal is. Chicago standard for Volume 4 Issue 4.