Drabble prompt:
cherry
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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 - Feb 20, 2012 4:16:58 am PST #5124 of 6690
Because books.
Gudanov - Feb 21, 2012 7:42:30 am PST #5125 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
My first choice agent and first agent I queried just gave me my first reply. They want to see 30 pages. The odds are still low, but that gives me a good feeling that my query letter is effective.
hippocampus - Feb 21, 2012 8:12:48 am PST #5126 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Awesome news Gud!
Volans - Feb 21, 2012 9:22:40 am PST #5127 of 6690
move out and draw fire
Erin, I know it's late feedback, but
Would we look at collections of letters written by people in the past (you know, before computers?!) and say that because these people wrote dozens and dozens of letters a month to family member and friends that they were insulating themselves from personal connections to real people?
Well, yeah, that is what people say about H.P. Lovecraft and Emily Dickenson and probably others.
Otherwise it's lovely...it captures a lot about why I sometimes refer to b.org as "my church."
(is spending time here rather than writing)
Consuela - Feb 21, 2012 9:38:05 am PST #5128 of 6690
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Erin, that's a great essay.
And congratulations, Gud!
Amy, my boss is in Guam for the week: I should be able to write 100 words about fruit.
Liese S. - Feb 21, 2012 10:36:34 am PST #5129 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Good for you, Gud.
Amy - Feb 21, 2012 12:44:15 pm PST #5130 of 6690
Because books.
Good news, Gud!
Guam, Consuela! Wow. That's never an expected destination, is it?
"Cherry" came to me because it was Washington's birthday, but remember, cherry can mean a lot more than fruit.
Also, if anyone thinks the prompts suck, or simply has ideas for some, just shout.
Connie Neil - Feb 21, 2012 1:01:24 pm PST #5131 of 6690
brillig
Cherry
I always forget that it's my favorite flavor, which is a stupid thing to forget. Then I realize that my favorite is the real thing, not the fake, chemically thing that parades itself as "cherry flavor."
"Cherry" is family vacations and going into strange roadside diners and looking at the menu suspiciously, then leaping with relief on good, old, familiar Cherry soda.
Or proper cherry cordials, with dark chocolate and a real cherry in the middle, sweet and slightly sour and so, so good.
Don't tell me that squirt of citric-acid-and-"natural flavors" is cherry. I can tell.
Liese S. - Feb 21, 2012 1:03:12 pm PST #5132 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I haven't been participating or commenting, but the prompts are great and I'm glad to see everyone writing!
Amy - Feb 23, 2012 6:07:12 am PST #5133 of 6690
Because books.
Cherry:
It’s never as simple as a kiss.
But the little men who lead the way assure me it is the answer. “One kiss,” they promise, “please.”
Every word is an enticement. “Lips like a cherry,” they tell me. “Hair glossy as a raven’s wing.”
They aren’t wrong. The cold glass casket holds such beauty, it takes my breath away.
I wonder what those lifeless lips will taste like. I wonder if I will be able to breathe new life into them.
They open the casket for me. I gather my trailing skirts and step forward to kiss the sleeping prince.