Trying to decide if I really love my novel. Because I got another note that the beginning wasn't clear/exciting enough, and then maybe thinking I don't have the skills, because I thought I already addressed that issue when the last person told me that... it would just be a different thing if I were the sort of newbie that still believed I was gonna make a million dollars. I hate to quit on another manuscript, since it's embarrassing to contemplate how many times I've been "working on a first novel", but is that a reason to stick it out? Maybe I'm just good for twenty pages at a time..."short-story writer," isn't exactly an awful thing to be, but, then again, I already have so many limits on my potential, and that would be self-imposed--Hate to do that to myself.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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.
erikaj - May 13, 2013 5:58:51 am PDT #5655 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
hippocampus - May 16, 2013 10:55:57 am PDT #5656 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Erika - I know that working on another novel helped me re-see the first one a lot. (I'm still working on the first one.... ) You're an excellent writer, no matter what. And I love short stories, so it's not an awful thing to be at all.
hippocampus - May 16, 2013 10:57:12 am PDT #5657 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Starbucks latte-thing with some sort of caramel?
Agent-shaped news is up - I'm delighted and very excited and I need to lie down for a bit: [link]
Consuela - May 16, 2013 11:39:13 am PDT #5658 of 6690
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay Sox! That's totally awesome! I'm so pleased for you.
Beverly - May 16, 2013 11:45:01 am PDT #5659 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Woot! Fantastic news, Sox.
Burrell - May 16, 2013 11:45:51 am PDT #5660 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay Sox!
Ginger - May 16, 2013 12:01:27 pm PDT #5661 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay!
sj - May 16, 2013 12:10:42 pm PDT #5662 of 6690
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Congratulations, Sox!
Polter-Cow - May 16, 2013 12:24:00 pm PDT #5663 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Awesomesox! Where can I pre-order?
Liese S. - May 16, 2013 12:49:52 pm PDT #5664 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Congrats, Sox!