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'Beneath You'


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 - Mar 08, 2014 4:15:37 am PST #5948 of 6687
not your mom's socks.

I think it would be awesome too.


Amy - Mar 08, 2014 9:57:39 am PST #5949 of 6687
Because books.

I think I read your original post wrong, Sox. Seeing Buffistas is always a good thing.

How was the editorial letter?


hippocampus - Mar 08, 2014 5:04:15 pm PST #5950 of 6687
not your mom's socks.

It's good! There's a lot there. Editor is awesome.

It's late and my eyes are crossing.

One. Chapter. At. A. Time.


hippocampus - Mar 15, 2014 3:05:08 pm PDT #5951 of 6687
not your mom's socks.

50 more pages on this pass. Did you know that the thing that happens when you stare at a word for long enough that the word looks wrong no matter what also happens with verb tense? I don't know if I knew that or what. I don't know what day it is. Flop.


Polter-Cow - Mar 15, 2014 7:57:18 pm PDT #5952 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Oh man, are you changing the entire tense of your book or something?


hippocampus - Mar 16, 2014 10:42:28 am PDT #5953 of 6687
not your mom's socks.

Just edits, PC. Normal course of business.


EpicTangent - Mar 24, 2014 7:18:01 am PDT #5954 of 6687
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Any of our Buffista authors ever epublished a Kindle book? I'm specifically curious whether the author has any way of knowing who's purchased their book? I'm assuming (and hoping) no. A semi-friend has published an urban fantasy (angels in this one) and it's...not good. I really don't want her to ever ask what I thought of it - I'm not sure I could come up with enough "interesting concept"-type comments to keep me away from the weak grammar, adjective abuse and beat-you-over-the-head names of the characters (Seriously - Ananiah Immaculada? Professor Dhampir? Ms. Seraph? Seriously?) I wanted to like it - I know her from church, and I respect her trying to create a "clean" urban fantasy. I'd just love to know who decreed that "Christian" fiction is always so poorly executed.

Note: I'm actually only 2 chapters in, so I suppose it could still turn around...but I'm not hopeful.


Amy - Mar 24, 2014 7:42:36 am PDT #5955 of 6687
Because books.

I've never self-published one, no, but I don't think there's any way for the author to know that. There isn't for books e-published through a traditional publisher. Amazon should be tracking profits and giving the author numbers, not names.


EpicTangent - Mar 24, 2014 8:23:20 am PDT #5956 of 6687
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Yay, numbers!


Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2014 8:49:24 am PDT #5957 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Professor Dhampir? Ms. Seraph?

So you're saying he's a dhampir and she's a seraph, huh? Wait, did I just spoil a major plot twist?