( continues...) life Marlin loved, protected and cared for her, and every moment of every day she felt treasured, and she reciprocated that love. She felt extraordinarily blessed to be so loved, but we know she deserved it. The world was a far kinder and more beautiful place for 95 years for her presence and it is an emptier place for her loss. Thank you.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Laura - Aug 17, 2017 7:49:52 am PDT #6492 of 6682
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse - Aug 17, 2017 7:57:27 am PDT #6493 of 6682
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's wonderful, Laura! It made me smile and tear up, so I can only imagine the affect it will have on the people who actually knew and loved your mom.
Laura - Aug 17, 2017 8:09:10 am PDT #6494 of 6682
Our wings are not tired.
I asked my 3 sibs and step-dad for stories and went from there.
Thank you, Jesse.
-t - Aug 17, 2017 8:56:30 am PDT #6495 of 6682
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's beautiful, Laura.
Beverly - Aug 17, 2017 10:18:22 am PDT #6496 of 6682
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
That's an absolutely lovely tribute, Laura. I wish I'd known her. We all knew she was probably pretty wonderful to have raised such a stellar human as you.
Laura - Aug 17, 2017 10:37:16 am PDT #6497 of 6682
Our wings are not tired.
Since it is to be read aloud I made myself read aloud as I was putting it together and editing. I think it flows easily enough to read. People will have to deal with me reading it from paper because I sure as heck can't memorize or ad-lib!
erikaj - Aug 20, 2017 2:25:18 pm PDT #6498 of 6682
Always Anti-fascist!
If anyone knows anything about how a bigger record company might acquire a small-but-profitable indie label(How long it takes, sticking points, etc,) you'll really help me get my novel right at last.
erikaj - Jan 02, 2018 12:33:58 pm PST #6499 of 6682
Always Anti-fascist!
Thought I was really going to have a collaboration with another disabled artist, but he read my pitch and was like "That's not really what I do." And, in addition to feeling kind of hurt, part of me was like "I was going to pay you money and you always have a GoFundMe...what you do should be what I do, right now." But is he right? Have I been floating by the seat of my pants too much because I don't really have a capital-V Vision anymore?(although I can't say his is getting results that much more than mine since he's a caricuturist on Sunset Strip, which is better for street cred than commissions.) I've always been interested in a lot of different things and that's what my clips are like, too, but should I have more of a sense of What I Do at this stage?(Except not, say, Ayn Rand companion volumes, obvs...I would do anything for love but I won't do that!)
Connie Neil - Jan 02, 2018 12:39:07 pm PST #6500 of 6682
brillig
Does he have a vision, or does he have a marketing catchphrase? If you look back over your work, is there a common approach? (I hate the word theme, it reminds me of Pinterest)
erikaj - Jan 02, 2018 1:09:42 pm PST #6501 of 6682
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod, I know. Even "vision" sounds like I'm gonna be cutting pics out of magazines any moment. I guess it's not the end of the world if we don't work on something together(Damn me for always looking for the cinematic ending) but it does make me wonder if I'd have been a better writer if I had a more long-range view of my work.(Although, pique aside, maybe my instinct that he's playing the grand piano isn't completely wrong,either. Even if the best insights don't usually come with "screw you," attached.)