Frequently the person in question is crazy.
It was used pretty effectively Audie Murphy's memoir, To Hell and Back.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
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.
Ginger - Aug 16, 2008 12:22:22 pm PDT #699 of 6681
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Deena - Aug 16, 2008 1:07:26 pm PDT #700 of 6681
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Bridget Jones' Diary was fun. The rest... I haven't yet read another chick lit I like. The formula seems to be 30s something woman whining about diamond-shoes-too-tight problems.
Barb - Aug 16, 2008 1:12:20 pm PDT #701 of 6681
“Not dead yet!”
The formula seems to be 30s something woman whining about diamond-shoes-too-tight problems.
Have you tried Marian Keyes, Deena? I find she touches on some serious issues without resorting to the tired formulas. The Brits are better about allowing darker subject matter and encouraging the use of black humor. Plus Keyes is just superb-- probably why she's outlasted a lot of the other chick lit authors.
Deena - Aug 16, 2008 1:19:57 pm PDT #702 of 6681
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I don't think I have. I'll add her to the list, thanks.
Time to go make dinner...
Allyson - Aug 17, 2008 1:35:09 pm PDT #703 of 6681
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 think I'm hitting the "this sucks, why am I doing this?" part of writing that Barb hit yesterday.
I do desperately want to finish chapter three, and I think I can get there. But I am freaking out in self-doubt.
Liese S. - Aug 17, 2008 1:53:47 pm PDT #704 of 6681
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
You can get there. Really, really.
Barb - Aug 17, 2008 2:02:03 pm PDT #705 of 6681
“Not dead yet!”
I think I'm hitting the "this sucks, why am I doing this?" part of writing that Barb hit yesterday.
Um, nope... can't have it yet. Still busy with it. You might as well go ahead and finish chapter three.
Lee - Aug 17, 2008 3:59:47 pm PDT #706 of 6681
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The blush challenge is now closed.
The new challenge is leather.
Barb - Aug 18, 2008 7:34:29 am PDT #707 of 6681
“Not dead yet!”
Okey doke-- reworked proposal off to Agent Kate and here's hoping she likes it.
Beverly - Aug 18, 2008 7:38:50 am PDT #708 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Crossables crossed, Barb. Each and every one. Really hard to type, now.