I'm starting a vampire book (working title is "The Burden of Memory")
Oooh! Um, er ... need a beta reader?
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Atropa - May 04, 2004 8:40:48 am PDT #2617 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 8:46:58 am PDT #2618 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
need a beta reader?
Yes please. I was going to ask you about it next week; BTW (off topic for a moment), I'll be picking you up at the airport, and I'm thinking I will rub up a chicken, with citrus olive oil, crushed garlic and herbs, and roast it for dinner.
Beverly - May 04, 2004 10:10:31 am PDT #2619 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, SO not fair. Jilli gets to read AND eat citrus herbed chicken. At Deb's. Curse this right-coastedness.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 10:21:07 am PDT #2620 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Bev, we'll see about sneaking you out here when Nilly's out here too. I foresee a raucous music-laden jamboree, er, I mean, a dignified literary cocktail party.
Katerina Bee - May 04, 2004 10:26:37 am PDT #2621 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Mmmm.... citrus herb chicken with garlic. IJS.
Betsy HP - May 04, 2004 10:31:21 am PDT #2622 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Also, the whole dead thing? Very important. (re Jilli's vampire rant.)
Calli - May 04, 2004 10:40:03 am PDT #2623 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Also, the whole dead thing? Very important. (re Jilli's vampire rant.)
Also important re: citrus herb chicken.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 10:42:29 am PDT #2624 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Totally (re the vampires). Mine are certainly going to be dead (or formerly dead, now undead); the woman was one of the last victims of Elizabeth Bathory's pet henchwoman, and she herself turned her male companion in a grubby alley near the Bastille during the Terror.
They can NOT go out in sunlight. They don't eat cheeseburgers. They aren't cute. They also aren't stupid, because I have this idea that writers who offer up creatures who have successfully survived for the equivalent of five human lifetimes and are portrayed as dimwits? OUght to be nibbled to death by ducks.
edit: oh, and the chicken? Dead first, as well. Much easier to pluck that way.
double-edit: GINGER! Thank you for an intelligent, well-thought out Amazon review!
Ginger - May 04, 2004 10:47:31 am PDT #2625 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You're welcome. I meant to do it long ago. At least at this point I could point people at the next one.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 10:51:48 am PDT #2626 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hell, if the Amazon rankings are anything to go, the pre-order on "Famous Flower" is more active than "Weaver" is right now. Which, in fact, is just how it should be.