Or to have someone exclaim, "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Toddson - Nov 14, 2008 7:54:57 am PST #1106 of 6705
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Toddson - Nov 14, 2008 8:03:07 am PST #1107 of 6705
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Oh, Amy - I don't know if you read Dear Author but they had a question about whether people were interested in or based book purchases on author bios and/or photos. Most people said no - that they went by the description on the back of the book most often. Nice to know that your efforts in that area aren't wasted?
Amy - Nov 14, 2008 8:08:20 am PST #1108 of 6705
Because books.
Nice to know that your efforts in that area aren't wasted?
Hee! Yes. It's true for me, too -- if it's an author I don't know, I don't care about his or her life, I just want to know if the story sounds interesting.
Maybe I enticed many, many people to read Big Spankable Asses!
::crawls away to sob::
Toddson - Nov 14, 2008 8:12:51 am PST #1109 of 6705
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
No, Amy, even your writing couldn't get people to read that ... unless they were already interested. (And I remember your, um, angst about having to write that copy. That thing also got an "award" for having a terrible cover.)
Atropa - Nov 14, 2008 10:12:31 am PST #1110 of 6705
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, Amy - I don't know if you read Dear Author but they had a question about whether people were interested in or based book purchases on author bios and/or photos. Most people said no - that they went by the description on the back of the book most often.
Crap, there goes part of my marketing plan.
Albino ... mute ... girl? I know of at least two people who played that character in a role-playing game
Amy - Nov 14, 2008 10:14:38 am PST #1111 of 6705
Because books.
Babe, no! Non-fiction IS DIFFERENT. That's why they're going to buy it -- because even if the subject is interesting, your experience and take on it is going to seal the deal.
Totally different thing, I swear.
amych - Nov 14, 2008 10:15:26 am PST #1112 of 6705
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I know of at least two people who played that character in a role-playing game
And amazingly enough, that fact makes it even more likely that they were albino-mute-girl-tortured-bards!
Toddson - Nov 14, 2008 10:23:31 am PST #1113 of 6705
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Overdose of angst there.
Atropa - Nov 14, 2008 10:25:07 am PST #1114 of 6705
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And amazingly enough, that fact makes it even more likely that they were albino-mute-girl-tortured-bards!
How did you know?! Were you part of that Vampire: Dark Ages game?
Totally different thing, I swear.
I know, I know. I was (mostly) being facetious. Honest.
Lee - Nov 14, 2008 3:27:19 pm PST #1115 of 6705
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
So, everyone's okay with taking a hiatus with the drabbles, right?