You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


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.


Amy - Jul 30, 2013 11:55:07 am PDT #5768 of 6705
Because books.

Excellent news, Sox!


Polter-Cow - Jul 30, 2013 11:55:51 am PDT #5769 of 6705
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Awesomesauce, awesomeSox!


Strix - Jul 30, 2013 1:06:16 pm PDT #5770 of 6705
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

WOOOOOOHOOOOO Sox!

Hell yeah, writer-lady!


-t - Jul 30, 2013 1:46:00 pm PDT #5771 of 6705
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Fantastic, Sox!


hippocampus - Jul 31, 2013 4:22:20 am PDT #5772 of 6705
not your mom's socks.

Thanks, you guys!


Gudanov - Aug 05, 2013 3:39:09 am PDT #5773 of 6705
Coding and Sleeping

Man, I hate it when I'm on a roll and have to stop because I've run out of time. But I can't avoid the whole work thing.


Amy - Aug 07, 2013 4:10:14 pm PDT #5774 of 6705
Because books.

Okay, people, start thinking.


erikaj - Aug 17, 2013 7:51:30 am PDT #5775 of 6705
Always Anti-fascist!

Two rejections in one weekend. Yeah, I am a major talent. Apparently magazines "don't think of me that way" either.


Typo Boy - Aug 17, 2013 10:48:19 am PDT #5776 of 6705
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Send the rejected work or works elsewhere. You are a talent. All sorts of reason an editor may reject a work. Do I have to pull out the list of best selling and classic works that were rejected twenty or thirty times before being accepted?


Typo Boy - Aug 17, 2013 10:55:20 am PDT #5777 of 6705
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

BTW, I had a dream that I think would make a good story - but not a short post. I've noticed that my longer dream narratives don't usually get much response, so should I assume it won't be of any value, or should I post it just in case?

The short version: a couple who made a great sacrifice that did not produce the results everyone hoped for - so now they have to deal with disappointment and hostility from a public that expected them to be saviors and now has face saving themselves the hard way. They also have to adjust psychologically to having given up a great deal with out great results. It also is in the context of some very bleak and often funny world building. I will post the details if anyone is interested.