Oh how wonderful!
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy Booth - May 11, 2009 9:57:59 am PDT #9447 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Barb - May 11, 2009 10:02:28 am PDT #9448 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, EXCELLENT, GC!
Barb - May 11, 2009 10:04:12 am PDT #9449 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Cereal:
And this is why I hate the query process with a white hot vengeance:
AGENT X lists on their profile:
FICTION GENRES Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Young Adult | Thrillers/Suspense | Multi-Cultural
CURRENT STATUS This agent accepts queries
SPECIAL INTERESTS Specializes in Latino fiction & authors
Interested author sends carefully crafted query, highlighting why she's a great fit because she's Latina, writes Commercial/Women's Fiction as well as YA, is published and award winning and all this nifty stuff...
And within thirty minutes receives:
Dear Author,
Please forgive this impersonal note but the high volume of correspondence makes it difficult for us to respond to you personally. Thank you for your query. Unfortunately it doesn’t match what we are looking for at this time. We hope other agents feel differently.
Best of luck.
Yeah... right.
Bite.
Me.
-t - May 11, 2009 10:27:49 am PDT #9450 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Great news, GC!
sj - May 11, 2009 10:47:04 am PDT #9451 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Barb, that is annoying. I really hope you find a new agent who appreciates your talents and gets you more of the recognition you deserve.
Great news for your friends, GC!
Beverly - May 11, 2009 12:15:44 pm PDT #9452 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
That persistent catch in the back of the neck of that agent, Barb? The one that stops her in her tracks when she turns her head to the left? Yeah, me. On your behalf.
Okay, I wish.
Anxious for Empress news.
Did we get news on Bartleby yet?
All positive stick-to-your-guns ~ma for Nora
Hooray for house surviving the fire!
And lots of no layoff~ma for GC!
Glamcookie - May 11, 2009 1:07:25 pm PDT #9453 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I did not get laid off - whew. Four others in my group weren't so lucky.
amych - May 11, 2009 1:11:00 pm PDT #9454 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yay, GC! But also {{{GC}}}, because the shakeups are stressful even when it's not you.
Barb - May 11, 2009 2:36:01 pm PDT #9455 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Thanks sj and Bev. It was annoying but after the *facepalm* moment, all I could do was laugh, because it was just that ridiculous.
{{{GC}}} just cause the stress of the day couldn't have been fun.
And IFunnyN, Conversations With my Daughter:
Me: So, what'd you do at school today?
Abby: We watched the puberty video.
Me: And?
Abby: My first real horror movie.
Tell me this kid isn't a Buffista-in-training?
sj - May 11, 2009 3:07:52 pm PDT #9456 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
You raised her right, Barb.