Denn das Schöne ist nichts als des Schrecklichen Anfang

[stillsostrange]

What's worse than a guy saying "We don't need a condom. Trust me, baby."?

A book saying "We don't need to know the second half of the plot now. Trust me, baby."

That's how you end up broke and pregnant when half an unsaleable novel.

And speaking of unsaleable novels, cristalia thinks her current WiP will be more unsaleable than Pinion. If you didn't know, Pinion will be a short novel, present tense, with ten million povs, most of which are angsty 20-somethings. And nearly everyone in it is bi. And when I'm done, I'm going to find a sucker hire a talented artist to illustrate it. Clearly, this will be the most unsaleable novel ever. If you agree, please go vote in cristalia's poll. Also consider joining our subgenre, Unsaleable Monstrosities with Pretty Illustrations.

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Tomorrow is a day off. It's my 4th anniversary, and the boy and I are celebrating with Indian food and a She Wants Revenge concert. And before that I'm going to go fall off walls.

Comments

[csinman.livejournal.com]

Pinion is pretty enough to read that it won't matter.

I can't wait to join your official subgenre. I'm cutting it down, but the first draft is 134K, and I'm illustrating the beginning of each chapter with a guide to my fantasy world's wildlife, which I INSIST be part of the published product. >_> hahaha

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

You are clearly One of Us.

[csinman.livejournal.com]

Is there an official handshake, or some kind of code garment (like that bloody hat club my grandmother is in)?