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rj_anderson ([personal profile] rj_anderson) wrote2006-10-11 08:22 am

A woefully brief update

1. Yes, I am alive. I CANNOT WRITE COHERENT PROSE AND I WANT TO DIE, but I am alive.

2. I had a fabulous time at the SCBWI-MI Fall Conference last weekend. Nice drive, gorgeous grounds, enjoyable (and practical!) speakers, delicious food, helpful critiques, and I finally got to meet Cheryl Klein. We geeked out over HP and yammered at each other so long that the conference staff started to worry that I was holding poor Ms. Klein hostage while I regaled her with the entire plot of my novel, or something equally horrific. Fortunately another staffer who actually knew the score set the story straight before they felt obliged to march over and remove me bodily from the con suite.

Also, my 3-minute reading from Knife was a big hit at the Open Mic night. People kept asking me about it all weekend and saying they'd love to read more. Yay! (I read the pond scene, for those who know what I'm talking about.) I also got to talk to a lovely agent-type person who responded to my post-conference query within twelve hours and told me to send her the full ms. when I'm done the revisions. Which would be really nice EXCEPT I CANNOT REVISE FOR TOFFEE.

3. Oh, Heroes, I think I love you. I love your hokey dialogue and your breathy, earnest voiceovers and your improbably pretty cast (except for Greg Grunberg, who is neither pretty nor improbable, bless him). Oh, and your brain-eating** cliffhangers, too.

4. Also, I have seen the Lost premiere and FISH BISCUITS ARE LOVE. Even if the bears are smarter. (Sometimes it doesn't take much, admittedly.)

5. *hates on Chapter Twelve* WHY HAVE I COMPLETELY LOST MY GRIP ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?!?!

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* For [livejournal.com profile] lizbee and [livejournal.com profile] cesario, a brief sample of our conversation:

CHERYL: So how's RUSS-L been doing?
ME: *mirthless, hysteria-tinged laughter*


** This may or may not be a pun.
kerravonsen: Eighth Doctor, relaxed, eyes closed: "Breathe deep" (Doc8-breathe)

[personal profile] kerravonsen 2006-10-11 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes you can.

[identity profile] izhilzha.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
my 3-minute reading from Knife was a big hit at the Open Mic night. People kept asking me about it all weekend and saying they'd love to read more.

*cheers*

I know I'd like to read more. But don't die. ;-)

Oh, Heroes, I think I love you. I love your hokey dialogue and your breathy, earnest voiceovers and your improbably pretty cast (except for Greg Grunberg, who is neither pretty nor improbable, bless him).

I'm not as fond of the voiceovers, but otherwise, what you said. Especially Greg as being neither pretty nor improbable, lol.
ext_6531: (DW: OOOOD!)

[identity profile] lizbee.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Heroes is win, and I desperately need a Hiro icon. He's so made of meta, even his name is the show title!

I have no mirthless hysterical laughter for RUSS-L, but LoM on the other hand...

[identity profile] rose-in-shadow.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Knife was a big hit at the Open Mic night.

Yay! Good chapter choice for reading too.

Oh, and your brain-eating** cliffhangers

Ew. I was hoping that the brain stealing was because the freak was trying to do research on people with superpowers... but then they showed that family and the dad and... yeah. ew.

Yay for Weiss Greg!

FISH BISCUITS ARE LOVE

Hehe. Have you seen this sketch (http://ligermagic.com/sawyer2.jpg) by [livejournal.com profile] buttfacemakani?

So how's RUSS-L been doing?

Sheesh. Tell me about it. I'm a lurker mostly, but can we say D-R-A-M-A? Things seem to be settling down... though from what I hear from another Russellian on the flist, the Letters of Mary group is having some "issues".

[identity profile] sunsethill.livejournal.com 2006-10-12 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
See, this is why you will one day be a famous, published author and I will be content to read your books. The desire to express yourself perfectly in prose is in the marrow of your bones.

And on a lighter note, yes, fish biscuits ROCK! People will be talking about fish biscuits and bears taking only two hours to figure it out for years.

[identity profile] crunkette.livejournal.com 2006-10-12 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
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