My coworkers hear it all the time and are profoundly uninterested me: Okay, this isn't going to work. I have these characters drinking tea again. They need to do something else immediately. These words are chopped. Two hundred gone. And let's see, the confrontation is coming up soon. Any suggestions? also me: Oh. My. God. Why bother? No one reads your books. No one thinks they're anything more than adequate. You can't seem to change your style to fit what people want. You're old news. OLD. NEWS. Stale old voice. There's no point in writing yet another book that no one will wants-- me: How about if they finally talk instead of just hinting around? Yeah, and maybe that guy will say what's been on his mind since chapter two. also me: Jesus. So boring. Talk, talk, talk. You know that your-- me: How about if they-- also me: --you know your books are worthless because people want conflict and angst. They don't want to read another book wit...
she just kids, of course. She loves us SO MUCH!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, but who's yer uncle, huh? Don't forget to pack a swimsuit and suntan lotion. It's tropical out here, you know. Oranges grow outside of every bedroom window. Summer vacation goes all year long. Every boy gets two computers, each one faster than the other one.
ReplyDeleteBTW - Are the numbers birthorder, size or value rank? Just askin'.
The numbers are by age, and also by quality. Ergo, Boy 1 is the best, and boy 2 is so unimportant, he doesn't even get capitalized. Capitolized. or whatever.
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