June 27, 2008
Free-For-All-Friday
Haven’t done this in quite a while, so I figured it was time.
Mainly because I have nothing going on that’d be worth talking about. 
It’s Free-For-All Friday. 
There’s no subject pending, and the blog is open to whatever may come.
Got a question, any question? Bring it. Comment on anything? Post it. Vent? Go for it. Are you a lurker who comes to peek but never participate? Feel free to join in. 
Hell, I’ll even go first…
Is it just me, or is anyone else out there starting to feel like the “real world” of publishing is a fortress on some exclusive, remote little island in the bluest part of the bluest pacific, which can only be reached by being the sole survivor of a shipwreck, half-drowning before you reach the shore, finding a way to navigate the alligator-ridden moat that circles The Castle, fighting your way across acres of swampland, climbing the glass-sheer face of the surrounding mountain, promising the guardian sentry your first-born child—and then being told they’ll get back to you in a few months or so only if they’re interested? 
Go for it.
Yes.
To me it’s on a mountain and the chasm between the climber and the summit is WIDE.
Can’t jump for beans too.
Publishing….is like seasons one of LOST
Did everyone see Vanessa jaye’s new cover?
I really wish shit would stop breaking. Mercury retrograde is OVAH! First hte a/c was leaking water, and the dishwasher broke, then the ice maker went out and the cable was down for 24 hours. We have cable. I can’t live without cable (no internet/no tv) I can live without ice. :(
yes, I did… great cover Vanessa!
I don’t know if this falls under gripe or rant…but… contest entreis. I read four over the last few days. One I have NO IDEA who the H/H are. (there was no synopsis). While the story was intereting how can I answer the questions and score it?!?
I read another where you want to bi*atch slap the heroine and tell her to stop whining…don’t get me started on the Hero… restraining order much!
Oh and the garage door opener is on the fritz.
Thanks, Amie.
Lol, Raine. The killer is, then there are those folks who are paddling along on their rickety raft over to the island, only to have the Big Publishing Yatch cruise by, lower a life boat and install them in the guest cabin. (also known as opportunity meets preparation–ie dumb luck).
…only to have the Big Publishing Yatch cruise by, lower a life boat and install them in the guest cabin.
EXACTLY!!!!
And they wave as they go by and yell, “keep paddling, you’ll make it”.
Publishing….is like seasons one of LOST
Sigh…
Judging contests, Dennie?
You’re a better woman than I am.
Can’t jump for beans too.
Not very good at climbing either.
VJ, your cover is here!
Squeeee!!
BTW, don’t get me wrong. I’m happy for anyone who makes it in publishing.
It’s just that navigating that last patch of quicksand has made me a little irritable…
Keep swimming babe. You’ll get there!
Is it just me or while Disney was creating the 8th layer of hell could they not afford one tree? Seriously, it was so hot I wanted to go to confession and confess stuff I hadnt even done just on the off chance it would help save me from an eternity in California Non-Adventure aka hell.
I’ll second Emma’s since even pretending I have a clue about what’s going on in ‘real publishing’ would be a stretch. Plant a damn shade tree Disney!
There are no trees in Disneyland??
D-land has trees. It’s there new park Hadesville that is lacking.
Lean Pockets rock by the way.
Publishing….is like seasons one of LOST
Oh, I think I’m one of those people who was in a row boat. (I received only 3-4 rejections before publishing. Yeah.) But now they have kicked me off just to see how long I can doggy paddle.
And unless my mother takes my kids to Disneyland they will never see the inside of that park. They call it the most wonderful place on Earth. I beg to differ.
My gripe is why can’t pillows last longer?
Mel I think you need to explain the pillows
If Mel is saying what I think (lol), I have issues with that too.
Have to buy new ones when the old ones go flat, or deal with good and stiff neck.
They don’t seem to last long.