http://southernfriedchicas.com Just Another Damn Group Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 07:30:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/16/death-to-pollyanna/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/16/death-to-pollyanna/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 07:14:27 +0000 Raine http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/16/death-to-pollyanna/   “Did you get my e-mail?”   With my keyboard in my lap, I twisted uncomfortably in my seat, even as I typed the reply.  “Yeah, of course.  Um…which one?” “The IMPORTANT one.” My correspondent—we’ll call her Debbie—was a sweet-hearted person and had been a good on-line buddy.  Except for one tragic flaw. Her penchant for sending Pollyanna e-mails tainted with [...]]]> http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/16/death-to-pollyanna/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/15/psssss-hey-writer-are-you-cheating/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/15/psssss-hey-writer-are-you-cheating/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:15 +0000 Tanya http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/15/psssss-hey-writer-are-you-cheating/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/15/psssss-hey-writer-are-you-cheating/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/14/behind-the-book-with-jeri-smith-ready/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/14/behind-the-book-with-jeri-smith-ready/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:08 +0000 Tanya http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/14/behind-the-book-with-jeri-smith-ready/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/14/behind-the-book-with-jeri-smith-ready/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/13/cinematic-inspiration/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/13/cinematic-inspiration/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 11:44:51 +0000 Dennie ~ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/13/cinematic-inspiration/ A while back Raine (oopsy) Tanya asked about what we thought of books to movies—so of course I have been pondering that for a while. I *heart* movies, but I don’t get to go see too too many, unless it’s something the kids want to see—with a 6-y-o it can be limiting. So when something like [...]]]> http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/13/cinematic-inspiration/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/12/checking-in-from-deadline-island/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/12/checking-in-from-deadline-island/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 14:16:51 +0000 cece http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/12/checking-in-from-deadline-island/ I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day (ie no fighting children, no forgetful hubbys etc). I have two blog posts started and a headache. For that reason I’m going to point you here. Fellow author Shiloh Walker is doing an ebay auction to benefit cyclone victims in Myanmar (via Save the Children). The full [...]]]> http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/12/checking-in-from-deadline-island/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/11/up-next-week-for-behind-the-book-author-jeri-smith-ready/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/11/up-next-week-for-behind-the-book-author-jeri-smith-ready/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 06:26:14 +0000 Tanya http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/11/up-next-week-for-behind-the-book-author-jeri-smith-ready/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/11/up-next-week-for-behind-the-book-author-jeri-smith-ready/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/09/titles/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/09/titles/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 07:16:43 +0000 Raine http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/09/titles/ “…The primary function of a title is to lure unsuspecting readers into having a go at your story.” ~~ Sinclair Lewis “A good title is the title of a book that’s successful.” ~~ Somerset Maugham While looking for something else in a stack of my books, I came across an interesting chapter in one of them about [...]]]> http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/09/titles/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/08/book-to-film-best-and-worst/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/08/book-to-film-best-and-worst/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 06:00:38 +0000 Tanya http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/08/book-to-film-best-and-worst/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/08/book-to-film-best-and-worst/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/07/promises-promises/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/07/promises-promises/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:27 +0000 Vanessa Jaye http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/07/promises-promises/ A couple of weeks ago, our transit union went on strike. They’d been in a strike position for weeks, and the contract negotiations had been going on for weeks before that.  But one thing the union promised was 48 hours notice before a strike came into effect—giving time for peeps to make other arrangements.   Little bits [...]]]> http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/07/promises-promises/feed/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/06/fear-me/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/06/fear-me/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Dennie ~ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/06/fear-me/ To piggy back on Amie’s post yesterday. . . I thought of another great way not to write . . . FEAR. Fear of the next book. Fear of your last book. Fear of never writing or selling again. I have been in the tangled mits of this for some time now. It’s almost a [...]]]> http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/06/fear-me/feed/