http://southernfriedchicas.com Just Another Damn Group Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 07:30:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   “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/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/15/psssss-hey-writer-are-you-cheating/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/14/behind-the-book-with-jeri-smith-ready/ 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/ 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/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/11/up-next-week-for-behind-the-book-author-jeri-smith-ready/ “…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/ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/05/08/book-to-film-best-and-worst/ 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/ 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/