We’re looking for some bands to help us engage in some viral marketing . Are you in a band? Do you have a friend who is in one? Post a link to your music here, or else send it to Kit at dreamcafe dot com, and we’ll give it a listen. Ideally this should involve good publicity both for our project and any bands we end up working with.
Thanks.
I really like to plow straight through the first draft, however often the plot suddenly turns on itself and surprises me, figuring to fix it in the rewrite. Sometimes, however, there are just too many unexpected changes, and I have to stop and get things in line before I got on.
Iorich just did that, around chapter 11. The rewrite is complete, and now there’s a chapter 12 to go with it. So things progress.
Precision in language is vital for stuff.
…patting himself on the back. Jon Lincicum, on the Dragaera listserve, said this:
“I am convinced that if Steve had written the Bible, it would not contain the words ‘God’ or ‘Jesus’, and while Moses might get mentioned, he would only ever appear offstage.”
Heh heh heh
“General, we haven’t located the SAM battery in that area yet.”
“What’s your point?”
“Until we find it, the air strike seems risky. Perhaps the general would wish to postpone it?”
“Why would you say that?”
“Well, without knowing where–”
“No, I mean, why would you say it? Are you trying to hurt me? I spend the last 48 hours putting together a plan, and now it means nothing? How am I supposed to feel about that?”
“I hear you saying that my suggestion devalued your work.”
“And I hear you saying that my feelings mean nothing to you.”
“General, I think you know that isn’t true.”
“Maybe, but it seems that way. Obviously, you believe my work was useless. You should at least say so.”
“Due respect, General, but you shouldn’t tell me what I think.”
“Okay, that was out of line. I apologize. But it still seems obvious that you care more about these F-18s than you do about whether I’m hurt. How am I supposed to feel about that from my own chief of staff?”
“Yes, sir, we need to talk about that. I understand you were hurt, and I’m not OK with that. ”
“Thank you for acknowledging that.”
“It’s important to me that you know I don’t think this reflects on your worth as a human being . . . .”