Comments | cleolinda: Kind of loopy today

cleolinda

Kind of loopy today

Sep 04, 2008 19:18

So in the middle of trying to put this e-book annotation thing together, I'm also slipping away to work on Black Ribbon (which is probably the most fun way to work on something--sneaking off like you're having an affair with it), and I've just realized that I do something really weird when it comes to minor characters. ( Black Ribbon rambling )

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vilya_eleni September 5 2008, 01:35:27 UTC

"which is probably the most fun way to work on something--sneaking off like you're having an affair with it"

Isn't it the truth though? That's when I enjoy writing the most. When I'm writing something I'm not supposed to be writing. What a perfect way of explaining it, thanks.

rufus September 5 2008, 02:03:28 UTC

viral marketing -- Pete Wentz (of band Fall Out Boy) just pulled off a (partially accidental) masterwork of viral marketing for the band's new album. Tell her to google "Citizens for Our Betterment" for more, or visit CFOBmania . It was especially interesting as a *different* band (Copeland) jumped on his train in the middle of the shenanigans in order to viral market *their* new record. The internets went crazy trying to figure it all out. In the end we were rewarded with a mixtape, it was cool.

missmp September 5 2008, 02:04:21 UTC

The problem then is that I give them just enough personality that I get interested and it's like, "Now I don't want to kill him! DAMMIT!"

Aw, Cleo, how awful that you have to take "murder your darlings" literally!

cleolinda September 5 2008, 02:11:48 UTC

Yeah, well, I make sure they go down fighting. : )

naeelah September 5 2008, 02:05:09 UTC

re: jarjar salad

OH GOD, IT'S LOOKING AT ME. I just got out of the shower, but I think I need another. AAAAAGH.

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naeelah September 5 2008, 03:54:03 UTC

I KNOW.

We can just hold each other in the coldness of cyber-space until it goes away. *shudder* I think safety in numbers is the best strategy.

cmdr_zoom September 5 2008, 03:36:49 UTC

I refuse to eat anything that can see me doing it.

word_herder September 5 2008, 02:05:45 UTC

Oooohhhh!!!! Black Ribbon tidbits! Hurrah! Also: "I'm also slipping away to work on Black Ribbon (which is probably the most fun way to work on something--sneaking off like you're having an affair with it)"--hilarious. That's how I used to write in high school. When I was supposed to be doing homework or paying attention in class, I'd be scribbling stories instead.

cleolinda September 5 2008, 02:13:48 UTC

DUDE I SO DID THAT. I wrote terrible lovelorn "deep" poems in history class about the boy I was madly in love with who sat two seats to the left and one seat up. Also, I tended to write stories during classes where we were supposed to be taking notes.

falenimortal117 September 5 2008, 02:47:57 UTC

Some of the best stories are born from the desperate need to escape a mind-numbing lecture :)

Or at least a good premise for a story. I still do that did that all the time...

missmp September 5 2008, 02:48:47 UTC

I just found a notebook from a previous job that had meeting notes on one side and the outline for a spy thriller on the other side.

(And the boy I was in love with sat directly in front of me in, like, five classes b/c we were always seated alphabetically. Sigh. He smelled nice.)