The Fangster Summer of Doom--now with more pancake! (Volume II)

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*wanders in, vents for twenty minutes non-stop about stupid sellers acting as though they don't want to sell their damned house, gulps down the extra strong coffee from six days ago, punches wall, and leaves*
 

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:sneaks in:

:places bottle of Bailey's next to coffeemaker:

:sneaks out:
 

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Fresh coffee! Baileys!

*leaps*

It's possible the sellers will see reason by tomorrow. Failing that, I will punch the wall again and go back to surfing zillow.com.

In happier news, my on-signing check for my second Tor contract just showed up in my agent's mailbox.
 

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Yeah, I don't get Rae Lyn. She doesn't do it for me. No one has just lit me up tonight--yet. Maybe I'm in a cranky mood.

Nah, I prefer to think it's them and not me.
 

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Well, for me--I enjoyed Jermaine and Chris. The three since then? Not so much.

Good to see you wasting time Fangster-style again. :)

*waiting for RT chatter from Benny. Damn, I wish I could have gone*

Oh Benny--I may need you to be the gathering point for Musa authors at RT.
 

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I'll be there early for the advanced writers' workshop, so I can scope out the bar area too if you'd like. Any tips? Closest to the elevator banks, right?

ETA: I do NOT like this rendition of Heart on The Voice. Sorry, I love this song, and it's not easy to compete with Ann Wilson's pipes.
 

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Whu? Fangsters actually hanging out in the thread? Never say it's so!

I wish I was going anywhere.

I just really enjoyed Jordis. I liked Jermaine and Chris, but they didn't make me want to grab my iPod and download.

Okay, maybe it's really me and not them.
 

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I'm in between projects and doing promo/RT prep. It's nice to kick back in the thread again!
 

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I'll be there early for the advanced writers' workshop, so I can scope out the bar area too if you'd like. Any tips? Closest to the elevator banks, right?

ETA: I do NOT like this rendition of Heart on The Voice. Sorry, I love this song, and it's not easy to compete with Ann Wilson's pipes.

Oh I am SO glad you're doing Bobbi's class! You're going to love it. If Jade Lee comes in to teach, listen very carefully to her characters/descriptors workshop. It's invaluable, IMO. You'll have to take notes for me in the agents/editors panel too. The pulse of publishing isn't as much in Lancaster OHIO as I thought it was.

Whu? Fangsters actually hanging out in the thread? Never say it's so!

I wish I was going anywhere.

I just really enjoyed Jordis. I liked Jermaine and Chris, but they didn't make me want to grab my iPod and download.

Okay, maybe it's really me and not them.

Me too, SM. I would love to go somewhere. I did book my hotel for WFC in October though.

As for Jordis...well, you really need to have balls to sing Heart and she just couldn't get there. She was belting as loud as she could, on a microphone on a TV set and still got drowned out by the band.
 

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Oh I am SO glad you're doing Bobbi's class! You're going to love it. If Jade Lee comes in to teach, listen very carefully to her characters/descriptors workshop. It's invaluable, IMO. You'll have to take notes for me in the agents/editors panel too. The pulse of publishing isn't as much in Lancaster OHIO as I thought it was.

Will do. Jade Lee isn't teaching at Bobbi's workshop this year. They're also not doing the three-chapter writing challenge. :(
 

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Aw, damn. Oh well--I'll have to dig out my notes for you instead.

That would be wonderful. Thank you! Any other notes you want? I'm attending mostly craft workshops and publisher spotlights for Carina, Samhain, Harlequin, and St. Martin's Press.
 

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Erin! That's what I'm talking about!

Sorry. Still watching The Voice.

You're gonna have such a good time, Bub.
 

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Erin nailed it!! I love powerful voices.

I'm terrified, to be honest. I don't have many nice clothes, so I'm going business casual for the whole stay (I'm bringing only two party dresses). I figure I'll focus on getting oriented this year. This is my first big conference ever.
 

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RT can be intimidating, but once you see the author leading her leather-bikini-clad husband on a leash through the "formal" party, you will realize that clothes are really NOT that important.

Erin was AWESUM~!
 

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Wish I was going with you and Benny. :( We need a Fangster road trip.
 

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Leash? Leather binkini? So writer conferences sound much livlier than lawyer conferences. *blinks*