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Topic 762 was started on 2002-03-17. There are 230 messages available to read.

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Message 230 was left by Cath on 2003-05-18 12:00:26. Feedback: 0/0

hmm. .. when hell freezes over? So I can quite writing *my* novel, now? ;)


Message 229 was left by Marsha on 2003-05-16 23:10:45. Feedback: 0/0

Cath! That's super! And no, I wouldn't tell her the bad news... not quite yet. Wait until she's hooked. ;)

In news of the opposite direction: my eldest asked to read some of my stuff, so I sent him two recent shorts. Verdict? "I liked them both, when can i read your novel?"

Heh. When hell freezes over or after the rewrite. Whichever comes first. I offered him Amber's novel instead. ::grin::


Message 228 was left by Jamie Rosen on 2003-05-16 22:34:17. Feedback: 0/0

That's great, Cath! Congratulations to your mom. :)


Message 227 was left by Cath on 2003-05-16 20:53:06. Feedback: 0/0

::quickly rearranges remaining M&Ms; into depiction of dragonfly::

Well, they're more colorful than cranes.

But there were WAY too many pink ones in this package.

It's good to write something you love.

Did I tell you how my mom called me the other day all excited? "I was just watching the jewelry show and I turned the tv off and wrote 4 pages (stationery size) of a story that just came into my head. It just flowed."

Her first. :)

Did I tell her it gets lots harder? Heck no. ::grin::


Message 226 was left by Marsha on 2003-05-10 10:07:38. Feedback: 0/0

Oooh! M&Ms;!

::Takes a bite, then mumbles around her mouthful:

And stop bowing. You're going to make me nervous. :P But I'm glad you liked it, because I love this one.


Message 225 was left by Cath on 2003-05-09 21:46:45. Feedback: 0/0

Looks like you'd better settle for M&M; cookies.

::sets out tray::

And I suppose I could spring for pretzels.

::bows to writer of Paper Crane::

You do us honor, great one. :)


Message 224 was left by Marsha on 2003-04-15 19:40:55. Feedback: 0/0

Thanks, Jed!

::Sets a trap for the unsuspecting bonbon-bearing Beth.::

(Now say that five times real fast...)

There! The party food will be here in just a bit!

::bounces some more because she has her 'puter back!::


Message 223 was left by Jed Hartman on 2003-04-15 16:57:13. Feedback: 0/0

Woohoo! Congratulations!

Now where'd those bonbons go?


Message 222 was left by Marsha on 2003-04-14 18:33:42. Feedback: 0/0

Thanks E, Ben, and Jae! I'm sort of over the shock and now terror seems to settling in with a vengeance: "Eeeeeeeeeeee." Writing! "Eeeeeeeeeee." Crits in person! "Eeeeeeeeeeee." Buy a laptop. (The last was a good Eeeeeeeeeeee. I know it's kind of difficult to tell.)

Ben, it's West. :) I'd love south, but I don't think I could afford the plane fare. ;)


Message 221 was left by Jae on 2003-04-14 09:59:09. Feedback: 0/0

Yayyayyayyayyayyayyay!!!!!!!!!

congrats!


Message 220 was left by Benjamin Rosenbaum on 2003-04-14 07:49:59. Feedback: 0/0

p.s. I forget -- west or east? (or south? ;-> )


Message 219 was left by Benjamin Rosenbaum on 2003-04-14 07:49:07. Feedback: 0/0

Congrats Marsha!


Message 218 was left by E on 2003-04-13 23:43:58. Feedback: 0/0

Woo-hooooooooooo! Mucho squealing and bouncing up and down!

--E


Message 217 was left by Marsha on 2003-04-13 12:55:19. Feedback: 0/0

Oh, my... thanks, everyone! I really appreciate all the celebrating! :)

I'm afraid I'm still in shock. Not to mention the freaking out when I think about having to produce more than one story in six weeks.


Message 216 was left by Richard Parks on 2003-04-13 11:11:27. Feedback: 0/0

Congrats on getting into Clarion, Marsha.


Message 215 was left by the official clarion nagger on 2003-04-13 06:36:49. Feedback: 0/0

wooooooooooooooooooooo!

congratulations! I knew you'd do it!

*dance dance dance*


Message 214 was left by Elizabeth Bear on 2003-04-12 23:57:19. Feedback: 0/0

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


Message 213 was left by tempest on 2003-04-12 22:16:03. Feedback: 0/0

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! yayay, me and marsha at clarion! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!


Message 212 was left by Jamie Rosen on 2003-04-12 22:13:09. Feedback: 0/0

W00t!


Message 211 was left by Cath on 2003-04-12 20:18:30. Feedback: 0/0

Woohoo! Major glorious excitement!


Message 210 was left by Charlie Finlay on 2003-04-12 19:33:10. Feedback: 0/0

Marsha's computer is in the shop for repairs, but she asks me to share this message:

> I got into CLARION!!!
>
> *freak*::dance::*freak*:dance:*freak*:dancedancedance::

Congratulations! :-)


Message 209 was left by Marsha Sisolak on 2003-03-08 12:08:02. Feedback: 0/0

::blushes furiously::

Oh, thanks, everyone!

And Sarah! I can autograph it with a sticker! (That's my usual means... )

*ohmigod... Charlie autographs, not me.*


Message 208 was left by Richard Parks on 2003-03-08 10:38:56. Feedback: 0/0

Congrats, Marsha!


Message 207 was left by Mikal Trimm on 2003-03-07 22:00:17. Feedback: 0/0

You go, grrrrl!


Message 206 was left by SarahP on 2003-03-07 13:24:44. Feedback: 0/0

Hooray for you Marsha!! I just subscribed to ASIM and can't wait to see your story! Will you autograph my copy, when it comes out?


Message 205 was left by Cath on 2003-03-07 10:04:47. Feedback: 0/0

Congratulations! Yes, it is a very good day!

"Nine-Tenths" is a very fun story. I'm glad it has a publication home. :)


Message 204 was left by Marsha on 2003-01-28 21:25:08. Feedback: 0/0

Celia, exactly. Before the coffee is gone forever. Although, I've already made up my mind to get a thermos and bring my own.

I guess I shouldn't complain too much--although having to teach a herd of children without caffeine in your system ought to be outlawed.

::makes plans to send a few gross of those bee squadrons to Sacramento...:


Message 203 was left by Celia Marsh on 2003-01-28 17:23:18. Feedback: 0/0

Thought of you:

George Carlin says: ECOLOGY NOTE: In an economy measure, the number of bees in a squadron has been reduced from 35 to 20.


Drink lots of coffee!


Message 202 was left by still cold on 2003-01-22 21:58:26. Feedback: 0/0

For back massage, of course.

heh, the way we both kick around in our sleep, the bed would be *very* cold after the water leaked out. My - ah, carrot? is that I'm sleeping with George - cold feet and hands and all. ::big toothy grin::

And that's enough on that subject. Unfortunately, if your family sees how much I appreciate you, they may figure you've gotten enough and stop altogether.

I hope you're writing tonight. :)


Message 201 was left by Marsha on 2003-01-22 21:35:42. Feedback: 0/0

Cath, for just a sec, I thought I had accidentally clicked on Charlie's topic. Vibrating rubber chickens--whatever for?!

(Don't tell me! I don't want to know any more than that about the sex lives of rubber chickens and their reproductive cycles.)

However, if you want a warm one, fine. Fill it with hot (but not boiling!) water and tuck it in your bed on those chilly nights. Tell George you're sleeping with it until the heater gets fixed.

::Wink.::

Meanwhile, ::snipsnipsnip, cutandpaste, changefontsizeto72:: there! I'm printing out your opening paragraph and hanging it in a place of prominence so that my family realizes that someone appreciates me!


Message 200 was left by Cath on 2003-01-22 10:55:41. Feedback: 0/0

::sniffs hugely::

Marsha, you are so sweet. I'll just send my address right along-- I only want to tell you first how thoughtful and kind you always are, in case you haven't noticed yourself.

Oh, and would you mind getting the kind with a built-in heater? I don't need the vibrating or talking versions, but it would be awfully nice to have a warm rubber chicken instead of a cold one. Our heater went out yesterday. ::shiver:: I need to take my orchids to visit a friend for a few days, I think.

Cath the cold


Message 199 was left by Marsha on 2003-01-21 22:57:05. Feedback: 0/0

Cath, who says it needs to be a hostess gift? It could just be one of those 'just thinking of you' gifts.

:>

Box.

Check.

Rubber chicken.

Check.

Addre...

Oh.

::Bats eyelashes furiously::

Um... Cath? What street was that?

E, whatever that Thursday is, I'll probably arrive. As much as I'd love to squeeze another day out of it, I just don't see how. *sniff*


Message 198 was left by amber on 2003-01-17 14:47:22. Feedback: 0/0

E!, I can't in all good conscience let you subsidize my hotel room, when by all accounts (I have no idea now, ask me in May when i'm back from my *other* trip)there's a chance I could manage to pay for the extra spensive hotel, I just don't see the point in shelling out all of that extra money, cuz that's crazy spensive! Crazy!


Message 197 was left by E! on 2003-01-17 14:17:32. Feedback: 0/0

Stop that! There'll be no thinking here!

Marshy, I'll arrange it. I'm staying extra days anyway, so I have to tell them that. You arriving on the 28th, I assume? You too, Mek?

(And Marshy, the correct description would probably be "pleasantly threatening, but that threat is on your side.")

--E


Message 196 was left by Cath on 2003-01-17 10:43:32. Feedback: 0/0

I'm beginning to feel I have some kind of inadvertent synchronicity in creating unpleasant associations for Marsha. (re 192)

The idea of her ever visting me is beginning to have some frightening side-possibilities: do I really want a rubber chicken as a hostess gift?

::realizes she's thinking in Marsha's topic::

::flees::


Message 195 was left by One of the Nuts on 2003-01-16 22:27:23. Feedback: 0/0

Amber, you expected a different reaction from two crazy 'murkins?

Crazy Canuck.

:P


Message 194 was left by amber on 2003-01-16 22:11:51. Feedback: 0/0

E & Marsh

yer both nuts.


Message 193 was left by Cath on 2003-01-16 21:00:45. Feedback: 0/0

Leah, it was a very short bit. Guy showed up, the cats didn't reject him, he steered me to an interrogation room - and I guess that was scary enough, because I woke up. ;) I couldn't tell who he was exactly, but he sure reminded me of Michael and Jacob. Weird!


Message 192 was left by Marsha on 2003-01-16 20:59:41. Feedback: 0/0

Cath, re: #185, pay no attention to that little man behind the curtain. ;)

E: Pleasantly menancing would be *my* description. :) (Well, until someone got to know you as well as I do, and then it would have to be "pleasantly threatening, sort of, but not really.")

As for Amber-subsidizing, sure. Count me in. And it's your turn for rezzies this year--unless you want me to do it, and in that case, I will. (oh, that was just so me, don't you think? ;)

Amber, "i had the weirdest dream last night, and you weren't in it" just made me bust up. As for that stick, don't swing it around like that! You might poke someone's eye out! ::frowns:: I'm sure Buddhists aren't allowed to play with dangerous toys.

Cath, seeing that I am spending the weekend with a dear friend who has a cat that likes nothing more than to fling his body onto my head or shoulders, anchoring himself with those ever-so-handy claws, I will now have nightmares and think of you. :P But thanks! I hope I come home with some new ideas!




Message 191 was left by Leah Bobet on 2003-01-16 20:31:45. Feedback: 0/0

You were dreaming about my characters? Really really? Oh, do tell... :)


Message 190 was left by Cath on 2003-01-16 17:50:49. Feedback: 0/0

It's that time of year, Marsha: I dreamed I was a prisoner in a war zone whose only allies were genetically altered, intelligent cats. An amagalm of Leah's male characters had been assigned to interrogate me and I had a bad feeling about what those cats really wanted.

Enjoy your classes!

Cath


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