A hundred and fifty plus responses on the pretty boy vampire thing. ::Shakes head:: I had no idea so many people were starved of fiction where the pretty girl tells the gorgeous vampire to beat it.
I am still so tired. Brain is working and producing ideas and scenes, but the actual sitting down and writing them is very, very slow. Which is what I should be doing now instead of writing blog posts.
Still have a pile of submissions to review for the writing workshop for Armadillocon.
Also, here is our schedule for Armadillocon for next week (Look, J., I put it up, you totally can’t fuss at me any more):
Armadillocon Schedule:
Sa1200T Why do Shapeshifters get the girl?
Sat Noon-1:00 PM Trinity
I. Andrews, G. Andrews, T. Mallory, N. Holzner, S. Leicht*
Sa1400SA Playing Friendly: Shared Worlds and Collaborations
Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM San Antonio
G. Andrews, I. Andrews, A. Allston, B. Hale*, R. Bennett, R. Eudaly
Sa1700SM Urban Fantasy/Editor Guest Meet and Greet. An informal party, come and meet Gordon, me, and our cool editor. Everyone’s invited. We’re hoping to have food and beer.
Sat 5:00 PM-6:00 PM San Marcos
I. Andrews, G. Andrews, A. Sowards
Sa2000T City as Character
Sat 8:00 PM-9:00 PM Trinity
A. Downum*, I. Andrews, G. Andrews, S. Lynch, P. Sarath, C. Berg, M. Wells
Su1200SM Fannish Feud
Sun Noon-1:00 PM San Marcos
R. Eudaly*, C. Conrad, R. Caine, A. Martinez, J. Nevins, K. Kofmel, S. Leicht, R. Babcock, E. Burton, D. Tolliver, I. Andrews, G. Andrews
Su1400DR Signing
Sun 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dealers’ Room
I. Andrews, G. Andrews, A. Marmell, S. White, S. Brust
Work! Work! Work! I kan do et.
You can do it! Good luck with writing.
(Yes, we are starved for pretty girl telling gorgeous vampire to beat it. Much more interesting and fun than pretty girl falling for gorgeous vamp and worrying over not being good enough for hundreds of pages.)
Enjoy ArmadilloCon. If it wasn’t for the fact that Dragon*Con starts the week after my buns would be over there harassing you two in person. It can’t be any more humid in Austin as it in Hot*Lanta.
Heh… it’s all a matter of HOW the girl tells the vamp to beat it…and what sort of vamp it is.
Now if he’s a cool, not creepy-trying-mesmerize-my-friends vamp…I might want to play it a different way.
Have fun at ArmadilloCon. I’m hitting Dragon*Con for my first time, then Lora Leigh’s RAW in West Virginia five days later and I’m already exhausted, just thinking about it all.
For me it was also how she did it.
Jerks, pretty vampire boys or not need to be told, and she did a good job.
Also, (not trying to be pedantic or anything, just wanting you to use judgement and not push yourself too hard) didn’t you publish a schedule saying you weren’t going to work on weekends?
“Still have a pile of submissions to review for the writing workshop for Armadillocon.”
Which one of the six events you listed will writing workshop be held? Sorry for the dumb question, but I don’t see “critique workshop” or anything that my slow brain can latch onto and say Aha about
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I really liked the details in that little YA snippet. For me the subject matter isn’t what hooks me so much as the way it’s delivered. You’ve got skilz, what can I say?
Yes you can! And Armadillocon will be fun yes?
I hope you can enjoy it and have a good time there
And yes your take on the vampire story is so much
more interesting than most of what is floating around nowadays^^
You won’t get bored! (You can do it! *cheer* Go go go!)
By the way, when do you come in France? We’re sooo many to want to meet you!
you can do it bite his freaken head off!…..or something along those lines.
Hmm…I think it’s a starved-for-Ilona/Gordon-fic than prettyboy/vamp-fic. Think about the response you get anytime a snippet is posted! Also: “y’all”…you are a Russian, Northwestern Southerner. Love.
Any chance that the lecture/talk you two are giving on “why the shapeshifters get the girl” will be shared with those of us who cannot attend armadillocon?
mmm beer.
Wow, they’ve seriously stacked you with many, many panels PLUS a writing workshop. Intense. Hm, you are on a panel with Carol Berg– very cool! She’s amazing and fun. If you remember, tell her “HI” from the “Broads.”
Ahhh come on now, as if you didnt post that ‘Pretty Boy Vampire’ story to test the waters to see if YA was a direction you could go in.
At least now you know that you did write a YA novel it would be well recieved. Really well recieved.
Actually no, I had written it this morning in the wordpress. I don’t even have a Word file for it. YA is unlikely – there is just no time.
Maybe not right now, but please keep it in mind for down the line.
I am with Jana – please don’t close the door on YA. I think that you could do very well in YA and I think that you might really enjoy it. You have a great “kernel” already in hand. When you have time, please take a look at it again.
Wish I could come!
I hope it’s not too draining… Have fun!
I’m all for the cool new girl spitting on Gorgeous Vamps shoes myself. Much more interesting than drooling on them instead… hee hee
Well, here in Austin it looks like it’s going to cool down a little by the weekend. It’s supposed to be 102 today, but “only” 95 on Friday. Maybe you’re bringing the cool NW weather with you? If so, could you leave it? I’m tired of the hot.
I’m looking forward to meeting you and Gordon at ArmadilloCon. I hope you have a nice weekend and have enough down-time to have fun. Austin, even in the heat, is a fun place to be.
I wanna be at the con
My wish is next year you guys do Dragoncon and the entire Farscape crew will be there cause of the new Farscape thing, and James Marsters will do the James Marsters thing, oh, and 11th Doctor {and the 10th 
} and Jim Butcher will be there…….hee!
My dream Dragon*Con panel? Jim Butcher, Ilona and Gordon, Paul Blackthorne (plus myself). I’d moderate so I could listen to all the awesomeness. Who knows, maybe someday that dream will come to fruition.
I’d love to attend that panel! But what I want to know is when you guys are going to make the trip to Minnesota. We have a Con in July (CONvergance http://www.convergence-con.org/org.php) that you would LOVE (said with a lot of enthusiasm and with zero self-interest, mmm-hmmm, ZERO self-interest! lol)
I just got back from vacation and just read the pretty boy vampire blog. Sooooo you lovely evil woman …. what is the girl ? A witch, shape shifter , fairy , an Alien?
LMAO, for a moment there I thought it said singing…I was like, WHAT?? shut the door, y’all have sing a longs at conventions? well crap…I really need to go to these now.
*doh*
and yes, some of us love it where the girl tells the overly romeo-type to shove it.