Yikes II

[seriousfic]

"She's gone."

"And your father?"

"He died before I was born."

Magnus exhaled irritably. "As Oscar Wilde once said, 'To lose one parent may be regarded as misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness.'"

Well, at least Clare's gotten around to citing her 'homages.' (

hat's not something Oscar Wilde said, by the way, it's a line from his book The Importance of Being Earnest. So 'To quote Oscar Wilde' would be more accurate. And Magnus, being someone named Magnus, seems like the kinda guy who would be on the ball about this stuff.

Comments

[belle8472.livejournal.com]

I keep reading your journal while I'm writing my own first novel not only for lulz but also for advice... so, thank you?? By the way, that 'thank you' was not really a question, but more of a statement. That is all.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, although you might wanna wait until I get published before you take any of my advice.

[belle8472.livejournal.com]

Be that as it may, I've read quite a bit of what you put out on your livejournal, and if your novel is even half as entertaining as some of the fic (and all of the movie reviews) that I've read, I'm confident that you will be published and I will probably buy it.