I did NOT make SEP cry.
I love her! I’m her biggest fan! (not in a Misery kinda way. I promise) I even wrote her a letter after I read Ain’t She Sweet. See?
But someone, who shall remain nameless (lucy sartain), is spreading the word that I made my heroine cry.
So, I’m going to set the record straight right now.
I attended SEP’s fabulous workshop Saturday morning–which was a feat in and of itself because I was very tired. (lot’s of late nights last week…) Anyway, I’m up, showered, latte’d, breakfasted, and ready for my queen to come enlighten me on how to keep the reader in the story.
(be the way, this workshop was not recorded, which is a damn shame because it was a really good workshop)
Anyway, SEP is being her smart, witty and charming self. In between her points, she’s asking for questions.
Not many people are asking and SEP begs the crowd to ask her something. So I do.
Mel: “How far are you into your story before you start to plot it out?”
See, SEP writes by the seat of her pants much like myself and I’m curious because I know she has to start plotting at some point. She said as much.
To my shock and dismay, she says something like “it’s too early to answer the hard questions.”
To which I respond, “Hey, you’re the one who wanted questions!”
To which she says: “We don’t like her very much…”
And we all laugh because it was funny. And then she moves on without answering my question.
It was a great workshop and I did NOT make her cry.
So pttttthhh!
Bitchin' Fiction: Musings by author Melissa McKenzie / Melissa Francis 
Okay, well, that made me laugh so hard it made ME cry…does that count?
I admit, you gave an accurate description of events here. But, by your own description, you yelled at her (the exclamation mark). Can I start telling people that (that you yelled at her), now that you’ve cleared up the crying thing?
P.S. I love you Mel! 😀
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I had no voice! I had to yell!!!!
Sniff.
SEP hates me.
Dammit.
Must find new heroine to stalk. Monica stalked JAK and I know tons of folks who stalked la Nora….hmmm, so many choices….
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As a first hand witness to the crime, er, I mean, event, I think I did sort of see SEP’s eyes water a little. Does that count?
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And I stalked Mel and Maria…. heh heh heh
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Yes Maria, it does count. I mean, who wouldn’t cry when yelled at (and Mel admitted to yelling at her).
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It was more like a whisper-yell. It wasn’t a real yell…
I had no voice.
Doesn’t anyone ever listen to me?
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LOL! I loved this workshop. Might have been my favorite last week. And OMG, how funny when she didn’t answer your question!!
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OMG! That was you? LOL! If I’d known, I would’ve stalked her until it wasn’t too early in the morning for the hard questions and pestered her for an answer all day long. Okay, so I wouldn’t have done that, but it sounds good, right?
Does anybody else feel like they’ve been on a constant sugar high since getting home from Nationals?
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See, dh would tell you to yell all you want in that Kathleen Turner voice you had at Nationals. He thinks she has the sexiest voice ever (I think it sounds like she drinks a lot of whiskey, but…).
Now, back to SEP, Saturday was opposite day (something my kids declare often). If she said she hated you, she really loved you. You may begin to stalk her again.
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Ellen, you’re my new best friend. I think I’ll stalk you instead.
And I thought I sounded like Kathleen Turner, too. (okay, I HOPED) Fishdog, on the other hand, alternated calling me between Minnie Pearl and Harvey Fierstein. Talk about a blow to my ego!
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I was there-she definitely didn’t cry although there was the suggestion of a little pout.
and she still didn’t answer the question!
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Absolutely Kathleen Turner.
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