Anya ,'Storyteller'
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Yay, Deb.
Turned out that they didn't accept any stories. The writers submitting had all failed to include one particular element in their stories--an element that the call for submissions had never mentioned.
Contrary to acknowledging this, the editor of the magazine merely snarked that the SF community "couldn't rise to the challenge", and published only the novella by the fiction editor of the issue.
Oy. That sucks and bites, Suela.
BTW. 'suela, I'm with Bev. If there's a letters column, that post is right on the money about their screwup. And they're wasting writers' time, which is never a good thing.
'suela - that's completely ridiculous! They need to be called on that.
Consuela, wow that makes me hate people some more. And yeah, sending that letter might be fun (and hopefully the letters editor dislikes the fiction editor).
deb, very nice review!
Mother to Daughter
I used to sneak into your room to room to plunder your jewelry box. Class rings, costume jewelry, your cameo from France. My favorite was the bracelet. It held so many mysteries. I used to imagine what each charm meant. The dice were for some sort of gamble. What was the baby for? Was it for me?
Twenty years later, you gave it to me, with all the charms attached and the story for each one. You gave me some of my own to add. Adding mine to yours, making us a part of each other in a tangible way.
Still waiting for notes. Nails bitten to quick.
I'm working on a homework assignment which asks the question, "What is good writing?"
Y'all are writers. When you know your writing is good, why is it?
When I can read it aloud and it sounds like how I'd relay a story to someone sitting over coffee with me, without as many, "ums," and "where was I?" and such.
Still waiting for notes. Nails bitten to quick.
May I join you in going crazy waiting for feedback? I'm still waiting for my agent to give me her notes on my sample chapters.
HATE waiting. Hate hate hate.
Okay, y'all's editors need to get on the stick. Want me to write them a nasty email??