Thanks, Elena--I really think I need a shoulder-chipectomy on this issue. I probably wouldn't have the same reaction to similar remarks about other genres I hope to write in--romance seems more subject to generalized dissing, so I get a little oversensitive and overprotective.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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Susan W. - Nov 23, 2002 11:25:39 pm PST #978 of 10000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Elena - Nov 23, 2002 11:29:58 pm PST #979 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
There's plenty of crap Science Fiction and Fantasy... And, for the love of heaven, will somebody please realise that a spellchecker does not substitute for a copy editor? I am amazed at how poorly done a lot of published stuff is.
askye - Nov 23, 2002 11:31:48 pm PST #980 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Elean and I were just talking last night about how much Buffista written romance novels would rock.
Michele T. - Nov 23, 2002 11:33:02 pm PST #981 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Ninety percent of everything is crap. (Theodore Sturgeon, when asked why he wrote in sci-fi, where 90% of the published work was crap.)
And, OK, fine, small animals in Iowa saw the slash in Point Break. I was blind to anything but the blazing prettiness of Keanu.
Susan W. - Nov 23, 2002 11:34:02 pm PST #982 of 10000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I've heard horror stories of writers finding errors in the proofs that weren't in their manuscripts, marking the corrections, and having them end up in the finished book anyway. That's just gotta rankle.
Elena - Nov 23, 2002 11:36:12 pm PST #983 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
I shudder dramatically whenever I see a typo in a post - I cannot imagine the horror of having that preserved forever on the page. Especially if it wasn't my fault.
Yes, at least 90% of everything is crap.
askye - Nov 23, 2002 11:40:40 pm PST #984 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I would shudder with horror when I see a typo in my posts except I'm such a horrid speller and there's no spell check I just hope no one holds it against me.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 24, 2002 3:36:35 am PST #985 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I gave up shuddering in horror some time ago. It takes more energy than I've got to spare from resting. I mock bad ones, though.
Rebecca Lizard - Nov 24, 2002 9:26:36 am PST #986 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I just finished Modus Vivendi last night. Wow, fuck, I really liked it. Isn't this the thread you were talking about in? The ending did seem to come a little quick; as the middle did seem to really stretch on for days and days at times where, if I hadn't been loving the writing so much, I would have started to look at my watch and tap my feet; but, Christ, that was a pleasant read.
Connie Neil - Nov 24, 2002 8:15:47 pm PST #987 of 10000
brillig
Yeah, RL, after all the repetitions of Xander taking his meds, having everything resolve so quickly made me wonder if I'd missed sections.