God, is that my dream editorial comment, or what?Actually, that was just part of her suggestion to make it less "girly"...if I had known, really, that they were going to be my best bet, I would have, but I'm a new writer shopping stuff to people that don't know me, I figured caution wouldn't hurt.(If she worked out of the Bay Area,not Topeka, I would have said "Hec put you up to that one, didn't he?:)) Don't know why he finds me cursing so comic,but whatever blows his dirndl up. When I sent the ms. off, my mother was like "There are radicals in Kansas?"
"I can top that. I'm a radical, and I'm *here*." I said.
"Yes. Right. I keep forgetting."

Nilly, no email yet. I think you have subversive gremlins in the university server.

Grr, it's sitting there in my "out sent" box, but not really going out.

The university doesn't want me to be connected to the outside world.

I've re-sent. Hope either mail will get to you.

I'll keep an eye on it, and let you know shortly, love.

I'm off for the evening, but could you post here when you get the mail? There are also problems with incoming e-mail, so I think this is the safest way. Sorry for the bother.

Nilly, it's now an hour later; not a word.

Congrats Erika! :) Thats fantastic!

Not Tonight,Honey, My Wrist Hurts: Love in Cyberspace

bwahaha sounds definetly sellable

Thanks, everyone for your kind thoughts. I am waiting for her to call me back now...I hate that. But then, I hate to wait for my fingernails to dry, so definite YMMV.

I'm behind in my congratuations. Yay for the acceptance of Susan's magazine piece. Teppy, I really liked your fencing piece and wished it could be longer. Erika, I'm glad you got good feedback on your piece. I really think you've got a future as an essayist to a broad audience, because you have such a distinctive voice.

Now I need to get those queries off.

Heh...that's one way to describe it. Kessie, I'm still early in my beta...you're very good at setting up dramatic tension, and I've mentioned that if I tried to write in German I'd write like Tonto, right?(Wait, do you know who Tonto is?) I'm going through, changing to a more colloquial English and all, but if you have any questions, I'd suggest getting one of our crack Buffista grammarians on it, because I kind of write by feel and sound, so I'm not sure I could tell you "Why?" mostly. And "Just 'cause" is not overly constructive.(Although some things are idioms and probably don't make much more sense than that, to be honest.) Like in Spanish, my second language, if you are not careful when you say "it's hot" you'll say "I'm horny."