I for one was never that wedded to the theme thing, but it is a handy leaping off point.

Exactly. And wasn't one character welcoming the other in your drabble, Gud?

And wasn't one character welcoming the other in your drabble, Gud?

Yes! I stumbled my way into the theme.

Myron Floren was, however, Norwegian.

:facepalm::

And yet, I fail to remember my PIN.

Drabbles! It's so nice to see them in here again!

I should write one, too. Having a hard time thinking in the cold meds fog, though.

Which gives me an idea for a new prompt for today: fog.

oooh, fog . . .

I drive down the hill, around a curve, and the world ends. Red flashes ahead warn me to stop.

A deputy coalesces from the grey. "We're letting one lane go at a time, five at a time. Go slow."

My headlights off the grey blind me, but no lights is madness. I'd never see the tree that could kill me. There's no sign of the car that I know is ahead of me.

5 MPH, and I open the door so I can see the white line below me. Three miles of terror and awe.

Ok, I've got a question that I'm aware, just by asking it, I could sound like a giant asshole, but I'm going to ask anyway: Is it always worth it to revise off editor feedback? It's not that the feedback is so awful, although a few pieces were certainly unexpected, but, you know, it's kind of an insignificant little 'zine, so even if I completely *nail* the revisions and do the best work of my life, I'll have twelve readers and a tiny payment two months from now. Yay me. Which I know I would have loved three years ago when I was all butt-hurt about the form letters and "Would a little feedback kill these bastards or what?" But he basically told me that I need to take the whole thing apart...getting it right would take a lot of effort and I'm not sure what the return is beyond the cheap hit of a byline.

erika, it sounds from the way you're writing that it wouldn't be worth the effort *to you,* *right now*. And that's the deciding factor, isn't it?

If you don't do the fixes, will he publish anyway? Is he at all right about the changes?

I don't know...it's not like I have so many markets for my work that what I want should matter. And I thought they gave me my first break. But it hasn't led me to very much at all. Just reading some of the (Bach) Worst. Disability Writing in the Woorlld(/Bach)