Right, but my point is that it's just accepted. No one bothers to protest the fact that her chick lit novel isn't up for the Pulitzer, you know? Fiction like Giffin writes is not romance, but it's not Maeve Binchy-esque either, it exists in its own little pink ghetto, and no one expects different.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Amy - Aug 28, 2012 10:09:49 am PDT #5406 of 6690
Because books.
erikaj - Aug 28, 2012 10:22:51 am PDT #5407 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I don't mean to say she should be *surprised*
Amy - Aug 28, 2012 10:43:24 am PDT #5408 of 6690
Because books.
And what I was trying to say, badly, was that a lot of genres come with that immediate disrespect, not just women's fiction. Sci fi isn't considered worthy in most lit circles, and neither are mysteries.
The book world is just like high school. Which is ... just like the rest of the world, really.
hippocampus - Sep 03, 2012 3:06:01 am PDT #5409 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
::flomp:: so.tired. Chicon seems to have gone really well. My panels were pretty good, everyone else's were amazing. The writers workshop I helped run, in conjunction with a more experienced writer (Jack McDevitt) went really well. I didn't pass out or drool during my reading and people came to it. I got to pitch my first agent and picked up six new interviews for cooking the books. Yeah, totally happy. And exhausted.
Liese S. - Sep 03, 2012 5:32:55 am PDT #5410 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh that's fabulous, Sox. Good for you!
Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2012 10:04:33 am PDT #5411 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Congratulations, Sox! I didn't even know Nature published short stories. How cool! It's evocative, although I can't quite figure it out.
Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2012 10:33:39 am PDT #5412 of 6690
brillig
I didn't know they did stories either. That's a wonderful story, very bare, just like the planet.
hippocampus - Sep 19, 2012 10:55:19 am PDT #5413 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Thanks you guys!
Consuela - Sep 19, 2012 2:00:47 pm PDT #5414 of 6690
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Sox, that's a brilliant little story. You do a lot with very little there, embedding the world-building in the interpersonal drama. So well done...
Strix - Sep 19, 2012 8:19:10 pm PDT #5415 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Sox, awesome! DIBS ON AN INTERVIEW WHEN YOU SELL A NOVEL.
Gud, you too!
Oh, woo! Glass Heart is out. Must read this weekend, beg Amy for a follow-up! Must re-read Cold Kiss again; it's been...6 months since I lent it to my sis.