Would it help at all to take a break from submitting for a little while and just write something you love that you don't care if there's an editor who is looking for it? As a sort of vacation.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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-t - Sep 23, 2015 3:17:16 pm PDT #6381 of 6686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
erikaj - Sep 23, 2015 5:04:59 pm PDT #6382 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
I do that, too, but I thought if I stopped I'd never really get back to it, and I keep hoping to toughen up about rejection(I mean, if I were trying to skate, or ride a bike, I wouldn't quit if I fell, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.)OTOH, once you get out of college, there really aren't writing training wheels, either.
-t - Sep 23, 2015 5:40:16 pm PDT #6383 of 6686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That totally makes sense.
Strix - Sep 24, 2015 8:23:37 am PDT #6384 of 6686
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
P-C!!! Woooooo! The same edition as James Gunn, whose brother I hung out with all night at a jazz club at PlanetComiCon in Kansas City without knowing that Sean Gunn was in Guardians of the Galaxy and Gilmore Girls and that he is James guns brother. That was my geek highlight so far. Congratulations! I am so proud of you.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2015 1:40:57 pm PDT #6385 of 6686
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The same edition as James Gunn
Different James Gunn, alas.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2015 12:35:29 pm PDT #6386 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
OK, a little detail question: Have a TV executive character who works for a cable network...has the kind of background where his parents might think "Harvard" nut he's not really as competitive as those people...where would he have gone to college?
Strix - Oct 28, 2015 1:02:10 pm PDT #6387 of 6686
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
NYU or Columbia?
Toddson - Oct 28, 2015 1:06:31 pm PDT #6388 of 6686
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Perhaps Stanford, if he's from the West Coast.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2015 8:06:00 pm PDT #6389 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
Good suggestions--thanks.
SailAweigh - Oct 30, 2015 9:10:41 am PDT #6390 of 6686
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Or maybe Berkeley. Very much more laid back and hippy dippy, but still very competitive, especially in the sciences, suprisingly. They collaborate with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which has one of the few particle accelerators in the country, which is why San Francisco is one of the three cities they have the particle accelerator conference in. (Thanks, Dad.)