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Welcome Sarah!

Another rant. At myself, this time. I've been struggling with this story since January. I knew the very broad outlines the whole time, and I always knew the nature of the climax. But I didn't know the details, so I did research. And I kept getting interrupted by other work. (Darned goats!) A month ...

The one thing I never understood, and still don't, is that Dick is unclear as to the nature of the memory experience. Are the people JUST given the memory or are they given a memory AND the experience? And by 'experience' I mean something like a vivid hallucinogenic real time story-type-thingy. In t...

Hmm... I'd like to do a rant about writers who seek instant gratification and can't figure out why they're not published after two months of trying... but that might be inappropriate (dealing with someone like this on another forum--ugh). Nice. People just have to know it'll take time to get publis...

A story I sent to "Dark Wisdom" has been out for over 2 months now. I am beginning to wonder if the magazine is defunct. I say this since I submitted a story to them the first day of their reading period. And their title page has old information. But SFWA still has them listed as a qualify...

dantzel wrote:Seriously, Kary? That's very cool. Both of my subs to Lightspeed said 'didn't quite work for me.'

Still a form rejection, but... but... still!

All of mine have been like this, too! It's good to hear!

ROFL! Touche, madame. Then again, mutually assured destruction much? And with that we return you to your regularly scheduled ranting. Here's mine. Dagnabit! I'm here to rant that I can't even RANT about rejections if these people won't return my subs! So that means this rant is about waiting. I hat...

Look, I don't want to make enemies on here. And I sure don't want to torpedo my writing career before it even started. I like you all. And many, if not most of you have experiences I can learn from. I was just looking to rant.

Peace?

Just so we are clear and so I don't come out as the bad guy, here is the context of my statements: "I get hundreds of stories each month, I can't give personal feedback on all of them." I was responding to THIS claim from editors. Now, if there are other reasons, fine. I can live with that...

Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:And no, I don't think it's at all correct to call him lazy.

ugh...I called no one lazy. I say *if*, notice the conditional, *if* it's laziness, just be honest.

Ugh. Forget I said anything. I thought this was a RANT thread. Guess not.

As a teacher, your primary responsibility is to teach your students. You are a service provider, and the students are your customers. (Well . . . technically, the parents of the students are your customers.) My point being the excuse that they don't have the time. I understand who the customer base...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vO8cAHnVbY

For those who haven't seen the new trailer. It looks promising.

Alright, I just finished it. It's just under 7,000 words.

Oh, I forgot. Just send me a PM if you want to exchange stories. I'll give you my email address then.

Hey folks,

I am about 3/4 done with a very rough draft of a story for Q3. If anyone wants to exchange stories when I am finished, let me know. I'll look at either science fiction or fantasy of pretty much any length (nothing beyond 17,000 however. I just don't have time).

I've sort of become immune to rejections. After hitting 20, I think I became like the king who slowly drinks poison so he builds up a resistance. At first, it kinda stung, but then you realize rejection can be divorced from quality. Excellent stories get rejected. My attitude is to pump out science ...

A great series, if you aren't familiar with it. Of course the episode on Philip K. Dick is my favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7imBE7PKP4

A good lecture from one of my favorite science fiction writer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhkzYnaAvAA

Enjoy!

Hello! I made my first submission to Writers of the Future yesterday. It's the longest short story I've written yet -- although still nowhere near the 17,000 limit -- and I had a lot of fun working on it. Now I need to concentrate on my entry for Q4, make progress on my other writing projects, and ...

Also, "Solaris" by Stainslaw Lem is fantastic. It's got his classic cynicism about human beings, which I quite enjoy.

Interesting point, Alex. And I like that quote.

Speaking generally, I'm also a pacifist. But when it comes to art, honesty is key...and let's face it, the world is a harsh, violent place sometimes. So I think it makes sense that a lot of science fiction and fantasy involves a lot of violence. Right, but it's a matter of glorification. This is wh...

I'll toss my hat in the ring too. send me a PM.

I really need to pick up The Forever War next time I get paid. I've read a couple short stories by Haldeman, which were fantastic, but I keep seeing The Forever War being mentioned all over the place, often touted as the greatest example of military SF ever. Hard to ignore a reputation like that. I...

Pretty much anything by Philip K. Dick. Thought his stuff in the late 70's and 80's isn't as good as his earlier stuff. I probably recommend his short story collections. He was a master at short fiction. Of his novels, "The World Jones Made," is very good, as are "Do Androids Dream of...

Well, I surmise from your picture that you're a female, so in the 1920's vernacular, that would make you a "doll." But, we're in a different era, so we can probably flaunt the rules of 1920's word use wotf004 As for rejections, meh, they don't get me too down now. I mean, Dune got rejecte...

Welcome David! (And Michael and everyone else I missed) Am I a cat or a doll? I like cats better... :) It's been interesting to begin gathering rejections - I just got my 5th in 5 months. Even though it's always a little bit of a bummer - since I don't send out stories unless I believe they've got ...

Thanks for the warm welcome, cats and dolls. Rock on.

Well Martin, when Clarkesworld and Lightspeed usually respond within 2-3 days, it's easy to rack up the rejections. wotf019 Plus, the short Daily Science Fiction stories can be written and revised in an hour or 2. I usually have 4 or 5 stories out at a time. Oh well. You win some and you lose some. ...