I want to send a short story in to an electronic magazine, but I'm not sure I want to let it go yet. I'm not sure it's "finished."
And, of course, I'm afraid I'll fall afoul of the rules against selling babies or body organs or freshly killed game or one's writing or one's body.
I do not want to do the wrong thing, you know.
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eMagazines? On the Sat's word analogy test, isn't eMagazine the answer when given the exemplars "blood-coughing crackwhore" and "prostitution hierarchy"?
Eg. (blank) is to writer's compensation, as "blood-coughing crackwhore" is to "prostitution hierarchy"
Aim high. Until a single arrow fills your quiver. . .
Posted by: Darrell at February 11, 2007 08:52 PM (UwdCz)
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Like a weblog post you can never play with or edit a piece of writing enough. There's always something you can change. At some point you just have to let it go. Let it go! Then see what happens.
Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at February 11, 2007 11:27 PM (QJ5cf)
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Unlike a blogpost though, you can't fiddle with it after it is published.
I never never never catch everything before I hit "submit". And not just spelling and grammar snafus, but dorky word choices and other such that would be far more embarrasing than something you could blame on a lazy editor.
Posted by: Desert Cat at February 12, 2007 03:38 PM (B2X7i)
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Cat, I can fiddle with any post I write. If I make a rare major change I point that out.
Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at February 12, 2007 08:13 PM (QJ5cf)
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I'm talking about an article you submit for publication elsewhere.
Posted by: Desert Cat at February 12, 2007 08:17 PM (xdX36)
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I usually give them one last edit before I send them out. That edit generally introduces enough errors--word repetitions, etc.--to keep the story from getting accepted.
Posted by: Attila Girl at February 12, 2007 10:42 PM (0CbUL)
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Use Ernest Hemingway as your pseudonym and you're sure to be rejected every time.
Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at February 13, 2007 03:46 PM (QJ5cf)
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You're just trying to make me feel better. I'm not having it!
Posted by: Attila Girl at February 13, 2007 05:42 PM (KVP4Z)
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Just stick with what works, I always say.
Posted by: Darrell at February 13, 2007 08:42 PM (MTzmV)
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