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babarnett1. Gaaaaaah! That sums up recent weeks for me and explains my scattered internet presence as of late.
2. As a dreadfully slow reader, I cower when faced with a book large enough to bludgeon someone to death with. So when I recently saw a book review on Amazon that began by expressing disappointment at the sheer size of the novel, I thought I had found a kindred spirit--until it turned out that their disappointment stemmed from 400 pages being far too short for their tastes.
3. I forget what got me thinking about this the other day, but it's fascinating how sometimes, because of cliches and expectations, the change of one minor detail in what is otherwise the same exact story can garner totally different reactions. One story of mine originally included a drug-induced dream sequence with a talking cat. After two rejections bemoaned it as being yet another talking cat story, I changed the cat to a pug. I believe I quite literally did a find-and-replace of "cat" for "pug" in the document. Next rejection? "The talking pug was great."
4. Story passed up the editorial food chain at Realms of Fantasy. *squees while crossing fingers*
5. *Looks at pile of critiques that need to be done* Gaaaaah!
2. As a dreadfully slow reader, I cower when faced with a book large enough to bludgeon someone to death with. So when I recently saw a book review on Amazon that began by expressing disappointment at the sheer size of the novel, I thought I had found a kindred spirit--until it turned out that their disappointment stemmed from 400 pages being far too short for their tastes.
3. I forget what got me thinking about this the other day, but it's fascinating how sometimes, because of cliches and expectations, the change of one minor detail in what is otherwise the same exact story can garner totally different reactions. One story of mine originally included a drug-induced dream sequence with a talking cat. After two rejections bemoaned it as being yet another talking cat story, I changed the cat to a pug. I believe I quite literally did a find-and-replace of "cat" for "pug" in the document. Next rejection? "The talking pug was great."
4. Story passed up the editorial food chain at Realms of Fantasy. *squees while crossing fingers*
5. *Looks at pile of critiques that need to be done* Gaaaaah!
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Date: 2010-06-08 03:42 am (UTC)Good luck with RoF!
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Date: 2010-06-08 04:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-06-08 02:00 pm (UTC)And thanks for the luck!
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Date: 2010-06-08 01:35 pm (UTC)And good luck at RoF!
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Date: 2010-06-08 02:10 pm (UTC)I forget which particular book this review I saw was for, but it was fantasy, and I get the impression the reviewer was a fan of the Great Big Honking Fantasy ouevre where 400 pages is chapter one.
And thanks for the good luck!