tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post6655739959491601861..comments2023-12-19T05:15:27.114-05:00Comments on Liana Brooks: Very Random ThoughtLiana Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587774916354749190noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-52792081302195067172008-08-13T22:40:00.000-04:002008-08-13T22:40:00.000-04:00*cries at the thought of kicking her baby out*You'...*cries at the thought of kicking her baby out*<BR/><BR/>You're very sweet, Joan, but I know I still have work to do. I'm getting there, but I'm not there yet. Notice that out of a blog post with 10 paragraphs 1 was eloquent. 10% is not a passing grade. <BR/><BR/>But, keep watching, I have plans. I am getting a short story cleaned up and kicked out by months end. You can hold me to that. :o)Liana Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587774916354749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-63132551024779355452008-08-13T12:13:00.000-04:002008-08-13T12:13:00.000-04:00Listen, if you write your fiction the way you wrot...Listen, if you write your fiction the way you wrote the second to last paragraph of this blog post, I find it hard to believe your case of Isuckitis is little more than self-diagnosed. You wrote with vivid imagery, and you have a compelling voice. I'm thinking you should be submitting if your fiction is written the same way. Sometimes you just have to kick that baby out into the world. Tough love it and get it out there.Joan Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622809465767116747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-44129609375793917652008-08-12T11:15:00.000-04:002008-08-12T11:15:00.000-04:00Isuckitis! What a funny term. And so clever and ap...Isuckitis! What a funny term. And so clever and appropriate. It's nice to know there's a name to put to it!PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-60405856527540652142008-08-11T11:36:00.000-04:002008-08-11T11:36:00.000-04:00I feel your pain!! I have a different disorder pai...I feel your pain!! I have a different disorder paired with Isuckitis it seems, extreme, unadulterated procrastination. I can't finish ANYTHING I start. Plus, when I start something, it's either go all the way, big picture, or nothing at all. No short stories here. But it seems like ambition is getting in the way of letting the ideas really flow... and it sucks! <BR/><BR/>Either way, good post on your part.D Rohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871669838150289220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-89585567889410339482008-08-10T19:17:00.000-04:002008-08-10T19:17:00.000-04:00I need to get it to the point where someone's enti...I need to get it to the point where someone's entire crit is not them laughing hysterically! <BR/><BR/>Well, okay, they can laugh at Horace. With the sci-fi short I want them to send a lynch mob after me so they can get the rest of the story :o)Liana Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587774916354749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-33274827758029917212008-08-10T12:54:00.000-04:002008-08-10T12:54:00.000-04:00Cookies solve everything. :)*offers an editing-wit...Cookies solve everything. :)<BR/>*offers an editing-with-speed cookie*<BR/><BR/>hehe. The first short I published looked horrific to me... When it actually got accepted by a mag, I was overjoyed to tears. That goes to show how amazing CC is. That piece got about 7 crits, and I used pretty much all of them while polishing. <BR/>You're not alone in editing. Take the advice that your CC buddies give you. It's worth it. lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-74530734563805818552008-08-09T12:18:00.000-04:002008-08-09T12:18:00.000-04:00Yes, I am going to polish my short story and kick ...Yes, I am going to polish my short story and kick it out there. I really, really, really am going to do that.... as soon as I have it editied beyond all hope of repair :o) And as soon as I figure out who to submit the stupid thing too. :( I'm not very familiar with the magazine market.Liana Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587774916354749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329782430566577328.post-20152292637816628352008-08-09T04:10:00.000-04:002008-08-09T04:10:00.000-04:00And again, and again, and again.I have less comple...And again, and again, and again.<BR/><BR/>I have less completed novels than you. I have less edited chapters than you.<BR/><BR/>But I HAVE braved the market and polished a few shorts to submit - and the elation of sending something off, knowing you've done your best and shaved every possible bit of flab, correct every plot flaw... It's heady. It's heady enough that my perfectionism is beaten back, and even though I /know/ it could still be /better/, I know that right now, it is my best.<BR/><BR/>The trick is remembering - and coping with the fact - that my best gets better.<BR/><BR/>I go back to things that I thought were edited within an inch of their life that I wrote in April, and now, over 50,000 words of stories later, I find I can shave a bit more flab, trim a few more words... And my best gets better.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to write perfectly to be published. You don't even have to edit perfectly. You just have to have a story that has enough heart to capture the attention of an agent.<BR/><BR/>And as we all know, /that/ is as easy as falling off a log :o)<BR/><BR/>*hugs* and *cookies* <BR/><BR/>Love.Amy Laurenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16782528327499574711noreply@blogger.com