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[koosemose]

Ok, so I didn't end up sitting down and work on my writing last night, instead I went over to my brothers and hung out. However, I did make use of my time (and his DSL) last night and tonight. I've been doing some research on publications that would be likely to accept contemporary/modern fantasy, seems very few publications do, and those that I

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[turtledawn]

from everthing i've heard, it's better to write to suit yourself at the beginning, rather than trying to write to get published. Eventually someone will like one of your works and you get in without all the messy burnout and resentment. I'd also suggest avoiding the vanity presses, as tempting as it might (eventually) be; an actual publishing house will count it as a mark against your portfolio. I think the library in ashland publishes a little literary journal and i suspect that ACC might as well- the Jesse Stewart Foundation has one too, but i think they prefer fiction as opposed to fantasty, and Kentucky fiction above all.

oh, and it doesn't matter how our genome differs from chimps; it matters how our genome differs from that of our immediately precedant ancestor, from which chimps also descended. really the only value there is comparative... microeveolution can't start from scratch and doesn't work toward producing what we as modern humans think of as the "best" solution, it's a result of a gene or combination of genes being more successful- that is, being passed on to offspring which then reproduce themselves more frequently. If the higher birthrate can be sustained without causing a degree of hardship to the parents that reduces their ability to care for the young adequately, it will be sustained.

[koosemose]

I fully intend to write for myself, anything that will be altered for publishing purposes is purely stylistic and maybe a touch of grammar, but I don't care to much about the style, and I need to watch my grammar anyways. Heck, I wince when I read my own paragraph-sentences.

I of course realize that the chimp article is more of a comparitive nature, most of my comment was of a late night asinine nature. Though I do find it interesting that an adaptation that leads to a better chance of propagation of the species can also make the species more susceptible to things such as cancer. Something like that's probably obvious to someone with a decent amount of knowledge in biology... but I'm really in a basic level with biology, never was very good at it.

[zheekaht]

Best of luck on the writing.

Another factor that may well play a huge part is that chimps don't, to the best of my knowledge, smoke three packs a day or have unhealthy urges to spend massive amounts of money on tanning beds. Not unless they're very insecure.

[koosemose]

What!?! Those damn monkeys lied to me, they said they needed the cash for Ciggarettes. Damn monkeys probably spent it all on drugs