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altivo

More storm warnings and new books

Jul 19, 2006 22:41

Severe thunderstorm watch here all afternoon and evening. All we got was a little spattering of rain and a lot of clouds, though. I guess central Illinois got plastered with the tornado warnings and heavy rains. It looked very impressive on the radar about 3 or 4 pm ( Read more... )

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Comments 26

lobowolf July 20 2006, 04:26:37 UTC

Volle is quite excellent, although I haven't read Pendant of Fortune yet.

Kyell Gold has an LJ account under his pseudonym (what else?) kyellgold.

altivo July 20 2006, 04:33:53 UTC

Yes, I remembered that you were pretty enthusiastic about it. I went to buy Fur-Piled and saw it there and remembered I had wanted to read it. Figured I might as well get both while they were available, as Sofawolf is kinda notorious for doing short press runs and not getting around to reprinting.

lobowolf July 20 2006, 04:39:34 UTC

I need to pick up Pendant of Fortune. I've been sidetracked lately by Jane Lindskold's books.

I forgot how much I enjoyed reading; no computer will ever replace a good book.

doc_moreau July 20 2006, 06:27:11 UTC

You guys are STEALING ALL OUR STORMS! Stop it!!!! :P

altivo July 20 2006, 10:31:52 UTC

Somebody stole all of ours last year. We're just getting even.

marzolan July 20 2006, 15:27:53 UTC

Rain has been short here lately, but then it appears to be a nice nationwide drought. But I won't say it... *coughglobalwarmingcough* Hrrm, excuse me, something in my throat. Anyways, Fur-Piled is a good comic, I just wish he updated a bit faster. but then artists have lives outside of there stories and can only draw/write as their finances allow. If I could I'd purchase some things from a few artists... but well.... maybe one day.

altivo July 20 2006, 15:43:15 UTC

You'll be able to encourage artists more eventually, don't worry about it. If he didn't want people to see it without paying, he wouldn't post it all to the web as he does. The print images are larger, but essentially the same. I love it just as much in the print format.

Leo Magna is a student (college I assume from his photo) and therefore his time for drawing and writing is limited of course. I agree, faster updates would be nice, but he seems to have it all plotted out so things come together nicely in the end. The cliffhangers do bug me a bit. It really is a soap opera. "Will Husky get back together with Saetto?" "Who was that strange young lion that Andy cruised in the supermarket?" "What will happen to Car now?" "Will Chris ever discover his own sexuality and take an interest in others? Boys or girls?" ;p

marzolan July 20 2006, 19:17:49 UTC

*chuckles* Yes, he does have a knack for the dramatic...and you're right... reminds me a lot of most soap operas, heh. Well, we'll find out eventually. And incidently I'm pulling for a Husky/Saetto makeup.

altivo July 20 2006, 19:40:53 UTC

And incidently I'm pulling for a Husky/Saetto makeup.

Absolutely. As I said on the Fur-Piled Forum, if they don't make up and get back together, I'm going for Saetto myself. He's adorable. It's an interesting but more dramatic parallel to the triangle in Carpe Diem when long absent Trent returns unexpectedly to find that Burt gave up on him and is now with Kevin. Only there everyone is still speaking and we don't yet know what's going to happen. The tension is building though...

In Saetto's case, I don't expect him to stay permanently mad. He left because he didn't want to do something "stupid," i.e. punch Car in the muzzle the way he put his fist into that refrigerator door. There's bound to be at least an opportunity for a resolution between Saetto and Husky, and Husky had better make a clear declaration of his commitment. Lacking that, I think he's going to lose his chance.

Thread 17

pioneer11 July 21 2006, 04:11:46 UTC

There is a sore lack of a good, consistant, furry publishing house.

You /can/ do it in sf or fantasy but they have there own shelves to
fill at Borders and B&N.

Is it possible, maybe, to get a Furry plaque back in the SF Ghetto?

I dunno, but it would be nice. Maybe I should refocus from my
attempts at furry fiction to furry publishing.

Its a HUGE market, sorely underrated.

altivo July 21 2006, 10:56:22 UTC

SofaWolf does pretty well in terms of consistent quality but they aren't big enough yet. You really think there's that much market? I somehow have the impression that most furries don't read much. They are film, television, and music oriented, but those media are so much more costly to produce that we won't see a lot there.

pioneer11 July 24 2006, 14:45:22 UTC

I've submitted something (circa 2003) to Sofa and have had no
decision one way or the other.

I'm of the opine that Furry Genre Fiction is a literary explosion
waiting for a fuse.

altivo July 24 2006, 14:57:56 UTC

Well, as I said, Sofa's output is not huge. I have no way of knowing how large their backlogs or slushpiles might be, nor what their editorial and selection process is.

A lot of furry fiction manages to get out through regular publishers. The general audience stuff (non-erotic) appears everywhere. Transformation and science fiction stuff comes out of publishers that regularly deal with those specialties. Werewolf stories seem to be almost as hot as vampires now. Even Harlequin Romances have been releasing stuff in that vein and also with Lora Leigh's erotic romances have gotten into the human-animal hybrid field. (By the way, I recommend Leigh's book Megan's Mark for those who like adult erotica. Lion-human and coyote-human genetic experiments...)

Gay stories and comics, like Leo Magna's Fur-Piled might just as easily have made it to print through Alyson or another gay-oriented house. So Sofawolf does have competition. I suspect they are pretty conservative about their decisions, as everything I've seen with their imprint is of ( ... )