Addressing a few writerly issues...

[anghara]

From a message board I frequent, from a poster who sounds new (at least I haven't seen the name before) and whom I will leave anonymous for obvious reasons:

Comments

[little_foxy]

Bah!!! I would say young, and used to SMS'ing everyone... hence my reply.

If you are going to be joining a message board that deals with writing and publishing of books, then learning to spell is a great place to start. I would imagine they would be one of the first to complain about typos in the books they purchase....

or am I just be a grumpy veteran on the board?

[eneit]

no, you aren't being a grumpy veteran, I saw that message earlier and left it well alone for fear of being completely rude. There's a major difference between letting Granny loose now and then, and writing my initial reaction to message.

Anghara I have read this writer's efforts in the wf and I have to say, you've hit the nail neatly on the head with the term "deathless prose".

[odamoganak]

*applauds*

Fabulous rant.

It seems to me that someone who wishes to pursue being published seriously would do a great deal of research into the business of publishing. And I think they would come up with a list similar to yours if they did their homework.

sleigh postulated a formula for what you need to get published here: http://sleigh.livejournal.com/86365.html

On another note, how on earth can people communicate effectively with such miserable spelling?

[green_knight]

how on earth can people communicate effectively with such miserable spellingThey can't. They put the onus on the reader - 'I don't want to take the time to figure it out, *you* do the work' which predisposes me against them from the start

[kinzel]

Alas, this sounds very much like a troll. The thing is that today, as always in the US, publishing is a right. Anyone can do it, the way anyone can be a painter or a quilter. That's not to say that anyone can be a professional writer just as not everyone can be a professional painter.

Go to your nearest downtown art fair and see what a non-juried show can turn up. Now we've got un-juried publishing....

Perhaps best is to let the "Anyone can write" crowd play with the crayons and let the pro publishers and public decide.

[netcrimes]

You should see the tinfoil hat cases I get.