A Book of Endings Spotting!

[girliejones]

One of the most gruelling ways to get reviewed is in the Last Short Story spreadsheet. I know for me as an editor and publisher, I kinda sneak peeks with bated breath - how will our latest work rate? And then I watch as the numbers slowly get filled in, reader by reader. It's pretty sobering to see your work rated that way. I would imagine it's

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[jonathanstrahan]

It's true. I watch the ratings fill up for E2 or E3 or NSO2 with a pit in my stomach. And then I go, what the heck? And then I go - ok. It's weirdly nerve-wracking.

[girliejones]

It's because you know that the judgement is occuring within a context of all that other work.

[jonathanstrahan]

Hmm. Maybe. Mostly it's just the 'what'll the say about my baby' thing.

[girliejones]

Yeah, I know.