Comments | greygirlbeast: "...as we listened to the sound of the engine failing ."

greygirlbeast

"...as we listened to the sound of the engine failing ."

Mar 24, 2011 14:33

Well, we did get a dab of snow, but it all quickly melted. So, no harm done.

1. Yesterday was another day of editing. I thought I was done with the manuscript for Two Worlds and In Between, but then I realized there was, inexplicably, no story for 1998. So...I asked Bill if I could add one, and he kindly consented (all this was in yesterday's ( Read more... )

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michael_b_lee March 24 2011, 18:57:36 UTC

We're a mere $35 dollars away from being 200% funded. Anyone want to pony up that last $35? You'd put a big ol' smile on Spooky's face.

Done.

greygirlbeast March 24 2011, 18:58:44 UTC

Thank you!

michael_b_lee March 24 2011, 19:33:10 UTC

Pleased to be of service.

Steam Dancer ashlyme March 24 2011, 19:21:05 UTC

Seconded. I think I made some comment on it a while back. But it's the most upbeat thing I've read by you, and I love it for that.

Re: Steam Dancer greygirlbeast March 24 2011, 19:29:02 UTC

But it's the most upbeat thing I've read by you,

It's certainly one of the most.

ericmvan March 24 2011, 20:29:48 UTC

it's emphatically not a depressing story. It's a story (I don't believe I'm about to write this) of the triumph of the human spirit over terrible adversity.

I have always been bugged by people (reviewers or not) who make this misattribution. Really, they find it depressing to be reminded that terrible adversity (e.g. poverty and squalor, or mental illness, or whatever the characters are triumphing over) exists? They didn't already know that? They were trying not to think about it?

Furthermore, if a work of fiction actually were depressing, nobody would want to read or recommend it. The ending of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is almost always mischaracterized as depressing when it is in fact uplifting if you've paid sufficient attention (for one thing, it may be the only Dick novel where an unhappy marriage ends up strengthened), so you are in very good company ( ... )

greygirlbeast March 24 2011, 20:31:40 UTC

They were trying not to think about it?

I fear this is very often the case.

seph_ski March 24 2011, 20:48:06 UTC

It's a story (I don't believe I'm about to write this) of the triumph of the human spirit over terrible adversity.

I confess. That made me laugh.

If anyone has an idea, or anything remotely approaching an idea, for a vignette for Sirenia Digest #64, feel free to post it.

What about some sort of homage to a favorite film of yours? Maybe a story that takes place in the same world? ...As opposed to using someone else's established characters, that is.

greygirlbeast March 24 2011, 20:49:17 UTC

What about some sort of homage to a favorite film of yours? Maybe a story that takes place in the same world?

Hmmmmm. Last time I did that was "The Ape's Wife" in...2007.

cimeara March 24 2011, 20:53:09 UTC

But. If anyone has an idea, or anything remotely approaching an idea, for a vignette for Sirenia Digest #64, feel free to post it.

How about what happened to your top hat? or, someone's top hat...?

greygirlbeast March 24 2011, 20:54:44 UTC

How about what happened to your top hat?

Not very interesting. A ceiling fell on it.

cimeara March 24 2011, 21:07:29 UTC

Yep, not very interesting.

greygirlbeast March 24 2011, 21:08:30 UTC

Sadly no. Though rather traumatizing.