Comments | ladysisyphus: on quitting, shousetsu bang*bang, and (not) quitting shousetsu bang*bang

ladysisyphus

on quitting, shousetsu bangbang, and (not) quitting shousetsu bangbang

Sep 09, 2015 22:10

So! Today is the tenth anniversary of the release of the first Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue. I've been writing for it since 2006, editing the f/f issues since 2008, and editing the whole thing since 2010. And I have some Thoughts.

Caution: gets super-whiny; maybe skip.

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Comments 12

ashbet September 10 2015, 14:36:16 UTC

I think this is a pretty damn self-aware bit of writing, both good and bad. I love your passion for the magazine and for the stories and art that you publish.

Do you have a link to a description/requirements page for potential authors? I have a couple of people in particular that I'd like to poke about it.

*hugs*

-- A <3

ladysisyphus September 11 2015, 02:02:21 UTC

Thank you! I was afraid at first it was going to get too self-pitying and passive-aggressive and then I was afraid it was going to run around into the RAH RAH INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC PLAYS vein of things, and I didn't want either. So this is me, trying to walk it down the middle line of What Is.

The best link I could probably send you is http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/112126.html ; I did that roundup yesterday, and it's got links to just about everything. And absolutely, if you want to send anyone my way to ask specific questions, I'd love to help out in any way I can! Thank you so much for this too!

amaebi September 10 2015, 19:35:59 UTC

I have not found time to read SSBB, though I've always regretted it: unfortunately, what I understand of the work you publish there hasn't been high enough up my priority list for me to make time for it.

But I hear and respect your cry. And-- knowing from your LJ posts the sort of work you do in other forms of writing, and liking and respecting it tremendously, I wanted to let you know how sure I am that your presence and work in the work make a difference.

Toward a world of more attention, less blaming, less pain.

ladysisyphus September 11 2015, 02:05:32 UTC

Don't worry; I understand. And you've got a pretty busy life yourself!

Thanks for the words of support, though. I'm still working out my relationship to everything with attention and supporting other people and (not) being jealous, but I know I'm in a good place where I'm super-proud of my work I can do to make other people's stories better. So hey, the world spins ever forward, right?

anacoluthon September 11 2015, 02:16:36 UTC

I can only imagine the work you put into each issue, but I really appreciate it. :)
SSBB means a lot to me, I look forward to the issues but even more than that I have met SO MANY amazing people (INCLUDING YOU) who contribute in some way and I don't think I would have made any of those personal connections otherwise.

dasmondschaf September 11 2015, 02:28:02 UTC

I am part of the problem. :)

But seriously, I appreciate the thoughtfulness of your post, and love that SSBB continues onward even if I have not been making the time to read it for... oh... maybe the past few years. How time flies, eh? But still, SSBB has been hugely meaningful to me; some of my favorite things I have read have come out of it (and several of those have been written by you!). Happy Birthday, SSBB; guess I should go hit up your archives.

tricksterquinn September 11 2015, 12:41:03 UTC

Honestly, you're what brought me to SSBB. I love your writing, and a lot of it speaks to precisely what I want to see in feel-good romance. I have been meaning to contribute -- signed up twice this year for issues I was quite excited about - but I have also just been personally overwhelmed and didn't manage either deadline.

I'd like to have a more thoughtful response to your thoughtful post, but this is not the morning for that, sadly.