tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post1828395502705560109..comments2024-03-28T20:43:00.579-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: One way to write a good story: Tim Dicks' "The Fireman"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-2660174357858009212011-10-26T22:07:45.217-05:002011-10-26T22:07:45.217-05:00i read submissions (haphazardly) for a journal (bi...i read submissions (haphazardly) for a journal (birkensnake)--you're right, it doesn't take long (time/sentences) to decide if a piece is going to work or not. sometimes the writing is very competent but just wrong for the journal. i don't think it is really enough for something to be 'good' or 'great'; there has to be more to a successful submission than the adequacy of the writing. i find this whole discussion on here very perplexing; what has age got to do with it? the people who write and the people who edit and who read are composed of a variety experiences, some which have to do with time, which can be spent acquiring things like page counts or playtime with puppies or watching reality tv. it is difficult to say how far advanced one is vs. another with any clarity. journals, every issue, are put together by people who make decisions about how they want that issue to look & feel; the result is a collaboration between the people who work to make the thing come into being. <br /><br />anyhow, i need to get off the internet.roxihttp://persephassa.comnoreply@blogger.com