tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post5234045926681080691..comments2024-03-25T20:48:20.863-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: Missing the Trees for the ForestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-51441531273769805822010-07-16T10:40:55.875-05:002010-07-16T10:40:55.875-05:00Right on.Right on.Tim Jones-Yelvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456554360685811653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-56356361566375395292010-07-15T23:57:08.653-05:002010-07-15T23:57:08.653-05:00Thanks, guys. Roxane -- it's getting to me too...Thanks, guys. Roxane -- it's getting to me too. The discussion on the possibility of Brevity turning to submission fees had a lot of this going on. Bunch of commenters trying to buddy up or something by saying "Sure! Charge away! That'll shrink the pool and help you see how great my work is!", sometimes literally. Felt gross to read.<br /><br />Ryan -- I suspect a lot of these writers would like that, as many seem to suffer from White Guy Who Thought He Would Be the Next Joyce/Melville/Whatever Syndrome. I also find it suspicious when editors think having less work will help them do their job, because I have access to a pretty massive slushpile at Puerto and only through careful solicitation and constant vigilance can I build a magazine of high enough quality from that number. Doing it with Uncanny Valley's much smaller slush is proving to be a real challenge -- solicitations (and our long-ass lead time) are again proving vital.<br /><br />Ultimately it sounds like laziness to me too. Some bitching is human, but the amounts I see in some places just makes me wonder why they bother. I'd love to have their slush. They can forward it all to me!Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-16465425486347463402010-07-15T22:24:12.684-05:002010-07-15T22:24:12.684-05:00"a period that I think students of literature..."a period that I think students of literature will look back on with something like awe."<br /><br />Completely! I think the most notable thing, historically, about our "era" is the way literacy has finally expanded (and continues to expand) to those other than the supremely privileged. (And the resulting explosion of varieties of good work.) Would those that complain that there are "too many writers" rather have it how it used to be—where mostly only white males of privilege had the means to devote their life to reading and writing? Besides, less writers would only mean that editors would be forced into being less choosy, making it even more likely that they wind up publishing shit.<br /><br />Every time I see the "too many writers" line it feels to me that they are essentially saying that being an editor is really really hard work, and they are no longer so crazy about doing that work. How is that the writers' problem? Either delegate it, or simply do something else. . . .Ryanphttp://twitter.com/thesadstorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-7021100300210525082010-07-15T21:25:37.708-05:002010-07-15T21:25:37.708-05:00This is so well said, Mike. As of late the venom, ...This is so well said, Mike. As of late the venom, weird backlash, etc. against those "bad writers" who dare to want to be published has made me sick to my stomach. I get the sense that there is a fear, that good writers are in a castle and they need to pull up the drawbridge. I don't understand why people seem to feel threatened. Good writing will always, always find a way to make it through the transom. I believe this to my core as both a writer and an editor. <br /><br />Excellent, excellent post.R. Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005379821276342931noreply@blogger.com