ultra-compressed weekend

[devi]

rain, fretfulness and regret, sudden plans, wine, pink river dolphins and tree octopi, surprise, wine, cycling on ice late at night, editing, friends, schoolgirl angst, uproarious drumming-heels-on-floor laughter, wine, hangover and headrush and gloopy winter sunset, wine, pub, fire, food, crosswords, driving too fast and smoking too much, small unruly animals, demon babies, rabbits doing the ironing, ice cream, wine, taxi.

At least it was all the same colour of wine.

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Spies Everywhere

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

This post at the TTA boards may be of interest. If you haven't seen it already.

Re: Spies Everywhere

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I hadn't - thanks! 13: lucky for some, ie, me.

Re: Spies Everywhere

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Hmm, having read all the way down, maybe I should rethink my fear of submitting to Interzone. I was afraid to send them anything else because I got the distinct impression that they were very reluctant to publish LTSIB and were only doing it out of obligation - it was the way they put it off for so long and gave only the vaguest answers to queries.

But even if that was true, at least this shows the readers thought it was OK!

Re: Spies Everywhere

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Aha. I was trying to work out if you'd got to that bit or not. :)

I think you should read the most recent issue and boggle at how bad some of the stories are. That should cure your fear.

(I mean, seriously. Richard Calder. Why?)

Re: Spies Everywhere

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

The readers think you rock!

Wouldn't "words from the code", lightly reworked, make a great SF story?

Re: Spies Everywhere

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Mmm... I was thinking that, but then I was thinking that it bears a resemblance to an Asimov story called "Does A Bee Care?", but now I'm thinking that it's not really like that story at all. (DABC is about an immortal bloke who triggers off evolution and development of the human race all around him until they develop space travel, because he is in fact a larva of some other species which can only mature in space)

Re: Spies Everywhere

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

What you need to do is entitle your story "Does Asimov Care?" in order to forestall accusations of plagiarism through obvious ironic homage ;)

Re: Spies Everywhere

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Heh. Lost Things was basically an ironic homage, though, so best not risk it twice :)

Re: Spies Everywhere

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

It's a niche market I think you could make your own.

How long do Interzone submissions have to be, anyway? I've recently had a fair idea for a SF story called "A Photocopier Is A Machine For Living In"...