VP XII Yahoo Manuscript Group

Group is ded; can't even access old messages or manuscript files. Grr.

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I'll be sitting in the Den most of today, sucking down coffee and finishing up the 3000-6000 wrd paper due tomorrow in social psych. I've 2500 words already, the frame of the paper, and I just have to add some studies and work on the transitions from one point to the other. Easy, but time consuming. And I have to write a 300 wrd essay for individual psych. And I want to start looking at part three of the collaboration. Gotta pick up Sam at 4pm, so t-minus 5.5 hours, approx.

I feel distractable. Bleh.

not work safe

With love from Mike, the Durex balloon sex commercial:

( graphic balloon sex )

rejection!

Boy, that's a damn good turn-around time -- eleven days! Just got my rejection from F & SF:

Thank you for submitting "Oh My Heart, Oh My Soul," but I'm going to pass on it. This tale didn't grab my interest, I'm afraid. Good luck to you with this one, and thanks again for sending it our way.

Sincerely,

John Joseph Adams
Assistant Editor

Ah well. Anyone remember if that's the "this story sucks" rejection letter?

and out she goes

Just sent Oh My Heart to Pedestal Magagize. It's a SFWA qualifying ezine, but it's not listed at Critter's Black Holes site. I think that the zine said that they had an 8 wk turnaround, so late May.

broken stories

Speaking of submissions, I've got to get some more stories in the pipline. Count the Stars should be done in four to eight weeks, I guess. I think that I can fix Matilda, but I don't know what the heck to do with Goober (other than, ya know, find a plot.) I've got Mike's ROI story to write, the synesthesia story. That'll give me six in rotation (assuming I don't sell one before I finish them all.)

Hey, VPers! Anybody wanna collaborate? towersofgrey can tell ya what a blast it is! Or what was that idea that epi_lj gave me? Oh yeah, the kid pulled off the street to do tech support. Yeah, that's a good one, too. Needs a hook, though.