[ SECRET POST #1775 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1775 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 10 pages, 247 secrets from Secret Submission Post #254.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 0 - omgiknowthem ], [ 0 - take it to comments ], [ 0 - repeats ]
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[ravynfyre.livejournal.com]

This one actually made me both giggle, and want to give you a brofist.

In college, I took a creative writing class where we were required to submit one of our pieces to a publisher. I loved the anthologies, but hadn't read any of MZB's stuff beyond Lythande, and I thought, hey! Why not!? Some of my favorite authors were "discovered" by her, so, what the hell? What's the worst that could happen? She could send it back with an industry standard refusal form letter, and I get my grade, right?

Or she could, y'know, send my manuscript back with about six millions edits done in multiple colors of CRAYON, and hand-written notes about how much I suck as a writer AND a person, and how my prof should be ashamed to let talentless hacks like me submit things to professionals, because it makes THEM look as bad I am.

Kinda wish I'd kept it now; was a hilarious conversation piece, with all the crayon scribbles and notes.

tl;dr?

Hells yes.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Wow, considering some of the stuff she printed in those anthologies I'm surprised she edited anything.

A lot of the stories in Sword and Sorceress were great, and I'd also say I enjoyed them much better than her own work. But a few of them were really bad and there were plenty that could have used editing.

(In all honesty, I never read some of her more famous work, just some fairly "meh" short stories and a novel about a psychic. But I thought that sucked so much I never tried her other stuff.)

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

Aw, man, that's kind of sad! I liked Lythande and I liked the Mists of Avalon and even Firebrand (though I never did get into her other stuff like the sci-fi junk) so it makes me a little sad that she was totally unprofessional like that. How uncool.

BUT as a conversation piece, that is kind of hilarious.

[(Anonymous)]

That....is hilarious beyond words. Oh my goodness. It's even funnier seeing how you're a freaking student; a bet her ego grew three sizes that day when she put you in your place.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol'ing here. Crayon, really? Wow, how professional. And saying you're a sucky person b/c of what you WROTE? That's pure comedy gold coming from her since she was married to and covering for a pedophile irl. I'm sorry but the irony is unbelievable.

Go here to learn more if ya wanna: http://www.sff.net/people/stephen.goldin/mzb/ At least you don't hafta feel yucky about being published by her as one of my friends does.

*shaking my head still in disbelief*

[ravynfyre.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I'm glad that I didn't know this until now, or pissed at myself, because that is one of my glaring, major, size-of-Juipter Red Button Issues.

[deadtree.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you didn't keep that-- I would have, if just for the years and years of lolz it would provide. That's priceless.

[ravynfyre.livejournal.com]

Well, at the time, I was a young, horribly emo little shit with delusions of grandeur, so... yeah, I'll admit it: her notes and comments hurt. I kept it just long enough to get my grade, and to show my closest friends for the sympathy, and then I burned it. (I did mention the emo part, right?)

Ah, the follies of youth.

[hiyami.livejournal.com]

That's priceless. May I metaquote?

[ravynfyre.livejournal.com]

Sure. Goferit.

[hiyami.livejournal.com]

There :
http://metaquotes.livejournal.com/7552301.html