tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post6662355582109849299..comments2023-08-24T09:13:07.377-07:00Comments on Maybe It Was the Moonshine: Clarion West RejectionFolly Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13968120424017617988noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post-78530484639859319532012-03-24T13:14:59.893-07:002012-03-24T13:14:59.893-07:00Sweet! My nemesis showed up. Now it's a party....Sweet! My nemesis showed up. Now it's a party. :) <br /><br />And thanks for the comment, SG-1. I'm glad to have met you this crazy year.Folly Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13968120424017617988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post-39830360854163858772012-03-24T08:17:33.099-07:002012-03-24T08:17:33.099-07:00You know, we've only known each other for a li...You know, we've only known each other for a little while, and I'm thrilled to be a priviledged part of the community you've been building. I am your non-writing, kind-of-a-slacker, not-at-all- trying-to-be-published-yet, NEMESIS--and proud to be such. :-)SG-1https://www.blogger.com/profile/11639541709457574107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post-52916059657934610732012-03-23T10:07:40.358-07:002012-03-23T10:07:40.358-07:00Thanks, Mark. I'm sorry to hear about your rej...Thanks, Mark. I'm sorry to hear about your rejection as well. The only thing for it is to keep writing. <br /><br />And I would be honored to autograph your copy of "Dark Tales." :)Folly Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13968120424017617988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post-85963911959472939212012-03-23T10:03:29.866-07:002012-03-23T10:03:29.866-07:00Hey Christy,
I'm sorry you didn't make i...Hey Christy,<br /> I'm sorry you didn't make it. I honestly thought you were a lock. I'm glad to hear you're still on the waitlist for SD, though. <br /> I'm in kind of the same boat. I had a rough, sleepless night and then I started another short story this morning. Hell with it, we keep going.<br /> Oh and I got my 'Dark Tales' book from Amazon finally. I'll be wanting an autograph next time we bump into each other. :)<br /> Keep kicking ass.Mark Andrew Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067839551819472664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post-27241229819486843802012-03-23T09:23:54.332-07:002012-03-23T09:23:54.332-07:00Puss in Boots: You're awesome. I don't get...Puss in Boots: You're awesome. I don't get to say that enough. :) Have you been peeking at my to do list? Because "bust ass to make dream sales before next year" is the top bullet point. <br /><br />Thank you for the comment.Folly Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13968120424017617988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686583.post-39867599279040288792012-03-23T09:13:47.604-07:002012-03-23T09:13:47.604-07:00I don't want anyone who gets accepted to take ...I don't want anyone who gets accepted to take this the wrong way, so hopefully everyone can remember that everyone is different, and this is just how I feel. I'm not judging anyone else for not having my exact experience! <br /><br />The thing that made me uncomfortable about major workshops, that stopped me from applying to any until I'd been writing seriously for <i>five years</i>, is that they take credit for your successes. Often it's inadvertently, via the collective attitude of the industry, and sometimes it's directly, like in a public list of sales by alumni. <br /><br />My first pro sale was a story I wrote before I went to Viable Paradise. VP was amazing, and my subsequent sales were due in no small part to the instruction I received--especially in self-editing. I don't think I would have been able to join SFWA this year if it wasn't for VP in 2010.<br /><br />But it felt really good to have that tiny reassurance that I could do this all on my own, that what I received from the workshop was an acceleration of skill development rather than some kind of talent injection. When people say, "Oh you went to VP" like that explains my sales, it doesn't bother me the way it might have. <br /><br />I personally wouldn't trade that experience away.<br /><br />So yeah, if they call you and say, "Hey, someone can't go, are you still available?" of course you should jump at the chance. But if they don't? Bust your ass to make some of your dream sales before next year. It's like knowing where you need to go and walking there instead of hopping on the bus. When the bus comes by again, try and flag it down, but you're a damn fine writer, and you'll get a long way with your feet...pen... Whatever, this metaphor is stupid. I'm going to stop while I'm only slightly behind. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262433344476335548noreply@blogger.com