tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504709018372694742.post7691764680562356360..comments2023-09-05T08:39:17.610-07:00Comments on Immaculate Novelists Kult: AnnouncementsKamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504709018372694742.post-40182287095925351202008-05-19T07:28:00.000-07:002008-05-19T07:28:00.000-07:00I am interested but I have the same concerns as C....I am interested but I have the same concerns as C.S. with less low esteem. I'm pretty certain I'm not writing enough to keep up, as I'm just only making the INK requirements of a story a quarter. And with not all those stories being SF and now with my determination to get my poetry going, too, I'm not sure I could hold up my end of the bargain. <BR/><BR/>I'd love love love to be able to, though. Maybe if I can successfully amp up the writing in the next week or two, I'll do so. It would be only short stories, since my current novel WIP is not pure SF, but some weird hybrid of historical, mainstream, mystery, and paranormal. INK will have to suffer through it's genre-bendingness one of these days.C. Jane Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131009339900981548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504709018372694742.post-2729129554363325402008-05-18T22:36:00.000-07:002008-05-18T22:36:00.000-07:00Hat whacking is the same as punching someone in th...Hat whacking is the same as punching someone in the shoulder or poking them or otherwise assaulting them in a non-damaging manner. Often used to subdue punsters. Since a member of the Labs always wears a hat, and puns happen, hat whacking occurs on occasion. Hat whacking is also used on members who are richly deserving for other reasons than puns (such as not turning in writing for a long time.)<BR/><BR/>BTW, you write plenty fast enough. Don't focus on your novel writing. Think of how many short stories you've written recently. You're no Jay Lake, but you've got quite a few!Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504709018372694742.post-66840333751000469482008-05-18T22:31:00.000-07:002008-05-18T22:31:00.000-07:00I think you're having a low self-esteem day. For ...I think you're having a low self-esteem day. For one thing, you have more new stories than I do, and more of them circulating. Not that I'm the bar against which such things are measured. I'm pretty lame in that department, although INK is helping me improve!<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't worry about depressing anyone. If, however, you would feel confined by speculative fiction, that's a valid point. Unlike INK, which has a much broader 'fiction is fiction' focus, the Lucky Labs is strictly SF/F/H with not much horror (although vampires appear on occasion.) If you wrote nothing but horror I don't think anyone would feel it doesn't fit, unless it was slasher stuff. Stephen King would fit in to Lucky Labs, IMO. I just don't want you to feel limited. If you want to write non-speculative fiction for long stretches, or worry that you might never write speculative fiction again, then that's just unnecessary stress.<BR/><BR/>If you want I can shoot an email (Bang!) to the Lab list and see what folks think about horror. Maybe if you got a consensus reply it would make you feel more comfy?Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504709018372694742.post-45728842524317067282008-05-18T20:57:00.000-07:002008-05-18T20:57:00.000-07:00Many Congrats on the story submission. Hearing th...Many Congrats on the story submission. Hearing this always makes me happy.<BR/><BR/>I'll admit I've been interested in Lucky Labs, and I love hearing about this! However, I thought they were strickly SF/F. I'd feel horrible if I scared off or depressed anyone with my stuff. My biggest concern is that I don't write enough to qualify though I'm always interested in learning how to write better and critique better (which I feel I truly suck at).<BR/><BR/>As for not crying when Jim tells a writer their story is crap, who is this Jim you speak of?<BR/><BR/>And what is "hat whacking"? Are hats required? I used to love hats but Steve thinks they're silly so I gave them up. I might cry over that if I talk about it too long so I'll leave the hats for now.<BR/><BR/>Again, I'm not sure I can write fast enough to satisfy the requirement, nor am I sure I'm not all about the potatoes, though I think INK would have hinted at me about that by now.<BR/><BR/>I'm just not sure if I'd not be wasting everyone else's time. Then again, I could be having one of those low self-esteem days...C.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405230532317363372noreply@blogger.com