LJ Bug

Gah! Livejournal's formatting is all screwed up when I try to paste into the rich text editor. WTH, LJ?

Edited to note: Although that's not a problem with the Semagic LJ update client. Right. So I'll be using that for my WYSIWYG/HTML crossovers. And it seems many people are having trouble just using the RTE. I usually write in the HTML one, though. Still. Hrm. Not a point in LJ's favor.

Aswiebe's Market List Update 2011-09 (Corrected)

http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 10/15/2010.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#091511

Editor's Note

I was thinking of writing another serious "the importance of doing writing stuff even though time is limited" editorial. After having a baby (a son, our first child, born August 1st--8 lb, 8 oz, since that seems to be everybody's first question!), time has become *extremely* limited. Newborns do that!

But one of the other things newborns do is teach the importance of having a sense of humor. Sometimes doing market research and submitting stories (and getting them rejected) can feel pretty grim, but there's still plenty to be amused by.

1. There is a "Cosmic Crime Stories" magazine. I was going to add it to my market list, giggling as I thought of a Muppets joke to use in the description. Turns out I had put it in there months ago--with a description of "Crimes...in...SPAAAACE!" Um. Great minds...think consistently?

2. One of the fun things about doing a writing market list is getting to read the "stories we see too often" lists that some publications include with their guidelines (note to editors: please do this--it's enlightening and fun!)

This particular publication concludes with the following gem:

There is a twist ending. It in any way involves Hitler.

This is a story they've seen too often. o.O

(See also Strange Horizons' list.)

So as you're going about your writing business, remember to laugh.

And if your sense of humor is on the dark and twisted side, you might enjoy my super-short horror story, "Good Help is Hard to Find," which came out this month in Gravel Bosley's Cavalcade of Terror:  http://dreadfullittlepress.com/cavalcade/?p=812 (Warning: graphic violence)

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
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