Comments for Steph-O-Rama http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com My Name is Stephanie. I Make Stories and Stuff. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Finding the Right Market by stephaniescarborough http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/finding-the-right-market/#comment-282 stephaniescarborough Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:12:36 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-282 You know what, I was listening to "Wisteria" on PodCastle a while back and thinking pretty much the same thing. It's a great story, but through most of it I was wondering what was especially speculative about it. They have quite a few stories like that, actually. You know what, I was listening to “Wisteria” on PodCastle a while back and thinking pretty much the same thing. It’s a great story, but through most of it I was wondering what was especially speculative about it. They have quite a few stories like that, actually.

]]> Comment on Is It Friday Yet? by stephaniescarborough http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/is-it-friday-yet/#comment-281 stephaniescarborough Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:10:19 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/is-it-friday-yet/#comment-281 Thanks, Erin! :-) Thanks, Erin! :-)

]]> Comment on Is It Friday Yet? by Erin http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/is-it-friday-yet/#comment-280 Erin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:11:21 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/is-it-friday-yet/#comment-280 Hahahaha! That was hilarious. Great last line. :-) Hahahaha! That was hilarious. Great last line. :-)

]]> Comment on Finding the Right Market by Erin http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/finding-the-right-market/#comment-279 Erin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:21:17 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-279 It took me forever to find a home for "Glass Angels" -- too Christian for mainstream markets, too controversial for Christian markets. And right now, I'm having trouble finding a home for my selkie story, since the darn selkie market rejected it. **sighs** But "Glass Angels" finally found a home, so I'm hopeful that the selkie story will eventually find one, too. I like that cupcake story. I would try a speculative market first. It has that slight "piquancy" of spec fic about it. :-) I've been reading a lot of speculative stories lately in places like Pod Castle and Strange Horizons where the spec element is really vague, and could almost be explained away as a character's imagination, but they seem to be selling. The story "Wisteria" that I think I read at Pod Castle comes to mind -- a story about a woman seeing her dead husband's face in vines. It took me forever to find a home for “Glass Angels” — too Christian for mainstream markets, too controversial for Christian markets. And right now, I’m having trouble finding a home for my selkie story, since the darn selkie market rejected it. **sighs** But “Glass Angels” finally found a home, so I’m hopeful that the selkie story will eventually find one, too.

I like that cupcake story. I would try a speculative market first. It has that slight “piquancy” of spec fic about it. :-) I’ve been reading a lot of speculative stories lately in places like Pod Castle and Strange Horizons where the spec element is really vague, and could almost be explained away as a character’s imagination, but they seem to be selling. The story “Wisteria” that I think I read at Pod Castle comes to mind — a story about a woman seeing her dead husband’s face in vines.

]]> Comment on My Week in Writing! by stephaniescarborough http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/my-week-in-writing/#comment-278 stephaniescarborough Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:54:14 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-278 You're welcome! :-D You’re welcome! :-D

]]> Comment on My Week in Writing! by Erin http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/my-week-in-writing/#comment-277 Erin Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:16:10 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-277 Thanks for the rec! :-) Thanks for the rec! :-)

]]> Comment on My Week in Writing! by One Penny Profiles http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/my-week-in-writing/#comment-276 One Penny Profiles Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:38:37 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-276 Well done. Keep it up. onepennyprofiles Well done. Keep it up.

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]]> Comment on Accepted! by stephaniescarborough http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/accepted/#comment-267 stephaniescarborough Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:08:40 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-267 Thank you! :-D Thank you! :-D

]]> Comment on Accepted! by Erin http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/accepted/#comment-266 Erin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:48:46 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-266 Woo-hoo! Congrats!!! And congrats on the new computer, too. Woo-hoo! Congrats!!! And congrats on the new computer, too.

]]> Comment on The Story Every Day Contest is over! by stephaniescarborough http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/the-story-every-day-contest-is-over/#comment-265 stephaniescarborough Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:42:15 +0000 http://stephaniescarborough.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-265 I think it really is more the 3-day novella, but I guess that doesn't sound as impressive. They don't give any exact word count requirements, but they do mention that the average submission is 90 - 120 double-spaced pages (mine was 105). I have a copy of Day Shift Werewolf, the 2005 winner, and it's only 80 pages. I'm thinking word counts of 25,000 - 40,000 are more what they're expecting. Mine last year was 30,000. I think it really is more the 3-day novella, but I guess that doesn’t sound as impressive. They don’t give any exact word count requirements, but they do mention that the average submission is 90 - 120 double-spaced pages (mine was 105). I have a copy of Day Shift Werewolf, the 2005 winner, and it’s only 80 pages. I’m thinking word counts of 25,000 - 40,000 are more what they’re expecting. Mine last year was 30,000.

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