Hatrack River Writers Workshop: "Letting Go of an Electric Blue Soda" to AE

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Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :

Big thanks to snapper for putting together the WOTF Book Prize Challenge (back in Sep 2010) that spawned this story and all of the good folks who critiqued it!

Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :

Congratushoggoths.

I want some electric blue soda.

Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :

Well done mate, I remember reading that one.

Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :

I bet it tastes like lightning.

Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :

Thanks!

and

[Smile]

Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

Congratulations!

Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :

I wanna taste the lightning.

Posted by Brendan (Member # 6044) on :

Terrific new, Ethereon

Merlion, if you want to taste it, enter one of snapper's competitions with us and join the fun

[Smile]

Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :

Thanks!

And it's up already if you want to take a gander:

http://aescifi.ca/index.php/fiction/35-short-stories/1038-letting-go-of-an-electric-blue-soda

Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :

I'm not real big on competition and I'm even less big on triggers and suchlike. My own ideas take up all my time.

I still want my soda, however.

Posted by MAP (Member # 8631) on :

Ethereon, I read your story, and I loved it. Really, it was excellent.

Congrats on the sale, you certainly deserved it.

[Smile]

Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :

Thanks, MAP! That makes me happy.

Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :

Liked that story but loved your bovine tale so much more. What happened to that one?

Merlion, I don't blame you for not joining in. Ethereon beats all our brains in. But as far as competitions go, submitting your work for publication is in itself a competition.

[ February 17, 2012, 01:12 PM: Message edited by: snapper ]

Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :

The bvine one got caught in "the great missfile" at Escape Pod. I expect to get a rejection soon!

Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :

quote:
But as far as competitions go, submitting your work for publication is in itself a competition.

No...it isn't. And even if it be a competition, in the very broad sense that there are more submissions to each publication than can be published and some are picked and some are not, it is not a contest, because rejection doesn't indicate losing or inferiority. Most rejections are based on fit. Every story I've sold has been rejected multiple times. All a rejection means is, that particular editor didn't choose to buy the story at that particular moment...it isn't a "loss" in the way of losing a contest or in a competitive sport.