Oh, ok. Since you twisted my arm…I used to be active in the Minnesota science fiction group (Mnstf) back in the 80’s. One of the members of a subgroup that would get together weekly decided to write a fantasy novel and she’d talk about all the hoops she was jumping through to get it published. This prompted everyone else to start writing as well, leading to the formation of the Scribblies writers group, and a small “boom” of Minnesota writers getting published through Ace, Berkeley, Dell and Tor. This included Pat Wrede, Steven Brust, Emma Bull, Kara Dalkey and Will Shetterly. The group became powerful enough to attract other writers to Minneapolis to live there, including Joel Rosenberg and John M. Ford. Naturally I became jealous and wanted to get involved as well. While everyone else wrote fantasy, or children’s fantasy, I went the hard SF route with Project: Millennium. Ace bought the rights in the hopes that I’d be just as successful as the others, and the book came out in 1987. That gave me the chance to meet Larry Niven, Barry Longyear, and C.J. Cherryh, and spend several hours chatting with Bob Aspirin. Unfortunately, Ace did absolutely nothing to promote me or the book, and since I wasn’t prepared to write a sequel they lost interest in me. Then, Ace merged with Berkeley and the market suddenly shrank, with Ace-Berkeley announcing they were dropping all writers with fewer than 10 books published. I kept writing for 2 more years, but fantasy was selling better than SF at that point, and I couldn’t get past the slush piles. I stopped writing about the time I started taking Joel Hodgson’s comedy course.
Ida No over 9 years ago
Keeping secrets from people?
katina.cooper over 9 years ago
Reading things that some of my favorite cartoonists do and sitting outside on the week-end and watching the sun come up.
Neo Stryder over 9 years ago
Seeing Jenna next to me, the flavor of choco-mint, remember funny things.
Plods with ...™ over 9 years ago
Ahem.12oz’ers
SHAKENDOWN over 9 years ago
Knowing when orphans & homeless children are adopted.
melissalomax1313 creator over 9 years ago
Nice! I agree, Blue & White feels so fresh and beachy to me!
Ida No over 9 years ago
Oh, ok. Since you twisted my arm…I used to be active in the Minnesota science fiction group (Mnstf) back in the 80’s. One of the members of a subgroup that would get together weekly decided to write a fantasy novel and she’d talk about all the hoops she was jumping through to get it published. This prompted everyone else to start writing as well, leading to the formation of the Scribblies writers group, and a small “boom” of Minnesota writers getting published through Ace, Berkeley, Dell and Tor. This included Pat Wrede, Steven Brust, Emma Bull, Kara Dalkey and Will Shetterly. The group became powerful enough to attract other writers to Minneapolis to live there, including Joel Rosenberg and John M. Ford. Naturally I became jealous and wanted to get involved as well. While everyone else wrote fantasy, or children’s fantasy, I went the hard SF route with Project: Millennium. Ace bought the rights in the hopes that I’d be just as successful as the others, and the book came out in 1987. That gave me the chance to meet Larry Niven, Barry Longyear, and C.J. Cherryh, and spend several hours chatting with Bob Aspirin. Unfortunately, Ace did absolutely nothing to promote me or the book, and since I wasn’t prepared to write a sequel they lost interest in me. Then, Ace merged with Berkeley and the market suddenly shrank, with Ace-Berkeley announcing they were dropping all writers with fewer than 10 books published. I kept writing for 2 more years, but fantasy was selling better than SF at that point, and I couldn’t get past the slush piles. I stopped writing about the time I started taking Joel Hodgson’s comedy course.
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 9 years ago
My dog (does she count as little when she weighs 60 lb) wagging her whole back half when I get home.