Comments on: Slings & Arrows http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/slings-arrows The international organization of multi-published novelists Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Estella http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/slings-arrows/comment-page-1#comment-329 Estella Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:49:51 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=243#comment-329 Hurrah for carrying on even if you have been told your work is 'shitty'. That is only one persons opinion. Hurrah for carrying on even if you have been told your work is ‘shitty’.
That is only one persons opinion.

]]> By: Laura Resnick http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/slings-arrows/comment-page-1#comment-328 Laura Resnick Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:05:04 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=243#comment-328 Oh, but I should add--anyone as shocked by the use of the word "fuck" as some of our blog readers recently expressed themselves to be... should probably not pursue a career that involves dealing with New York publishing professionals. Their sensibilities would be at risk every time their colleagues communicated with them. LauraR Oh, but I should add–anyone as shocked by the use of the word “fuck” as some of our blog readers recently expressed themselves to be… should probably not pursue a career that involves dealing with New York publishing professionals. Their sensibilities would be at risk every time their colleagues communicated with them.

LauraR

]]> By: Laura Resnick http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/slings-arrows/comment-page-1#comment-327 Laura Resnick Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:01:09 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=243#comment-327 'I can’t wrap my head around an editor telling someone their work is “shitty.” ' Don't even get me STARTED on the things that editors and agents have said to me over the years. LauraR ‘I can’t wrap my head around an editor telling someone their work is “shitty.” ‘

Don’t even get me STARTED on the things that editors and agents have said to me over the years.

LauraR

]]> By: jude http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/slings-arrows/comment-page-1#comment-326 jude Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:32:08 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=243#comment-326 Hey Laura: That was a sobering list to read. I can't wrap my head around an editor telling someone their work is "shitty." I've been a fan of yours since the World Con in Boston and hope to read you for many more years. jude Hey Laura:

That was a sobering list to read. I can’t wrap my head around an editor telling someone their work is “shitty.”

I’ve been a fan of yours since the World Con in Boston and hope to read you for many more years.

jude

]]> By: Judith Myers http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/slings-arrows/comment-page-1#comment-325 Judith Myers Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:23:57 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=243#comment-325 Hey, La Resnick, that rumbling roll you feel under your feet is the groundswell of agreement from your compatriots. From time to time, we all need to be reminded that, despite all of the &$%^! that goes on in our industry, we are blessed to live in a Communications Age where we can take the vision that was born inside our head and put it on international display. Hooray! Hey, La Resnick, that rumbling roll you feel under your feet is the groundswell of agreement from your compatriots. From time to time, we all need to be reminded that, despite all of the &$%^! that goes on in our industry, we are blessed to live in a Communications Age where we can take the vision that was born inside our head and put it on international display. Hooray!

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