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agilebrit ([personal profile] agilebrit) wrote2008-04-24 02:49 pm
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I have lots of editors on my flist...

and one of them is the handsome and talented Nick Mamatas, also known as [livejournal.com profile] nihilistic_kid. And sometimes they have entries of interest to writers, such as this one, in which he laments what he refers to as "fantatwee"--fantasy that's, for lack of a better word, cutesy. In fact, I sent him the BeeFic, and the complimented me on the fact that it wasn't cutesy--and rejected it anyway for other reasons.

That being said, just because it's not right for one market doesn't mean it's not right for another. What will garner a rejection from Clarkesworld, Nick points out, often garners a sale from Fantasy. So, tailoring subs to markets is important too.

The handsome and talented [livejournal.com profile] slushmaster, who is the slush reader for Realms of Fantasy, explodes some myths here, and talks about the futility of arguing with editors here.

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