Any club that would have me as a member

[jethrien]

I've been going over the edits suggested by anthology editor. (Very little, really--mostly the discovery that when I transferred over to rtf format, all my em-dashes got messed up. *blush* Also a handful of very minor references to scenes that I cut to come in at the specified word limit.) Total crash of self-confidence, of course. I'm currently convinced that this story is total crap and they must not have gotten any submissions or they would never have chosen mine. Oy. Clearly the guy thought there was something here or he wouldn't be bothering to buy it. Still, logic is not preventing my urge to fling myself groveling at his feet and apologize for wasting his time with my embarrassingly substandard work.

Comments

[firynze.livejournal.com]

That WILL cause a lot of problems with ghosts of drafts past turning up, but I suspect you may have also managed to make it a tighter story as a result...after all, you HAVE sold it, right?

It's very difficult to be objective about your own work, especially after many edits and drafts. But you're looking at this exactly the right way, when you can get the brainweasels to stop poinging around a bit...it's all about finding the right home for the right story, and you've found a good home for this one, clearly, if they're paying you for it. :-D

Are they making the yipsnarfle noise yet? You know they're going full-tilt when the damn brainweasels start making the yipsnarfle noise.