In the comments that follow Patti Abbott's interview over at BSC, she said, "Nice that the Internet lets us know each other more than print journals do." And I just so totally agree with her. I like to believe that here in our little blog world we've built up a community of writers that support each other, cheer for each other, laugh and cry with each as much or more than any family.
There's a real camaraderie that goes beyond anything I've ever experienced in the real world or even in other writing groups. I love that everyone has a voice, from the newbies to the pros. Wherever you look, there's a hand extended in friendship. Voices that help us become better writers. Offers of help with stories or market suggestions. We've become our own little village and everyone is welcome. A writer's world doesn't get any better than this. Unless, of course, we all get to be millionaire rich, best selling novelists.
And a few items of interest.
The May/June issue of Crime and Suspense has gone up and sad to say, it's the last one. I guess Mr. Burton changed his mind about finishing out the year.
The lovely Rafe McGregor has posted Kurt Vonnegut's rules for writing short stories. Wow! Does Mr. vonnegut hit the nail on the head. Here's the url http://rafemcgregor.blogspot.com/2009/04/short-story-kurt-vonnegut.html
And I should have posted this before, but its never too late to read an interview with short story writer G. Miki Hayden. Steve Torres conducted the interview and has posted it on the Nasty, Brutish, Short blog. http://nastybrutishshort.blogspot.com/2009/04/g-miki-hayden-redux.html
Last but by no means least, the newest Conversations with the Bookless is up. Today's interview is with Patrick Shawn Bagley. http://www.bookspotcentral.com/2009/04/conversations-with-the-bookless-patrick-shawn-bagley/
4 comments:
You know when the proof of the camaraderie here is most evident. When we all work together to produce the best flash fiction stories we can on a single theme. I truly believe we are all hoping for the best from each of us. It's like we're contributors to our own little book.
Exactly! I toil over those flashes because I don't want the rest of the contributors to be embarrassed to have their work next to mine. And I know how good the rest of the stories are going to be because they're working just as hard.
I never thought about it, but in a way, its our own little e-book and we're all damn proud to be part of it.
The truth is, Patti, you're our hub, the one person who holds us all together and introduces us to each other.
It's amazing how the community brings everyone together. Different ages, sex, ethnicity, religion etc. People that wouldn't otherwise stop on the street to say hello get together at the keyboard. Extraordinary really.
And its our shared love of storytelling that brings us all together, David! I wonder if when history reflects on this period if they'll do their research through the blog world. Imagine scrolling through old posts, finding what was important to this generation and discovering that we crossed all the lines that our eyes wouldn't let us see past. Kind of amazing to think about really.
Yeah, waxing philisophical here today!
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