Shout box

[Shweta]

Posted to SYW, or another forum, and want comments? Want to think out loud about a WIP? Discuss what's making your brane explodify?

Here's a place for it.

ETA: Thinking about this as a "Share Your Work Starbucks" equivalent. For general conversation rather than WIP conversation, there's the salon (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133081).

[mscelina]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRGH!

I'm trying to query a paranormal romance/dark/urban fantasy/time traveling/historical/thriller/mystery/theater novel.

Does that fit into this shout box? Cause it sure as hell makes me change my query letter according to the agent I query. What a pain in the ass.

[Shweta]

Might be more of a tea salon conversation? Shout box being more of a sandboxy place? I dunno!

[Gray Rose]

Here is a link to an interstitial brane-eating poem of mine, which is accidentally the first post in the Interstices SYW:

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3343167#post3343167

Critiques would be very very welcome!

Mscelina, I think your situation almost calls for tailoring, no?

[mscelina]

Oh, I can tailor with the best of them. Paranormal romance on one letter, urban fantasy on another...whatever they like, that's what I make it. ;)

Eventually, someone will figure it out I guess.

[Izz]

Wouldn't mind a crit or two on this flash piece i've just posted:

Night Terrors (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133399)

I personally kinda like it (but what writer doesn't like his own stuff, right?), but it does need help :)

Thanks
Iz

[Williebee]

Iz, your link doesn't work. (whoops)

Your piece is here (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3345896&postcount=1).

[Izz]

Wow - so that's what happens when there's an extra http:\\ in the address - i end up on a czech phishing site.

Corrected, and thank Williebee :)

[Haggis]

But Isacc, a czech phishing site seems perfect for Interstices.

Sorry, guys. I'm still trying to figure this all out, but I'm getting closer.

[Izz]

Yes, it does, doesn't it?

[Shweta]

Sorry, guys. I'm still trying to figure this all out, but I'm getting closer.

*points at her user title*

[Haggis]

*points at her user title*

Okay. I'm seeing two directions for this...thing thing we call Interstices. One is what I might have called Surreal. You know. Like mushrooms talking to squids. The other is, well, stories that don't follow a normal path yet make a little bit more sense. An example that comes to mind is one I read yesterday in Arkham Tales (http://www.arkhamtales.com/)--The Key Ring, by Garret Calcaterra. (It's a free download folks, go do it. :D) It's a great story. Does it fit the genre?

eta: a little bit about the story--it's about a house with many rooms, only they're not normal rooms.

[Shweta]

I'm hoping this thing we call Interstices will go in more than two directions, all at once. But those are two of the directions I'm hoping it'll take :)

[backslashbaby]

Hello!! :) Is this where I can say that I'm into Magical Realism, satire and existential literature but know next to nothing about sci-fi? Surrealism is kinda iffy for me, depending on my mood.

Is it OK that I'm trying to avoid learning more sci-fi until my MR novel is complete? I'll find it creeping into what I want to be solidly MR (or MR/satire/existentialism, which is a lovely little mess to have screaming at your writer's brain in itself!)

Forgive my inattention to many of your favorite topics, pretty please? :)

[Shweta]

Welcome!
Try the salon (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133081)?

It's an actively good thing, I think, that you come from a different literary background from a lot of us :)

[Gray Rose]

Hello!! :) Is this where I can say that I'm into Magical Realism, satire and existential literature but know next to nothing about sci-fi? Surrealism is kinda iffy for me, depending on my mood.

Is it OK that I'm trying to avoid learning more sci-fi until my MR novel is complete? I'll find it creeping into what I want to be solidly MR (or MR/satire/existentialism, which is a lovely little mess to have screaming at your writer's brain in itself!)

Forgive my inattention to many of your favorite topics, pretty please? :)

Hey and welcome! Awesome to have yo uhere. My origins are in spec fic, but I'm writing a MR story right now...

[AMCrenshaw]

I've posted Eigengrau, a dreamlet, in SYW.

AMC

[Shweta]

Link to Eigengrau (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133455)

[Izz]

Um, i has another shout out for crit *looks embarrassed*.

I'm not gonna hog the SYW too much, i swear. It's just that this one made its way back to me tonight with a form reject (as did the other one a couple days ago) and this forum is now here and it all seems very fortuituous :D

Money for Nothing, the Stars for a Fee (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133686)

Thanks in advance for any comment :)

Iz

ETA: tested link, no Czech phishing site this time :tongue

[Pagey's_Girl]

This might sound really dumb, but I'm starting to wonder if maybe my stuff is more interstitial than straight horror? I don't know what to call what I write...

If anyone wants to check it out - The Island (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133532)

[AMCrenshaw]

Posted work in SYW. Don't forget about Eigengrau, either! I am trying to make it a readable story.

AMC

[Izz]

Hey AMC, i've posted links to your pieces just below for ease of access for people reading this thread :) Hopefully i'll have a chance to look at them within the next day or two.

Love Thy Neighbor (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135970)

Riddles of the Sphinx and Two Dreamlets (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135964)

Also, now that i've been reminded of this thread, I've posted a revision, and now some edits, for this story, Money for Nothing, the Stars for a Fee (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3398353&postcount=7), and would love any further crit.

Iz

[Esopha]

I don't know if this is interstitial. It's another fairytale (because I can't rid myself of writing fairytales.) There is some mention of sexxorz.

Greenfingers (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137576)

[beezle]

Got a WIP over in SYW

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3522819#post3522819

EDIT

Scratch that. Removed.

[AMCrenshaw]

gotta fun one in syw (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3548264#post3548264).


enjoi amc

[Izz]

I've just noticed a new post in Interstice SYW: Vignettes - Flashes (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141235), by a brand new member.

Thought i'd give a shout out on her behalf seeing as she might not know about the Shout box (and because it would be great to have some extra critters in interstices SYW :))

[AMCrenshaw]

A segment (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3620832#post3620832) I'm working on. If it interests you, feel free to comment or add to it. Honestly.


AMC

[Izz]

Two new postings in the SYW (neither of them mine):

In the cool of the Day (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147834) by Aggy B.

and Color Dance (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147991) by JustDee. I'm not sure if this one is particularly interstitial, but that might just be me not reading it right.

Anyway, i'm sure they'd love some crits :)

[Shay]

I can't seem to figure out a genre for my writing. (I've a link to my blog in my profile that contains the pieces I'm talking about) I write about how I'm feeling about events in my life, simple as that. However, when I get them on paper, it looks like something horrifying... Maybe I should create my own category... "Horrifying". Help?

[Dawnstorm]

Hi, Shay. I couldn't find the link to your blog, but I've left a reply over in Share Your Work. I have no idea how helpful I am since I don't tend to worry about genre much. Especially not, if I enjoyed the read, as I did in this case. :)

[Shay]

Dawnstorm, I found your reply. Thanks again :D

[beezle]

Hi Intersticians, I have a story over at SYW here (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3963138#post3963138), and I'd love some crits. Don't be shy, make me cry. I can take it.

Cheers :)

[Xelebes]

I've got a story up to critique. (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155929) :)