Johne Cook <johne.cook at gmail.com> writes: > NaNo2k4 ended at Midnight a week ago. I finished up the odds and ends > for the rough draft, posted links to what I had in .doc and .pdf form, > and then sat back, waiting for the inevitable responses of "isn't that > nice" or "well, at least you tried". > > Instead, there was a great silence which I have not known how to > correctly interpret. I was afraid that it was so bad that people > didn't want to bring it up, or worse, it was so pedestrian that people > weren't able to get into it and simply didn't have the energy to even > hate it. > > (It's weird, I'm more eager that people like this story (as amateurish > and as hurried and as rough as it is) than I was that people liked how > my kids looked when they were born. "Desperate" may be the more > accurate word. It's pathetic how badly I want for people to enjoy > this story, even though I had very humble expectations going in - > 'finish on time', 'try not to suck'.) For me, it's in the queue behind a series reread I'm working through (Anthony Price) and an unpublished manuscript from a new sweetie. You're just going to have to wait :-). -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>