morganminstrel

So last night, Amythyst and I went (seperately, due to her wedding errands) to Spoo's birthday party, wherein we played some games and hung out with folks. In the course of the evening, I had a conversation with Magus where we talked about his writing; what he had out to which editor, what's in progress, etc. I mentioned that I had a story in to Sheila Williams at Asimovs that had been rejected by F&SF. He said that yeah, JJ (John Joseph Adams, the assistant editor) was really hard to sell to; he has very strong ideas about what he buys. I told him about the rejection letter I got and was surprised when Magus told me that JJ almost always sends out form letters, not personal ones. Apparently, if he (the editor) said that he liked my writing, that's really a big compliment! I'm about 400 words into a new story (that's going slow as mollasses and that I already realize has a logical inconsistency) and if I finish it, it'll definitely go to F&SF. And it makes me think that maybe Asimovs might buy my old story after all....well, ok, it's still not likely, but hey. You never know.

Neat, huh?

In less happy news, Robert Moog has passed away. Love the synthesizer or hate it, he definitely changed music forever. Moog trivia: the first rock band to record a song using one of his synths? The Monkees. Wild, huh?