Morning, sportsfans. One of the editors over at Baen was doing a “Why I would reject your manuscript” topic in Baen’s Bar for those who didn’t mind getting his or her feelings hurt. When she got to my reedited Superego, to my delight she said she wouldn’t reject it outright, and then passed the story on to another editor. The verdict came back that there was too much redundancy of the main character basically saying over and over, “I’m a sociopath.” Sounds like it might be salvagable after a decent amount of rewriting, but I’m going to leave it be for now. I am inspired instead to try writing some short stories (certainly shorter than Superego) before working on full novel. Those will probably be posted over at Baen’s Bar while I’ll just put up links here when I have one, and thus IMAO will remain devoted to humor for those who are worrying.
BTW, the first In My World™ compilation will be cool and done soon since I want your money. Also, I just love reading my old IMWs since they’re just so darn funny; I really am a humor god.
I look forward to your stories and to the book. Is that IMAO Audio CD still available? I was too broke last year from buying other people stuff.
It could have been worse. You could have gotten the Dogbert rejection letter:
“Your plot is lame and I hated your characters, and by association I have come to hate you too. For safety reasons, I hired an illiterate person to rip up your manuscript. I would have used the return envelope you provided, but I’m afraid you may have licked the stamps.”
And modest to boot.
SarahK sure knows how to pick ’em.
Try substituting “I’m a sociopath” with “John Kerry served in Vietnam” and see if anyone notices the redundancy.
So, shut up and be funny!
But isn’t that just what a sociopath would say, over and over?