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I figured I should let you guys know. I signed up for a lit mag class this semester, and we will be producing our own magazine. We're taking submissions from pretty much everywhere. Want me and like 15 other people to read your stuff and possibly have it published? Go right ahead and submit. Follow this link for all the information you need to know, but to sum it up:

- We're accepting both poetry and short stories as well as images

- Submissions shouldn't exceed 2,500 words

- You should also include a cover letter of sorts along with your submission including your name, address and all that stuff

- The deadline is March 24th, I believe. The image in the link says the 31st, but that's a typo

- Submissions should be turned into suisunvalleyreview@gmail.com

- Last but not least, you'll get two free copies of the magazine if your submission is chosen

Now, I'm not gonna lie. The instructor said to expect anywhere between 750-1000 submissions (and I get to experience the joy of reading all of them), but about only 40 of them will make it into the magazine. I don't wanna discourage anyone, but don't be offended if you submit an entry and it doesn't make it in.

You are willing to add more to the 750-1000 you already have to read. Impressive. I shall contribute some works since you have given the opportunity!

Edit: Is there an example to follow? I know it says cover letter and to include an 'About the Author' section, but I'm not sure what these are supposed to look like/where to place them.

You are willing to add more to the 750-1000 you already have to read. Impressive. I shall contribute some works since you have given the opportunity!

Edit: Is there an example to follow? I know it says cover letter and to include an 'About the Author' section, but I'm not sure what these are supposed to look like/where to place them.

I'm more irked with the condition to put address. Not sure if I want to do that considering ex-mom is paranoid as fuck.

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Experience is the best teacher. There is really no better way to learn.

I am penning another entry for the event. It is almost done and really if anyone wants to do a romance novel, I want both the male and female lead to go through hell first and this is where the video is relevant. Have the couple gained any life experiences? If not, they ought to be whacked the way described in the video above. Makes it more realistic and more enjoyable.

well yeah, they also say practice makes perfect too =D

I don't know if anyone had ever written anything like that, since I don't really read romance novels. but if you want something absurd, try reading the stories by Italo Calvino.

well yeah, they also say practice makes perfect too =D

I don't know if anyone had ever written anything like that, since I don't really read romance novels. but if you want something absurd, try reading the stories by Italo Calvino.

That is the theme of your writing event!

That said, I don't think we need a theme in the first place. The tastes of the organiser ought to be the theme.

love and fairy tales, right? I don't really read romance novels, but when you want to combine both, Italo Calvino had written interesting fables about it on Cosmicomics =)

well, I'm just trying to go with the theme which stick about me the most. doesn't have to be my personal preference (even though this time it does).

Me neither. Most romance novels aren't really about romance. They are the written version of the many comics uploaded on the site.

indeed =)

I hope gamera68 doesn't read this. These harlequin romance novels tend to be isolated from what happens in the real world. I love the challenges the real world imposes. Makes one stronger.

well sometimes a few people want to troll things by making it absurdly cruel =)))

I won't say absurdly cruel. Challenges offer conflict that makes things exciting. The relationship between David and Elizabeth was not smooth sailing, they are of a culture that would not let them confess their feelings and they have to fight a war amid all that! This is the romance that I want, anything but smooth sailing. (I am referring to my attempt to write a second entry for the Valentine Event)

As for your criticism of my writing, don't worry too much about it. If you offer criticism that I don't accept, at worse I would demand that you clarify yourself.

If you don't accept my counter criticism, feel free to hit back. This makes things exciting.

now that you explained it, I began to get a gist about what's happened.

you know, one thing that I realized was I am able to easily appreciate your previous writings just because it was comedic. I have a bias when it comes to comedy, and when I could laugh at something, I won't really try to make up an understanding of it.

I'm not up for arguments, but I'll try to clarify myself when asked.

If only I could put it simply that they are of a culture and of a profession that does not allow for silly displays of love. That was whole point of writing such a setting actually. I don't like sappy romances even though gamera68's style of writing I found excellent.

That said do you know the title of my entry?

yes, I already read it somewhere.

okay, I had read about the Victorian Prudishness somewhere along the way and I can picture it happen. now I have no problems about your actual writing since it's simply stylized to give the medieval feel like it was told by some aristocratic figure.

but next time I find something hard to understand, you'd probably could try giving out a brief summary to the entirety of the story, written in simply everyday speech words. that way, I think all these far-from-context won't really happen in the first place.

I probably should just begin by asking out the summary instead of ranting and whining about my lack of comprehension of english language.