Blurred Line

The title explains it all. I've been sick today and stayed home from school, opting instead to concentrate on various writing related activities. Except, that is, for writing itself. I read through some Fusion Fragment submissions and, for those interested, here's where the stats are at:

Total stories read: 30
Collective word count of said stories: 112,900
Total stories accepted: 1 (for an acceptance rate of 3%)
Amount of sex scenes in said stories: Significant
ETA for first issue: No idea

Seriously, what's with all the sex? I mean, not that there's anything wrong with it, but I'd estimate that three quarters of the stories I've gotten have had sex scenes in them.

Also, I've been working on my Clarion app, which meant that I went back and read all three of my short stories, plus the entirety of Mass Romantic. And you know what? I still say that "Between Eternities" and "Smoke and Mirrors" are better than the two stories I wrote in 2006. Ultimately, though, I didn't include either, because I wanted to include an excerpt of Mass Romantic in my app. "Between Eternities" ended up being too long (they cap their manuscript lengths at 30 pages, so I would've only been able to include a small slice of the novella) and "Smoke and Mirrors" was too close in terms of my narrative voice. I thought it'd be better to show some range, so I included "Learning Magic From Mint" and chapters two and three of Mass Romantic. Anyhow, now I have to work on a 700-800 word description of my background and my reasons for attending the workshop. I'm thinking of just writing CAVAN WANT TO LEARN!! a couple hundred times.

Also, I saw the trailer for Ocean's Thirteen today. Now, the original (well, the remake original, that is) is one of my favourite movies of all time. I hated the sequel, since they tried to jam the fun atmosphere and zingy dialogue of the original into some crappy little heist script originally intended for another movie. I have high hopes for the third time around, since they've got brand new writers, Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who worked on the awesome Matt Damon/Edward Norton poker flick Rounders and the surprisingly good adaptation of the John Grisham novel, Runaway Jury. Oh, and they added Pacino to the cast. And, as I recall, he's made a few good movies in his day. Anyhow, you can bet I'll be at the theatre on June 8.


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