A few posts back I said that I was working on a sci-fi story called Ripple, and that I was sending it to one of the local literary magazines on campus. Well, I met with the prose editor of said magazine, and he offered me some suggestions about ways the story could be improved (this magazine is unique because it takes the time to meet with its contributors and give suggestions for improvements).
Needless to say, they had a lot of suggestions on how to better the story, and I’m pretty sure I used all of them. When I was done, the second draft of Ripple looked a heck of a lot different than the first, but I think that’s a good thing. I’ll find out soon enough whether or not they liked the second draft enough to put it in the magazine. If yes, then I’ll party. If not, then no hard feelings; I’ll just try again till I get published.
Oh, and a happy Thanksgiving to one and all. Enjoy the turkey while we remember that the Native Americans were kind enough to give us their corn and we repaid them by sending them to the worst pieces of real estate we could find! Don’t deny it, we did do that and they won’t ever let us forget it.
Rami Ungar The Writer 