{"id":19,"date":"2007-07-10T06:50:19","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2007-07-11T18:47:05","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T01:47:05","slug":"readercon-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"ReaderCon 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReaderCon\" ReaderCon 18<\/a> was this past weekend, and a good time as always. I found myself doing more socializing than attending panels this year, but still got some good information from the people in the know. A few things that I learned and\/or was reminded of:<\/p>\n

1. Evidently I take offense at a college professor not knowing the difference between a second-person POV, and a third-person POV which happens to use the word “you” a lot. It bothers me enough to make me walk out on a panel, and then be teased about it for the rest of the weekend.<\/p>\n

2. An editor\/writer that you admire will sometimes reject your story even if he likes it.<\/p>\n

3. A re-write can do wonders. I heard Leah Bobet<\/a> read her piece \u00e2\u20ac\u0153After the War\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from Sybil’s #4<\/a> and was blown away by it. (It also happens to be a wonderfully done second-person POV). I remember when it was first sent to the magazine I was one who argued AGAINAST taking it (not for quality reasons, but some political and historical ones). The printed\/read version addressed all of my qualms and really touched me as a veteran.<\/p>\n

4. Evidently I am not the only writer who is a little freaked out by potentially having their stories critiqued by a puppet. (“Crap, she has the sock puppet out. That thing just doesn’t get my subtext.”)<\/p>\n

5. Even after TWO FREAKIN’ YEARS, those who play Mafia <\/a>at ReaderCon will not let me forget that I helped out Johnathan Lethem in a particular game. Come on guys. Two years. Seriously.<\/p>\n

That’s all I got. Much better coverage can be found from Matt Kressel<\/a>, and Paul Tremblay<\/a>. I’ll add more posts here as I find them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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