http://www.shimmerzine.com Tasty stories for a miscreant mind Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:43:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shimmerzine.com/blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Here’s looking at you, 2011 « Lisa Hannett Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:25:22 +0000 http://www.shimmerzine.com/?page_id=1616#comment-1049 [...] guest posts for the Shimmer blog which you can read here and [...] [...] guest posts for the Shimmer blog which you can read here and [...]

]]> http://www.shimmerzine.com/blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Using character's names - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:45:29 +0000 http://www.shimmerzine.com/?page_id=1616#comment-1008 [...] Re: Using character's names I didn't even think about this (I'm still not sure what my policy is, but I hope to be borrowing bits of Anne's) and then I read this as an editor's pet hate: "Any story where the characters are constantly addressing each other in dialogue. It drives me crazy and I can’t get through the story! No one talks like that in real life except infomercial hosts…" and it made me wilt. (http://www.shimmerzine.com/blog/) [...] [...] Re: Using character's names I didn't even think about this (I'm still not sure what my policy is, but I hope to be borrowing bits of Anne's) and then I read this as an editor's pet hate: "Any story where the characters are constantly addressing each other in dialogue. It drives me crazy and I can’t get through the story! No one talks like that in real life except infomercial hosts…" and it made me wilt. (http://www.shimmerzine.com/blog/) [...]

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