Yay! The inestimable Vaughan Stanger (my hero!) pointed out a review of One Million Years BFE: Diary of an Anthropologist in Exile in Tangent.
The review is for Nov. '06-Jan '07 of The Town Drunk, and it's a pretty good review of the 'zine over all, and my story in particular... I love how the reviewer (Alasdair Stuart) makes me sound much smarter than I feel while writing such things ("the story explores the widening gap between knowledge and skill")...
Anyway. Yay! I'm 2 for 2 in Tangent reviews.
I'm being late for Write Club to jot this down, but I had to...
...since I just noticed that Tangent reviewed Farthing #4. Paul Abbamondi sayeth of my story, "Dead Languages":
There's something special about a vampire story where the vampires, even the fear of them, isn't a factor in the adventure. Instead, we have Lillian who's a real hoot and capable of holding her own when it comes down to action. The dialogue is fun and engaging, and the humor right on, reminiscent of the perfect first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Well recommended.
"Well recommended" is my favorite word-phrase-thingummie today. And this in a day when I noticed the beauty of both "cloudburst" and "crestfallen."
Cool.
Turns out, Locus mentioned Stephanie Burgis's and my recent efforts for Strange Horizons favorably in the blurb-review in the March edition.
I ran through two libraries (only sometimes figuratively) to find a copy and see for myself.
Not a bad day. I've also managed to get up the gumption to send out "Tertio" again (deciding that sure, writing a different story set in this world is an option, but not one I'm going to pursue before I give "Tertio" a chance). Also sent out "The Lonesome Dark"--finally having tweaked and tightened it so much it squeaks. Sort of.
Good news. Confidence rising.
Patrick Samphire reviewed "Huntswoman."
I'm amused by the notion that I've written something so subtle that people have to read it more than once...
...considering that as a child, I thought subtle had something to do with torpedoes, and when I told some friends that, it was decided that it would be a very appropriate autobiography title: Subtle as Torpedoes.