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Week of September 3-9
Sep. 9th, 2006 04:59 pmFive rejections, one...whatever-it-is. Not really an acceptance, since I didn't actively submit the story for the JBU2006 anthology, but on the other hand, I didn't have to. One reprint, I guess that is.
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mrissas": I will shake hands with people, I will hug people I know, I will try to assume the best of people even if their idea of casual friendly contact isn't the same as mine. I try to deal with people from interruption cultures and people with long conversational pauses as gracefully as I can. But one thing I do not tolerate well is people telling me to smile. If you aren't taking a posed picture, just don't. Every Northern girl* learns the smile that means, "I will commence bashing your head in with a large stick in ten...nine...." Do not solicit this smile. You will not enjoy it if you do. Especially do not put this order in terms of girls/women being prettier when they smile. This will move the countdown forward.
*People of other genders and cardinal directions may learn this smile as well. I don't know, not having grown up as any of them.
In the category of "care and feeding of
mrissas": I will shake hands with people, I will hug people I know, I will try to assume the best of people even if their idea of casual friendly contact isn't the same as mine. I try to deal with people from interruption cultures and people with long conversational pauses as gracefully as I can. But one thing I do not tolerate well is people telling me to smile. If you aren't taking a posed picture, just don't. Every Northern girl* learns the smile that means, "I will commence bashing your head in with a large stick in ten...nine...." Do not solicit this smile. You will not enjoy it if you do. Especially do not put this order in terms of girls/women being prettier when they smile. This will move the countdown forward.*People of other genders and cardinal directions may learn this smile as well. I don't know, not having grown up as any of them.
