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Jul. 16th, 2006 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2006 Results.
This never ceases to make me feel better about writing, life, and the universe in general. Because no matter how stuck I am, no matter how hopeless it feels, I can always look to these, my fellow writers and say that phrase which has comforted, depressed, and worried people from time immemoriam: "cheer up, it could be worse".
Also?
I think that anyone wishing to write SF/F needs to take a close, close look at the Science Fiction and Fantasy winners. Yes, I know that the winners are an exaggerated example, but trust me. A lot of SF/F that didn't win (and even got published) suffers from the same disease in a lesser degree.
We can learn from this.
We can also laugh our asses off.
And at the end of the day, isn't that what it's all about?
This never ceases to make me feel better about writing, life, and the universe in general. Because no matter how stuck I am, no matter how hopeless it feels, I can always look to these, my fellow writers and say that phrase which has comforted, depressed, and worried people from time immemoriam: "cheer up, it could be worse".
Also?
I think that anyone wishing to write SF/F needs to take a close, close look at the Science Fiction and Fantasy winners. Yes, I know that the winners are an exaggerated example, but trust me. A lot of SF/F that didn't win (and even got published) suffers from the same disease in a lesser degree.
We can learn from this.
We can also laugh our asses off.
And at the end of the day, isn't that what it's all about?