Resurrecting the Chick-bomb F&SF thread: Deadline August 18!

Shweta · Jul 2, 2006

Cause this one, I think, actually matters!
Come on ladies, let's show F&SF that we do actually write stuff! Let's give them submissions!

Shweta said:
Motivation to submit to F&SF
Apparently there's something of a movement to have women submit stuff to F&SF on August 18th.
Apparently they don't get enough girl cooties

Which is motivation to submit.

Edit: I should say, I found out about this thanks to Sharon Mock

Sharon Mock said:
I'm an instigator

I should say that I don't think F&SF is particularly sexist. I see this as a challenge and a prank, not a hostile act.

Besides, the Slush God says "Bring it on," and who am I to deny him?

I'll be writing something new and fresh for the occasion...

Shweta said:
Yeah, I agree. I don't think F&SF is anti-female at all.
I do suspect it's anti-girl-cooties, some (by which I mean they aren't as fond of "girly"/feminine stories). That's a matter of editorial tastes, of course. So I'm going to work on a story with fewer girl cooties for this.

But the real problem! Seems to be that gurls don't submit enough! So we should!

dragonjax said:
Heh. I've scored something like 40 rejections from F&SF over the past 10 years. Lately, the best I've gotten was a rejection from Gordon himself, who liked a particular story but not enough to buy it. (I wound up selling that one to another pro-rate magazine.)

It's the style of the mag that I find rather elusive.

RedMolly said:
Hm. I wonder if I can finish my girl-cootie-riddled Salamander story in time?

UnforgottenCountry said:
Hmm... haven't picked one of those up in years. I wonder if the short story I'm working on now would fit. *pokes story* Guess I'd better hit the library and find out, eh?

Although I don’t know how many cooties it has…

lazy_sod · Jul 2, 2006

It's a good thing you resurrected this thread, because I wouldn't have read it otherwise! I'm definitely going to try and submit something...stick it to the man and all that jazz...

Sharon Mock · Jul 2, 2006

I finished the first draft of my chickbomb story today (yes, at Westercon).

The (delicate, lace-trimmed) gauntlet has been thrown down!

Shweta · Jul 3, 2006

Yay Sharon!
I haven't. Been far too tired to write.
By Friday, though, I hope. Though it'll be a very drafty draft.

RedMolly · Jul 3, 2006

The story is finished... now to shred it into unrecognizable tatters and stitch it back into a better-fitting whole...

batgirl · Aug 22, 2006

Just checking back - how many of us participated in the slushbombing?
-Barbara (wait, this is my 600th post? I should be critiquing!)

Shweta · Aug 22, 2006

I did! I sent in a short story.
So did Sharon.

yanallefish · Aug 22, 2006

Wah, I missed the deadline - just caught this post. And here I am with something like 15 rejections from them over the past few years! (that's what I get for trying to actually work on writing and not spend too much time on message boards...*g*)

Sharon Mock · Aug 22, 2006

You can report on your success in the comments here: http://ccfinlay.livejournal.com/66816.html

This was a great deal of fun, and I got a story out of it that I wouldn't have otherwise written.

dclary · Sep 1, 2006

Doh... I'm too late too.

Dagnabiit. Of course, I'm not a chick either... does that matter?

Resurrecting the Chick-bomb F&SF thread: Deadline August 18!

Shweta

gone

lazy_sod

Geezerette-in-training

Sharon Mock

Wing nut

Shweta

gone

RedMolly

My beat is correct

batgirl

Writting broad

Shweta

gone

yanallefish

Sharon Mock

Wing nut

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary