tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post4143674091486169258..comments2023-05-06T05:29:31.469-04:00Comments on The Knotted Thicket: Nothing to brag aboutK.C. Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-9470838128812408922009-01-23T13:06:00.000-05:002009-01-23T13:06:00.000-05:00Maybe he should have written horror all those year...Maybe he should have written horror all those years instead of SF.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-4668381050602821192009-01-23T12:46:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:46:00.000-05:00Fear was actually a pretty decent horror novel. I ...Fear was actually a pretty decent horror novel. I might have to re-read it this spring.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-88840346202022187022009-01-23T12:45:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:45:00.000-05:00Most of his books are really crappy pulp SF. I do...Most of his books are really crappy pulp SF. I don't think I've ever finished reading anything of his. My eyes sort of glaze over and I am compelled to stop reading. It must be Xenu's fault.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-91607793094369528222009-01-23T12:40:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:40:00.000-05:00I did enjoy the Hubbard book Fear. Very good rea...I did enjoy the Hubbard book Fear. Very good reading. I don't think I have ever read anything else by him though.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-46632358611940335232009-01-23T12:37:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:37:00.000-05:00From what I've heard, they keep the Scientology cr...From what I've heard, they keep the Scientology crap out of the contest--but it creeps me out too. I know people who've done well in the contest (one of the co-editors of Every Day Fiction recently got first place), but I'm still leery of sending them anything else. I don't want to feed the beast.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-23872617730059770952009-01-23T11:29:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:29:00.000-05:00I got that email, too. I kinda, sorta considered G...I got that email, too. I kinda, sorta considered Galaxy as a market for a couple of my stories (Clearing was one), but being <I>in their system</I> just kind of creeped me out. I convinced myself that if I subbed to them, within days I'd get a knock on my door by some hyper-smiley, wild-eyed folks with a large black box and a portable battery pack.Jeremy D Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014827537536982326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-90433965426597786472009-01-23T11:05:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:05:00.000-05:00Yeah, they really push Hubbard's crap. He was a t...Yeah, they really push Hubbard's crap. He was a terrible writer of dubious morals. The contest is worthwhile, but for a newbie writer not sure where to go for advice, Hubbard's "advice" is totally wrong.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-90493422253938329372009-01-23T11:04:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:04:00.000-05:00Ha! What about Stephanie Queen? Or Stephanie Keen?...Ha! What about Stephanie Queen? Or Stephanie Keen?K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-78436853136026781002009-01-23T11:03:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:03:00.000-05:00The Writers of the Future folk will send the antho...The Writers of the Future folk will send the antho to schools for free, and our librarian brought me a box last year. The fiction was good, but I was a little disturbed when it was interspersed with essays by Hubbard. Something fishy in that...Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-36544248714897393462009-01-23T10:48:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:48:00.000-05:00Ooh, or Stephanie King - now there's a name to get...Ooh, or Stephanie King - now there's a name to get a horror writer sued. :)Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-77779922734594827432009-01-23T10:28:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:28:00.000-05:00Or Stephen King. :)Or Stephen King. :)K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-74775998707700779032009-01-23T10:25:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:25:00.000-05:00I wish I could sell pieces on name alone. That wo...I wish I could sell pieces on name alone. That would rock. Maybe I need to change my name to Brian Keene or Jane Smiley.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.com