Comments on: How to Get Published: Myths and Legends (23/09/09) http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/ The Dragons Are Coming Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:01:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephen http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Stephen Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:52:33 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=649#comment-1794 OK, OK, by popular demand... New Horizons is probably strange enough to take a were-piano story... OK, OK, by popular demand… New Horizons is probably strange enough to take a were-piano story…

]]> By: Ravyn http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Ravyn Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:15:50 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=649#comment-1774 Amusingly enough, I got here through your Twitter; the social media may not be the primary means of looking for people, but it can't hurt. (Nice voice, by the way.) I fourth(?) the motion for the were-piano story. Most brands of shapeshifter are far too mainstream, so nobody ever talks about what it's like; but having a were-form that's at least ostensibly an inanimate object is terra incognita. Are there issues when the transformation occurs on a humid night? Is the were-piano cursed with perfect pitch? How does one go about tuning oneself? And what happens when a mundane sits down to tinkle at the keys? Amusingly enough, I got here through your Twitter; the social media may not be the primary means of looking for people, but it can’t hurt. (Nice voice, by the way.)

I fourth(?) the motion for the were-piano story. Most brands of shapeshifter are far too mainstream, so nobody ever talks about what it’s like; but having a were-form that’s at least ostensibly an inanimate object is terra incognita. Are there issues when the transformation occurs on a humid night? Is the were-piano cursed with perfect pitch? How does one go about tuning oneself? And what happens when a mundane sits down to tinkle at the keys?

]]> By: Nigel Gale http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Nigel Gale Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:49:29 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=649#comment-1608 I demand: the were-piano vs the abusive spiderman-dartboard. I demand: the were-piano vs the abusive spiderman-dartboard.

]]> By: Matt (yes I have nothing better to do) http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Matt (yes I have nothing better to do) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:33:55 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=649#comment-1607 I shoulda seen it coming the first time I came to and wasn't in an orchestra pit. I have little control when the spring tides strike but the Grand Beast normally left me somewhere civilised; or at worst a jazz club. I can't be the first guy to wake up naked in Ikea but the rest of them had probably brought their own clothes. Soft furnishings only go so far. I shoulda seen it coming the first time I came to and wasn’t in an orchestra pit. I have little control when the spring tides strike but the Grand Beast normally left me somewhere civilised; or at worst a jazz club. I can’t be the first guy to wake up naked in Ikea but the rest of them had probably brought their own clothes. Soft furnishings only go so far.

]]> By: Anne Lyle http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Anne Lyle Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:24:43 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=649#comment-1604 I agree there's no magic bullet - all you can do is write like hell, pray for luck, and be ready to self-promote when that lightning finally strikes! I agree there’s no magic bullet – all you can do is write like hell, pray for luck, and be ready to self-promote when that lightning finally strikes!

]]> By: Alex Bell http://www.stephendeas.com/how-to-get-published-myths-and-legends-230909/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Alex Bell Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:21:12 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=649#comment-1603 I would read the action-adventure romance about the were-piano. I so would. I love the spiderman-dartboard analogy, and agree with it completely. There is, as you say, a lot of luck in this game. It's all about how many darts you throw. I would read the action-adventure romance about the were-piano. I so would.

I love the spiderman-dartboard analogy, and agree with it completely. There is, as you say, a lot of luck in this game. It’s all about how many darts you throw.

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