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He's probably on a beach

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:28:59 +0000

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He's probably on a beach somewhere in Central America - café frio's probably a real luxury there.

Congrats, Doc! I'm excited to

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 12:12:53 +0000

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Congrats, Doc! I'm excited to read it, especially after all the rave reviews.

That's very sweet of you,

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:45:04 +0000

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That's very sweet of you, Lulu. I'm so conflicted. Letting coffee get cold is so deeply against my value system.

Seriously, thanks.

I clicked to download the

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:40:49 +0000

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I clicked to download the magazine to my kindle intending to read it sometime later. Then I made my first cup of coffee and came back to do my morning internet scan but decided to read a paragraph or two first. A little while later I had finished the story and had a cold cup of coffee sitting next to me. I really like my first cup. Not much gets in its way. I got caught up in your story enough to completely forget it. Nice work.

Thanks, Michael.

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:27:41 +0000

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Thanks, Michael.

Okay, I couldn't wait. It's

Michael Maiello — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:47:45 +0000

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Okay, I couldn't wait. It's awesome. Funny and poignant and what a secret power!

Congratulations!

Michael Maiello — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:37:37 +0000

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Congratulations!

The small cool science fiction magazines I used to love, with their tiny press runs, have largely been replaced by cool online science fiction magazines. That's a useful change, especially in terms of how many people potentially read a story. I didn't have many links to share in the old days. I'm back to being a fiction rookie again, trying to break in just as I did when I was younger, except that rookies today get to play for bigger crowds.

This has also happened to a lot of the "big" magazines that I grew up wanting to write for. I've crossed most of my dream publications off my bucket list, but online rather than in print. As you say, you get a bigger audience that way and while in the 90s and early 2000s there was still a sense that the print magazine is "more prestigious," it'd be very hard to explain that feeling to most readers in their 20s and 30s in 2018.

Your childhood dreams can come true, if you don't mind those dreams coming true online.

Just bought the issue with your story, will read it before bed!