tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post3825168030480095612..comments2024-03-27T17:57:27.840-04:00Comments on Final Girl: compare and contrast!Stacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-27634670497881909252009-02-25T17:51:00.000-05:002009-02-25T17:51:00.000-05:00spooky punch? spooky fucking punch? I LOVE your ...spooky punch? spooky fucking punch? I LOVE your original article and the person that rewrote and ruined it should DIE- or just not do that again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-69035957921522215032009-02-10T23:19:00.000-05:002009-02-10T23:19:00.000-05:00I was supposed to do an interview with a band and ...I was supposed to do an interview with a band and the main guy clammed up. Eventually he and I got to talking about amusing bacon products and I thought it made an interesting piece. My editor did not and it was rejected. I will mention that about two months later the magazine did a full page feature on bacon products.Kaye Tellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976220572778213371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-244978087694007962009-02-02T12:29:00.000-05:002009-02-02T12:29:00.000-05:00Yikes. I'm an editor, and hearing about stuff like...Yikes. I'm an editor, and hearing about stuff like this just makes me cringe. It's appalling that there are people out there who think it's totally okay to write additional material into an author's piece instead of querying her about suggested rewrites. <BR/><BR/>Also, this: "I simply love a good scare and the adrenaline rush it provides. Even better? There are tons of horror flicks (and a few TV shows) with lesbians in them."<BR/><BR/>Really? <EM>Who wrote that?</EM> That's one of the worst attempts at a clever transition I've ever seen. It doesn't even make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-80442129020248767962009-01-29T19:17:00.000-05:002009-01-29T19:17:00.000-05:00"hundreds and thousands or sprinkles"!Ugh, that re..."hundreds and thousands or sprinkles"!<BR/><BR/>Ugh, that rewrite is awful. I have a friend whose editor insists on changing her perfectly delightful newsletters for no apparent reason. It's like processing a lovely cheddar into Velveeta. The worst part is putting YOUR name on something that is no longer yours that you no longer want to take ownership of. Pearls before swine!<BR/><BR/>I couldn't believe my eyes when the title "The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror" popped up on my TiVo! <BR/><BR/>(Alternately, Peppermint Patty became code this year in my family for someone who invites the whole family over to your house for a holiday.)Bloody Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324062700605282839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-8528922085521457682009-01-28T23:30:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:30:00.000-05:00I’ve just realised that my Scary Bread joke probab...I’ve just realised that my <I>Scary Bread</I> joke probably made no sense. I thought <I>Fairy Bread</I> was a universal thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_bread), so <I>Scary Bread</I> was a brilliant parody. OK, maybe not brilliant, maybe not even funny, but certainly not a retarded as it sounds when you’ve never heard of <I>Fairy Bread</I>. *sigh*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-17245109497915580182009-01-28T14:30:00.000-05:002009-01-28T14:30:00.000-05:00I must admit I'm pretty interested in reading the ...I must admit I'm pretty interested in reading the original article. Sure, it's about lesbians, and we all know homosexuals make baby Jesus cry, but I'm willing to possibly burn in hell to get your insights on women-on-women in horror...<BR/><BR/>As one who writes for marketing (the most evil, yet a fun form of writing) I've never had a good relationship with an editor. I understand their job makes them the evil person from the get-go, but still. I can appreciate a space problem and needing to roll it back, but then there is losing the whole point. I can't even count the number of times I've had something re-written to ensure the editor understands it, even if the piece might be going to doctors who, on average, have a higher IQ than my editor and myself combined...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15197270852212451787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-86107109140827438162009-01-27T22:05:00.000-05:002009-01-27T22:05:00.000-05:00How can you not be hip to the groove of Spooky Pun...How can you not be hip to the groove of <I>Spooky Punch</I>? Crikey, next you’ll dissin <I>Scary Bread</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-34065682990290778012009-01-27T21:39:00.000-05:002009-01-27T21:39:00.000-05:00I had the exact same thought as BloodPepsi. About ...I had the exact same thought as BloodPepsi. About the article, not the clap. I umm, wouldn't know anything about the veedee... where was I? <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, Its like they just wanted a list. It makes no sense to hire someone with such a distinct style and then completely edit the style out. Good editing is invisible editing!FatalPiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650173927932329844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-83376734751942289742009-01-27T20:38:00.000-05:002009-01-27T20:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for The Clap clarification, BloodPepsi...I ...Thanks for The Clap clarification, <B>BloodPepsi</B>...I hope your "friend" is fine and dandy now. I suppose the nickname for chlamydia would be The Clam, although conjures up something else entirely.<BR/><BR/>As far as I'm concerned, <B>Moviezzz</B>, <I>every</I> week is Escalator Safety Awareness Week!<BR/><BR/><B>Unk</B>, I'm glad you noticed my sly Peppermint Patty reference...I was hoping someone would! :D I'm all for editing for grammar, clarity...basically all the things you mentioned. But completely rewriting something seems a bit out of line. Why not at least make suggestions and then allow ME to rewrite? It makes no sense. Stuff getting cut hurts (the ego, anyway), but seeing boring, crappy words that I didn't even write attributed to me makes...well, steam.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I'm going to go back in time to the 80s and release an album- an aerobics-style cash-in on Olivia Newton John's <I>Physical</I> called <I>Experiencing the Steam</I>. <BR/><BR/>The real question, <B>Ryne</B>, is- did the article get you in the mood for <I>lesbians</I>? :DStacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-45075042992638074832009-01-27T20:19:00.000-05:002009-01-27T20:19:00.000-05:00I feel you about editors.However, if it makes you ...I feel you about editors.<BR/><BR/>However, if it makes you feel any better, your original write-up on "lesbian horror" got me so much more in the mood for Halloween than that awful second "editor-enhanced" one. <BR/><BR/>Now I have to wait another 9 months for Halloween...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350692916090777986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-10043050419920537772009-01-27T20:06:00.000-05:002009-01-27T20:06:00.000-05:00Damn. I thought that article was your best work, a...Damn. I thought that article was your best work, and now you're telling us that you didn't even write it? ;) <BR/><BR/>Spooky punch tastes just like Tropical Flavor Kool-Aid, btw.EFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707319383245900449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-70878998813911619582009-01-27T19:58:00.000-05:002009-01-27T19:58:00.000-05:00This post has been in my head all day. At Kindertr...This post has been in my head all day. At Kindertrauma we do have to edit folks a bit sometimes for length or clarity and it kills me each time. The last thing I would ever want to do though is put words into somebody else's mouth. The idea makes me a tad crazy and frankly, I thought there were laws against it. You have every right to still be experiencing the steam. Plus, they threw out a perfectly good lesbian peppermint patty reference? Now that is just wasteful!<BR/>-Unkkindertraumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176839856388835793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-85995521235691243402009-01-27T18:17:00.000-05:002009-01-27T18:17:00.000-05:00All I can say is that if someone handed me a cup o...All I can say is that if someone handed me a cup of something and told me to drink it and I asked them "What is this stuff" and they told me that it was "Spooky fucking punch" then I would drink it all up and ask for some more, please. So when Jones Soda's "Spooky Fucking Punch" hits the shelves at Target next Hallowe'en you should just go ahead and take credit for it and a least make a little residuals money for your pain.Steven Altishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875052344049726210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-71374645434548830262009-01-27T16:45:00.000-05:002009-01-27T16:45:00.000-05:00One hand clapping, do you. Hmm? Hmm. Of what is th...One hand clapping, do you. Hmm? Hmm. Of what is the sound?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-17322723873233278072009-01-27T15:46:00.000-05:002009-01-27T15:46:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.TALKING MOVIEzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621046844665110326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-6986939257452111072009-01-27T14:49:00.000-05:002009-01-27T14:49:00.000-05:00It looks like they just wanted the list of movies ...It looks like they just wanted the list of movies because they themselves didn't know shit about horror movies and where they might find lesbians in them. After they got your list (which I'd be curious to see) they just plugged in the intro they always meant to publish.<BR/><BR/>..oh..and surprisingly enough "The Clap" isn't Chlamydia like you'd expect...oddly enough it's Ghonneria. It's bacterial, not viral, so you can get rid of it. It hurts when you pee until you go and get some penecillin and then it's gone forever....<BR/><BR/>..errr..or so a friend told me. <BR/><BR/>-BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-42987459150502755232009-01-27T14:01:00.000-05:002009-01-27T14:01:00.000-05:00This begs the question why a publication would ask...This begs the question why a publication would ask a writer with a distinctive voice to write a piece for them and then edit the voice the fuck out of the thing? What they should have done was tell you, "We'd like you to write this Halloween piece for us but not sound like yourself." <BR/><BR/>Anyway, editorial BS. I've vowed not to work with a couple specific editors again, as well as a specific publishing house. <BR/><BR/>Which reminds me. Eons ago, like ten years, an editor at Playgirl rewrote the ending of my story without mentioning it. You know, I just got my contributor copy in the mail and then found out. <BR/><BR/>I remained insulted for six months, but by then, the magazine's entire editorial staff had changed and one of the new editors sent me an email specifying, "Less narrative, more sex!" So my time with them was over anyway. <BR/><BR/>For the record, to date, my favorite editors to work with are Richard Labonte & Shanna Germain. <BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>AAlana Noel Vothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15678764751722565458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-86184680812421377362009-01-27T13:59:00.000-05:002009-01-27T13:59:00.000-05:00Reading the second version makes my teeth hurt. I'...Reading the second version makes my teeth hurt. I'm an editor and I always worry (being female and all) about impinging on the writer's style. Your example made me feel much better about all the work I've ever done, ever. Thanks, Stacie! (I might save this to read back to angry reporters in the future. "Oh yeah? Well, listen to the kind of thing I could have done...")AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02961200742501382827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-91761200596770221842009-01-27T13:44:00.000-05:002009-01-27T13:44:00.000-05:00Bobbing for fanny packs? I've never heard that eup...Bobbing for fanny packs? I've never heard that euphemism before... not sure I need a visual on it.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I've been lucky as a writer... the only (memorable) time I've had an editor make steam come out of my orifices was when one decided to add to a piece I wrote on Motörhead, that the band took their name from their extracurricular activities... <I>working on old cars</I>. <BR/><BR/>Which on the 'tubes makes me look like the dorkieset Motörhead fan evah. Which takes some effort.Craig Blamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700447209134787468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-45981565912879559262009-01-27T12:36:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:36:00.000-05:00Chainsaw- yeah, I've seen that site before...they ...<B>Chainsaw</B>- yeah, I've seen that site before...they pinch articles from all over the place. I've left comments, I sent emails to the email on their contact page, with no results. I have no idea what to do.<BR/><BR/>It's some sort of broken English site...it's so bizarre. From their ABOUT page:<BR/><BR/>"This website is an assemblage place for girls. Its every most girls. Letsgogirl.com is the prizewinning abstract that ever happened in the chronicle of a woman"<BR/><BR/>?<BR/><BR/><B>Tiny</B>- Well, I've said before that I'm "optimistic" when it comes to horror movies, meaning that I hope that every new one I see will be the best one I've EVER seen. I explained that theory and how it related to <I>Class Reunion Massacre</I> (which featured a lesbian character) in a lengthy paragraph, but that entire paragraph was excised and that small turn of phrase obviously inserted elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Best. Lesbian. Halloween. Ever. was the name of the article (which was decided before I was hired)- I just didn't work it into the article myself.<BR/><BR/><B>Michael</B>- it's a rather informative article, if I do say so myself. Bland as all get out, but informative!<BR/><BR/><B>Sophia</B>- Straight tits are the greatest gift a woman can give to humankind, so I say nag away.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-83406198615669995332009-01-27T12:08:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:08:00.000-05:00nagging in a general sort of way keeps ma tits str...nagging in a general sort of way keeps ma tits straight.Sophia Al-Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020188475650225783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-40846677748219306142009-01-27T12:01:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:01:00.000-05:00That is horrible! "gone very, very bad"? "Best. ...That is horrible! <I>"gone very, very bad"</I>? <I>"Best. Lesbian. Halloween. Ever."</I>? Fucking <I>"Sure, there are plenty of awful movies out there, but I'm an optimist when it comes to horror films."</I>? <BR/><BR/>It's a good thing you're an optimist, otherwise you wouldn't like horror films or be writing about them? Basically that sentence is saying, "Look, I know horror films are complete shit and a total waste of time, but I have this obnoxious thing about me where I just can't stop giving them another shot to not be quite so, you know, icky."Librarian Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120051683493366959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-4342906928829436552009-01-27T11:40:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:40:00.000-05:00The first version had spunk.The second version kin...The first version had spunk.<BR/><BR/>The second version kind of read like something out of a college newspaper.<BR/><BR/>And really, spooky punch? SPOOKY PUNCH?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-66468599629488492222009-01-27T11:19:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:19:00.000-05:00Wow. Quite a difference. Needless to say, your ori...Wow. Quite a difference. Needless to say, your original version was way better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-49726137260628266632009-01-27T11:16:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:16:00.000-05:00I kinda want to read the article now , even though...I kinda want to read the article now , even though it resulted in orifice steam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com