Comments on: Thank Goodness! Why Gatekeepers Will Always Be With Us http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/ Adventures in Fantasy Literature Mon, 21 May 2012 08:03:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Rabia Gale » Blog Archive » on self-publishing e-books http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3140 Rabia Gale » Blog Archive » on self-publishing e-books Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3140 [...] and…. why we should be on our knees, thanking the gatekeepers of publishing [...] [...] and…. why we should be on our knees, thanking the gatekeepers of publishing [...]

]]> By: peadarog http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 peadarog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:17:37 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3138 <i>but even the bad stuff sometimes will have a tiny glimmer of something interesting in it</i> I don't doubt that's true. What's also true is that many of those creating the most flawed gems only do so because they are at the beginning of their journey as writers and that some of them will one day blaze across the heavens while the rest of us can only look on in awe. But *I* don't want to have to look desperately for the flawed gems in the mine tailings when somebody like yourself is courageous enough to do it for me ;p but even the bad stuff sometimes will have a tiny glimmer of something interesting in it

I don’t doubt that’s true.

What’s also true is that many of those creating the most flawed gems only do so because they are at the beginning of their journey as writers and that some of them will one day blaze across the heavens while the rest of us can only look on in awe.

But *I* don’t want to have to look desperately for the flawed gems in the mine tailings when somebody like yourself is courageous enough to do it for me ;p

]]> By: Daniel Nyikos http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3134 Daniel Nyikos Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:35:18 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3134 Having been on both ends of the gatekeeper's desk (the metaphor kind of breaks down), it really is a different view from the other side. Personally, I've always enjoyed reading through submissions, even if they're awful. I can usually tell quickly whether it's awful, mediocre, promising, or even great, but even the bad stuff sometimes will have a tiny glimmer of something interesting in it, like one smooth facet in a flawed gem. And I can steal it, and no one will know! (Kidding!) Having been on both ends of the gatekeeper’s desk (the metaphor kind of breaks down), it really is a different view from the other side. Personally, I’ve always enjoyed reading through submissions, even if they’re awful. I can usually tell quickly whether it’s awful, mediocre, promising, or even great, but even the bad stuff sometimes will have a tiny glimmer of something interesting in it, like one smooth facet in a flawed gem.

And I can steal it, and no one will know! (Kidding!)

]]> By: peadarog http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3128 peadarog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:39:43 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3128 Thank you John and John. :) Apologies about the pricing error, but another job for editors is wielding that +3 Red Pencil of Coruscating Correction. Thank you John and John. :)

Apologies about the pricing error, but another job for editors is wielding that +3 Red Pencil of Coruscating Correction.

]]> By: John R. Fultz http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 John R. Fultz Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:12:05 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3123 Well-said, Peadar! "Getting published" is not the same as it used to be...now that anyone can "publish" electronically. You make a terrific point about the New Gatekeepers... Well-said, Peadar! “Getting published” is not the same as it used to be…now that anyone can “publish” electronically. You make a terrific point about the New Gatekeepers…

]]> By: John ONeill http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 John ONeill Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:33:13 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3121 Oh -- and Black Gate 14 costs $15.95, not fourteen bucks. So I tweaked that in your article, to ward off a riot over sudden price increases. :) John Oh — and Black Gate 14 costs $15.95, not fourteen bucks. So I tweaked that in your article, to ward off a riot over sudden price increases. :)

John

]]> By: John ONeill http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 John ONeill Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:21:02 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3120 Hey Peadar! Great to see you on our pages again. How's life across the pond?? John Hey Peadar! Great to see you on our pages again. How’s life across the pond??

John

]]> By: peadarog http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 peadarog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:53:53 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3118 @gmurie I suspect you know the answer, but I've updated the entry just in case ;) @gmurie

I suspect you know the answer, but I’ve updated the entry just in case ;)

]]> By: gmurie http://www.blackgate.com/2010/08/09/thank-goodness-why-gatekeepers-will-always-be-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 gmurie Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:27:44 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=10145#comment-3115 "the pages of BG" I don't know what that is. Morbid curiosity compels me to ask. “the pages of BG”

I don’t know what that is. Morbid curiosity compels me to ask.

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