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[truepenny]

I'm posting this link so I can find it again, and also so that anyone who hasn't found it before can read this truly lovely example of the reviewer's art.

"OH JOHN RINGO NO."

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[liminalia.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you! I had heard the meme but not found the original.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I never read the original post until now! Wow. And the t-shirts, which come in Maternity and Kids sizes! *nearly speechless*

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

The stunning part to me is Ringo's reaction to the whole thing.

[larryhammer]

Stunning in which way?

---L.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

From what I can tell, he took that scathing commentary remarkably well -- even endorsing the t-shirts. It's pretty classy for an author to be able to say "spot on" to a review that points out the disturbing problems in one's work.

[larryhammer]

From all reports, Ringo knows full well it's unbleached idwankery and is surprised that ANYONE would want to read it.

---L.

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

rarelylynne's jaw hit the floor when she read it. I'm trying to convince her to wear one of the t-shirts to Windycon.

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

I think Ringo's reaction is the best part of all of that.

(Sidenote, I loved the Booth story in Postscripts.

And I also can't find their submission guidelines anywhere. Nowhere at all. As someone who's been published in the magazine, do you have any idea where they're located?)

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

AFAIK, Postscripts is invitation only. Certainly, that's how they got me.

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

Aha! There's a very vague thing about emailing the editor with "submission queries", so I thought perhaps they had guidelines I couldn't find. I'm glad I'm not just incompetent. *g* Thanks.

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know this post is way down the list. :)

But thanks for the link to the source of the meme. Holy heck, it really does sound like exorcising psychological demons.