Clarkesworld newbie-writer interview

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02 September 2009 @ 02:13 pm

over here. It features awesome people like

nojojojo (Who also has a story, Non-zero Probabilities" up at Clarkesworld! Go read it! But don't spoiler it here! I need brain to read) and

glvalentine, and also, er, me.

I have the dubious honor of being the noobiest noob in the group by, as far as I can tell, a long way. Also I suspect I sound like a twit. But y'know, I'm constitutionally incapable of leaving a question unanswered.

*hides under the table now*

Tags: clarkesworld, interview, writing

Current Mood: scared

eek!

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scriitor on September 2nd, 2009 09:23 pm (UTC)

Let me be the first of many to say that you do not, in fact, sound like a twit at all?

By the way, congrats on the interview, Emerging Writer! : )

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:21 am (UTC)

Aw thank you :) I do in my ears though.

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marshallpayne1 on September 2nd, 2009 09:27 pm (UTC)

I read that last night. Enjoyed your answers. Congrats! :-)

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:22 am (UTC)

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
I suspect I'm going to feel like a complete twit anytime something like this comes out. I'm much happier letting my stories talk for me than trying to talk for my stories, if that makes any sense at all...

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marshallpayne1 on September 10th, 2009 02:30 am (UTC)

I did. And linked to it as well. Angela Slatter's another on my flist.

Oh, I never told you this, but right after we added each other last week and chatted on your "About this journal" entry, I made one up for myself at the top of my LJ. Thanks for the idea. :-)

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:41 am (UTC)

Angela Slatter's another on my flist.
She seems extremely cool! In fact, I am rather daunted by the amounts of cool represented there.

Oh, I never told you this, but right after we added each other last week and chatted on your "About this journal" entry, I made one up for myself at the top of my LJ.

Cool! I yoinked it from a couple people myself, so can take no credit, but I'm glad it's a helpful idea :)

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alan_yee on September 2nd, 2009 10:12 pm (UTC)

Oh, come on. You do NOT sound like a twit.

I thought the interview and the answers were interesting. I sure hope you get your multi-book deal, your Tiptree award, your electrode headset telepathic computer interface, and of course, your hypoallergenic pony. :)

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:24 am (UTC)

I do! At least, I do to me.
And thank you :)

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nisi_la on September 2nd, 2009 11:29 pm (UTC)

You said smart stuff!

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:25 am (UTC)

I swear, that was on accident.

*sheepish grin*
This is just how the social anxiety is manifesting, I think. That and knowing my head was fuzzy from allergies and trying to think through that -- which is actually a lot of what triggers the social anxiety, the gap between what I mean and how I come across.

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keyan_bowes on September 3rd, 2009 12:03 am (UTC)

Very cool interview!

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:29 am (UTC)

In the immortal words of Fone Bone, thenk you :)

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_stranger_here on September 3rd, 2009 02:17 am (UTC)

Wonderful stuff, all of it, I loved what you said, and now I so want to get you a hypoallergenic pony.

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:30 am (UTC)

Thank you! I think the hypoallergenic pony is about as likely as the rest :)

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seanemarkey on September 7th, 2009 05:51 am (UTC)

Hi Shweta,
Congrats on being included in the interview. That's some fine company to keep!

I wouldn't worry too much about any one thing... I'll just say that having written "One For Sorrow" entitles you to feel a certain amount of bad-ass awesomeness. In my opinion, at least.

just saying...

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shweta_narayan on September 10th, 2009 02:39 am (UTC)

Thanks! I agree, it's wonderful company to be in. Don't think I've earned it yet, though...

I'm thrilled that you like One For Sorrow! I basically wrote it with multiple dictionaries open, and a political speech in both English and Scots, as well as my memories of Aberdeen. I cannot, however, read it out loud now. My Aberdonian accent has gone all American.

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