tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post5530779428122443657..comments2024-03-25T21:50:16.103-07:00Comments on Quick Sip Reviews: Quick Thoughts - The Hungry and the FullCharles Payseurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573698060020195566noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post-42493588560337420702015-10-04T06:01:53.667-07:002015-10-04T06:01:53.667-07:00You're right - I must have seen that about mai...You're right - I must have seen that about mainly writers reading them someplace else. Your comments got me thinking about how writing short fiction is different from writing novels - very productive!pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532518675955579561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post-30609009470418439422015-10-03T19:12:56.235-07:002015-10-03T19:12:56.235-07:00I'm not sure that Clarkesworld was saying that...I'm not sure that Clarkesworld was saying that there aren't loads of people reading SFF. And I don't think that Clarkesworld was saying that most short SFF readers are writers. They've said on Twitter that the data doesn't support that idea. There's anecdotal evidence, yes, but from what they claim their data is on readers v. submissions, writers are not their main audience. I think that Clarkesworld was making a point about business models. But I think some people did come out to criticize the nature of short SFF readership in the wake of Clarkesworld's comments. I personally think that most people are out of the ordinary for reading short SFF. I think that's part the nature of short SFF, that it appeals because it, too, is rather out of the ordinary. And I do know people who read short SFF and are not writers, or who have no serious aspirations to write and get published. There are people on Goodreads, there are people all over. It's not just writers spending money on short SFF. Charles Payseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573698060020195566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post-13934029478473833942015-10-03T09:14:22.113-07:002015-10-03T09:14:22.113-07:00You have a lot of good points here - but isn't...You have a lot of good points here - but isn't the complaint from people like the editor at Clarkesworld that in fact there are *not* loads of people out there coming to short SFF to be fed? As you point out, you're out of the ordinary. And you are an author yourself, which fits in with his argument that these magazines are mainly read by authors and not by fans.<br /><br />This has been going on for years. I remember lively discussions about it on the first internet writers' forum I ever joined, and even then we ended up admitting that none of us knew anyone who subscribed to the magazines we submitted to.<br />pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532518675955579561noreply@blogger.com