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hamlettaFencing session went okay today -- got a new brace for my elbow and it's helping. It's not solving the problem, but at least I'm not in pain and don't have the feeling I'm destroying my joints. This may well be an illusion, but if it doesn't hurt it's got to be less damaging, right?
We practiced handling left-handers today. It was fun, if somewhat of a moot point as none of us are left-handed and I'm not likely to meet one in competition because I'm not going to any competitions! Still, it was interesting-- especially when it came to flèches. I keep turning my body sideways when I attack, which is wrong. And I angle my arm when I extend, either upwards or bending the elbow outward... Need to practice more, but it's not going to happen till my elbow gets better.
Totally unrelated, I got a rewrite request from a respectable semi-pro on one of my favourites stories. I couldn't find a home for it for months, and didn't want to go below the pro level magazines, but figured it's better to have it out in semi-pro than not at all. They liked it enough to ask for revisions, so now we'll see if I can make them happy. The editor complained about the ending, which I'm going to fight for--I can edit it, of course, but I'm not going to change it because it would completely alter the story. However, one of the questions they've asked leads me to believe they misunderstood some elements (or I failed to make them clear enough)-- so I'm hoping the issue with the ending will go away once we clarify that point. Fingers crossed!
We practiced handling left-handers today. It was fun, if somewhat of a moot point as none of us are left-handed and I'm not likely to meet one in competition because I'm not going to any competitions! Still, it was interesting-- especially when it came to flèches. I keep turning my body sideways when I attack, which is wrong. And I angle my arm when I extend, either upwards or bending the elbow outward... Need to practice more, but it's not going to happen till my elbow gets better.
Totally unrelated, I got a rewrite request from a respectable semi-pro on one of my favourites stories. I couldn't find a home for it for months, and didn't want to go below the pro level magazines, but figured it's better to have it out in semi-pro than not at all. They liked it enough to ask for revisions, so now we'll see if I can make them happy. The editor complained about the ending, which I'm going to fight for--I can edit it, of course, but I'm not going to change it because it would completely alter the story. However, one of the questions they've asked leads me to believe they misunderstood some elements (or I failed to make them clear enough)-- so I'm hoping the issue with the ending will go away once we clarify that point. Fingers crossed!
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