http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/07/22/free-fiction-footnotes-by-charles-coleman-finlay/ Editorial blog of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:03:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/07/22/free-fiction-footnotes-by-charles-coleman-finlay/comment-page-1/#comment-2555 Charlie Finlay Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:55:36 +0000 http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/07/22/free-fiction-footnotes-by-charles-coleman-finlay/#comment-2555 That was the first story I had published in F&SF (or anywhere) and Gordon almost didn't buy it because he thought it didn't have enough emotional kick: but instead he sent it back to me and asked me to write the poem for the last footnote, which was exactly what it needed though I was too inexperienced at the time to see it. So Gordon deserves a lot of the credit for making it work. That was the first story I had published in F&SF (or anywhere) and Gordon almost didn’t buy it because he thought it didn’t have enough emotional kick: but instead he sent it back to me and asked me to write the poem for the last footnote, which was exactly what it needed though I was too inexperienced at the time to see it. So Gordon deserves a lot of the credit for making it work.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/07/22/free-fiction-footnotes-by-charles-coleman-finlay/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 MarcL Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/07/22/free-fiction-footnotes-by-charles-coleman-finlay/#comment-2499 Such an awesome little story, and now in the most convenient form for emailing to friends and coworkers! Such an awesome little story, and now in the most convenient form for emailing to friends and coworkers!

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