Just for the record:

[slipjig3]

I hate writing clues.
I really hate writing clues.
I really, REALLY f*&!ing hate writing clues.
If I weren't already three months overdue for a submission, I'd be doing something else right now. Anything else. Dropping hammers on my bare toes, if need be.

Sigh. I have got to get a better hobby.

On the other hand, Games just bought a puzzle for the September issue that I wrote wayyyy back in college. I submitted it about ten years ago, heard nothing back, then dug it out of moth balls last year and resubmitted because I've always liked it and thought they might be more open to it now. Let's hear it for delayed gratification! (Of course, this feeds my growing fear that my best stuff is behind me...)

Comments

[yendi]

Woohoo! My sub to Games just started again, and I looked to see if there were any puzzles by you in this issue, but didn't see any.

One of these days, I need to get off my ass and try my hand at puzzle construction again (if only to continue the fine Emory alum tradition started by Trip Payne).

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)! Nope, nuthin' in the latest issue; I haven't submitted anything in many, many moons, so anything they publish of mine has to be something they've dragged screaming from the archives. Hopefully I'll get something into an envelope and on its way within the next week or two.

And do start constructing again! What kind of stuff do you do? Can we see? (By the way, Trip Payne is a golden god. D'you know him personally?)

NO WAY!!

[prolixfootle.livejournal.com]

Clues are the *BEST* part!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's a cryptic, yes, definitely. Writing onventional clues, though, bores me to apoplexy. The fact that I'm terrible at it doesn't help; it's hard to muster up enthusiasm when you know perfectly well that the editor's going to throw 96% of the clues out anyway.