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Who wants to write about sex (whatever that means)?

 
 
Sensual Cobra
16:21 / 07.04.05
Greetings and solicitations,

I'm the A&E editor for Deek Magazine, which is a little rag out of Pittsburgh. Our next issue is the Sex issue (I know, brilliant, right? Whoever thought about writing about sex?!) and as I'd like to get some better-than-usual submissions, I thought I'd bring it up on here.

Obviously "Sex" is a huge topic, so there's plenty of room for anyone who's interested to experiment. I liked the real doll thread over in the head shop -- if anybody's interested in a "Meditation on a Real Doll" thing, let me know. Or maybe something written from the point of view of a Real Doll. I'm open to ideas, obviously.

So, check out the webpage here, but don't pay too much attention to the kind of stuff that's come before. I'm looking to move the magazine in some new directions; anything's game at this point.

Idea discussion can go below.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
17:53 / 07.04.05
Do they take fiction? Can I finally sell one of my limbless sex robot stories?
 
 
Sensual Cobra
19:11 / 07.04.05
Oooh, I should have mentioned that: If by "sell" you mean, "donate and have published," then...yes. This is more of a "for the joy of writing" kind of endeavor.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
19:20 / 07.04.05
Ah, whatever. That stuff's been rejected by every paying market I've sent it to anyway.
 
 
Papess
18:01 / 09.04.05
Are you still accepting submissions, or am I too late?I am finally settled in my new place now, and I would love to write something along the lines of prostitution for Deek. What are you looking for? A springboard type story or a biographical narrative? Perhaps a fictional short story?
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
19:00 / 09.04.05
Dude, you guys need to get some submisions guidelines up there. I'm going to assume that you're okay with standard manuscript format, right?

You're just plain lucky this isn't 15-y/o Mordant and her newly-discovered fancy fonts, that's all.
 
 
Papess
07:05 / 10.04.05
Oh. So, fancy fonts are out?
 
 
Papess
07:05 / 10.04.05
Oh. So, fancy fonts are out?
 
 
Sensual Cobra
14:29 / 11.04.05
Submission guidelines? What kind of fascism is that?!

I agree, and I'll point that out to the webmaster and editor-in-chief.

We've been doing a lot of different things so far -- you can read that as either "healthy variety" or "lack of focus" -- from fiction to first-person essay to some decent reporting. I'm sure you can do something with prostitution, right?

Fancy fonts are fine by me, but expect the designers to castigate you for that.
 
 
Benny the Ball
20:25 / 28.04.05
Deadline is 2nd of May, according to the website.

If I write something and email it over is it best to do a pdf?
 
  
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