The Parting of the Ways
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fangirljenIssue 12 will be the final issue of Rhapsoidia, the literary journal I've been working on for over a year now. I've known since April, but now that we're finishing up Issue 12 before the new year, the news is hitting hard. :(
What I give you now is my final editorial.
Obviously it was heavily influenced by something...*iwhis*
“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” – Mark Twain
Since April 1st, I have loathed this day’s coming. We are on the last few grains of sand that have been slipping away until zero hour. The time will be marked with not the chiming of a clock’s bells to state the hour, but the electronic “whoosh” of an unpredictable and unreliable printer. Goodbyes, for how ever long or short a duration, have never been easy for me to give. It is especially hard when one is saying so long to something so new. Rhapsoidia had its fourth year in 2006 as one of Riverside’s--the city which has neither a river nor is on the side of a river--only literary journals. My run was even shorter: half a year as assistant editor to Dave Hora, a few months as co-editor with Cat Marcuri, and half a year as fiction editor all by my lonesome. With no real proper training in publishing behind me, I embarked on an amazing journey into literature, equipped with a love for the story, a quirky personality, and a passion to assist. I have seen some good stories, some not so good, and some which simply left me feeling thoroughly twitterpated and tingly down to the toes.
Though my short stay is littered with many hopes and frustrations, I have loved all that Mark Manalang has given me since the spring of 2005 when I started assisting Dave. If not for men like Mark and Dave, I would not have been able to find some incredible stories that have touched my life so. Even stories that did not make it to publication have stayed with me.
All the stories that I came upon have been successful in allowing me one thing that I had hoped to achieve: to experience a life of literature that was not part of a textbook, or in my head, but belonged with a work-in-progress. Rhapsoidia is a work-in-progress which I have been able to touch and shape in some way. It was no small gift that Mark shared with me when he called upon me to act as assistant fiction editor and then fiction editor. I will always treasure this time spent here, being able to share with you the words of the dreamers and makers who have influenced me.
If this is to be our last journey together, I have one hope for you: stay true to yourself. Do not falter into what pleases others. You have a vision of the world and it is your right to share it.
My last offering of stories embodies my love for language and life. Each contains something which touches upon the unexpected, the unusual, the ironic, or the all-important stuff which binds everyone together.
You were fantastic, absolutely fantastic. :D
Jennifer Redelle Carey
What I give you now is my final editorial.
Obviously it was heavily influenced by something...*iwhis*
“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” – Mark Twain
Since April 1st, I have loathed this day’s coming. We are on the last few grains of sand that have been slipping away until zero hour. The time will be marked with not the chiming of a clock’s bells to state the hour, but the electronic “whoosh” of an unpredictable and unreliable printer. Goodbyes, for how ever long or short a duration, have never been easy for me to give. It is especially hard when one is saying so long to something so new. Rhapsoidia had its fourth year in 2006 as one of Riverside’s--the city which has neither a river nor is on the side of a river--only literary journals. My run was even shorter: half a year as assistant editor to Dave Hora, a few months as co-editor with Cat Marcuri, and half a year as fiction editor all by my lonesome. With no real proper training in publishing behind me, I embarked on an amazing journey into literature, equipped with a love for the story, a quirky personality, and a passion to assist. I have seen some good stories, some not so good, and some which simply left me feeling thoroughly twitterpated and tingly down to the toes.
Though my short stay is littered with many hopes and frustrations, I have loved all that Mark Manalang has given me since the spring of 2005 when I started assisting Dave. If not for men like Mark and Dave, I would not have been able to find some incredible stories that have touched my life so. Even stories that did not make it to publication have stayed with me.
All the stories that I came upon have been successful in allowing me one thing that I had hoped to achieve: to experience a life of literature that was not part of a textbook, or in my head, but belonged with a work-in-progress. Rhapsoidia is a work-in-progress which I have been able to touch and shape in some way. It was no small gift that Mark shared with me when he called upon me to act as assistant fiction editor and then fiction editor. I will always treasure this time spent here, being able to share with you the words of the dreamers and makers who have influenced me.
If this is to be our last journey together, I have one hope for you: stay true to yourself. Do not falter into what pleases others. You have a vision of the world and it is your right to share it.
My last offering of stories embodies my love for language and life. Each contains something which touches upon the unexpected, the unusual, the ironic, or the all-important stuff which binds everyone together.
You were fantastic, absolutely fantastic. :D
Jennifer Redelle Carey
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Date: 2006-12-07 08:04 pm (UTC)