Can anyone define: ALAVEN?

[Rumple Foreskin]

Check it again, Rumple.

When I checked your URL, the copy said "The Tyrant is looking for rigorously composed. flawless. fierce. earnest and knowing stories between eleven and 8.000 words."

I beleive they have corrected a typo.

Aside from their phraseology, I find that their use of periods in place of commas, qualify them to be included in TheEarl's Is this overly pretentious? thread.

http://www.nytyrant.com/

Thanks, Burley.

Me thinks you've made a very valid point.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[R. Richard]

edited

 

[R. Richard]

As has been pointed out, eleven words does not make any sense. 11,000 words does make sense. Normally I would not even have considered the 11,000 idea, but the level of attention to detail in the blurb overwhelms nomal logic.

Just a guess here.

 

[snooper]

It may be that they want the stories in the language of Finland.

In Finnish, they have a case indicating motion or movement towards the object referenced by the noun. This is known as the alative (or allative), and by normal English construction alaven would be the past participle of the (non-existent) verb indcating the use of this case "to alate".

On the other hand, they may want stories using alative nouns as the main principle of the plot.

On the third hand, they may want stories tending to 11,000 words.

Or they trype as badly as I do, and do there own proof-reading.

 

[Guest]

. . . Or they trype as badly as I do, and do there own proof-reading.

*grin*