Anyone subbed to Jim Baen's Universe?

Minister · Apr 19, 2006

In particular the slush forum? The instructions insist that this is the smart way to go, if you're still a "new" writer, as defined by Writers of the Future." I see loads of stories posted there, but I have no feel whatsoever for whether each story is actually looked at by an official reader, or if they only read the ones that have the most reader comments. It's a brand new mag (first issue, June '06), so I can't get a copy of the publication to see what they like/don't like, or where their authors are coming from. Any experiences with this mag, anyone?

dragonjax · Apr 19, 2006

Yep, both to the slush forum and the regular submission method. If you're unpublished, you should give the slush forum a shot; basically, if you get LOTS of feedback from the Bar Flies (really), then there's a good shot you'll get editor interest. Sometimes, Eric or Jim himself will comment on the stories there. The bad news: unless you hear something positive, consider the story rejected, even if you never hear back.

But if you want the non-feedback, uber-quick response route, go via the regular submission. (I've scored only "right track" form responses this route.)

Minister · Apr 19, 2006

Hmm...Very interesting. Thanks. I'm assuming then that they don't have any problem with simsubs, at least when you're posting on the slush forum. So I guess it can't hurt to sub a story someplace else and post it there too. I'm guessing, though, that you've got a better chance of getting feedback from the other folk hanging around if you go comment on their stories, which could wind up being rather time-consuming.

Anyone subbed to Jim Baen's Universe?

Minister

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Minister

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