A friend of mine sent me this link. Puts the rejection notes I've gotten into perspective.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/jam-this-morbid-drivel-up-your-ass.html
Double whammy today. 24-day form R from Shimmer and a form R from DSF. *sigh*
Beneath Ceaseless Skies rejection. Very short personal message said it appeared the story was set in modern times with modern tech, despite the only tech mentioned being an allusion to a neon sign. Oh well. It was an experimental piece.
If you were writing in a tight PoV, and this was set in ye olde days, the character couldn't have possibly made an allusion to neon sign -- how can you allude to something that doesn't exist? That probably gave the editor the wrong impression.Beneath Ceaseless Skies rejection. Very short personal message said it appeared the story was set in modern times with modern tech, despite the only tech mentioned being an allusion to a neon sign. Oh well. It was an experimental piece.
It certainly wasn't the old days, but it wasn't necessarily modern either. Technology wasn't the focal point of the story. And, for that matter, the description I gave about the sign was ambiguous enough where it could have been some steam-punky / magical device. I'm not complaining about the R, I'm just surprised that was the reason they specified.If you were writing in a tight PoV, and this was set in ye olde days, the character couldn't have possibly made an allusion to neon sign -- how can you allude to something that doesn't exist? That probably gave the editor the wrong impression.
A friend of mine sent me this link. Puts the rejection notes I've gotten into perspective.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/jam-this-morbid-drivel-up-your-ass.html
A friend of mine sent me this link. Puts the rejection notes I've gotten into perspective.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/jam-this-morbid-drivel-up-your-ass.html
I subbed to them but haven't heard anything yet, only been 6 days.A very flattering-sounding but, I suspect, form rejection from the West Pigeon Press anthology after 11 days. Anyone else submit there, so we can compare R's?
Damnit, I'm envious!
Oh well, maybe you're a talented writer and I am not, but at least I will have best of luck elsewhere. Top that!!
My most-often-rejected story (not coincidentally, also my earliest still circulating) just racked up another R -- this one from Shadows and Tall Trees. (paraphrasing -- "well written but didn't grab" the editor.)
Ah, well. Will give this one another go tonight.