Rejectomancy

Two paragraphs, gettingby? Kudos! You certainly are close.

O'Dandelo said:

Still no Shock Totem response for me. I think at this point crickets are definitely a good thing. Fingers crossed.

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Still pulling for you! It'd be nice to open up the next issue of ST and see your story in it. And I'd be like, I know that guy!

Thanks, sir! It would be pretty amazing. Seems more of a dreamlike thing at this point, but hey, someone has to have stories in there, right?

O'Dandelo said:

Two paragraphs, gettingby? Kudos! You certainly are close.

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Thanks, O'Dandelo. I was pretty happy to get so much feedback. It seems like they liked it almost enough to take it. I only wish my story was slightly better. I don't really know how to change it, but now I think it is better than I thought when I first sent it out.

Finally, the Stupefying Stories matter has been resolved! Read my signature file if you want to find out the results.

Congrats, Marzioli!

I got an R from Analog last week. Reworked, resubbed. *pushes boulder uphill*

I really like this one, I hope I can find a home for it.

Great news, Marzioli! I'm sure you're beyond relieved.

Congratulations, Marzioli!

The sheepz say it's weird to be dancing in Rejectomancy, but as you haven't posted this in Braggage, they'll have to do it here.

Thanks guys. I promise I won't make a point of posting good news in Rejectomancy. I just thought since I had so many issues with this sub, that were all posted here, a little closure would be apropos.

In more suitable news, form rejection from Writer's of the Future Contest. On the bright side, they say they're working on making rejections faster. In the next few contests, we may be looking at 70 and 80 day R's instead of 90 and 100 days.

Nothing all weekend, but I've decided to give myself weekends off from expecting. So, uh, I guess I'm not doing too well at that yet.

--GreenSquares

Marzioli said:

Thanks guys. I promise I won't make a point of posting good news in Rejectomancy. I just thought since I had so many issues with this sub, that were all posted here, a little closure would be apropos.

In more suitable news, form rejection from Writer's of the Future Contest. On the bright side, they say they're working on making rejections faster. In the next few contests, we may be looking at 70 and 80 day R's instead of 90 and 100 days.

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Was that WotF rejection from today, or from earlier in the week? I didn't think they sent them out on weekends; if they do, there goes my weekend break from worry.

I'm still waiting on mine, but I subbed on new years eve, so i'm still below 80 in number of days waiting. Faster responses would definitely be nice, though as the only other sub I have out right now just passed the 1/2 year mark earlier this week, 90 or 100 days isn't sounding to long to me right now.

(and congrats on your good news!)

GreenRoom said:

Was that WotF rejection from today, or from earlier in the week?

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In the week (Friday), sorry to worry you! Mine was at 96 days when I finally got the word. (And thanks!)

11 day R from Unstuck

I'd started to hope.
But they said they admired it, which is nice.

*hugs* Lillie.

At least they liked it, which means the story is good, just wasn't for them. It'll find its home.

Sorry Lillie. I'm at day 8 with them, and starting to fret.

I've had three R's this week, and two of them today. My WotF sometime earlier in the week. A "P.S. Almost" from DSF this morning, and one from Ideomancer this afternoon with a note that the writing is good but the spec element was too conventional for them.

Adam Israel said:

A "P.S. Almost" from DSF this morning

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I've received a similar comment before. I thought I remembered DSF having a "Stage Two" type situation, though. I take it this means that the story almost made Stage Two? (I suppose Stage Two could be solely about story fit, etc. as opposed to quality...)

mhaynes said:

I've received a similar comment before. I thought I remembered DSF having a "Stage Two" type situation, though. I take it this means that the story almost made Stage Two? (I suppose Stage Two could be solely about story fit, etc. as opposed to quality...)

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Yeah, it means nearly missing round 2.

alexshvartsman said:

Yeah, it means nearly missing round 2.

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That's what I figured though it seemed a bit strange. Still, it's nice to hear.

mhaynes said:

I've received a similar comment before. I thought I remembered DSF having a "Stage Two" type situation, though. I take it this means that the story almost made Stage Two? (I suppose Stage Two could be solely about story fit, etc. as opposed to quality...)

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I know they have a second stage, but that they've also bought stories directly from stage one. I'm not sure what prompts them to do that vs. moving passing it to another round. Mine was there 26 days, though, so I took the 'almost' to mean it alluded to purchase, not moving on to another round.

Adam Israel said:

Sorry Lillie. I'm at day 8 with them, and starting to fret.

I've had three R's this week, and two of them today. My WotF sometime earlier in the week. A "P.S. Almost" from DSF this morning, and one from Ideomancer this afternoon with a note that the writing is good but the spec element was too conventional for them.

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Interesting, I got an R from Ideomancer last month that was almost word for word the same. Guess "not speculative enough" is one of their stock answers.

Got a rejection from GlimmerTrain for the Very Short Story Contest. No official email yet, but the system says it all.

Aggy B. said:

Rejection from Strange Horizons for In the Cool of the Day. Not sure if it will fit well at Asimov's but I sent it there anyway. (They do say some fantasy is okay. Dunno how they feel about magical realism.)

Onward!

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Good luck! I think you probably have a better chance with magical realism than straight up fantasy when it comes to Asimov's. When they do stray from sci-fi they seem to go for weirder, non-classifiable stuff than the straight-up fantastic.

I'm still waiting for a reply from Strange Horizons (among other markets, but I feel like I'll be hearing from SH first most likely).

Sorry for the recent R's (Marzioli, Aggie, Lillie, Adam, JW). Also great to read about your acceptance Marzioli. Thanks to everyone who mentions the wording of their R's as well - it helps to be able to decipher them a little more, especially when the wording maybe sounds specific to your story but then you find out they say the same thing to everyone. I find this thread pretty informative - its also helpful to see when a batch of stories from the same place get rejected/accepted, if you're also waiting in the same queue.

I have a couple of stories out at the moment, but its all crickets. Meanwhile, I'm really enjoying reading Learn Writing With Uncle Jim here at AW - think I might go and buy a copy of Misery now, to read about the relationship of reader and author, like Uncle Jim suggested. (My writing group has me reading wonderful literary prose, but sadly it takes me ages to get into some of those stories.)

I'm waiting at SH as well. I wonder if they'll be moving through some of the older stuff quickly now that they've added an editor.

Hugs to all with rejections.