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Really? I find it quite efficient. Unless you got a shoddy internet connection. Sure, you gotta catalog all your stories, but that's the only time-consuming part I find, and even that isn't so bad.
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10-day F&SF. The "lost my interest somewhere along the line" tier. And given I've received feedback along those lines from beta readers, I suppose it's time for the hacksaw to come out before I sub it again.
Thanks Izz, akaSylvia, Marzioli! That is exactly what I needed to know.
Now I shall go back to attempting Zen detachment from the whole thing.
Now I shall go back to attempting Zen detachment from the whole thing.
104 day form reject from Room Magazine.
Edit: And I think I forgot to mention 17 days from Strange Horizons earlier in the week.
Edit: And I think I forgot to mention 17 days from Strange Horizons earlier in the week.
Efficient that way, aren't they? :/ Consolations.
Me, I got a 116-day personal from Abyss & Apex. They had some nice compliments and a bit of helpful feedback, but another R all the same.
The train, she keeps a'rolling.
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Nightmare's so fast that I'm 11 hours into a submission and surprised I haven't been rejected yet!
I'm sure JJA's business model works fine, as he's well respected, but it's hard not to picture the slush readers skimming every story.
I'm sure JJA's business model works fine, as he's well respected, but it's hard not to picture the slush readers skimming every story.
That's the spirit! Let's make it happen!2-day R from Nightmare here. One day we'll get an acceptance, Marzioli! One day!
16-day R from Untied Shoelaces. Editor told me he rejects every single "dealing with a loss" story he sees because they are too depressing. So yeah, that story had no shot there.
Ugh, condolences everyone!
Had a 1 Day from Clarkesworld. You kind of expect the R, watching your in-box by the hour... I trust the story, though, so out it is agin.
On the other hand, I'm actually cringing at another piece I sent back out. It's too plain, not enough happening. I'll probably trunk it when it comes back.
Had a 1 Day from Clarkesworld. You kind of expect the R, watching your in-box by the hour... I trust the story, though, so out it is agin.
On the other hand, I'm actually cringing at another piece I sent back out. It's too plain, not enough happening. I'll probably trunk it when it comes back.
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11-day personal R from Shimmer with the editor saying 'flash remains a hard sell.' I already go that sense from this thread, but I figured I had to try.
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Too late to answer your question (I subbed there once several years back, no acknowledgement, 87-day R) but welcome to AW and W1S1!
I tend to work on multiple things at once, so it's easy to move something I'm losing confidence in to a backburner for a while and revisit it later. There's only a few things I've completely given up on, but a fair number I've trunked until I have the time to figure out how to make them better. I'd say go with your gut, and recognize that giving up on something right now doesn't mean giving up on it forever.
Good luck with that! And when it doesn't work, well, that's what we're here for
Month 1 progress so far...
Ellery Queen form rejection, my first submission and also (coincidentally) my first rejection. I've printed it out and stuck it on my wall with my own post-absinthe spittle. sniff, I'm so proud.
Shimmer - yes, same experience as Sai - very quick and helpful personal rejection, bless, they'll will certainly get first dibs on my masterpiece.
Week 3 of 4 in Month 1 = Slush Jockey's 2 - Foley 0.
Bon Courage a tout le monde!
Ellery Queen form rejection, my first submission and also (coincidentally) my first rejection. I've printed it out and stuck it on my wall with my own post-absinthe spittle. sniff, I'm so proud.
Shimmer - yes, same experience as Sai - very quick and helpful personal rejection, bless, they'll will certainly get first dibs on my masterpiece.
Week 3 of 4 in Month 1 = Slush Jockey's 2 - Foley 0.
Bon Courage a tout le monde!
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64-day personal R from Plasma Frequency (heh, and I was just thinking it was about time to query them). Wish they had told me it'd been bumped up to the 2nd-round, but at least they gave a reason why it bounced.
This week:
4 day personal R from Kazka. Feels like a success; they called the writing "achingly beautiful" and asked to "send us another piece. Really." wasn't speculative enough; sent to another market and working on a stronger spec flash for them.
12 day form from Not One Of Us. One day I will crack this market. One day!
4 day personal R from Kazka. Feels like a success; they called the writing "achingly beautiful" and asked to "send us another piece. Really."
wasn't speculative enough; sent to another market and working on a stronger spec flash for them.12 day form from Not One Of Us. One day I will crack this market. One day!
Got a very complimentary personal rejection from John Joseph Adams tonight for my Nightmare submission. It's the story's first submission, so I suppose I should feel good about its future. Looking for that silver lining.
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Wow, I've subbed to JJA at at least four different markets and I've never gotten a personal rejection from him. That's a really good sign for your story if it made him break radio silence
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1-day form from Clarkesworld for a horror. I've been told they're not the best market for horror, and I haven't read they've published any horror, but as long as they have "horror" under their list of stories they consider Imma keep trying!
First agent to look at my query/syn/10 pp said no thanks. She "doesn't like steampunk in general" and felt the voice was more YA than adult.
Clearly we wouldn't have been a good fit.
Aggy, writes a lot of steampunk
Clearly we wouldn't have been a good fit.
Aggy, writes a lot of steampunk
Back pats and solemn nods to all the recents!
Got a 13-day form from Strange Horizons and an 11-day personal from Shimmer on a different story that said they liked it but didn't think the tone was right for them, etc.
That particular story has now had four complimentary personals from awesome markets, but still keeps coming just short of the mark. Hope it finds a home. I really like this story, and would love for it to be my first pro sale.
Got a 13-day form from Strange Horizons and an 11-day personal from Shimmer on a different story that said they liked it but didn't think the tone was right for them, etc.
That particular story has now had four complimentary personals from awesome markets, but still keeps coming just short of the mark. Hope it finds a home. I really like this story, and would love for it to be my first pro sale.