Member | Genre | Submitted Date | Response Date | Outcome |
Anarchic Q | SF | December 1st | ||
BlueLobster | SF | December 3rd | ||
MARothman | SF | November 1st | ||
kaysa | Fantasy | November 21st | ||
Arcs | WTF | November 16th | ||
BlinkerBot | Space Opera | November 1st | ||
More as a point of curiosity, this question is to those who had won in prior Open Door sessions:
How much content editing (and editing changes in general) did you end up seeing from what you'd originally submitted?
I'd posit that they had to have loved the premise and execution already to have picked it, so it would be hard for me to imagine there'd have been any substantive changes in the content/structural side of things, or were there? Sure various line edits/copy edits are often subject to whims and things can always be reworded if there's an editorial preference, but I suppose I'm most curious about structural edits - were there much?
Member | Genre | Submitted Date | Response Date | Outcome |
Anarchic Q | SF | December 1st | ||
BlueLobster | SF | December 3rd | ||
MARothman | SF | November 1st | ||
kaysa | Fantasy | November 21st | ||
Arcs | WTF | November 16th | ||
BlinkerBot | Space Opera | November 1st | ||
Raindrop | WTF | December 10th | ||
Member | Genre | Submitted Date | Response Date | Outcome |
Anarchic Q | SF | December 1st | ||
BlueLobster | SF | December 3rd | ||
MARothman | SF | November 1st | ||
kaysa | Fantasy | November 21st | ||
Arcs | WTF | November 16th | ||
BlinkerBot | Space Opera | November 1st | ||
Raindrop | WTF | December 10th | ||
Erin | SF | December 10th | ||
Member | Genre | Submitted Date | Response Date | Outcome |
Anarchic Q | SF | December 1st | ||
BlueLobster | SF | December 3rd | ||
MARothman | SF | November 1st | ||
kaysa | Fantasy | November 21st | ||
Arcs | WTF | November 16th | ||
BlinkerBot | Space Opera | November 1st | ||
Raindrop | WTF | December 10th | ||
Erin | SF | December 10th | ||
C.M. Dahmer | SF | December 5th | ||
Dryad | Space Opera | November 27th | ||
Usefulidiot | SF | December 12th | ||
Camaria | Fantasy | December 4th | ||
I'm considering submitting my MS as well. I'm just finishing up some edits. Too bad my MS has a bit of humor in it, and they said those kind of books may struggle.
Also, I'm querying agents right now and I wonder if getting rejected by a publisher would jeopardize it.
I'm considering submitting my MS as well. I'm just finishing up some edits. Too bad my MS has a bit of humor in it, and they said those kind of books may struggle.
Also, I'm querying agents right now and I wonder if getting rejected by a publisher would jeopardize it.
A link to this thread was shared with me the other day and I figured I'd participate instead of just standing by. I submitted a fantasy MS on the 6th of November. No response yet!
*waves* Welcome aboard and good luck!
Member | Genre | Submitted Date | Response Date | Outcome |
Anarchic Q | SF | December 1st | ||
BlueLobster | SF | December 3rd | ||
MARothman | SF | November 1st | ||
kaysa | Fantasy | November 21st | ||
Arcs | WTF | November 16th | ||
BlinkerBot | Space Opera | November 1st | ||
Raindrop | WTF | December 10th | ||
Erin | SF | December 10th | ||
C.M. Dahmer | SF | December 5th | ||
Dryad | Space Opera | November 27th | ||
Usefulidiot | SF | December 12th | ||
Camaria | Fantasy | December 4th | ||
AJ_Writes | Fantasy | November 6th | ||