Rejectomancy
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And the crickets are killed by Untied Shoelaces.
Anyone know any markets that would be receptive to a zombie flash reprint? Zombies seem to be a hard sell these days.
Anyone know any markets that would be receptive to a zombie flash reprint? Zombies seem to be a hard sell these days.
defcon6000
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Heh, I'd say you're tied. Received 1-day R's both of ya today.Wait, what? My slushies are definitely faster than Apex's (and possibly faster than Nightmare's)
Sorry, can't think of anything off the top of my head other than podcast markets. Have you tried Pseudopod?
Wait, what? My slushies are definitely faster than Apex's (and possibly faster than Nightmare's)
Oh, I didn't mean your UFO slushies! I was referring to you in your writer hat, not your editor hat. The R, from Apex, with the misspelled name, that didn't come from Lynne. It's that slushie I'm hoping I didn't get!
Yeah, they were my first try. They had nice to things to say, but didn't want zombies.
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I've been thinking about Alex's r from Apex recently. I have a story that's been at Apex for 42 days, and whenever I start getting antsy I just remind myself that I might just end up with a form R addressed to 'Ms. Feye.'
Ah! Sorry, I completely misunderstood. So long as the honor of the UFO slushies is upheld, I'm happy. I'm thrilled (and somewhat amazed) that we've been able to respond to ALL round 1 submissions so far within 48 hours (and almost all within under 24), despite a relatively hefty volume.
Oh and with Sai's luck her response might be to Mr. Faye
In all seriousness though, I hope it gets bumped up to Lynne (who can spell) instead.
defcon6000
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*le sigh* 77-day R from Penumbra for Native American issue. Thought this one had a real chance.
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Bummer. That's about the same time frame as the acceptances, so it must have been a close thing.
akaSylvia - I've got a story in their queue, too. Looks like they are going through in order of receipt, judging by the timing of the responses. Sorry to hear you received an R.
And defcon, I'm sorry to hear about the Penumbra R. It does sound like you almost made it.
J.W.Alden - I know what you mean about zombies. There is an entire sub-genre out there devoted to writing them, I think because they are fun to write about. Which I guess is why they are often a hard sell. (I'm sure I'll write another zombie story anyway.)
And defcon, I'm sorry to hear about the Penumbra R. It does sound like you almost made it.
J.W.Alden - I know what you mean about zombies. There is an entire sub-genre out there devoted to writing them, I think because they are fun to write about. Which I guess is why they are often a hard sell. (I'm sure I'll write another zombie story anyway.)
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Oh and with Sai's luck her response might be to Mr. Faye
Ha! Nothing yet so far either way.
I received a 44 form from them last night. Rejection buddies!
I'm getting a steady stream of Zombie stories in UFO slush. Most of them read like the characters have already consumed the writers' brains.
There are some good ones however. There are three -- count em, three -- zombie-related stories in round 3. And one story that briefly mentions a zombear that I already bought. I mean, how could I not buy a story with a zombear in it??
defcon6000
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Is that going to affect which stories are ultimately accepted? Assuming you don't want to load up the antho with a bunch of zombie tales.
21-day form R from Daily Science Fiction. Teaches me to get all excited about being a few days over the average rejection time.
At least the crickets are still going strong on my other two subs.
At least the crickets are still going strong on my other two subs.
44 day rejection from Redstone. A form, but signed by Michael Ray. (Never subbed there before so I don't know if it makes a difference. It probably doesn't.)
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30-personal from Shimmer. It was a short but helpful rejection; it's already given me an idea about how to re-write it, and I'm not usually one to re-write based on a rejection.
Yeah, no good. I got the same thing at 43 days--a form. At least, I'm led to believe it's a form based on my previous sub, which got a personal.
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Marzioli - it seems a great number of people received the form reject today. I also received a personal from them in the past. I don't think it is meaningful that this set of rejections didn't include personals compared to previous stories.
Perhaps not. Still, it feels like they obviously thought my newest story wasn't as good as my last, if nothing else. :/
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It could have, but in this case the story is decidedly NOT a zombie story (even though it does have a cameo by the zombear) so other zombie submissions in round 3 (and there are THREE of them) are safe from the zombear, but not as safe from each other.
You have a solid advantage in that your zombie story is so short. We could take a longer zombie story AND yours, but will not likely take multiple longer zombie stories.
