Had two, yes, TWO, rejections for the same piece from FFO telling me my piece wasn't formatted correctly. Felt like a prize idiot the first time, but I can not for the life of me find out where I haven't followed the guidelines on the second submission?! Tearing what little hair I have left out?
Gah sorry to hear that... Did you remove your contact info from the manuscript?
Yeah - first time I scrubbed it but overlooked the name right beneath the title. Doh! Then second time I double checked every point. Just checked again and am totally baffled.
I'm wondering if the story itself is perhaps too like one of the "don't send us these" types they mention and that is counted as a formatting error... I didn't think it was, but you lose objectivity with your babies sometimes.
What was the file name?
You didn't have your name as part of the file name, did you?
I do that sometimes. One or two places ask for it.
This week was a tough one - four rejections for my poor ego, lol. After a good sulk and licking my wounds by playing video games (blowing stuff up is good therapy), I'm sending out my second short story of the year today.
So at least I'm on target for my bi-weekly goal for this year. I guess that's something, right?