Rejectomancy

renard79 · Jun 17, 2013

Batspan said:
That I Ching reading stuck with me. I get a lot from Tarot and pendulums, too.

My third R from Clarkesworld came in today. This one had a friendly PS. I choose to be encouraged. ]

That friendly PS is promising from Clarkesworld!

I Ching works well for me, as does Tarot. I can skew my pendulum unfortunately.

CL_Hilbert · Jun 17, 2013

<1 week rejection from Wolf Literary Agency. Encouraging note, though, so I suppose not a complete loss.

O'Dandelo · Jun 18, 2013

12 days to a form R from Apex.

fihr · Jun 18, 2013

2 day R from Clarkesworld.

Marzioli · Jun 18, 2013

41-day personal from BCS, and a quick 25-day 2nd round R from Stupefying Stories, with a "good, but not irresistible."

Marzioli · Jun 19, 2013

92-day R from Writers of the Future, this time with an HM. I'll get you someday, first place! Or write, trying!

Adlemons · Jun 20, 2013

21 day from Shimmer.

Eliza C · Jun 20, 2013

Marzioli said:
92-day R from Writers of the Future, this time with an HM. I'll get you someday, first place! Or write, trying!

Ha! Congrats on the HM, though (and 41-days at BCS sounds like it was held there, too). Better luck next time on both!

Marzioli · Jun 20, 2013

Eliza C said:
Ha! Congrats on the HM, though (and 41-days at BCS sounds like it was held there, too). Better luck next time on both!

Thank ya kindly. Although BCS was running slow at the time, it was answered by the EIC, so maybe you're right. I already got my next story subbed to WotF.

williemeikle · Jun 20, 2013

18 day personal R from Shimmer. Can't seem to click with them, but I'll keep trying.

williemeikle · Jun 20, 2013

A new record - a 4 hour form R from NIGHTMARE.

Batspan · Jun 21, 2013

renard79 said:
I Ching works well for me, as does Tarot. I can skew my pendulum unfortunately.

Good you're aware. I was a brat with the ouija board as a kid.

Form R today from one of my favorite antho editors. It's closed, so enough said.

Have four stories still out, another ready to go, #6 close and wrote a new one this week.

fihr · Jun 21, 2013

Congrats on the HM at Writers of the Future, Samuel!

And sorry for the R's everyone. Especially the 4hr Nightmare one WillieMeikle - it's good they are quick, but still!

Marzioli · Jun 21, 2013

Thanks Fihr.

I had a story about super-powered mutants that I thought would be a shoe-in at This Mutant Life, an anthology for super-powered people. No go! Nice 4-day personal (or very cleverly worded form), though, explaining it was just the wrong fit.

gettingby · Jun 21, 2013

137-day form rejection from Tin House. And now the reading period is closed so I can't send them anything else yet. I think Tin House is a really hard place to get into, considering they just published a new short story by Stephen King.

Eliza C · Jun 21, 2013

34-day form R from IGMS to break a long quiet spell of waiting on rejections.

Niccolo · Jun 22, 2013

4 days to an R from Post Scripts to Darkness 5. They liked it, it was just too short for them. They asked for something else and I already sent them a longer piece.

pyragelos · Jun 22, 2013

I thought I'd come to terms with waiting, but it turns out Clarkesworld has spoiled me forever. I'm like "what? 3 days and no rejection yet? *refresh*refresh*refresh*"...
Oh, the paranoia.
Sorry for the recent rejections, everyone! And congrats on the HM, Marzioli

pyragelos · Jun 22, 2013

Why didn't I ask for a million dollars instead?
3-day expected form from Clarkesworld :-D

CL_Hilbert · Jun 22, 2013

Very disheartening form rejection today. And a snobby one, at that.

"We encourage all rejected writers to submit again when they have improved their craft. In the meantime, if you have not already, you can subscribe to [our magazine] here."

Whatever happened to "not right for us at this time"? Jeeze.

Aggy B. · Jun 22, 2013

CL_Hilbert said:
Very disheartening form rejection today. And a snobby one, at that.

"We encourage all rejected writers to submit again when they have improved their craft. In the meantime, if you have not already, you can subscribe to [our magazine] here."

Whatever happened to "not right for us at this time"? Jeeze.

Yeah, that's kind of ridiculous.

fihr · Jun 22, 2013

CL_Hilbert said:
Very disheartening form rejection today. And a snobby one, at that.

"We encourage all rejected writers to submit again when they have improved their craft. In the meantime, if you have not already, you can subscribe to [our magazine] here."

Whatever happened to "not right for us at this time"? Jeeze.

If they can write, they can understand tone, and must know they are insulting every writer they reject, even if the story is just the wrong fit! I wonder if this will improve their subscription rate?

jeracoo · Jun 22, 2013

Rejection from Tin Man Games for my choose your own adventure

apparently it's too short 13k, needs to be 30k

gettingby · Jun 23, 2013

Rejections from Glimmer Train, The Threepenny Review and The Portland Review. It is not my day.

Dee Pratt · Jun 23, 2013

gettingby said:
Rejections from Glimmer Train, The Threepenny Review and The Portland Review. It is not my day.

So sorry about the Rs. Great mags though. If you don't mind my asking, how far out were you on the Glimmer Train?

Rejectomancy

renard79

Teacher in Space

CL_Hilbert

O'Dandelo

fihr

Marzioli

Could be worse!

Marzioli

Could be worse!

Adlemons

Eliza C

We’ll see what happens from here…

Marzioli

Could be worse!

williemeikle

The force is strong in this one.

williemeikle

The force is strong in this one.

Batspan

My Religion is kindness -Dalai Lama

fihr

Marzioli

Could be worse!

gettingby

Eliza C

We’ll see what happens from here…

Niccolo

pyragelos

pyragelos

CL_Hilbert

Aggy B.

Not as sweet as you think

fihr

jeracoo

gettingby

Dee Pratt