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1. It's a form, as you say. I've received many iterations of this statement, some verbatim to what you quote.
2. It's probably also honest and true in what it says, which says nothing about the quality of your story.
3. After a long series of tries, I still don't have Clue No. 1 how you get past this point in submissions.
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Sorry about the dead crickets, Alex, but I've no doubt you'll find good homes for them both, eventually. And Happy Father's Day to you, too.
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Thank you, Suzanne! And good news weren't far behind (heading over to Braggage thread next)
Yeah I know it's form, I got it from them before
I really can't complain they didn't take it though -- they seem to buy every OTHER story I submit to them. (2 for 4 so far). Guess it means they'll take the next one?
50 day personal from Stup stories. I don't think I'll get a nicer R. "Exceptionally well written", made the final round, "your work is always welcome here." Even though it's an R, I'm rather happy - I really feel that this market get me.
Maybe your stories are "broken" -- which is gamer jargon for "too good," and the editors don't want to reject them! Chin up.
6 day R from Apex. I'll get to collect my first R from Nightmare Magazine here in the next 24 hours or so, as a result.
Lightspeed 2-day R. Now that I put a healthy portion of my earliest stories to rest, I've been getting longer, more satisfying crickets. You know, except from Lightspeed and Clarkesworld.
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50 day personal from Stup stories. I don't think I'll get a nicer R. "Exceptionally well written", made the final round, "your work is always welcome here." Even though it's an R, I'm rather happy - I really feel that this market get me.
A rejection - but a nice one!
Think I might have just received a higher tier from Apex. It was from Lynne Thomas herself and was unlike any R I've had before from them. Used the word "resonate." As in: "it didn't resonate with me."
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Sorry about the R, but it's a good sign that your story made it all the way to the editor.
I got a 120 from Kaleidotrope on Sunday as well, along with a 5-day R from Daily SF. At least the crickets were briefly silenced, anyway.
That's really exciting! I noticed someone in another thread got an email that a story had been forwarded to Lynne Thomas. Out of curiosity, did you get an email like that? I'm just wondering if that was just a particular slushie or if that's the norm.
No. I had no idea until the R arrived, although I assumed something had happened as it was a while out.
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Yeah, the one time I had the editor at Apex respond to a submission. I didn't get a heads up beforehand.
I've gotten an R from Lynne Thomas before, but there was no note to indicate it had been passed up the food chain before I got the rejection.
Also, the R I've been anticipating from BCS came in today for "Damsel" at 38 days out. Another one I have to ponder whether to retool before it's subbed elsewhere.
Curiouser and curiouser. I've gotten a 42-day and a 37-day rejection from them, during their modern period when 2-20 was common. And each one came from a slushy. I guess there truly is no method to the madness of being held longer. Just the luck of a quick reader versus one hung up, or a story forgotten.
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