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Thanks guys, and good luck to you too Shelley!
May our stories one day find companionship in the same issue of something or other (like that orgy in the Braggage thread, lol).

AnnieColleen said:

Likewise! I have...four out at the moment. I think the crickets ate one (mostly kidding, but...) and the others aren't due for response yet. Still writing.........


Also, go Tienci!

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I think I only have 2 out now.

A few others are almost ready, it's just every time I open them, I second guess a detail or something and think--oh, no, that's *got* to be fixed...then I spin my wheels and can't find a fix for the "problem" I found.

Yeah, same here. Plus the novel needing time, plus a sudden influx of overtime at work (not complaining, but still!)

We'll get there.

Tienci, that rocks socks. I've only finished one story this month (my MoD sub) but I've been doing a lot of touch-ups and rewrites on older stories in hopes of saving them from my "This Is Crap" folder.

I have 10 stories in total out in the slushiverse right now. Most of them have been out well past the expected response date, and a few of those show responses to subs sent in well after mine, which I assume means I'm sitting on a bunch of "Maybe" piles...but I could be wrong.

I've got 18 out now, many past their expected time. JC, I like to think of slow responses as a good sign, too. Hope we're right for all our sakes!

Sent a new one out today. Wasn't expecting it to be ready, but it gave off the zing of the fully-cooked story.

Can anyone recommend literary markets? Pedestal is pretty much the only one I'm familiar with and since I've gotten an R from them... not sure where to look next.

Aggy, who really is a spec fic author but likes to try new things

Aggy B. said:

Can anyone recommend literary markets? Pedestal is pretty much the only one I'm familiar with and since I've gotten an R from them... not sure where to look next.

Aggy, who really is a spec fic author but likes to try new things

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Duotrope

For Genre, choose General. Then under Style, choose Literary.

Shelley

Izz said:

The New Yorker

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I've thought about TNY but I can't ever seem to find the submission guidelines.

Aggy, easily frustrated by navigating websites

I think this might be all they have, or at least all a google search turned up.

Nathaniel Katz said:

I think this might be all they have, or at least all a google search turned up.

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Aha! Thanks.

And now Mother has been subbed to The New Yorker. Somehow this makes me even more nervous than Clarkesworld.

Good luck, Aggy! I submitted a piece to the New Yorker a while back, but it's been over a year without a response. I've since subbed it elsewhere.

So I've been lurking around here lately since I've shifted my focus to short stories to build up my skill, and I was wondering just how to I go about joining this write1 sub1 type deal? Or did I just miss a sticky? I figured this would help keep me working faster on my stuff so I could get them done and sent out. Thanks.

Darkshore said:

So I've been lurking around here lately since I've shifted my focus to short stories to build up my skill, and I was wondering just how to I go about joining this write1 sub1 type deal? Or did I just miss a sticky? I figured this would help keep me working faster on my stuff so I could get them done and sent out. Thanks.

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Write 1 Sub 1

You join there, and you hang out here.

Welcome, and good luck.

Shelley

Thanks . Joined up for the monthly, since mine tend to be rather long. Thanks again.

Welcome, Darkshore!

Welcome to the fold, Darkshore! =)

And yay Aggy for subbing to TNY!

Suz! Congrats!

Yay Suzanne! That's quite an accomplishment

I sent out my Identity Crisis story today. That makes 10 stories on sub right now. And my novel squeaked past 51k words today. I like productive days hehe

Darkshore

And congrats to everyone on their progress!