We match, Lillie! Same here.
Shimmer had some very encouraging feedback for a tough sell. That was my first sub to them, but I'll definitely be sending more.
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We match, Lillie! Same here.
Shimmer had some very encouraging feedback for a tough sell. That was my first sub to them, but I'll definitely be sending more.
A riddle:
what do you get when Missouri Review says that "Your story was very well written, and your attention to detail was quite admirable"?
Answer: A rejection.
what do you get when Missouri Review says that "Your story was very well written, and your attention to detail was quite admirable"?
Answer: A rejection.
8-Day form rejection Ellery Queen. This'n stung, too. All of my stories that I didn't think that well of lasted longer there, and I thought of this as my "best story evah!". (Should I go on a Darling-murder-spree? Kill all of my darlings, I will. All of 'em.) Maybe if I suit it up a bit I can get it in with Alfred Hitchcock, but I've never done postal submissions before, and my printer's out of ink.....
Oh well, there's always more stories and more markets.
Oh well, there's always more stories and more markets.
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Ouch, that stinks! But I think that's happened (or will happen) to all of us at some point or another; could be you bumped up against an editor's personal taste, or they'd just accepted another story with similar themes/setting/etc. Don't read too much into it, and don't gut your story in the heat of a rejection -- if the story wants more work, do it when you can be objective about it.
And good luck at the next market
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Oh that's very good from Clarkesworld. You should be proud.
I would say that means someone will pick it up. Just a matter of who.
Thanks, and my thinking exactly
It's too short for Lightspeed and I already have something in slush at F&SF. It was Asimov's or Strange Horizons and Asimov's submission page was down (anyone know what's up with that?) this morning, so off to SH it went.
I wouldn't think about it too much. (Take your own advice, WordCount. TAKE IT!)
But from the sounds of the personal, it'll probably find a home somewhere.
For what it's worth I think they're just getting through submissions faster now than at other times in the past. Don't know if that helps much, but there you go...
Don't know if anyone else entered the 200-word AE Micro Fiction contest, but they posted the winners on the website under Fiction. I don't recognize any of the names, but I can only vouch that I didn't win. No emails though.
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I did and I haven't received my R either. Oh well. I'll send my micro tale off to Vestal Review.
I had intended to but didn't get around to it. Sorry to hear about the lack of emails!
Checked AE Micro: Yep; the winners are in and I am not on the list. Oh well. I'm micro-disappointed.
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Anyone interested in the full yawnfest that was my rejection of my acceptance from the W'shington P'stime, you can read it on m'blog: http://thewrittenabsurd.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/strange-tale-of-rejected-acceptance.html
82-day form R from The Literarian.
These 250-word mystery stories that I write for the AHMM monthly contest are a pain to try to find secondary markets for. Ah, well. I have fun writing 'em anyway.
These 250-word mystery stories that I write for the AHMM monthly contest are a pain to try to find secondary markets for. Ah, well. I have fun writing 'em anyway.
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Have you looked into adapting them for the American women's magazine Woman's World?
Apparently, they buy 'solve-it-yourself' mysteries of 700 words, including the narrative and the solution. And they pay well. Could be worth a look.
Guidelines here: http://womagwriter.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/womans-world-us-guidelines.html
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Gotta say, Lightspeed lives up to its name. I've submitted twice, and each time gotten a rejection in two days. Very professional.
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$1/word isn't unheard of in mainstream publication (especially for non-fiction). I've been paid more.
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Yeah, I had a romance story published by them earlier this year, and they do pay really, really well. I'd recommend picking up a copy at the supermarket and seeing what they're looking for (which is good advice for any market, WW in particular has a pretty set idea of what they're looking for. Plus, it's only like 3 bucks, so it's not too big of an investment).
That's a great suggestion conceptually. Though the ones I've written are probably more aptly described as "crime" stories than "mysteries" which the reader tries to solve. However, I think I should pick up a copy or two of WW (or see if the library carries it...) and read what they publish. It's silly for me to be ignoring that market.