What is your dream sale?
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I did sell twice to F & SF and twice to Interzone in the 1990s, but I've never sold to Asimov's nor anything to Ellen Datlow. The nearest I've got to the latter are honourable mentions.
It might help if I wrote more SF/F. Much of what I write these days is strange mainstream or near-mainstream or what could be called crime.
It might help if I wrote more SF/F. Much of what I write these days is strange mainstream or near-mainstream or what could be called crime.
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My top ones would be Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and Fantasy Magazine. Among other mags, I'd also love to get into Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, but I don't think any of my stories are weird enough to fit in with most of what they've published in the past.
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For a short story, F&SF.
Now, if I could go back in time and sell to F&SF in the mid '70s, that would be great. (Might as well sell to Astounding in the '40s while I'm at it ....)
Now, if I could go back in time and sell to F&SF in the mid '70s, that would be great. (Might as well sell to Astounding in the '40s while I'm at it ....)
Probably Strange Horizons. There are other markets I'd love to get into, but SH is my favourite to read, so it would be a special coup for me.
And this thread gives yet another example of the complete domination of AW by writers of Fantasy.
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Breaking into any professional market would be nice, but I'd particularly like to sell to Analog.
In the semi-pro world, Abyss & Apex and ASIM are high on the list.
In the semi-pro world, Abyss & Apex and ASIM are high on the list.
Ok, I'll break the trend. My dream markets are The New Yorker, Glimmer Train, and One Story.
The New Yorker, only because I'd love to make that much money for a single short story sale, and because of the other opportunities such a sale can lead to.
I had a couple of subs end up under review at Clarkesworld (one for about 5 days), but lately all of my submissions just seem to come flying back at me as soon as they reach the top of the slush stack. But maybe that's the norm for rejections there and those two stories that ended up under review were the exceptions. Definitely a market high on my break-in list.
The nice thing about Clarkesworld is that even though they are a top paying market they get back to you either way really fast, so it doesn't hurt anything to give them a try. It's not like some of these markets where if you submit something it's stuck in no mans land for months. I unfortunately have a couple subbed out that are in that situation.
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Weird Tales.
I know they don't pay on the same scale as F&SF, or Realms of Fantasy, but to me, to be published in the same magazine (well, sure, after a 30+ year hiatus) as Robert E. Howard is a dream.
I know they don't pay on the same scale as F&SF, or Realms of Fantasy, but to me, to be published in the same magazine (well, sure, after a 30+ year hiatus) as Robert E. Howard is a dream.
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I don't even want to dream of selling to the New Yorker. That would just be beyond everything. So my number one aim is Glimmer Train.
The New Yorker. This has been a dream of mine for a long time, and a sure sign of success in my mind. Then I was informed my co-worker had TWO stories published in TNY and there she stood, next to me, a lowly bookseller at Barnes and Noble sorting out all the sticky magazines found in the bathroom. Sad.
Really? I was a lowly bookseller myself for over 7 years so I wasn't knocking her, just a crappy job. I did it for the love of books, but at the end of the day it's a job in retail and not worth harming anyone over. At the store where I was employed all you needed was an open schedule and the willingness to work for about eight bucks and hour. Many of my co-workers didn't even read and they were happy to repeat this all day. Sad sad stuff.
Because it's in a bookstroe, and around books. This is the only reason many need. I've known people who turned down jobs making four to five times a smuch money, simply because they wanted to be around books all day, every day.
I have one good friend who turned down a 70K per year desk job to run a used bookstore that paid only 16K.
Lowly is doing a job you hate, and spending time in a place, and around people, you have nothing in common with.
That's not my definition of lowly.
It is a lowly position. Anyone who tells you anything else hasn't done it. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it.
It is a lowly position. Anyone who tells you anything else hasn't done it. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it.
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