Rejectomancy - Page 66

Lillie · 10-08-2011, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by defcon6000

Aww, poor Lillie.

Hope you get better soon!

Do you have one of those programs where you can talk into a microphone and the computer will type it down for you? Tho I don't know how effective those programs are.

And, uh, congrats on 50 R's!

Thanks.

I've never tried one of them programs, buy I don't think it would understand my accent

faerydancer · 10-08-2011, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lillie

Nah, too much wanking...

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There can never be too much writing

I suppose that's true.

V1c · 10-08-2011, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Lillie

Thanks.

I've never tried one of them programs, buy I don't think it would understand my accent

It might, if you get good one. I've known some who use them just fine, they just have to 'train' them.

Aggy B. · 10-09-2011, 03:54 AM

Crickets.

alexshvartsman · 10-09-2011, 11:37 AM

R from the BayCon program book.

Thanks, Deirdre, for a nice personal note

zanzjan · 10-09-2011, 07:09 PM

Sorry about the R, Alex. )-:

Still crickets here. I'm now the longest pending response on one market at Duotrope, and only two days shy of having that honor at a second.

Need to get some new stuff written and out, so I can bolster my aging cricket population.

V1c · 10-09-2011, 10:58 PM

Sorry to hear about the Rs in here

I got a 99 day rejection from a place I was shortlisted, knew it would come though - the ending is wonky. There were some good comments though (including about the ending)

Lillie · 10-10-2011, 12:53 AM

((((Alex and V1c)))))
Sorry about the Rs.

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Originally Posted by zanzjan

I'm now the longest pending response on one market at Duotrope, and only two days shy of having that honor at a second.

Good luck with these. Fingers and toes crossed for you.

I got a R from Clarkesworld today, but I am top of the duotrope stats on one market, way past the ART.

And according to Duo I'm one day off top for Strange Horizons. Lol. I keep waiting for the R...

alexshvartsman · 10-10-2011, 03:45 AM

GL with Strange Horizons, Lillie! I'm right up there with you, a couple of days from their average RT. The thing with Strange Horizons though is that they tend to do a lot of rejections around the 30 day mark and a lot of rejections at the 60-80 day stage... so the Duotrope average RT is a bit deceptive. It sounds like you've made it past their first round of Rs but I wouldn't begin worrying about a response for another couple of weeks yet.

Lillie · 10-10-2011, 04:58 AM

Lol, I meant that on duo's stats, the longest sub has been there for 82 days, and I've been there for 81. So, one day off the top spot on duo.

But on SH's own status page, they say that the thing they've had for longest is at 89 days. So clearly that's someone who don't use Duotrope.

I guess that they are thinking about my story, or it's slid down behind the radiator.
Must be one or the other.

zanzjan · 10-10-2011, 05:02 AM

So it looks like W1S1ers account for a disproportionate number of the top-spot-holders on duotrope's pending list?

Must be our collective awesomeness. Or a karmic need to learn patience in this lifetime.

Lillie · 10-10-2011, 05:12 AM

It only happens occasionally for me. But it's nice when it does.

alexshvartsman · 10-10-2011, 06:22 AM

It does feel kind of exhilarating when that happens.

Nothing currently beyond the estimated RT's for me, so after the frenetic activity at the beginning of this month I can look forward to lots of crickets in the near future.

ShadowFox · 10-10-2011, 06:14 PM

Oh... in the last 5 minutes, I've had two rejections.

Nice personal from Idiomancer, form reject from Apex.

jazzman99 · 10-10-2011, 06:52 PM

R from the Evolved Publishing short story contest. Well, no R, actually; they posted the winners on FB, and I wasn't one of them. Oh well. Story submitted to new market in five minutes. Onward.

victoriajakes · 10-10-2011, 07:24 PM

I'm going to start killing my crickets. I'm the longest sub out at two of seven places and at least five days overdue at five out of seven places. I am not getting my hopes up though, because it seems like the minute I get my hopes up, I get depressing form rejections.

MeretSeger · 10-10-2011, 10:05 PM

grrr. Fresh reject from Andromeda Inflight Magazine. I really like this little story. Too bad no one else seems to

Lillie · 10-10-2011, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowFox

Oh... in the last 5 minutes, I've had two rejections.

Nice personal from Idiomancer, form reject from Apex.

I just put on the computer to find exactly the same in my inbox.

Except the one from Ideomancer is only vaguely personal.

Two rejection Monday

Hugs for you, me, Meret and Jazz.

And Good Luck Victoria!

MattJ · 10-11-2011, 12:00 AM

Heartbreaking rejection from WotF.

Lillie · 10-11-2011, 12:54 AM

Oh, ((((((Matt)))))).

Big hug for you.

pangalactic · 10-11-2011, 02:04 AM

I'm still waiting on Rs from both Apex and Abyss & Apex (which I'm ashamed to admit I thought were the same magazine for years). Must be getting close on them both now.

faerydancer · 10-11-2011, 02:06 AM

Aww man. So sorry about the rejections, Shadow, Jazz, Meret, Lillie and Matt. A few should be coming in for me anytime now, too.

alexshvartsman · 10-11-2011, 04:59 AM

Two rejections for me today as well, but my spirits are still up. Commiserations, everyone!

P.S. Where would you send a sword & sorcery flash story? I seem to be exhausting my usual target markets on this one.

victoriajakes · 10-11-2011, 05:26 AM

R today from Camera Obscura, but I was expecting it. At least I think it was one tier up from the most common form? And it had the most expected time left on Duotrope of all my submissions. Still waiting on the ones I have hope for.

soapdish · 10-11-2011, 05:51 AM

For everyone who has gotten an R in the last few days.

Sorry, you guys.

10-09-2011, 03:54 AM	#1629
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10-09-2011, 11:37 AM	#1630
alexshvartsman Benefactor Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,676	R from the BayCon program book. Thanks, Deirdre, for a nice personal note __________________ Alex Shvartsman Twitter: @AShvartsman Blog: http://www.alexshvartsman.com Bibliography: https://sites.google.com/site/alexsh...nbibliography/

10-09-2011, 07:09 PM	#1631
zanzjan Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod AW Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the everlasting universe of things Posts: 3,601	Sorry about the R, Alex. )-: Still crickets here. I'm now the longest pending response on one market at Duotrope, and only two days shy of having that honor at a second. Need to get some new stuff written and out, so I can bolster my aging cricket population. __________________ zanzjan.net - twitter - facebook "It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much." -- Flannery O'Connor

10-09-2011, 10:58 PM	#1632
V1c Hmmmmm Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 257	Sorry to hear about the Rs in here I got a 99 day rejection from a place I was shortlisted, knew it would come though - the ending is wonky. There were some good comments though (including about the ending) Last edited by V1c; 10-09-2011 at 10:59 PM.

10-10-2011, 03:45 AM	#1634
alexshvartsman Benefactor Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,676	GL with Strange Horizons, Lillie! I'm right up there with you, a couple of days from their average RT. The thing with Strange Horizons though is that they tend to do a lot of rejections around the 30 day mark and a lot of rejections at the 60-80 day stage... so the Duotrope average RT is a bit deceptive. It sounds like you've made it past their first round of Rs but I wouldn't begin worrying about a response for another couple of weeks yet. __________________ Alex Shvartsman Twitter: @AShvartsman Blog: http://www.alexshvartsman.com Bibliography: https://sites.google.com/site/alexsh...nbibliography/

10-10-2011, 04:58 AM	#1635
Lillie practical experience, FTW Official AW W1S1 Badge Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 1,586	Lol, I meant that on duo's stats, the longest sub has been there for 82 days, and I've been there for 81. So, one day off the top spot on duo. But on SH's own status page, they say that the thing they've had for longest is at 89 days. So clearly that's someone who don't use Duotrope. I guess that they are thinking about my story, or it's slid down behind the radiator. Must be one or the other. __________________ Published stories Most recent publications Far From Shore at Bent Masses Heads you Win at Comets and Criminals Blood and Water at Every Day Fiction The random blog of randomness http://lydiasgray.blogspot.com/

10-10-2011, 05:02 AM	#1636
zanzjan Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod AW Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the everlasting universe of things Posts: 3,601	So it looks like W1S1ers account for a disproportionate number of the top-spot-holders on duotrope's pending list? Must be our collective awesomeness. Or a karmic need to learn patience in this lifetime. __________________ zanzjan.net - twitter - facebook "It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much." -- Flannery O'Connor

10-10-2011, 05:12 AM	#1637
Lillie practical experience, FTW Official AW W1S1 Badge Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 1,586	It only happens occasionally for me. But it's nice when it does. __________________ Published stories Most recent publications Far From Shore at Bent Masses Heads you Win at Comets and Criminals Blood and Water at Every Day Fiction The random blog of randomness http://lydiasgray.blogspot.com/

10-10-2011, 06:22 AM	#1638
alexshvartsman Benefactor Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,676	It does feel kind of exhilarating when that happens. Nothing currently beyond the estimated RT's for me, so after the frenetic activity at the beginning of this month I can look forward to lots of crickets in the near future. __________________ Alex Shvartsman Twitter: @AShvartsman Blog: http://www.alexshvartsman.com Bibliography: https://sites.google.com/site/alexsh...nbibliography/

10-10-2011, 06:14 PM	#1639
ShadowFox practical experience, FTW Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 288	Oh... in the last 5 minutes, I've had two rejections. Nice personal from Idiomancer, form reject from Apex. __________________

10-10-2011, 06:52 PM	#1640
jazzman99 Recovering Academic Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 121	R from the Evolved Publishing short story contest. Well, no R, actually; they posted the winners on FB, and I wasn't one of them. Oh well. Story submitted to new market in five minutes. Onward. __________________ Please pick up "Resistance Front" for the Kindle at Amazon: http://amzn.to/rxKzKs . 99 cents, 30+ stories (including my "Peripheral"), and the proceeds benefit The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Now available on the Kindle: My crime novel Five Million Dollars and the Green-Eyed Girl Read my work: "The Penthouse View" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2012);"Infamous" (The First Line, Fall 2011); "Disaster Girl" (essay, Phati'tude 9/11 10th anniversary issue); "Dead Connections" (AW Speculative Fiction anthology) www.twitter.com/jswalkerauthor

10-10-2011, 07:24 PM	#1641
victoriajakes practical experience, FTW Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Orleans Posts: 266	I'm going to start killing my crickets. I'm the longest sub out at two of seven places and at least five days overdue at five out of seven places. I am not getting my hopes up though, because it seems like the minute I get my hopes up, I get depressing form rejections.

10-10-2011, 10:05 PM	#1642
MeretSeger The Alydar of Writers Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: sunnysnorkCalifornia Posts: 386	grrr. Fresh reject from Andromeda Inflight Magazine. I really like this little story. Too bad no one else seems to

10-11-2011, 12:00 AM	#1644
MattJ Publish or Die Trying Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: FWB, FL, USA Posts: 279	Heartbreaking rejection from WotF. __________________ Matt http://wayofthewriter.blogspot.com/ “Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.” Buddha

10-11-2011, 12:54 AM	#1645
Lillie practical experience, FTW Official AW W1S1 Badge Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 1,586	Oh, ((((((Matt)))))). Big hug for you. __________________ Published stories Most recent publications Far From Shore at Bent Masses Heads you Win at Comets and Criminals Blood and Water at Every Day Fiction The random blog of randomness http://lydiasgray.blogspot.com/

10-11-2011, 02:04 AM	#1646
pangalactic Gargling blasters Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 721	I'm still waiting on Rs from both Apex and Abyss & Apex (which I'm ashamed to admit I thought were the same magazine for years). Must be getting close on them both now.

10-11-2011, 02:06 AM	#1647
faerydancer practical experience, FTW Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 594	Aww man. So sorry about the rejections, Shadow, Jazz, Meret, Lillie and Matt. A few should be coming in for me anytime now, too. __________________ Brenda Stokes Barron The Digital Inkwell Twitter ----- Little Brother - Bards & Sages Quarterly - January 2012 The Bachorum Principle - Fantastique Unfettered - December 2011 Maribelle Remembers Ice - Niteblade - September 2011

10-11-2011, 04:59 AM	#1648
alexshvartsman Benefactor Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,676	Two rejections for me today as well, but my spirits are still up. Commiserations, everyone! P.S. Where would you send a sword & sorcery flash story? I seem to be exhausting my usual target markets on this one. __________________ Alex Shvartsman Twitter: @AShvartsman Blog: http://www.alexshvartsman.com Bibliography: https://sites.google.com/site/alexsh...nbibliography/

10-11-2011, 05:26 AM	#1649
victoriajakes practical experience, FTW Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Orleans Posts: 266	R today from Camera Obscura, but I was expecting it. At least I think it was one tier up from the most common form? And it had the most expected time left on Duotrope of all my submissions. Still waiting on the ones I have hope for.

10-11-2011, 05:51 AM	#1650
soapdish writing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: At the portal to the Pacific Posts: 15,773	For everyone who has gotten an R in the last few days. Sorry, you guys.

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