Third C.C. Finlay F&SF sub period open

Ty Schalter · Dec 31, 2014

It's January 1st somewhere (Oceania), so C.C. Finlay's opened electronic submissions for his third guest issue of F&SF:

http://submissions.ccfinlay.com/fsf/

Last time I didn't get the guts to sub until the penultimate day, and ended up six-hundred-and-somethingth in line. This time, I'm No. 19! Good luck to all who throw their hat in the ring.

Peace
Ty

CL_Hilbert · Dec 31, 2014

Thanks for the head's up. I had forgotten all about this. I'm now number 43 in queue. If only I could have gotten 42, I'm sure I'd have been the answer to all their submission needs. (Of course, that would have made my submission the answer to life, the universe, and everything else, also, but I suppose I shouldn't aim too high.)

Aggy B. · Dec 31, 2014

CL_Hilbert said:
Thanks for the head's up. I had forgotten all about this. I'm now number 43 in queue. If only I could have gotten 42, I'm sure I'd have been the answer to all their submission needs. (Of course, that would have made my submission the answer to life, the universe, and everything else, also, but I suppose I shouldn't aim too high.)

HAH! I'm number 42.

williemeikle · Dec 31, 2014

CL_Hilbert said:
Thanks for the head's up. I had forgotten all about this. I'm now number 43 in queue. If only I could have gotten 42, I'm sure I'd have been the answer to all their submission needs. (Of course, that would have made my submission the answer to life, the universe, and everything else, also, but I suppose I shouldn't aim too high.)

47 for me...

OJCade · Dec 31, 2014

33 for me. Last time I was way up in the 6 or 7 hundreds. This time, I'm getting in early!

zanzjan · Dec 31, 2014

38 for me.

Filigree · Dec 31, 2014

I have nothing to throw in this round, so unless I get a great idea, I'll sit this one out.

ETA: except now I think I might have something that did well in a big contest. Oh, bother.

CL_Hilbert · Jan 1, 2015

Aggy B. said:
HAH! I'm number 42.

Well, you'll get in for sure. Now, if only I can sneak in on your coat tails...

Tamlyn · Jan 2, 2015

50.

Late in comparison

CL_Hilbert · Jan 2, 2015

The queue moved! Now I'm 42. Oh, happy days.

ACFantasy · Jan 2, 2015

Nevermind.

waylander · Jan 2, 2015

Sent them something

Steve Coate · Jan 2, 2015

56 for me.

Kaitlin Brianna · Jan 3, 2015

Hey now I'm 42!

zanzjan · Jan 3, 2015

You guys are completely freaking me out. I'm down to #23.

I really like the story I subbed, but it's odd, so I am filled with anxious doomy thoughts, and being able to check exactly where I am in the queue is totally throwing me off my subbing-zen.

Ty Schalter · Jan 4, 2015

I love that everyone's getting a chance with lucky No. 42!

For the record, I'm now down to 7; if previous windows are any indication, I'll stay there for a while as he sorts out the "maybes" and "no"s. I think, though, this means I'm a maybe. We'll see.

Peace
Ty

williemeikle · Jan 4, 2015

I'm up to #32

CL_Hilbert · Jan 4, 2015

#28 now. I don't expect much from this story, to be honest. I like its bones, but I can tell there's still something off in the execution. It feels like when you watch a cooking competition and the judges say, "This tastes great, but your knife skills are terrible." My story probably has a few lumpy potatoes. But it was the only un-subbed thing I had on hand (and will have for some time), so I figured what the heck. Didn't want to miss the window.

Ariella · Jan 4, 2015

I just submitted a story, and I'm at #277. It looks like Mr. Finlay has his work cut out for him.

zanzjan · Jan 5, 2015

Not unexpectedly, I'm out. Good luck to the rest of you!

CL_Hilbert · Jan 5, 2015

Got an awesome personal that pointed out what was wrong with my knife work. Fixed the lumpy bits (I hope) and now I'm off to submit it somewhere else.

I quite like this C.C. Finlay character.

OJCade · Jan 5, 2015

As much as I appreciate online submission trackers like the one used here, the downside is that I'm constantly checking the damn thing!

Bad writer, bad. *slaps hand, slinks off to work on other stuff*

V1c · Jan 5, 2015

#302 here

Tamlyn · Jan 5, 2015

Got my rejection. I like this story, but it's basically a pure action story, nothing deeper. Oh well. CC Finlay always writes lovely rejections at least.

BethanyCM · Jan 8, 2015

Well, based on his comments from the previous story I subbed him, I sent Finlay something I hope fits his taste. Thanks to the Rejectomancy thread because I'd completely forgotten the window was open! #323...

Third C.C. Finlay F&SF sub period open

Ty Schalter

CL_Hilbert

Aggy B.

Not as sweet as you think

williemeikle

The force is strong in this one.

OJCade

zanzjan

killin' all teh werds

Filigree

Mildly Disturbing

CL_Hilbert

Tamlyn

fish skeleton

CL_Hilbert

ACFantasy

waylander

Who's going for a beer?

Steve Coate

...

Kaitlin Brianna

zanzjan

killin' all teh werds

Ty Schalter

williemeikle

The force is strong in this one.

CL_Hilbert

Ariella

...

zanzjan

killin' all teh werds

CL_Hilbert

OJCade

V1c

Hmmmmm

Tamlyn

fish skeleton

BethanyCM

Something clever here