Okay, it's not like it's been years or anything. But for a couple of months there, mss. were coming home to me and I wasn't sending them back out.
But since the 18th I've sent out seven of my old short stories (counting the one to F&SF that's in the mailbox right now), and I'm working on a new one (since that's the only number in my sig that isn't getting bigger).
(I've also deemed two of my "literary" pieces trunkworthy, and despaired of hearing a response on my latest smoking story, which is too bad because there's no fallback market for it. But that's all beside the point.)
I just feel good that I'm not letting myself slide anymore. Those three or four months were pretty much wasted; I could have sold something in that time, or at least written something saleable. And now that I'm back in the game -- I still can.
But since the 18th I've sent out seven of my old short stories (counting the one to F&SF that's in the mailbox right now), and I'm working on a new one (since that's the only number in my sig that isn't getting bigger).
(I've also deemed two of my "literary" pieces trunkworthy, and despaired of hearing a response on my latest smoking story, which is too bad because there's no fallback market for it. But that's all beside the point.)
I just feel good that I'm not letting myself slide anymore. Those three or four months were pretty much wasted; I could have sold something in that time, or at least written something saleable. And now that I'm back in the game -- I still can.
Good for you! It's hard when you let things slip away to get back in the game. I have a tendancy to let everything slide during the Christmas holidays and getting back in gear is hard. This year, it was March before I started subbing again.