Rejectomancy

Low-tier Lightspeed Magazine rejection. It was my first time writing a 1,500-word story, so I'm not crushed.

Argh. Two Rs in one weekend, including one from a pro anthology where I'd been shortlisted. That one stings, I must confess.

Sorry, guys.

jazzman99 said:

Argh. Two Rs in one weekend, including one from a pro anthology where I'd been shortlisted. That one stings, I must confess.

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I think they're the worst.

Hugs, everyone. Just crickets for me at the moment, but I'll take them after the wave of rejections last week.

I swear, my rejections always come in two's, haha. Got one from writer's of the future, but I'm not surprised, I think the story I sent them needed more voice. Got a second one from Fender Stitch. Was under consideration, but ultimately, didn't work out. Oh well. Sent it off to Pedestal (and no, I still haven't heard back from them about the other submission, but in my mind, it's been rejected).

Hi, all. Yay! I got my R from Clarkesworld. Totally expected, with their one in a thousand acceptance rate. Ah, I sent it and thought of it like buying a lottery ticket. I sent it right back out, though.

R from Apex.

*sigh*

OK, on to the next one...

hugs all around!

R from DSF today. On to a new market...

Yes, definitely, a round of hugs.

I sent two things out, one to Word Riot and one to Dogzplot.

I sent them both out today And got R's on both. Today.

It's not that I mind the R's. But gee whiz, do they need to jump right to it with such zeal? LOL

Okay, now out they go again.

((((hugs)))) for all the rejectioneers

Defcon, It's always horrible on a multi rejection day, but think of it like ripping a plaster off. All over at once.
Better luck with the next place.

R from 10Flash, although this one did say "We hope to see further submissions from you for future issues." No idea if that's just their new form letter or not, though. I'll just mark it as an R from Duotrope, and send it back out somewhere else.

Sounds like maybe a tier? I know a no is a no, but higher tiers always make me a little happier. Hugs anyway!

Yeah, that makes sense. It's more positive than my previous 10Flash rejection ("Just didn't click with us"), that's for sure. They went to a new submission system this quarter, though, so I'm not sure if they just changed their messages or what.

EDIT: And sent off to Abyss & Apex. Let's see if I can get the 3-day speedy rejection this time like I did last time.

I thought this was interesting. It's a list of rejection letters received by the same Bulgarian author (translator?). The first batch is from Washington Pastime, the rest is from an assortment of other magazines. The evolution of Washington Pastime responses is particularly interesting. Some of it is written in Bulgarian, but the quoted material is all English.

http://choveshkata.zavinagi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=350&sid=be17ff578fe408611a4ec7a559daae85

Aggy B. said:

ETA: Two hours later and I just got the R from Clarkesworld. Ah, well. It's off to IGMS now.

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That's a tough nut to crack! Sorry to hear it, Aggy. Just got my R from Clarkesworld too. I was dreading opening that mailbox, waited until I had another story to work on in front of me and a cigar (my rejection comfort "foods").

Oh well. Got the official R from the Machine of Death anthology. Now I have to figure out other markets to send all these stories off to.

Sorry, Aggy. And to all the recently rejected.

Just crickets for me.

Best wishes and mojo to those of you waiting and those recently "r'd."

Finally heard back from Abyss and Apex. It was a personal R, and I actually agree with what they said about the story's weak points. It didn't sting too much as there was also some good news in my e-mail box about another story at another market making it to the next round of submissions, so fingers crossed about that .

Nice, Sai. Things sorta balanced out.

Sorry for all the recent rejections, W1S1ers.

Just crickets for me still.