May 2009 Archives

My 200 word story "Taking Root" will appear in Bards and Sages in January 2010! 

This week is awesome!

Rejection from Fantasy.  

I'm so far behind on the podcasts that I listen to that it isn't even funny.  I'm also behind on everything else I used to read regularly.  I read a couple stories in Fantasy Magazine today at work.  Enjoyed both.  I'm going to make it a goal to get caught up.  I should be able to read online stories at work.  I could probably even listen to podcasts at work, but the idea makes me uneasy.  

I just sent out a dozen stories.  Wish me luck. 

I vastly prefer markets that take electronic submissions.  I can't even send postal ones right now because I'm out of paper.  Also it's raining and who wants to walk to the post office in the rain. 

I also like places that want manuscripts in standard manuscript format.  I hate when I have to go through a story and change something little, like denoting section breaks  with *** instead of # or not indenting paragraphs and double spacing between them.  I understand why editors ask for stuff like that--at least I think I do.  It's probably mostly because they don't want to have to do it themselves.  It might also be something of a test to see if submitters can follow directions.  I can follow directions, but if there are too many silly changes I give up and look for someplace else to send my story to.  Of course that also might be what the editors are going for. 

My story "Seasons of Friendship" will be appearing in Silver Blade sometime soon!  Like the end of May soon.  Very exciting. 

Also, my super hero story "If You Weren't Murdering My Wife" has been passed up the ladder at Neo-Opsis Science Fiction. 

Since my last update, I have been rejected by Fantasy Magazine, Shimmer, Electric Spec, and A Fly in the Amber.