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[rowyn]

Did I ever mention that I got another story back? A few days ago, Analog rejected "An Old-Fashioned Chat". Analog's rejection wasn't nearly as interesting as F&SF's. Analog did exactly what I had originally expected: pulled a form letter off their stack of hundreds of pre-printed rejections and stuffed it in the envelope with my story.

I am still waiting on the rejection of "She's Having a Baby" by Asimov's. As of Sunday, it'll be two months. It's starting to look like that one may have been lost in the shuffle somewhere. (How long does it take to reject on 700-word story? Sheesh.)

Anyway, now I need to find another market to send "Chat" to. I don't feel like sending it to Asimov's; having one story in limbo is enough. :) A glance at Michael Engen's site yielded at least a few other good possibilities, though. I'll do some more research and pick one this weekend. I really ought to take a stab at that "schmoozing" thing, but it's hard enough to motivate myself to find markets and print labels. If I wait until I'm willing to schmooze, I'll never get anywhere. ;)

Comments

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Asimov's for me is averaging between 2 and 5 months, response-time wise.

[rowyn]

Five months? Goodness! They may not hear from me again for a while. :) I'd rather make the rounds of professional publications that are going to get back to me a bit quicker, first. F&SF was unnaturally speedy (if I finish "A Doll's Life" and it's not too long, it's definitely going to F&SF first), but even Analog only took about six weeks.

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Good Luck! :)

[rowyn]

Yay! I got a gold star! Thanks! :)

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

You know what they say about playing the lottery - you can't win if you don't get a ticket. You're doing something I only try to do now and then, more as an experiment than anything else. You should be proud of yourself for making the effort.

[rowyn]

The lottery may be cheaper, but this is more fun. :)

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Er, well, once I get kagetsume's commission done, and once I finish off the additional pieces Talin requested, and once Necronomicon is over with (which is bound to happen before the other two conditions are met) ... then maybe we could work on that comic idea of yours for Chat, eh? In fact, if you could isolate some important details about the look of the major characters (what, three of them, total?), and drop me some notes on thoughts on details that don't actually appear in the text, maybe next time I do my Panera Bread Wednesday Night Art Jam, I can do some concept/costume sketches for the characters, as a way to kick things off.

Not that it's really going to help you get written stories into Asimov or whatnot ... but ... well, it's the only thing I can think of to offer to try to help right now, that's all.

[rowyn]

Er, well, once I get kagetsume's commission done, and once I finish off the additional pieces Talin requested, and once Necronomicon is over with (which is bound to happen before the other two conditions are met) ...

Heehee! Dat's okay, wuf. It's not like I don't have bunches of other projects to occupy myself with, too. :)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Darn those rejections! I have only one rejection on file but I've only sent out one story. At least it's a personalized friendly rejection from GVG. };)

[rowyn]

Rejection's not so bad, at least not as long as I've got more prospects to send on to. Whee! I get to send another story out! :)