The feedback and the stories are anonymously submitted. Even though I critiqued about 10 stories, I think that was unusual. Next time, if I submit, I'll probably only do five.
The feedback and the stories are anonymously submitted. Even though I critiqued about 10 stories, I think that was unusual. Next time, if I submit, I'll probably only do five.
It certainly did... How did you know?Defcon, out of personal curiosity, did your story involve "Armstrong"?
It certainly did... How did you know?
(Was I the only one with a horror-humor?)
I'd still consider that a win, or maybe a semi-win.6 day personal R from lightspeed. This is the second R I've gotten from JJA and the other was personal too. So at the very least I know he enjoys my writing.
I knew it was close because of the wait but reading it in the rejection email is arghhhhh. Thinking I need some more eyes on it before I send it off again.
So I did that unthinkable thing and responded to the editor's R a couple weeks ago. Turns out it was simply a misunderstanding and the editor asked for a minor rewrite. One week later, I haz acceptance. (I'll put the details up in braggage after signing.)I received a rejection saying my story was close, but the ending failed, then the editor goes on to explain why the ending failed... and it's not the ending I wrote. I even double-checked the sub to make sure I hadn't sent in the wrong thing. So somewhere along the line, editor misread my ending and rejected me for it. : /
Moral of the story: It's actually okay to respond to an editor (believe it or not, they're human!) But best reserved for special cases.
So I did that unthinkable thing and responded to the editor's R a couple weeks ago. Turns out it was simply a misunderstanding and the editor asked for a minor rewrite. One week later, I haz acceptance. (I'll put the details up in braggage after signing.)
So I did that unthinkable thing and responded to the editor's R a couple weeks ago. Turns out it was simply a misunderstanding and the editor asked for a minor rewrite. One week later, I haz acceptance.
That's not how the rejection read, of course. Long story short: I thought this was it, and it wasn't.