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Ah, very cool. Perhaps I was on the right track with the absurdist humor, just need to find the right story now.That is indeed a higher tier form. Well done!
And sorry about the R, GCU. At least you didn't have to wait long.
Ah, very cool. Perhaps I was on the right track with the absurdist humor, just need to find the right story now.That is indeed a higher tier form. Well done!
just got my first fastest rejection from The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts...got it in only 6 hours
Do those guys take speculative fiction or only General? I've never submitted to/read JCCA. Any tips?
Do those guys take speculative fiction or only General? I've never submitted to/read JCCA. Any tips?
It was just regular Apex, 25-day R.Defcon, was the R for their anthology? When did you send it? I have a submission out for the anthology and am curious about when to expect a response. Sorry to heard about the Rs, everyone.
That's discouraging for so many reasons. I just can't figure out how they're doing their submissions. Some days less than ten, other days greater than twenty. I'm sitting on a 33-day sub and I can't help thinking it's just languishing, untouched and unread.It was just regular Apex, 25-day R.
I know what you mean. I have a story sitting at 39 days with FFO, and yet I see all these swifter rejections (though I guess it's good that I haven't gotten an R yet...*knocks on wood*)That's discouraging for so many reasons. I just can't figure out how they're doing their submissions. Some days less than ten, other days greater than twenty. I'm sitting on a 33-day sub and I can't help thinking it's just languishing, untouched and unread.
Oh, is your Abyss & Apex story published? I wanna see!As of 4/6/07, 54 rejections, 1 pub for free (Tales of World War Z, so doesn't really count), 1 semi-pro sale (Abyss & Apex). Nowadays I'm more concentrating on writing better than subbing more, though... Peace!
That's discouraging for so many reasons. I just can't figure out how they're doing their submissions. Some days less than ten, other days greater than twenty. I'm sitting on a 33-day sub and I can't help thinking it's just languishing, untouched and unread.
Perhaps. I think the thing that's been getting to me is not simply impatience, but the idea that my submission/s was/were lost and I'm sitting on thin air. Ever since I started reading real stories about that happening (on this website) it's been a constant, nagging fear.Perhaps I'm wrong, but my suspicion (with any magazine, not just Apex) is that the variance in response times is usually due to the normal "weeding" that occurs in the slush.
Colored Lens, Shadows and Tall Trees, A Cappella Zoo: Personal R's.
CandC, Apex, Camera Obscura: Forms.
I had such high hopes for 2012; a disappointing year so far.
Thanks, Lillie, great advice as always.The more stories you have out, the less it bothers you.
Sub some other stuff. That should take your mind off it.
Colored Lens, Shadows and Tall Trees, A Cappella Zoo: Personal R's.
CandC, Apex, Camera Obscura: Forms.
I had such high hopes for 2012; a disappointing year so far.