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Ack! Shimmer R. They said it was a "nicely written, horrific tale," but they prefer a stronger fantasy element than I provided.

Aaaand a second round rejection from Stupefying Stories.
 
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They just keep trickling in!

41-day from Stupefying Stories. "Well-written and entertaining, but not irresistible." Onward, ho.
 

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8-day personal R from Ideomancer.
 

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6 days from F&SF and 11 days from Strange Horizons.

However, I survived the culling at IGMS (many many rejections from them today), for one more day at least :)
 

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Commiserations! I got a close to 200 day rejection from Reunion (lit annual). Le sigh.
 

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Man, when did Apex get so fast? 1-day form-R from them this morning.
Damn. That is quick. Sorry. :Hug2:

Ack! Shimmer R. They said it was a "nicely written, horrific tale," but they prefer a stronger fantasy element than I provided.
Oh--but so nice of them to give you insight into why it didn't work. That's useful.
Commiserations! I got a close to 200 day rejection from Reunion (lit annual). Le sigh.
:e2thud: I HATE loooong waits like that. I'm so sorry.

And hugs to everyone else for their Rs. I still have crickets.
 

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Commiserations, folks. I've got my own to report. 113 days for the Dark Visions anthology. Can't tell if it's a higher tier form or a personal.

"Each member of the Acquisitions Team has carefully reviewed your piece, but I regret to inform you that we are not able to include “Weep” in this anthology. Your work was quite well received, and our decision was based more on the limited amount of space available in the volumes rather than the quality of the work itself."

Even if it's form, it's a nice one.
 

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Even if it's form, it's a nice one.
SOUNDS like a higher tier form. There's nothing personal in it, save the title of your story. Sorry for the R, but--assuming it's a higher tier--good job!
 

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Just received a disappointing 37-day R from Nature - target market for this story. He said he "really enjoyed the story" but I believe my last R said something similar, so not sure if this is a personal or a form.
 

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77 day from Unst!ck, higher tier, but still an R. Also got a quick 'no' from SH. It's sad, because I was getting so used to those personal SH ones, felt I was getting closer. Now it feels like I have to build it up with new editors.
 

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My oldest cricket finally died today. 228 days at C 0bscura. A form, but maybe higher tier?

(R.I.P., little cricket. We hardly knew ye!)

And sorry to hear about the other recent Rs: Marzoli, kd, V1c, Alex, Eliza, Sai, Brynn, O.D., and J.W. (hope the trickle has dried up!).
 

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My 48 day form R arrived from Asimov's yesterday. I reallllly like this story, so I had higher hopes than I usually do, and I got a personal R the last time, so the form R seemed colder than it would have otherwise... I've already repackaged it and sent it out again, but this made me a little sadder than Rs usually do.
 

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40 days personal from Shimmer. 5 day form from Glitter & Mayhem. Both stories have been kicked back out the door promptly. And I sent Shimmer a longer story I've been wanting to show them and held for them.
 

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Condolences everyone - especially to Squeaky Pram for the 228-day old timer and to LolaVelo - some R's are just ouchier than others.
 

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Thanks Eliza. I know you were feeling your own R pain this week, with the story for Nature, so my full commiserations! If we weren't sensitive, we wouldn't be in this writing game; I need some ibuprofen or something for the bruises sometimes.
 

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So, I just checked my spam folder and I had a three week old rejection in it! :rolleyes:

Good thing it wasn't an acceptance. :tongue My phone doesn't sync my spam folder and I got in the habit of just glancing at it for new messages. :e2smack:

Anyway, a nice quick one. 14 days from Stupifying Stories.
 

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Condolences everyone - especially to Squeaky Pram for the 228-day old timer and to LolaVelo - some R's are just ouchier than others.

Thanks, Eliza. The maybe-bright side is that at the same time I got my 228-day rejection, someone on dtrope (uh oh... here I go reading tea leaves again!) reported an acceptance at 238 days, while the other responses were about two thirds lower than these two. Makes me wonder if mine was being held along with the accepted story for possible pub. Possibly? Maybe? Oh, just humour me!! ;)
 

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Thanks, Eliza. The maybe-bright side is that at the same time I got my 228-day rejection, someone on dtrope (uh oh... here I go reading tea leaves again!) reported an acceptance at 238 days, while the other responses were about two thirds lower than these two. Makes me wonder if mine was being held along with the accepted story for possible pub. Possibly? Maybe? Oh, just humour me!! ;)


Seems completely possible. Could be that both stories were in the running and had similarities, and they could only take one. So yes, I say that is totally what happened! ;)
 

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Possibly? Maybe? Oh, just humour me!! ;)
Sounds unlikely ... What really happened was yours was set for publication, until the other guy or girl greased a few palms (a hundred dollar bill here and there--you know how it works) and yours got bumped. It's a brutal industry we work in.
 

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26-day form R from Buzzy.
Not sure where to send this one next. It's one of a couple of favorites that's had a hard time finding the right home, but I don't feel ready to try semipro markets with it yet. <sigh>
 

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84-day personal R (by Dave Wolterton) from WotF, and a 12-day higher tier R from 3LBE.
 

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66 day R from Stupefying Stories
3 day R from Plasma Frequency
9 day R from Apex

In the good news, but not a sale category, I received notice that one of my submissions on the OWW will be an Editor's Choice.