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Ain't no party like a W1S1 party 'cuz a W1S1 party don't stop! Forgive me. I'm stuck in 1996.
Yesterday, I received an acceptance from Naughty Nights Press for my erotica story "The Paint Job". The only problem was... I'd already signed a contract for the same story, with Ellora's Cave.
Oops.
I felt bad about not telling them I'd found a different publisher, but 1) Naughty Nights took seven months to respond, and 2) I figured it was an automatic reject since their 8-12 week response window had long passed.
But getting another acceptance for the story felt good anyway!
Congrats, Alex!
With contracts signed, I've got a couple of sales to report.
Deep Cuts has purchased "Awaiting the Captain's Ghost" for their upcoming anthology. Also, my story "Present Company" (originally at EDF) will be reprinted in an Otto Penzler-edited anthology of mystery flash fiction titled Kwik Krimes.
Well, skipping over the middle, possibly criminal part of this story, I received an acceptance from Woman's World for a mystery short ! It should be on sale in January.
Rifling through your neighbor's mail for an acceptance is perfectly acceptable. Kudos!So, I was thinking "You know, I'm closing in on 200 rejections, I'm due for an acceptance" and "Huh, usually Woman's World gets back quicker than this." And then these morning I eyed my absentee neighbour's overflowing mailbox and thought "I wonder..."
Well, skipping over the middle, possibly criminal part of this story, I received an acceptance from Woman's World for a mystery short ! It should be on sale in January.