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Rejectioneer
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practical experience, FTW
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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You're excited? I'm running round like a headless chicken!I've never been in a ToC before. This is my first
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ohio
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But like everyone else has said -- we all make mistakes from time to time. I'm sure that yours is FAR from the worst that editor has had to deal with this week.
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My Overall Publication History. I can be found on Twitter and My Writing Blog Most recent publication: "Back to School" (Plasma Frequency, February 2013)
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: At the portal to the Pacific
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So, I think I have bad luck with Nanoism. I've subbed there a couple times, and neither time I've gotten a confirmation (I'm not even sure if they do them). And I have also never gotten a response (rejection or otherwise). The first time I queried a couple times and couldn't get a response. ![]() Has anyone else had the same problem? The first time I subbed it was actually at the request of the editor because he'd rejected it from another project. But then it was like...all the of sudden communication just ceased. My second submission is with them now, a couple weeks. Which I know is not really a big deal. But because of my previous experience and because I didn't get any kind of confirmation, I'm a little nervous. |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Sep 2011
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My Nanoism acceptance came at ~90 days. I don't believe they send confirmation of receipt of a story.
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My Overall Publication History. I can be found on Twitter and My Writing Blog Most recent publication: "Back to School" (Plasma Frequency, February 2013)
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Thanks, that's helpful. I'll try not to stress about it then.
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practical experience, FTW
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Anyway, no worries. I'll check in future, my memory obviously isn't as good as I thought.
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: the everlasting universe of things
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Mine was at 209 days, w/ no confirmation, FWIW.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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That market I wouldn't query after 3 months... They taken longer regularly. My sale to them was after 127 days and those numbers aren't uncommon - even though I've seen 10 day acceptances on Duotrope also.
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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I think if I'd hit 300 days I would have just written it off entirely -- not queried, but not re-subbed the piece elsewhere either. Writing microfiction still feels sort of like goofing around to me, so I don't feel as invested in it as my usual stuff. But it's also true that for some reason markets like to sit on my stuff muuuuuuuch longer than average; seems like there wasn't much of this year where I didn't hold at least one of the top-pending times on Duotrope.
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zanzjan.net - twitter - facebook "It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much." -- Flannery O'Connor |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ohio
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Speaking of Nanoism, if I don't manage to get anything else new out the door this week, my submission there will be my "Sub 1" for this week.
My "Write 1" is a mystery short that I just wrapped up the first draft of a few minutes back. I'll take a second pass through it tomorrow.
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My Overall Publication History. I can be found on Twitter and My Writing Blog Most recent publication: "Back to School" (Plasma Frequency, February 2013)
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I walk into things
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: massachusetts
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I've got two R's from nanoism (4 & 16 days). Subs like mine are what makes the average shorter I guess!
I have two subs out right now. Both past R's. I'm starting to really use the duotrope tracker and liking it. Finishing the semester and getting over a "sinus infection" (I'm in cold denial) really messed me up this week. But I'm taking my NaNo notebook to work tonight and feel up to walking back into that mess.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Rejectioneer
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Nice one, Victoria! That deserves a
![]() I'm on the cusp of finishing my write 2 for December. First draft is gonna clock in at close to 9k, though, which is the longest story i've written in a couple years. And i'm really not sure how much i can cut during edits. Maybe in a week or two i'll be able to find significant things that can go.
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Finished the story draft. Close to 9k, i said? Try 9,750 words. Heh, i could have finished it at less than 5k, but i decided that ending was too obvious. So i've gone for something else, which may or may not be less obvious, and is 5k longer
![]() And i haven't got a title yet. Actually, as i type that i've just thought of a title. w00t! Seaborn, completed (pending edits) at just under 10K. That's novelette territory!
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: State of Insanity
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Woot! Nice izz
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Yay, go you! (-:
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zanzjan.net - twitter - facebook "It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much." -- Flannery O'Connor |
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod
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So I finished a second draft of my SFF Sekrit Santa story, which I can't yet tell anyone much about because the guessing thread is still going on, but I feel pretty good about it. 11,125 words.
Not sure I have the faintest clue where to sub it to, but if I can figure it out, I may just get my S1 for December too (-:
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zanzjan.net - twitter - facebook "It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much." -- Flannery O'Connor |
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Murder isn't so bad...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Oh, I wish I knew...
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You know, I've had acceptances before, but never for something in print. Actually, I've never submitted to a print mag or anthology. I did today with my short story for the month! It's an anthology with a fairly new publisher and if I get accepted, I'll actually be able to hold my writing.
That's the ultimate desire, isn't it? I've only subbed to the one market for now. If it's an R, I'll seek others.
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practical experience, FTW
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Yeah, I'd like to see something of mine in print, one day.
Good luck! And I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I did. It was filled with a surprising amount of nose jizz, because everyone had this filthy cold that we all shared in a very unhygienic way, but apart from that, it was great. Bambi died for me, and I ate him.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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After a year and a half of submitting and selling stories, I only have *one* physical manifestation of my work, and it's just a 100-word story in the latest issue of The Drabbler.
I do have stories in 3 anthologies and a print mag coming out in 2012 - can't wait to finally get my hands on one of them, so I can feel like a real writer!
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