New story in circulation, and badness…
Thanks to the comments of Jen, Margo, and Lisa, the nightmare story is now in circulation under the name “Book of Shadows.” W00t! I went to go record the information on my Treo–yes, yes, I track these things in mysql and php–and lo, my poor...Huh. Go figure.
Apparently the scene reshuffle worked; I got a personalized rejection from Sheila Williams. Oh, the shameless rejectomancy! And yet, I am encouraged beyond all reason. I have another market lined up, but will probably wait until Monday to send it out, ’cause...Bad Katherine, No Biscuit.
I got “Corporate Oversight” back almost a week ago and didn’t have a new market lined up, so I’ve been sitting on it. Bad Katherine, no biscuit! Stories should not be allowed to lie around the house with their feet up watching TV and drinking...More rejectomancy…
Alas, JJA says I didn’t “grab” his interest. Woe. Alas, alack, and woe. I took this as a sign to reshuffle the scenes so the opening scene was the one with the blood. Why, yes, I do feel a bit silly editing my story after getting what is basically a...Vanity publishing, rejection, and other gibberings.
Teresa Nielson Hayden has a blog entry about a guy selling his unfinished manuscript on ebay. He includes a letter from a “legit company” offering to publish his novel for only $700. I have no idea if this guy can write or not, but I hope he listens to the...Apparently, I don’t have to change my address for Austin…
I didn’t make it into the second round of the screenwriting competition. Which dampens my faith in that script not even slightly. Dot Com rocks. It’s the best movie script ever. It’s young, it’s hip, it’s screamingly funny, and someone...encouraging rejection
From The Life of Charlotte Bronte, by Elizabeth Gaskell: As a forlorn hope, we tried one publishing house more. Ere long, in a much shorter space than that on which experience had taught him to calculate, there came a letter, which he opened in the dreary anticipation...story title change
Well, I’ve decided I hate one of my story titles and it is the suck, so I spent some time yesterday trying to come up with a new title. See, the old title was “Women’s Work” and was supposed to be a subtle coded hint about some backstory thing,...Sallya still a captive…
Alas, poor Sallya. 😉 I received a rejection note for her today. On the bright side, this market claims their average turnaround is 25 days, Black Holes gives their average turnaround as being 31 days, my average turnaround for this market is 25 days… and the...Subscribe
