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Thanks guys. And yup, Ishmael, that was the general idea: reach a certain level, prove that I'm more or less at a publishable standard before my situation became widely known. Obviously, there's a long way to go yet before I can prove I'm a good writer rather than just a publishable writer--I'm stil...

Thanks KD, and Guthrington. And yes we all need to reassure Gator that she's still the HUGE scary gator she's always believed herself to be. A sulky Gator is nothing but trouble. We don't need that, not at all!

The "small announcement" is posted now. And somehow I feel this thread is the perfect place for such a wacky revelation. wotf004 Of course Gator is beginning to regret mentioning it, as she's starting to realize the full implications... https://ecaimansands.com/2016/06/09/a-small-announcem...

Burps Shhhh. Out of here, you. Aren't you going to tell them, Nice E.? Or would that be little E.? That you are making a small announcement soon. Get out of here. Shoo! We only came here to change our profile info. Silly gator. Heard that. wotf016 Might want to keep a googly eye on the new blog tho...

Ishmael wrote:What a relief! We thought you'd been .... You know.

Hahahaha! Lol. No. Not yet anyway. Not quite. Um. Excuse me, I need to, you know... run away!

Outrageous brag post alert! I've sold a story to Defying Doomsday, the anthology of "apocalypse-survival fiction with a focus on disabled characters." It's being issued by Twelfth Planet Press in Australia and its a pro-paying market and my longest sale yet--at 4200 words. It's even coming...

Can of chomping zombie gators...

R. No great surprise on this one even if it *is* one of my best according to other markets.

I just posted it in the Q2 by mistake incidentally in case anyone noticed. All the quarters are just blurring into one now.

Conga rats, Tom.

Presumably they didn't just lose my story then suddenly rediscover it down the back of the sofa, though who knows? You know that really does happen! When my dad worked as a postman (sometime in the 70s/80s), one family kept complaining they never got their letters. It was only after a couple of mon...

35 day form R from Interzone. wotf020 wotf020 wotf020 Think Gator's off to eat someone. wotf005 Wow! Mind you I once went longer when they forgot to reply altogether, but I don't suppose that counts. Otherwise my record from them is 17. You must have been entertaining high hopes. (Now you have to g...

35 day form R from Interzone.



Think Gator's off to eat someone.

I don't have much patience with the slower markets these days, I'd rather just self publish the wretched story. If a market takes longer than 6 months for the average acceptance that's too long in my view. And I've never sent to many non pro-paying markets (with a few exceptions--Interzone; Giganoto...

Grats, Preston. Huzzah!

I got "The story is cute, but I’m afraid it's not quite right for me. I look forward to your next one, though. " from Sheila Williams at Asimov's. I haven't seen this before. Can anyone advise? Oh that's, dare I say it, cute! wotf006 I think I've had a couple of "personal" Rs fr...

Congrats, Ish, and yup, having a lot on submission definitely helps. I've never reached 20. I struggle to stay in double figures, I've spent much of this year at 2 or 3 subs so no surprise that I haven't sold for a while. Realizing this just won't do I've forced it back up a bit, it's at 10 again no...

Form R.

Most likely I didn't tick the "thou protagonist shall not start her story waking in her hammock" box.

looking at their web pages to see if they accept unsolicited art samples. เล่น gclub ผ่านเว็บ I've already alerted the powers that be, but where's that Gator anyway? Don't laugh, but we were at the dentist. wotf002 We were there for our second post wisdom tooth extraction (plus bonus tongue-stabbin...

For the first time ever, I reached the second round in Clarkesworld...aaaaand then got a form rejection. It's a tough market, so 2nd round is awesome, even more so because I think myself a baby writer [both by age and experience]. I'm not sure Neil ever sends out personals, though. Very good. I got...

So I have a PM but it's just not readable. The "window" it appears in is tiny with no ability to scroll down. Or reply to it. Or anything. wotf017 Click the Reply button. You'll be able to read the original either as a quoted section, or in the history. About the PHP probs in general - we...

So I have a PM but it's just not readable. The "window" it appears in is tiny with no ability to scroll down. Or reply to it. Or anything.

Huzzah!

Congrats, Karen.

george nik. wrote:Reporting my 5th international sale: a 300-word story accepted by Bards and Sages Quarterly.

Huzzah! Congrats!

Huzzah! Preston and Tamlyn.

Congrats!

Congrats, Mr. Baker.

It may be possible that they have instituted a slush reader who has a quick trigger finger as the number of submissions they receive climbs. A necessary evil perhaps. That's what I assume, since I am quite sure this story would have interested TGD himself. I have never worked as a slush reader. May...

Ah yes. I did not use up my full five minutes because I used abbreviations. This means I'm still annoyed. I checked the email times. 23 minutes between acknowledgement and rejection. wotf020 That's pretty fast. He must have really hated it! wotf006 Oh Gator, please. We were rejected there too, reme...