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I have over forty active stories. Experience has taught me the wisdom of Heinlein's Rule ' Keep it on the market until it sells.' Ah, that'll do it. I probably also need to reduce the turnaround on my demoralized, "nobody will ever love this story" period following a rejection. This is th...

Ishmael wrote:I have over forty active stories. Experience has taught me the wisdom of Heinlein's Rule 'Keep it on the market until it sells.'

Ah, that'll do it. I probably also need to reduce the turnaround on my demoralized, "nobody will ever love this story" period following a rejection.

I don't really see it as aiming for rejections; rejections are just an inevitable consequence of voluminous submissions. I've noted this on another thread, but it's relevant here. Last year I made a neat round 300 submissions, garnering 9 acceptances and 267 rejections, of which 48 were personal. I...

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A little late to the party here, but I'm going to MidAmeriCon next week and super excited! I'm also finishing the first draft of my book within the next week!

Thanks, everybody! Definitely a lot of food for thought. Looking over previous winners already tempered my expectations for the contest, driving me to consider it equivalent to a sale (which after reading the responses here seems to be the right approach). So to sum up the responses: - Continue to w...

[Advice from previous finalists and published authors particularly wanted] After hearing that I was the first-place finalist for Q1, my main thought was: "Well, guess I'd better finish that novel." But there's more to that, isn't there? With three more quarters to go until Volume 33 comes ...

Honestly Bob, I think that Rick and Morty is one of the best things on TV right now of any genre.