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Scalables is the publication business model principle of resales and optional subsidiary rights placements, as much a facet for writers' considerations as publishers and agents'. Digest reprints and book anthologies might earn and, therefore, pay more than a first-publication sale. Might not. Short...

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I think the pay rates might be another consideration for short fiction. Even if you have the rights back already or only published on your blog, if you sell a story with that material in it you're technically reprinting it. You could make the argument that it's a new piece of work, but some editors ...

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I was just reading Deep Magic's guidelines and saw they listed it as one of their top 3 problems a couple of years ago, so it must be fairly common: https://www.eschlerediting.com/top-three-short-story-mistakes/ For me, it's usually just laziness. You get through the climax and get to what seems lik...

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Got mine in last night. I actually have a new one instead of a trunk story this quarter!

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If you look at the 237 pending responses, they're showing a mean of 41 days, median of 44. So six weeks might be optimistic.

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Congrats Preston!

amoskalik wrote:
preston wrote: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHRRRHRRHRHHHRRHHRHRRRHHRRRHRRRRF/winner!

I imagine this is the sound you made after your phone call with Joni.

Nice.

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In my case, at least, It's probably because I send them in bunches. wotf019 I used to jump on the computer as soon as I got a rejection and send it somewhere else, but I don't always have time for that these days, so I'll usually end up collecting and then sending out again about three at a time. (...

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I subbed last Sunday and got my R within 12 hrs. I've always appreciated their fast turnaround time, but I've also never gotten a re-sub request, so maybe it's the product more than the process....

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kentagions wrote:DQs! Withdrawals!
I feel like I'm getting closer.

Who do I gotta rub out?

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Dustin Adams wrote:The new one, for sure.

I'll swap SHM's with you if you can wait around 2 weeks for a reply.

That'd be great, thanks!

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I've been following the "What's a Silver Honorable Mention..." thread over on the Contest board, and the discussion about SHMs being well positioned to be revised into finalists made me want to blow the dust off mine from a few quarters ago. I did a pretty thorough revision back then and s...

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HM. It was a busy quarter for me, so I ended up having to pull out an old trunk story. I'll take it :)

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Good morning all, I'm still kinda getting my feet under me in the real world, and have only just begun trying to record thoughts/impressions/experiences from the conference. I'm going to put some stuff up at my site rather than drop huge walls of text over here, because I think the reading experien...

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Do I see a rejection in The Grinder? Is it Thursday? Also...I'm in.

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wotf019 Love this! Started my first draft of a story, yesterday. Got 500 words in, got stuck, went to work, and realized I was beginning the story too early while I was halfway through my shift. Had to scrap almost everything I wrote, this morning. Even so, I've gotten started! And I'm (GASP) pantsi...

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Congrats JF!!!

HM for me this time

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R for me as well

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Randy Hulshizer wrote:I have a tiny story up today at Every Day Fiction:

https://everydayfiction.com/a-slice-best-served-hot-by-randy-hulshizer/

Me too - wrapped up nice at the end

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Awesome week! Triple congrats (quadruple?)...

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Dave says he gives HMs for 4 reasons (http://davidfarland.com/2017/05/got-honorable-mention/): 1.) Idea isn't fresh or interesting; 2.) Execution is off; 3.) Plotting problems; 4.) Missing elements. These are going to remain problems wherever you submit, so you might want to take a hard look and fig...

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Congrats!

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Also just my two cents: I'm a big fan of the whole "if you don't wanna write it no one's gonna wanna read it" theory, so I do the gut check fairly frequently: "is this really what I want to be writing?" Obviously, if you started it there was something in it that sparked your inte...

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Just keeps getting bigger and bigger: David Farland said Ugh. So I'm wrapping up judging on the largest quarter of Writers of the Future ever, then go to check out quarter three, only to find that there are 15 percent more entries than ever! Stop entering, people. I don't need the extra competition...

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Got my Q3 in June 1st, and I have to say, I am on it!

I think I already have my Q4 done and ready to go (a shorter one, finished last night), though I'm going to see if I can get it through a few pro markets before the deadline.

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. . Whenever I get bummed about a rejection, I return to Stewart Baker's signature. R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner (1st) Each R puts me closer to that W. wotf006 I love this Dustin, thank you!! wotf015 Big fan of your submission results format in your sig AliciaCay! I'm gonna co-opt it if ok. I...

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R for me as well. It was one of my older ones, but still stings

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Congrats everyone! I was working on a western mash-up and Dave sent out his Kick about how he was seeing too many of those.... But I sent it in anyway and hey

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I should be writing, but ... Instead I'm compiling lists! :) This is what I've distilled from the threads so far, but I'm sure I've missed some people, or gotten some dates messed up. So pipe up if you need a correction or want to be added. February 24 Ishmael March 10 Rebecca Birch March 11 reighe...

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