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Rejection

I've been wondering about sending in old stories with some spit and polish. I don't know if I would, but I might have one or two that I could rework extensively and try again with. Not sure it's allowed though...

E sub 31st Dec. Form rejection.

Sorry, I can't answer your question. Thanks all for the answers on mine. I had no thought of cutting the words, just on whether to submit it here. I think I will. Good luck to all. wotf049 wotf047 wotf049 wotf047 wotf049 wotf047 wotf049 wotf047 wotf049 wotf047 wotf049 wotf047 wotf049 wotf047

Non-human narrator watching human sex - well, trying to stop it, to comic effect. :)

no - p*n*s -

I would use a spoiler if I knew how. Perhaps I'm using the wrong board preferences.

Just to take our minds off this current wave of doom, I have a question some of you may be able to help me with. :) I'm tweaking a possible Q2 entry. It has two vital but discrete sex scenes, in one of which I do, just once, use the word "p***s." (Ho hum - I feel so dumb blanking it out, b...

Here we go...

I'm still in...

Suddenly puts a word between the reader and the sudden action. It is often more sudden to just say what happens than to suddenly use suddenly.

Thanks Grayson. I take it you entered, too? Good luck to all. :)

In!! Just submitted electronically! Wow - that's a relief. I hadn't believed I could do it, despite setting aside the time tonight for final tweaks and edits. Now to wait. Funfunfun. This is probably my sixth or seventh entry and I always get ludicrously excited. Hee hee. Happy New Year, and good lu...

Hey well done! They are turning out to be a great market.

Heh. Cool! Looking forward to reading the antho a lot.

Well done to the novelists. Yeehah!

Hey Patty - I just saw you on the TOC for the Anywhere But Earth antho. I have a story there, too. It was accepted months and months ago - seems like I've been waiting forever - and there is still near on a year until it's published.

Well Done Dave! I hope to order the hard copy soon.

Thanks Dave and Prisoner.

Yeah, I've liked most so far, Today's one about George washington went right over my head, though.

My story wasn't flash BTW. In fact I wrote it with WOTF in mind. It's a 5.5K fantasy. DSF will be using it as one of their Friday stories, I imagine.

ThomasKCarpenter wrote:Grats Dame. What did you earn for that Q2 story in the WOTF contest (HM, Semi, etc.)?

I got a straight rejection! Just goes to show...

Thanks for all the 'grats folks. I'll let people know when it comes out.

My Q2 story has just been accepted by Daily Science Fiction. SFWA doesn't count them as pro yet, but the payrate is 8 cents pw which counts as pro for me.

Well done!

Over at the sffnet forums, Brad Torgerson and K D Wentworth say they are unable to log in to these forums. I think some people may be finding it hard to log in or to tell anyone they are having problems.

Thanks, prisoner. In terms of it being hard sf - hmmm. No, this is fantasy set on a spaceship, I suppose, as the tech is pretty implausible. It didn't have FTL though. It is set on a large ship where all the characters have forgotten where it is going or why. It is not a pro market, it has to be sai...

I just had a sci-fi novelette, Continuity, accepted by the Anywhere But Earth anthology. My first sale since September last year. Yeehah!

They are still open for subs (until Feb 2011) so go for it folks.

Congrats to Steffenwolf, emery, alastair and all who I've forgotten in my trawl through this thread. I have two stories out at the moment, one a small but pro sale. "The Door" is up for a few more days at Flash Fiction Online. The other is "Wielding The Knife," not at all a pro s...