They're just screwing with me.

Strycher wrote:My story at IGMS is at 51 days. Over the last 50 days, responses to submissions on Duotrope keep popping up for stories that were submitted one day before I submitted my story.
They're just screwing with me.
LDWriter2 wrote:Mine has been there a while. It always is but I'm not sure if it's usually that long though.
Strycher wrote:LDWriter2 wrote:Mine has been there a while. It always is but I'm not sure if it's usually that long though.
More Ranting:
IGMS has this weird fasttrack submission option--where if you've been to the Orson Scott Card Boot Camp Workshop, you go into a different queue and your story is read faster. Most rejections on Duotrope are in the 32-36 day ball park, but occasionally there's a response at 5-9 days. The short responses are likely coming from the special queue.
So, there being responses to submissions one day older than my submissions that were sent before my submission pasted the 40-day mark didn't bother me so much. Now, I'm like:
"Gawd, why is there a rewrite request for a story submitted the day before mine?I know someone's read it by now--just send me the rejection so I can get on with my life."
I don't like the hope-if-you-dare limbo. Rejection letters? No problem. The faster the better. But they don't have a confirmation system, so now I don' know if my story is in the second round or lost in the internet ether. Which is why I don't submit to TOR.com despite the amazing pay-rate/prestige.
LDWriter2 wrote:If the pros and semi-pros don't like my writing Tor won't.
Strycher wrote:LDWriter2 wrote:If the pros and semi-pros don't like my writing Tor won't.
I have to disagree here. You never know what an editor wants.
dantzel wrote:You can always check out Duotrope to see estimates for when yours might come in.![]()
I'm using Duotrope badly this week - and after months of being so good! But I have a flash at Shimmer that's at 20 days... And few to none of the recent responses have hit 20 days. Time to get the bat out and beat my hope into a bloody pulp... Teach it a lesson...
dantzel wrote:So I came into work this morning and the owner told me that she's terminating another instructor's contract, so I need to take over her Tuesday 6AM class, plus a noon MW class. She wants me to make it my own, but it's still more of a personal training group class- not Pilates, not yoga, not any type of the dance classes I teach. And I teach until 9:30PM on Mondays at another studio, AND I already have classes and office hours scheduled from 8:15AM until 8:30PM on Tuesdays. Even if I take a couple hours off in the middle of the day, they'll be wasted. So now I'll totally be exhausted Monday AND Tuesday. Sweet.
Shoot me. Shoot me. Shoot me now.
dantzel wrote:So I came into work this morning and the owner told me that she's terminating another instructor's contract, so I need to take over her Tuesday 6AM class, plus a noon MW class. She wants me to make it my own, but it's still more of a personal training group class- not Pilates, not yoga, not any type of the dance classes I teach. And I teach until 9:30PM on Mondays at another studio, AND I already have classes and office hours scheduled from 8:15AM until 8:30PM on Tuesdays. Even if I take a couple hours off in the middle of the day, they'll be wasted. So now I'll totally be exhausted Monday AND Tuesday. Sweet.
Shoot me. Shoot me. Shoot me now.
LDWriter2 wrote:I was kinda hoping for some so long comment from Schmidt--I have no idea if he would do anything like that-but since I haven't received anything back yet I assume he didn't read the last story I sent in.
So instead of the last Schmidt buy maybe it will be one of the new guy's first buys.
Well, that would be nice if it happened.
Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
Yep, there's a new sheriff in town now. Stan warned Trevor he was leaving a larger than usual backlog, so expect some adjustment period.
IGMS has this weird fasttrack submission option--where if you've been to the Orson Scott Card Boot Camp Workshop, you go into a different queue and your story is read faster. Most rejections on Duotrope are in the 32-36 day ball park, but occasionally there's a response at 5-9 days. The short responses are likely coming from the special queue.
Nick_T wrote:IGMS has this weird fasttrack submission option--where if you've been to the Orson Scott Card Boot Camp Workshop, you go into a different queue and your story is read faster. Most rejections on Duotrope are in the 32-36 day ball park, but occasionally there's a response at 5-9 days. The short responses are likely coming from the special queue.
LD,
That's not quite true as far as I know. My understanding was that the Bootcamp (or codex membership) means you skip the first round (the general slush, where I believe the quicker decisions tend to be made). Once you're in the second round, whether through being passed on or skipping the first round, things tend to move slower. You can still get a form rejection though. My understanding is from listening to Eric James Stone while being ridiculously tired and having a few beers, so take it with a grain of salt.
Nick
1. 11-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 18.
2. 12-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 18.
3. 20-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 18.
4. 0-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 17.
5. 15-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 15.
6. 15-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 15.
7. 15-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 15.
8. 16-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 15.
9. 18-day acceptance from Strange Horizons on September 15. Congratulations, Anaea Lay! *
10. 11-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
11. 12-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
12. 12-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
13. 13-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
14. 14-day rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
15. 15-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
16. 17-day personal rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
17. 17-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 14.
18. 17-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 13.
19. 17-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 13.
20. 17-day personal rejection from Strange Horizons on September 13.
21. 16-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 12.
22. 17-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 12.
23. 17-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 12.
24. 17-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 12.
25. 21-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 11.
26. 10-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
27. 14-day rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
28. 15-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
29. 15-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
30. 16-day acceptance from Strange Horizons on September 10. Congratulations! (outlier)
31. 17-day personal rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
32. 17-day personal rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
33. 19-day rejection from Strange Horizons on September 10.
34. 11-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 9.
35. 11-day form rejection from Strange Horizons on September 8.
dantzel wrote:I'm going to wring my hands here for a moment and declare how much I hate thinking about submissions! Out of all my current subs, I can't stop thinking about the story I have at Shimmer right now, which is going on 28 days now - apparently you usually hear by 21 days for the first read through, and most rejections happen in the first two weeks, according to my extensive Duotropery.
I hate waiting to query, because there's always that small chance that yours went astray somehow and no one actually read it until you queried!
But the 30 days will be here soon, and I can finally make sure they actually got it.
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