Two recent rejections:
R#64 – 17-days from Strange Horizons
R#65 – 172-days from Cemetery Dance
The rejection from Cemetery Dance had a nice friendly note scribbled on the back side of their rejection form letter, saying that I’d come close and should try again soon.
And, speaking of trying again, two submissions:
Sub#75 – to Heliotrope (my 3rd to that market)
Sub#76 – to InterGalactic Medicine Show (my first to that market)
You keep writing them and sending them out, and you will sell those stories.
Not at all related to your stories: last weekend at Orycon, I called Caroline. She said you’d be very amused that finally someone called a Tina Caroline rather than calling Caroline Tina.
Ha! is right, I am very much amused that it went the other way around for a change :)
It was. I appreciate that they took the time to jot something down on my rejection, especially since they get a lot of subs and are quite busy.
I think it’s a well known fact that rejection slips breed faster than the accept slips (are there even such things?). Keep up the good work!
Anon
P.S. I can see why there might be some confusion as to who is Caroline and who is Tina!
So far I’ve only had accept emails. . .but maybe one of these days I’ll get an elusive accept slip :)
I got a haircut the other day, which will add to the Tina/Caroline confusion, I’m sure. It’s almost the same length as your hair now–shorter than Tina’s anyway. I’ll post a picture on my blog at some point.
Yay confusion! I’ve been growing my hair out, so it’s probably close to the same length as yours.