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Category Archives: Rejection
Rejectomancy, where have you been all my life?
Wow, I can’t believe it has taken me this long to find Aeryn Rudel’s wonderful site Rejectomancy I’m a guy who landed his first published piece by blogging about the hidden meaning in all the rejection letters I was getting … Continue reading
It’s possible I might not be that funny
After several submissions to places that publish funny stuff, and the corresponding rapid-fire rejections, I am starting to come to the realization that I might not be that funny. I feel like there was a time when I was funny. … Continue reading
Posted in Intimidation, Rejection
Tagged humorous writing, Rejected Fiction, Struggling Writer
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200 Submissions Later
Lessons from the Long Game of Getting Published I’m approaching 200 submissions. It sounds like a lot, but I started in 2010, so that only averages to a little over 13 submissions per year. Note that I am only counting … Continue reading
Posted in Rejection, Writing Sales
Tagged Rejected Fiction, Struggle, Struggling Writer, Writing Help, Writing sanity, Writing Therapy
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Two more rejections
I have received two more rejections since the last post. One was for my story “The closet”, which is about a mysterious black void that changes things for both better and worse after they are placed inside it. The rejection … Continue reading
Why I am stalking Stanley Schmidt
OK, maybe “obsessively studying” is a better term. Stanley Schmidt is the Editor for Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine. The Magazine is what I would consider the pinnacle of the Science Fiction short story market. I have sent off … Continue reading
Fate Forward
Fate Forward is a story I wrote about a private investigator type guy searching for a mysterious device. It’s later discovered that the device can manipulate luck. The story goes on to reveal how this man beats the odds to … Continue reading
Fonzie gets rejected
On 6/29/10 I sent off a 2700 word Sci-Fi story called “Little green Fonzie” to ANALOG magazine. I had a lot of hope for this story as it was about and Alien dressed as The Fonz, that comes down to … Continue reading
Genesis
I have been writing for about four months now (since about May of 2010). In that time I have submitted nine short stories to various magazines with each story averaging about 4000 words. Of those, I have received back three … Continue reading
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Breaking Into The Craft 