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I’m So Bummed…

Posted in My Writings, Rejections on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Remembering that I never checked mail yesterday, I just went out to my mailbox and discovered my SASE from Leading Edge. I was disappointed to see it, as I expected an acceptance to come via email. But it was thicker than my previous rejections from Leading Edge have been, so I had a glimmer of [...]

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Heard from Asimov’s

Posted in My Writings, Rejections, tagged , on December 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I got my SASE back yesterday from Asimov’s. They included a form rejection along with the first page of my story. I’d told them it was disposable, but I assume they did that just so I knew which story they were rejecting, as the letter wasn’t personalized in any way. Oh well.
Next, I’m going to [...]

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Blue Form of Death

Posted in My Writings, Rejections, tagged , on October 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »

My SASE returned Saturday from Realms of Fantasy with a so-called Blue Form of Death inside it. It’s called that because it’s a form rejection printed on a blue sheet of paper. One nice thing about it was that there was a handwritten note by the assistant editor saying that he didn’t click with this [...]

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Heard From Fantasy and Science Fiction

Posted in My Writings, Rejections on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Wow, that was one of the fastest responses I’ve ever gotten for a submission. Fantasy and Science Fiction rejected “Trust Mother’s Instinct.” Oh well. I knew that magazine was going to be hard to get into, since the website says that they get lots of fantasy submissions.
Well, I shall send it off to Realms of Fantasy next [...]

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Leading Edge Rejected “Saving Happily Ever After”

Posted in My Writings, Rejections, tagged , , on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On Saturday, I got my SASE back from Leading Edge. With it came a form rejection along with three pages of comments. The main negatives were that I didn’t have enough details about this world and the characters in them. I know I write minimalistically, so that’s something I need to work on.
Will I work [...]

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Insomnia Lost Writers of the Future Contest

Posted in My Writings, Rejections on January 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I never expected to win the Writers of the Future Contest. I had hoped to make it into the finals though. Unfortunately, after returning from my Christmas vacation, I got a letter from the contest admistrator, postmarked December 19, saying, “Your entry did not place in the final selections for the 4th quarter 2006 Contest (June [...]

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Leading Edge Rejected “Farseeing”

Posted in My Writings, Rejections on September 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday, Daniel came in after getting the mail and tells me “You got a letter from yourself.” He handed it to me, and sure enough, our address was written in my handwriting. I opened it, thinking that it was a reply from Leading Edge. It was, which surprised me because I had only delivered my [...]

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