Tag: Writing
Submission Statement: August 2024
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, mostly because I just haven’t been as active with short story submissions as I used to be. Well, that’s changed in recent months, so it’s time to return to my monthly updates and share… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: August 2024”
Overanalyzing Story Acceptance Rates Part 271 – Rates By Market Tier
One of my favorite rejectomantic topics is acceptance rates. I’ve picked apart my own for nearly a decade, overanalyzing them in an attempt to understand the whims and vagaries of the publishing industry. What have I learned? Not much, honestly, but, fuck it, let’s… Continue Reading “Overanalyzing Story Acceptance Rates Part 271 – Rates By Market Tier”
Rejection Feedback – Inspiring, Informative, or Insensitive?
Editorial feedback on a rejection is as varied as editorial tastes, and how an editor chooses to relate something like “close-but-no-cigar” to an author can be radically different from market to market. A recent discussion about a comment I received a while back got… Continue Reading “Rejection Feedback – Inspiring, Informative, or Insensitive?”
On This Day in Submission Land: June 21st
Time for another installment of On This Day in Submission Land. Slight change in format going forward. I’ll show you the submissions I sent on the fateful day, including my cover letter if it’s interesting, as well as responses I received. So, let’s take… Continue Reading “On This Day in Submission Land: June 21st”
Back-Edits & Brain Weasels: A Brief Look at My Writing Process
Recently, someone was asking me about my writing process. More specifically, they asked me what my draft to done process looks like. Well, I just finished a 5,000-word freelance piece, and I think it’s a good example of what my meandering path to a… Continue Reading “Back-Edits & Brain Weasels: A Brief Look at My Writing Process”
800 Submissions: An Analysis
Recently, I sent out my 800th submission since I started tracking them through Duotrope way back in April of 2012. Feels weird to even say that, but, I guess 12 years of steady submissions adds up. As usual, when I hit a major milestone… Continue Reading “800 Submissions: An Analysis”
The Monsters the Guidelines Forgot: Vampires
Continuing my series of post about how to sell stories featuring monsters who frequent publisher do-not-send list, we’re gonna talk about the only monster that might give zombies a run for their money as most maligned. Yep, it’s time sharpen our fangs and talk… Continue Reading “The Monsters the Guidelines Forgot: Vampires”
Rejectomancy Rabbit Hole: Acceptance Rates
Recently, I was discussing the chances of getting published at some of the big genre markets with my author pals, and a few numbers were thrown around, some by yours truly. These numbers were mostly guess-work. None of us really know the exact percentage chance… Continue Reading “Rejectomancy Rabbit Hole: Acceptance Rates”
The Monsters the Guidelines Forgot: Zombies
In this series of posts, I’m going to talk about writing and selling stories featuring classic monsters. You know, the ones you often find in publisher guidelines after the words “absolutely no”. It’s usually the big three—vampires, werewolves, and zombies—that make the do not… Continue Reading “The Monsters the Guidelines Forgot: Zombies”
Query Quest: Postmortem
Last month, I marked the last outstanding query for my novel SECOND DAWN as closed, no response (CNR), ending my first trek through the deep, dark jungle of query land. It was a rough trip, but I learned a lot, and I will absolutely… Continue Reading “Query Quest: Postmortem”
Effectively Wild – A Baseball Horror Story
Night Walk & Other Dark Paths
Acts of War: Flashpoint
Acts of War: Aftershock
Acts of War: Stormbreak
Aeryn Rudel's Rejectomancy 