It's February already (or finally, depending on how your January went!)
My short story "A Thing With Feathers" is live on Mythic Delirium's website! You can also get the entire issue on Amazon or Weightless Books if that's more your style (no physical magazine, alas).
I finished three stories in January. One of them was something I'd started last year and messed around with a lot, trying to figure out point of view (first? close third? omniscient?) and tense (past? present?) and finally I was able to bring it home. The other two I wrote for submission calls, and have already been rejected for those anthologies. On one hand, that's a letdown. On the other hand, I really like it when responses are prompt. It means I'm not waiting for months. It means I can send another story. Or write another story, depending on how specific what they want is (Sword & Sonnet is pretty specific).
I also got an acceptance in January! They'd held the story for awhile, and also kindly let me send an updated version of it (of course I figured out a better way to end it after submission) and I'm very excited to announce this one when I'm able! I think projected publication date is April, so stay tuned, space cowboys.
Some recommended listening when you read "A Thing With Feathers" (I wrote the story before I ever heard this song or heard of Meg Myers, but it's a good fit!)
Yes--a rejected story is a story available for someone else! I've learned that lesson. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on the acceptance! I look forward to the official announcement.
It seems like I learn that lesson again and again , with a fresh rejection this morning! ;)
DeleteThanks, Colin! I'm very excited about this one!
(honestly, I'm excited every time)
Congratulations on the acceptance! And I'm with you, if a story is going to be rejected, I'd much rather know right away so I can move on to other things and/or try to find it a new home.
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