Writing, writing, writing, writing, writing, writing, writing, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, writing, writing, writing, rejection, writing, rejection, writing, writing, rejection, sale, YAY, writing, writing, writing, writing, writing, writing, writing, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection, writing, writing, writing, rejection, writing, rejection, SIGH, writing, writing, rejection, sale, YAY, writing, writing, writing....so it goes.
| Hmm. Perhaps my rejection post from ASIM was too cryptic. Alas, I was bumped in the second round by a unanimous decision (four comments from four readers, all thumbs down). Good information to improve the story, though.
Thanks Jackie and Terry for the encouragement. I will indeed keep writing and subbing. I am much too stubborn to do otherwise as I ascribe to the belief that you can do anything, if only you are willing to put in the effort. Ray "who can't sign in from home because he doesn't have the eight digit ID number memorized" Walshe |
| Congrats, Ray! Keep writing! Keep subbing! More to come! |
| Good luck with Round 2 in ASIM! |
| Very cool, Ray. Congratulations. |
| Yes! And congrats! :) |
| My first short story for pay is in print! You can see a summary of the magazine where it appears (levity runs rampant in this issue) here: Neo-Opsis Issue #3 Summary
I'm so excited! Does it show? |
| Thanks for the encouragement Paul.
I try to expose myself to some of the seminal works of science fiction (last read was Neuromancer, and the one before that: A Clockwork Orange) and learn something from what the authors brought to the genre. Some, like Vonnegut, Bradbury and Banks (a well regarded British writer), inspire me to try and emulate their style as their prose meshes well with my way of thinking. Like you, I think I need to go do some more writing now. |
| Congratulations Ray, because: 1. Anyone who tries to emulate, or compare their writing to Vonnegut is to be encouraged. Vonnegut writes with authority even when his characters are so outrageous as to require an additional level of suspension of disbelief; 2. Sending it in is the wisest thing you can do, because the next Vonnegut will be a gem, and because you can get known by editors by sending things in. I think I'll go write right now. |
| Thanks Jamie, Christopher, Terry and Justin! I'm still floating a bit (I guess the first sale always does that to you, huh?), but will no doubt come down to earth upon receipt of the inevitable next rejection (which I now dread less than before). |
| Congrats, Ray! I had a similar thing happen when I joined Critters (two sales before anything even got into the queue.) |
| Congrats, Ray, very cool indeed. But--of course, it's just your cosmic reward for registering at the RM. Right? |
| Congratulations, Ray. Very cool. |
| Congratulations, Ray! |
| Thanks Charlie.
Writers the OWW (you being one) inspire guys like me to keep trying, and here is the first fruit of my labor, which had been preceded by 13 declinations on three different short stories from 11 different markets. I'm pretty stubborn and can take rejection, but your dialogue on the struggles you've had in getting to where you are definitely keeps me amped up to try, try again. |
| Congratulations, Ray. I will echo your wish that it may be the first of many.
Charlie |
| Okay, this is a very happy coincidence, but no less than four hours after I sign into the Rumor Mill for the first time, I got news that Neo-opsis has decided to buy my short story Legacy Troll.
I hope it is the first of many (see my first post below), but WOW what are the odds? |
| Seems fitting that I should make my first post to this thread, since it has my name on it. I didn't know until I was signed in that I got one of these of my very own (yay!).
I have a few irons in the fire, including a story in a 'maybe' pile with a Canadian market, so with any luck I'll have some good news to report in the coming days, weeks, months, and years (preferably in that order). |