Whoo! Another rejection! But in a good way!

[sinanju]

I got a story rejection by email this morning. The first paragraph reads as follows:

I’m writing regarding your April submission to [Magazine], "Story Title.” Unfortunately, this isn’t something that I can use in [Magazine], but you’re definitely on the right track as far as voice, style and category focus.

The second paragraph goes on to explain exactly why the story didn't work for her. So now I know how to tweak future stories to get a better shot at selling them. That's good.

I'm disappointed, of course, that I didn't hit the mark. But not terribly surprised. On the other hand this was a personal response, so in that sense I'm very pleased. The editor took the time to write me and explain why she couldn't use the story. That's a very good sign. I'm jazzed!

Lots of (non-writing) chores to do today. I'm gonna try to get some writing done, but...we'll see.

UPDATE! In the time it took me to post this and then go change into my running clothes, I received another rejection by snail mail. This one was from Fantasy & Science Fiction. Not so personal. But also, not a big surprise.

So I have two stories to resubmit somewhere. Off to run.

Comments

[fikgirl]

I'm just impressed that you're able to crank out stories so quickly. How do you go from a vague idea to a completed story in just a few days? It's impressive.