Rejections

Another rejection, as if the title weren’t clear enough on that. Not much to say. There was a note, but nothing too detailed. So I’m sending it somewhere else. Anywho!

Nothing really pertinent on this one. It was just rejected. And I’m sending it somewhere else. Kind of strange to not have anything else to say, though. Anywho!

Well, another one. I love rejections. A little birdie named Ellira told me that Ray Bradbury had over 800 rejections before a single sale. With that thought looming over my head, it’s hard to really be all butthurt over rejections, don’t you think? Anywho, I shall send it to another magical place!

This rejection came with some good comments, I think. I’ve got a better understanding of what the market wants. Here are the comments: Unfortunately, it’s not quite right for us. The narrative was quite vivid, but it seemed to me more focused on description and less focused on Caerelyn’s character. I wanted to get just as vivid a feel for her core goal as a character, her deepest hopes and fears, as I was getting of the furnishings of the main hall of the King’s Castle. I wanted the narrative to go inside her head and give me a feel for what inner yearning was driving her through the story, and this opening didn’t provide that as much as I prefer. That’s it. It’s off somewhere else!

Well, it was rejected a few days ago, but so be it. Not much to say beyond that. It’s off to another place already. Anywho!

Well, got another one.  Probably my fault, actually, since I accidentally submitted the wrong piece to the magazine that this one was meant to go to.  So be it. Anywho!