Rejection: Archaeopteryx
Yup another. Not much to say, just mentioning the rejection. Anyone else getting any rejections this week?
Rejection: Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus
Not much to say other than it got rejected with a nice personal note. And it is off to a magical other world where magical things happen, or something like that. Anywho!
Rejection: Artemis
Yup, another one. It must be a mark of my extraordinarily thick skin that I don’t even think twice about rejections anymore. I see them, shrug, and sent the work somewhere else. This isn’t to say that I haven’t put a lot of work into this particular piece; I have. But the piece is as far as I can really take it, I think. In any case, this piece is off to another place far away.
Rejection: Archaeopteryx
Another rejection! Unfortunately it was a form rejection, but considering what the magazine just went through I suspect almost everyone is getting forms right now. Oh well, I’ll be submitting to a new magical place shortly.
Rejection: To Paint Lords Green
The second rejection I had yesterday was actually far more positive than the other. “To Paint Lords Green” is a fairly new story that I finished editing on the 15th. In any case, it will be going off to some other fantasy place. But the good words were as follows: This is a perfectly good story, but it doesn’t quite have the feel I want. Try it on another market. And that’s that. Toodles!
Rejection: Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus
Yesterday was an excellent day to get rejected. I got two rejections yesterday. The first is for the story mentioned in the title for this post. The editor had this to say: Thanks for sending in your story “Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus,” but I’ve decided not to accept it [I cut the mag’s name out because I’m not sure if I should keep such things]. The writing is well done, but the idea for this one just didn’t connect with me. Good luck to you with it and thanks for the look. That’s a decent rejection in my book. Anywho, it’s off to some other magical place, wherever that may be. Toodles!