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[Mouse]

Originally Posted by J Riff

Thanks for that Lovecraftian link Mouse, I will send them something, having just had a vaguelly HPLish weird tale rejected by Weird Tales.

You're welcome. Did Weird Tales ask you to send something else? Because they did me and I can't work out if they really meant it or not!

Originally Posted by goldenapples

Ego shaken by Strange Horizon's blog: "In January 2011, we received 746 valid submissions, an average of 24 submissions a day."

That's one story every hour excluding the spoiled ones, a record month. Oh joy.

Wow! Never tried Strange Horizons. That's a lot of subs!

Keep meaning to try Murky Depths as I spoke to the editor at a con last year and he said he didn't ever get enough dark sci-fi subs. So I thought I'd try that!

[Ian Whates]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Keep meaning to try Murky Depths as I spoke to the editor at a con last year and he said he didn't ever get enough dark sci-fi subs. So I thought I'd try that!

Good idea, Mouse. Terry's always complaining that people only ever send him horror and dark fantasy (presumably because of the magazine's title) and he never gets enough dark SF, which is really what he loves the most.

[J Riff]

Well, it gets strange. I sent a story off to one of the major old-school mags, expecting nothing, but what came back was a weird mini-review, stating: this, that, the dialogue is X, doesn't fit Y.
Hmmph, I thought, what did he read? Bore no resemblence to what I had sent... but then, I recalled that, years, decades ago even, someone gave me some writing to look at, critique...and I landed on the guy's dialogue I think, it wasn't good... some people can write dialogue and some struggle, and this particular story had awful dialogue.
So- whoever it was- is now an editor at a major mag! and years later, remembers and sends back this weiiiiiird comment.
VERY strange.

[Anne Lyle]

Go for it, Mouse! Terry's lovely - even if he did try to get me to pitch my novel in the bar at NewCon (I hate face-to-face pitches!)

[Mouse]

He was nice. He also suggested sending in some narrative poetry after he picked up my anthology and flicked through it.

I see MD are closed though at the mo. Gives me time to write something! I do have a sci-fi idea but I think it might be difficult to write.

[goldenapples]

Summary of 2010. I made 36 submissions and had five acceptances, ie about 1 in 7. The first acceptance of the year was in July. Thank you, statto.

[Mouse]

Since 2009 I've made 42 submissions and had 27* acceptances. I don't know what the percent is on that.

Currently got six out being looked at, and one on a short list. And only three available to send. Plus two half-written.

I keep everything on a spreadsheet otherwise I wouldn't know what I'd sent to who!

*six of which were poems and seven were flash fiction.

[J Riff]

Recent experiences have led me to stop cold, no more writing, until someone honest or at least reasonable shows up! It's all a bit too reminiscent of the music biz.
Writing in here will have ta be enough.

[Mouse]

You can't give up! Did you try that one I suggested?

[Yog-Sothoth]

Does anyone know Weird Tales' deadline for subs? Their website states the new issue is already at the printers.

[Mouse]

You just submit it through: Weird Tales Submissions System I don't think there is a deadline, as such.

[J Riff]

I'm Done. See ya all later.

[Yog-Sothoth]

Thanks Mouse!

[goldenapples]

My piece titled Life Force has been accepted into WEIRDYEAR and will be published on their front page on 4/11/11. This is my second story to appear in WEIRDYEAR.

[IainRichmond]

I have gained hope by reading this Thread. To date, I have a pile of 'form email rejections.' On a positive note, I am now receiving actual, personal feedback and recommendations for more suitable sites to send the story to based on it's subject matter and to send them another story.

I hope this means I am getting closer...