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Short Story Grumblings
I wrote a lot of short stories last year. These, added to my existing inventory, mean I am marketing something like thirty short stories, most of which I try to keep submitted (at a market, under consideration) at any given moment. Over the past few days I started going through those submissions which had overdue responses. The results were discouraging to say the least. The replies have fallen into these categories: – submission received but somehow lost while under consideration – submission rejected but reply didn’t reach me (which has proven an additional headache, email from a major submission engine wasn’t reaching me) – story marked as accepted in submission…
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Where do I send Stories to?
Over time I have developed some guidelines that I apply when choosing where to send a story. Because I’m annoyed at the current story I’m working on, I decided to post this, instead of finishing the story. Main Criteria Good stories. I have to like what the magazine has published in the past (or at the very least recognize authors I like in previous table of contents). Payment. I want to make a living from doing this. I’ve submitted to very low paying magazines (or non paying mags) in the past but I try to avoid doing that now unless I really respect the mag. Generally I’ll start with the…