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August is now over. We are eight months through 2020 and I have:
-11 short story and flash acceptances
-36 rejections
-2 hold notices
-11 stories out on submission
Friends out there: please keep writing, finishing, submitting, and taking care of yourselves.
-11 short story and flash acceptances
-36 rejections
-2 hold notices
-11 stories out on submission
Friends out there: please keep writing, finishing, submitting, and taking care of yourselves.
I racked up seven rejections in July. A few of them hit day after day, which is a great way to feel worthless. Spoiler: you are never worthless.
A couple of those rejections were the "near miss" variety that made it excruciatingly close to the final cut. I had my hopes up for one in particular. But oh well! Those stories just have to go back out on submission while I write new stuff.
But I also sold three stories in August, easily the most in one month this year. One is a reprint that I& #39;m delighted will see rise again. Let& #39;s have a word about the other two.
The next was a dream market sale: I& #39;ll have a story in Uncanny Magazine this November/December! https://twitter.com/Wiswell/status/1297950350868185094">https://twitter.com/Wiswell/s...
I have been submitting to Uncanny since they first opened. I had a story held in their first slush. My story sale was the result of writing a heck of expanding my craft and writing a lot of new stories over years.
The last story sale of August came an hour before midnight last night. It& #39;s a market I enjoy, to an editor I adore. I can& #39;t say much yet but it& #39;s the kind of queer story I only started letting myself write in the last few years.
It& #39;s worth acknowledging that in my most successful month of 2020, I had more than twice as many rejections as acceptances. If you see someone succeeding, don& #39;t fool yourself into believing all they do is succeed and you can& #39;t touch them.
If these threads are helpful to you or you& #39;d like to do something for my birthday on Friday, I have a thread here: https://twitter.com/Wiswell/status/1296119880392093696">https://twitter.com/Wiswell/s...
But the #1 thing I& #39;d appreciate you doing for me is helping my friend. Car woes suck way worse than rejections, friendos. https://twitter.com/Merc_Wolfmoor/status/1296152164788822021">https://twitter.com/Merc_Wolf...
Martin& #39;s whole thread is worth reading. My big piece of advice for how to manage rejection is to have a new thing to work on. Don& #39;t wait in the shadow of a submitted story. You have more stories to tell, and finite time to write them. https://twitter.com/McFlyCahill90/status/1300851103463026688">https://twitter.com/McFlyCahi...
