You must be bored lol....just got to change a small thing after I had an idea during the night, well, early morning. I'll send it on then. It won't be polished to a shine, been through it a couple of times.
Give me a few moments, I'm fortunate to be on furlough so can work on it right now. When I'm done I'll send it on email.
I've seen a few other superhero romances in prose, but they weren't really classed as their own subgenre. Coupled with the rarity of superhero prose in general, finding this story a home has been especially tricky. The worst part of this is that I had originally intended to include an explicit love scene, but length and time constraints with the original market I was targeting led me to opt for fade-to-black instead. I have no clue where to send the novelette if this anthology doesn't work out, but hopefully just drafting a decent sex scene by the Saturday deadline is enough to get it accepted.
I think the agent concerned did accept SFF but on further investigation she’s more fantasy than SF. She’s clearly read it fully based on the comments she made.
So, after about three months I've been rejected by the place where my friend works. It's a really hard publication to get into. Even with a connection it was probably a long shot. Here's the thing. It wasn't a straight out rejection. I can resubmit it if I do a rewrite. Usually, I will do almost anything an editor wants after they buy a piece. Rewrite requests seem tricky. I have only once before been told something similar by another publication, but never followed through. The two rewrite requests I've received lack clear direction when it comes to how much change is needed to please the editors and sort of exactly what to really do. Maybe this is on me to figure out with some brushstroke feedback, but it's hard. It's not working with an editor. It's more of a free ticket to go on the ride again. And in the latest case, I'm not sure my story was rejected for the right reasons. There was some dispute (according to my friend) on whether an aspect of the story should be played up more or taken out completely. It seems like either way it's not going to be what the whole editorial team is looking for. I believe some of you have gotten rewrite requests. How have you handled them? Or even if you haven't, how would you handle a rewrite requests? I'm not at all ready to give up on this story, but I think I'm going to pass on resubmitting it to the same place. Maybe I'll change my mind. Rejection can make me so bitter.
my re-write request was clear AND most of all as soon as I saw it I knew it made sense. So I was happy to do it. (I still got rejected after the re write but I was glad I did it! Maybe hang fire and see what other feedback you get first before a major reworking?
Got 2 form rejections within 30 mins. At least both agencies have other agents in the same genre I’m able to query so all not lost. On the one hand I feel sooo close now with some good feedback, on the other the number of agents in the SF field is limited so I’m running out of time
I'm not sure I see the point of someone saying to a writer that they should re-write it but don't give them any direction. Why bother with the re-write request? Anyway, what do I know...
I feel the same way. I've gotten a few other personal rejections on this story, never a rewrite request before for this one, but very different things seem to stand out as working or not working to different places. I'm going to go through it one more time and then keep sending it out. I'll rewrite for someone buying my work. Hell, I'll rewrite the thing a million times. But this is probably one of the strongest stories I've done. And, from the feedback, I'm really not sure what the deal breaker is or if I just haven't found the right place yet. This was not a simultaneous submission so now I can send it out to a few places and see how it does. Actually, I might try the Raymond Carver short story contest with this one now that it's freed up. Anyone else submitting to that competition? Deadline is in a week.
Maybe...but 17 dollars? And the magazine ain’t all that big in the boots, and Bridport is May 31st deadline...I was thinking of...I was...I am at work far too often atm...pissing me off... Dont re-writes just turn into the worst face lifts? Tissue upon scar tissue, ugly. I bet all the joy is left back on draft 2. Insomniac, 5am.
