hi, all. i received my first combination rejection/acceptance letter today--very exciting! i submitted two stories to www.alienskinmag.com in january, and they've accepted one of them, sensory overlord, for their june/july issue. yay! here's a snippet from the email i recieved:
"Dear Laurie,We have all read, reviewed, and discussed both of your stories and we reallyenjoyed one of them. We would like to use Sensory Overlord in our June/July2009 Issue of AlienSkin Magazine.We have to pass on Alison's Crush, the tale just didn't appeal to us."
the other story wasn't quite in their genre, and i can understand their lack of interest in it. alison's crush is more of a straight horror story, and alienskin is sf-oriented (as if the name didn't give it away.) but hey, if you're interested in reading a bit o' scary, please check it out at: http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1117622
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"How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there? Gotta, gotta nice little story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh? Gotta, gotta compelling protagonist? Yeah? Gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Gotta story brewing there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? Yea, talking about that 3 years ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah?
ReplyDeleteOh I know it hurts now, but look at the bright side: you have some new material for that novel you've been writing. You know...the novel you've been workin' on? You know the the one, uh, you've been workin on for three years? You know the novel. Got somethin' new to write about now. You know? Maybe a, maybe a main character gets into a relationship and suffers a little heartbreak? Draw from real life experience? Little, little heartbreak? You know? Work it into the story? Make the characters a little more three dimensional? Little, uh, richer experience for the reader? Make those second hundred pages really keep the reader guessing what's going to happen? Some twists and turns? A little epilogue? Everybody learns that the hero's journey isn't always a happy one? Oh, I look forward to reading it. "