Author Topic: Listener's Writing Adventures (Read 148577 times)

Listener · **Reply #150 on:** July 22, 2009, 01:23:39 PM

Rejected: "The NextTime Around" -- though they said it was a good story so that was gratifying.

Written: 1/2 page (handwritten) of KGA #6. Finally they go to a planet primarily populated by Earthers.

Listener · **Reply #151 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:46:30 PM

Submitted: "The Next Time Around" to M-Brane SF.

Listener · **Reply #152 on:** July 24, 2009, 02:48:44 PM

Rejected: "Belief", from Strange Horizons

Listener · **Reply #153 on:** July 24, 2009, 05:40:38 PM

Submitted: "Belief", to Continuum SF

Listener · **Reply #154 on:** July 26, 2009, 03:13:10 AM

Rejected: "My Selection for This Evening" from Drabblecast.

Written: now up to 5200 words on "Maker".

Listener · **Reply #155 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:38:38 PM

Rejections:

* "The Next Time Around" from M-Brane SF
* "My Selection For This Evening" from Drabblecast

Writing:

* Up to 6200 words on "Maker"... I think it's becoming a novella, much to my chagrin.
* Up to six handwritten pages on Kage Gray Adventure #6

Acceptances:

* I have won a writing contest from a semiprofessional (read: they pay you, but not a lot) publication, but I have been asked not to reveal that I have won the contest (nor the story I submitted to it) -- prize includes being published by them -- until they reveal it on their site. So stay tuned...

PS: If you know which story or contest, please don't reveal it yet in this thread.

Listener · **Reply #156 on:** August 04, 2009, 09:42:13 AM

Semi-Acceptances

"113 Feet" is now on Andromeda Spaceways's "third round" list, which means that there is a 33% chance they will publish it in the next three months. "Bittersweet Symphony" has been there for almost three months without hearing anything more, though, so I'm not sure what's up on that score.

Listener · **Reply #157 on:** August 08, 2009, 10:09:44 AM

"Bittersweet Symphony" rejected by ASIM after spending 2.5 months in the 3rd round.

Listener · **Reply #158 on:** August 13, 2009, 06:32:07 PM

"Bittersweet Symphony" submitted to Futurismic.

Listener · **Reply #159 on:** August 20, 2009, 02:57:39 PM

Contract signed for "27 Jennifers" to appear in the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine (dunesteef.com). They said it would be published sometime in September.

Listener · **Reply #160 on:** September 09, 2009, 03:30:24 PM

Finished the first draft of a turn-of-the-century-ish murder mystery that takes place on an airship/dirigible. 6500 words. Will probably have to expand to 7000, unfortunately. Targeting Crossed Genres's LGBTQ issue (deadline 9/30), which means I'll know by the end of October if it's been accepted (their turnaround is VERY quick).

Listener · **Reply #161 on:** September 30, 2009, 10:19:00 AM

"27 Jennifers has now been published. Hear it here, on the Dunesteef. Enjoy!

(They also post the full text, if you prefer that.)

Listener · **Reply #162 on:** October 06, 2009, 06:48:04 PM

The airship murder story, "Amid the Steep Sky's Commotion", was rejected by Crossed Genres (rather quickly, too), and is now over at Electric Velocipede. It turned out to be 7300 words.

Swamp · **Reply #163 on:** October 11, 2009, 05:40:07 AM

Quote from: Listener on August 20, 2009, 02:57:39 PM

Contract signed for "27 Jennifers" to appear in the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine (dunesteef.com). They said it would be published sometime in September.

I listened to this yesterday and I really enjoyed your story, and hey, it was the winner. I thought it was an interesting take on cloning and I liked the way you handled the grouping of the clones and the different relationships between them. Good job!

Listener · **Reply #164 on:** October 20, 2009, 01:33:38 AM

Quote from: Swamp on October 11, 2009, 05:40:07 AM

Quote from: Listener on August 20, 2009, 02:57:39 PM
Contract signed for "27 Jennifers" to appear in the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine (dunesteef.com). They said it would be published sometime in September.

I listened to this yesterday and I really enjoyed your story, and hey, it was the winner. I thought it was an interesting take on cloning and I liked the way you handled the grouping of the clones and the different relationships between them. Good job!

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

Listener · **Reply #165 on:** October 20, 2009, 01:36:34 AM

Last week I saw a picture on IO9 of a stylized steamship traveling down a narrow river by way of locks. Immediately a story unraveled in my mind, and 7227 words later I have a mashup that includes:

* Battlestar Galactica
* Tank Girl
* Waterworld
* Mad Max
* A TFLN post about a Prius floating away that eventually became an entirely different story idea that I have yet to write.

I really like it, but I have to trim it down quite a bit. This morning it was only 3000 words, but I've been writing a LOT today. However, I don't want to lose the giant steamship bearing down on the colony, or the battle scene, or the paddleboat on its side with the bridge shearing away to crash against the ground.

So, y'know, I'm working on it.

Listener · **Reply #166 on:** November 11, 2009, 10:11:30 PM

"Amid the Steep Sky's Commotion" has been rejected by Electric Velocipede. I think I'm going to try F&SF; I really think it's one of the better stories I've written, and of the stories that I personally think I wrote well, it has the best pacing.

Now I just have to print the damn thing and find an envelope. And pay like $5 to mail it.

Listener · **Reply #167 on:** December 07, 2009, 09:52:01 PM

I have seven stories out right now in various states of being read for possible publication. The closest to it is "27 Jennifers", which would be a reprint. I've also written some chunks on "Maker", which I can tell is going to need to be completely rewritten anyway because it's becoming a novella. So, y'know, at least something's getting done.

Listener · **Reply #168 on:** December 23, 2009, 10:03:21 PM

Seven or eight stories are out being read by various publications. Just wrote a little 2800-word piece of erotica for a friend. 900 words into the sequel to "The Clockwork Russian".

Listener · **Reply #169 on:** December 28, 2009, 03:53:16 PM

Given that Crotchgate just happened, it looks like it's time to quickly polish up Bittersweet Symphony and send it out again...

Listener · **Reply #170 on:** December 28, 2009, 10:02:00 PM

Wrote a few hundred more words on John Bach #2, then had a surge of inspiration and, in the past three hours, wrote a 3200-word first draft of another video game retelling.

I'll give you a hint: it takes place in 200X.

Listener · **Reply #171 on:** January 05, 2010, 08:16:14 PM

I have nine stories out, being reviewed by various publications. I expect to hear back about one of them by the end of the week, because it's for the issue that goes live 2/1.

Also, I started writing a new novel on Sunday. Non SF, non fantasy, though it does borrow some themes of family from Heinlein.

Got a semi-personal rejection letter from Lorelei Signal -- unless she says this to everyone, the editor said the story I sent was one of the last ones cut before finalizing the contents of the upcoming issue (she referred to the story by name). So that was nice.

DKT · **Reply #172 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:13:49 PM

Hey, take it as a compliment! I seriously doubt the editor says that to everyone

Listener · **Reply #173 on:** January 06, 2010, 02:40:52 PM

Quote from: DKT on January 05, 2010, 09:13:49 PM

Hey, take it as a compliment! I seriously doubt the editor says that to everyone

True. Picked up another rejection last night -- my third from a certain publication -- and it was exactly the same as the last one I received. Apparently they liked my first story best, because that one got a personal rejection.

Going to send off two more stories today -- the one that got rejected last night, and the "remodeling" story I posted to the Crit Group last year (or was it the year before?), which has been 45% rewritten. I found a few likely-sounding horror markets, and since it's technically a ghost story, I can submit it to ghost-story markets too.

Listener · **Reply #174 on:** January 11, 2010, 05:32:58 PM

Got another very nice rejection, this time from Abyss & Apex, who said they considered it, and that it was well-received. So that's a start.

Maybe I should start a rejection blog; post all my rejection letters.