Stardate 17809.9/The Year of Our Lord 2009, June the twenty-seventh
Saturday
Dear justly excited and excitable writers of the future,
Today I received my first rejection of the short story "Totem". The form letter appeared quite polite. Spirits high.
It was a quicker than average return, I understand. This pleases me, because now I can send it to a different magazine. I'm going to read back through it and see if there any typoes, though. And I think that the first couple paragraphs need strengthening. Although I'm inclined to just send it back out as is and see what happens.... Dunno. Not going to do anything till Monday anyhow, seeing as how the postal service is a bunch of slackers, with their weekends and regular business hours and things. Humbug, I say.
I actually really like the postal service. I like mailing things.
Anyway, spirits high. Editing of the next story I'm going to begin vetting is going well.
Sincerely
Me
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
First Submission of "Totem"
Stardate 16609.7/the Year of Our Lord 2009, June the 15th
Monday
Dear Aspiring Writers, Web Lurkers, and Fellow Nerds of the future,
Today is a notable day because this is the day on which I submitted the short story "Totem" to a magazine for the first time. From here we will track its progress. I'll write you all again on the day that it is rejected/accepted, or when I submit it again, or if I ever edit it again, or if it gets picked up by a movie studio, or something. So we'll have scientific evidence to actually see how long this stuff takes. If I forget to do so then feel free to remind me. I am talking to you. Yes, you. Not him. You. Okay, now we've cleared that up, on to the next thing.
This story has taken me a long time to get into the tube. The first draft was something like...what, last November? Been a while. Longer than is justifiable, I believe, with a short story. It's the second story that I've submitted to a magazine, and that one took a long time as well. I decided, however, to take my time with this one, just to allow myself to feel prepared and comfortable. The next one I'll take as drastically less time as I can, maybe try and shock myself, speed the process. That'd be cool.
Good luck, writers of the future.
Sincerely
Me
Monday
Dear Aspiring Writers, Web Lurkers, and Fellow Nerds of the future,
Today is a notable day because this is the day on which I submitted the short story "Totem" to a magazine for the first time. From here we will track its progress. I'll write you all again on the day that it is rejected/accepted, or when I submit it again, or if I ever edit it again, or if it gets picked up by a movie studio, or something. So we'll have scientific evidence to actually see how long this stuff takes. If I forget to do so then feel free to remind me. I am talking to you. Yes, you. Not him. You. Okay, now we've cleared that up, on to the next thing.
This story has taken me a long time to get into the tube. The first draft was something like...what, last November? Been a while. Longer than is justifiable, I believe, with a short story. It's the second story that I've submitted to a magazine, and that one took a long time as well. I decided, however, to take my time with this one, just to allow myself to feel prepared and comfortable. The next one I'll take as drastically less time as I can, maybe try and shock myself, speed the process. That'd be cool.
Good luck, writers of the future.
Sincerely
Me
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Graily thingy
Today is pentecost! So if you're planning any quests or epic journeys today is the day to start. You have six minutes. Go.
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