Iron Shoes

[j_cheney]

At first I thought it should be classified as a rewrite request, but I've since discovered that the editors consider their suggested changes as 'editing', not a rewrite.

So, it's definite then....I've sold Iron Shoes to PaperGolem for publication in the next volume of Alembical, a market that publishes four novellas in each volume.

As novellas are notoriously hard to place, I'm really excited about this. The plot bunny had me doing all kinds of research about 1905 Saratoga Springs for this (which I talked about in my posts tagged "process") and I kept doubting the plot bunny's masterplan, but in the end, the bunny won. I'm really glad I wrote it now!

Since there are supposed to be 4 (ETA: According to the editor, four is not the magical number, but I'm certain that there shall be more than 1) novellas in the next volume of Alembical, the editors (including the wonderful klingonguy) still need more. klingonguy posted recently that he was having trouble getting submissions that the editors felt were worthy of inclusion (I asked him in comments if he wanted to look at my loooooong fantasy/romance, concerned that he would find it too romancy for their market, but he encouraged me to send it anyway.)

Therefore I'm urging those of you who have novellas tucked under your wings to let them fly! The editors were prompt and super nice, and I want really cool people to share this volume with me. (The last volume had Jay Lake, Bruce Taylor, Ray Vuckevich, and James Van Pelt, so the standards are high!)

ETA:: And special kudos go out to snickelish, displacedtexan, and melissajm who critted the super long mss for me and made numersou really helpful suggestions! Thanks!

Comments

[orogeny.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! That's amazing news! A novella!

Congratulations!

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[musingaloud.livejournal.com]

Hey that is a major congrats! WooHooo!

[marthawells.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I've gone back and amended yesterday's ra-log post ;o)

And selling a novella is pretty exicting. Do you have one to send?

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thank you ;o)

[orogeny.livejournal.com]

I don't, sadly. The longest thing I've got circulating is 13K. As soon as something threatens to go longer, I strangle it to unconsciousness for later (as potential novel fodder)-- and I haven't yet had something that outright refused to be strangled, so I'm guessing I've made the right decisions, so far. Darnit.

[vaughan-stanger.livejournal.com]

That's great news - what an ace sale!

[coolmajaka.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Getting a novella sale is never easy.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I thought, which is why I'm so pumped!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

[pabba.livejournal.com]

Woo, that's wonderful! Congrats! Now make sure you give that bunny lots and lots of carrot treats.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I do understand that. When I started this one, I know it was going to go long, so I actually asked my readers if they thought I should stretch it out to full novel length... It's so hard to tell.

[jess-ka.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

::looking about for ziploc bag of carrot sticks::

Now he wants me to write a WW2 story set in London. I guess I have to...

And thanks ;o)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

Whoa! Novella publication FTW, no kidding. Congratulations! :) :) :)

[alaneer.livejournal.com]

WooHoo! Novella sale! Congrats!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

They are awesome for publishing novella! It's actually a good length for me, so I might jsut tackle that other one that I've had on the back burners forever. ;o)

And thanks!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, this is wonderful, wonderful news!

And thanks for the generous heads up to novella writers. I don't have one currently, but it's nice to know there's a market out there.

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, I'm so thrilled for you, I can't imagine how delighted you must feel :). Awesome news.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I am delighted ;o)