44 day rejection

[j_cheney]

"Whatever Else" by ROF. I'm now at 3 blue and 2 yellow. I'm backsliding.

Here I was all pleased because I'd gotten my 'out' list up to 3 stories, and it immediately slides back to 2. Must get this one back out! It's an odd-ball story, so I'll have to think about it and try to find a good market for it.

ETA: Finished the first draft of the new "Shared Dreams" and it's off to the first reader.
ETA (a bit later): above story is off to Weird Tales. Back up to 3 submissions!

Comments

[orogeny.livejournal.com]

I /hate/ the backsliding. I used to get a much better class of rejection. Never a YFoP, though. You have your finger on the RoF pulse. =D

[tlmorganfield.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean by the backsliding thing. It feels so crappy when you go from getting good commentary back to forms. Don't let it get you down though. I went through a phase with F&SF where I got a bunch of nice personal rejections from GVG then a whole slew of "didn't grab me"'s and was sure that anyday he was going to boot me back down to the slush. But the last couple I've gotten have been encouraging again--actually, better than the personal ones I was getting before. Just keep at it.

[david-de-beer.livejournal.com]

yeah, the backslide is sometimes the most demoralizing part of it; it's like "what am I doing different than before!?!??!"

anyways, better luck with the next round