May Yeas & a Great Nay
Of the 8 submissions I sent out in May, I’ve received five responses.
Two replies contained great news:
Sam’s Dot Publishing loved my, Cafe Luna Noire, a 100 word micro-fiction story involving Elvis. They’re publishing my story in their Drabbler #9 publishing this July. The story aslo won Honorable Mention in their Drabbler Contest.
My persistence paid off with FlashSpec. Of the three submissions I sent them this month, I finally snagged a slot in their upcoming print anthology. My flash story, Mother’s Day, will be among the 32 stories featured in FlashSpec Volume Two, which will be published this July.
Of the 3 rejections I received, two were standard form letters, but the third was cool. It was the type of personalized rejection letter from a pro market none of us writers mind getting.
It was from Jeff Crook, the editor of Postcards From Hell, which required horror tales of 500 words. Payment would’ve been $50.00.
Here it is:
Katherine
An interesting concept this, but I'm afraid it seems unfinished to me. Finishing it would put it well over my word count, but I encourage you to continue the story to its proper ending and try it somewhere that will pay you a professional rate.
Minion
Editor from Hell
Cool, huh? And you know what, as I was writing the story ~ trying to cram it all into 500 words, I knew the story should be longer. I could see it developing, with my mind’s eye.
I’ll keep you posted as to how the story does develop.
