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readingredhead) wrote2007-05-23 08:54 pm
readingredhead) wrote2007-05-23 08:54 pm
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Also: when I take the time aside to think about it, I am scared shitless at the idea that I hear back about getting a story published (again) and I can't stand the waiting. I apparently should hear some time at the end of this week, but that could change. For now I'm operating under the idea that no news is good news, because if my story totally sucked I would certainly have been told so already. And it takes longer than an anthology with just one editor, since both the editors need to read all of the stories submitted, and I'm sure there will be arguments over which ones should be included and which shouldn't, based upon the allegiances of the writers (which newbies were brought in by who). I hate it that all I can do is cross my fingers and wait. (Can you tell I'm not a patient person?) This is probably the worst part of writing: the waiting.
However, if I don't get published in this anthology, my next move is to seriously pursue publication elsewhere. I've never really done that before, but now I'm realizing that it's probably something I ought to look into. I've got great stories that just don't happen to fit the criteria for the anthologies I've been asked to write for. Yeah, there's always the possibility that something Julie asks me for will match "Fire and Ice" to a tee (for the record, if that happened I would immediately die of happiness), but in all likelihood that story will never be published unless I do it on my own.
(But dammit, I really don't want to be rejected! I understand the importance of the rejections, because they make sure that I don't get complacent, and I know that "Potential Energy" is a really crappy story when compared to my other work, but come on! Published!)
However, if I don't get published in this anthology, my next move is to seriously pursue publication elsewhere. I've never really done that before, but now I'm realizing that it's probably something I ought to look into. I've got great stories that just don't happen to fit the criteria for the anthologies I've been asked to write for. Yeah, there's always the possibility that something Julie asks me for will match "Fire and Ice" to a tee (for the record, if that happened I would immediately die of happiness), but in all likelihood that story will never be published unless I do it on my own.
(But dammit, I really don't want to be rejected! I understand the importance of the rejections, because they make sure that I don't get complacent, and I know that "Potential Energy" is a really crappy story when compared to my other work, but come on! Published!)