I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Jinxed it

Just got the rejection letter from LCRW. Guess what day it was mailed?

Ah, well. I'll check it over and figure out where to send it next. I want it in the mail before April 1.

Hope you're having fun this weekend. Mine was interrupted by a phone call at 9:30am for Village Business. Sigh, can't a guy sleep for 12 hours around here?

4 comments:

Camille Alexa said...

Sorry, Steve, with the rejectomancy. Better luck on the next round.

Todd Wheeler said...

Likewise. I'm sure there's an editor out there thinking: "I want pirates too!"

Steve Buchheit said...

The Pirate Story (Robert's Thunder) is still at Shimmer. This was the "Running of the Deer" aka "Wild Hunt." So I'll take a quick line edit run through. I would send it to Weird Tales, but they still have "War Stories." I'll have to check to see if I sent this to Writer's of the Future (quarterly deadline is Satuday). I think I did. F&SF is an option, although John Joseph Adams (aka the Slush God) is still reading the Pirate Story for Shimmer, so I know it isn't technically a multiple submission, but it feels like it. Time to look at Ralans. Say, why don't I have a link there in my writer's links? Well, time to update.

Steve Buchheit said...

BTW, LBB, rejectomancy, classic word. I'm going to have to start using the word and stop doing the action.