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A YA fantasy blog novel by Shaun M. Duke.
"James is your typical eleven year old outcast--smart, logical, and geeky--until his best friend is inadvertently sucked into another world. Will he be able to save her from the world in the satin bag?"
Recent Posts Tagged With 'rejections'
Rejection: Little Blue Planet
This is the first rejection for this piece. It's a flash fiction work that I sent to Neo-Opsis...and it got rejected. Yay! It's off to AlienSkin now, since they're a big flash fiction place.Anywhoo...
Rejection: To Lie With Spirit
And to add to the list of rejections wihle I was on vacation is one from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. This one is actually getting another edit as soon as my girlfriend decides to get to it...
Rejection: Interstellar Realty
This one was rejected while I was on vacation, so I'm a bit late in writing about it. It was a rejection from Abyss & Apex (a good rejection, mind you). It's already with someone else and hopefully ...
Rejection: Irlgem
Got a rejection for IGMS. No special notes. It's off to somewhere else soon enough. *grumble*Lots and lots of rejections! Yay!(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!) ...
Rejection: Artemis
Alright! Another rejection. Exciting, eh? This time from Strange Horizons. It was a good rejection, meaning that they had nice comments to say (they liked the pacing and action, but it didn't work...
Rejection: Interstellar Realty
And yet another rejection, this time from Asimov's. And, as usual, I'll be looking for a new home for IR. Anywho.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!) ...
Rejection: A-stream-atism
Yup, another rejection. This one wasn't so nice, but at least the comments for it were helpful. Yeah, guess I should send this one off again.Anywho!(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more a...
Rejection: Artemis
And Artemis was rejected again. So...I'll figure out where it needs to go next soon enough.Anywho!(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!) ...
Rejection: King of the Holo
Ah! Another rejection, this time from Postcards From ...So, now to find someone else to take flash.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!) ...
Rejection: Interstellar Realty
You know what...I'm going to start plastering my rejection notices on my wall. I think it would be cool to see how much of my wall is filled with them before I get published :P. The only problem is ...
Rejection: King of the Holo
Ah, another rejection! Yay! This time from EscapePod for my flash fiction piece, "King of the Holo". So, now to figure out where to send it next.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more aft...
Rejection: To Lie With Spirit
Well, I received another rejection, this time from Neo-opsis. Oh well, it's off to someplace else.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!) ...
Rejection: Interstellar Realty
Well, apparently my humorous SF story about home foreclosure failed to appeal to the judged of Writers of the Future. Oh well. I think it needs a quick edit and then I'll send it elsewhere.Right now...
Rejection: Artemis
Well, Artemis was rejected once again, this time by Apex Digest. Now it's off to some place else. Yay! Everyone wish it luck. The good news is that Apex didn't hate the story, it just wasn't the r...
Rejection: To Lie With Spirit
That's right, I have two rejections to update on. Well, technically this isn't a rejection, but my SF short about Mars that went to the Eaton Conference short story contest for UC students didn't get...
Rejection: Artemis
Yup, I got a rejection notice today for Artemis from Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. So, tomorrow morning it's going off to somewhere else. Best of luck to it on its journey.(Don't c...
Well Shucks
My story "Irlgem" was rejected from Eclipse Two. Unfortunate, but oh well, it's off to someplace else then. We'll see what happens.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!) ...