#73, plus rejectomancy

[zanzjan]

Analog has passed on my pirate tale (21 days round trip). The rejection is hand-signed by Stan Schmidt, and says "not quite suitable to our present needs". This is the second such rejection from them in a row. ISTR they used to send a form rejection -- does this mean I've moved higher up the food chain?

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

does this mean I've moved higher up the food chain?

Yes.

[varianor.livejournal.com]

Second the one-line response!

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

I like that answer, thanks (-:

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Yes. *Now keep writing and sending things out*. The one thing that amazes me most about the various rejection sites is that people get these 'not quite, but please send me the next' rejections _and then stop_.

Hear that, self?

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

I do believe so (if only because I too had the same happen to me, and I want to think it's a positive thing).

[prusik.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! It's not like they've stopped sending form rejects.

[stale-hermit.livejournal.com]

Likewise, Yes to the food chain position question.

I've been bad and I haven't sent Analog anything since I got one of those letters from Stan...But I don't really write Hard SF. My story certainly wasn't laden with rivets, and he said that was exactly why he couldn't buy it. I wish I DID have something to send him. One gets the feeling that Analog is so starved for strong characters and original settings that one could get a small 'by' on the 'rivets' option...But I guess it ain't so.