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Date Posted: 13:28:04 02/28/06 Tue GMT-5
Author: Lori
Author Host/IP: S0106000cf1ebde70.cg.shawcable.net / 68.145.250.67
Subject: To hell with them
In reply to: DianeG 's message, "All "fired-up" about sim subs and beng submissive" on 12:46:32 02/28/06 Tue GMT-5

I think you know my feelings on this matter, Diane, but allow me to reiterate: sim subs are the only way to go. You will die waiting to be published if you wait for many of these magazines. There are many enlightened ones these days who encourage sim subs -- the Orchid Review in the US is one, and they have a great little rant on their site about it.

I think any magazine that really thinks writers are going to send them a story and then wait for a year or more for a rejection and then try another market is kidding themselves. Not to mention arrogant. As they point out on Orchid's site, the average story is rejected 20 times before it's accepted. So have you got twenty years to wait before your story sees the light of day? I don't. And as for magazines that put your name in a special file if you sim sub and get accepted elsewhere, I say to hell with them. Do you really need to take that kind of shit from anybody?

Arrrrr,

Lori

>Dear LCW members:
>
>I spent part of yesterday doing some market research,
>since I have a story I'd like to send to a second
>market. I'm beginning to think I maybe writers should
>sign cover letters "submissively yours" go ahead and
>kick me why don't you? At least they should if they
>submit work to some of the magazines out there.
>
>A lot of them won't accept simultaneous submissions,
>sure, fine, we all know that. Did you know that
>there's also a literary magazine that says if you send
>us something and then withdraw it because it's been
>accepted elsewhere (life is full of dreams) then we
>will keep your name in a special file. Now that sounds
>like a threat to me. Oh yes, and we also take up to a
>year to reply to submissions. Well, they sure won't
>have to worry about filing one of my stories anywhere.
>
>I was keeping track of how many mags don't accept sim
>subs AND take months to answer, but I've given up -
>there are too many.
>
>subversively yours
>
>DianeG

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Replies:

Re: To hell with them -and may they rot. -- DianeG, 14:37:14 02/28/06 Tue GMT-5
- Re: To hell with them -and may they rot. -- Roger, 01:55:39 04/23/06 Sun GMT-5
Re: To hell with them -- Roger, 01:53:35 04/23/06 Sun GMT-5