One rejection received today, from Ann VanderMeer of Weird Tales, who had this to say:
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read your manuscript. This is a well-written tale but is not quite right for me. Very gruesome and creepy, but I’m not sure it worked for me in the end. Please try me again with something else.
That’s the second story I’ve had rejected from WT in the last few months. In both rejections she called my stories “well-written” and asked me to try again with something else. It’s about as positive a rejection as I’ve received, and it makes me think that she liked the stories, but they just didn’t fit with what she’s trying to do with the magazine. Unfortunately for me, WT is one of the few markets where a story of 7k words will even be looked at, especially one that’s “gruesome and creepy.”
Oh well, back to the drawing board.
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3 Comments
I think you mean VanderMeer. Not (Darth)Vader Meer. Then again, maybe not, since it’s a rejection. lol Keep on writing and sending, at least she thinks you can write.
“Always look on the bright, side of life.” and all that stuff. I’m going to get hit with a bunch of rejections here soon, I can feel it.
What is it with me and writing editor’s names? Well, at least this time I didn’t do it on a submission letter.
Signed,
Dumbass
Ann writes the best rejection letters.