I’ve been getting rejected by Analog Magazine since the early 90s, the days of typewritten manuscripts and rejection slips on letterhead in self-addressed stamped envelopes. This month I finally got an acceptance, for my story Planetfall, a stand-alone chapter from my novel SPACESHIP DAYS. It won’t be out for a few months, but until then …
Month: July 2021
This was the year that last year’s time in quarantine began to pay off in publications and recognition. There were also rejections–lots of rejections. Ninety-one of them, so far. There are the pieces which were accepted: Grind Them Bones to Dust appeared in Meridian (Issue 45) Blue Clouds appeared in The Daily Drunk Skylark appeared …
The Pandemic Year was a slow time for publishing but a packed time for writing and scheming. I received about 89 rejections, and just three acceptances, but the first one was a doozy (!!). These are my stories that saw print in 2020: Young Americans (awarded first place in the Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction …