Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes

Today I got my 3rd rejection, this time for my “World Without History” short story.  Instead of being downcast, though, I am seriously excited!  That’s because this time my rejection mentioned a reason the person writing chose to pass, instead of the first two times when I got what was clearly a form letter sayind basically ”Great story, thanks but no thanks!”

It was only a single sentence sandwiched in between the standard “thanks but no thanks” kind of sentences, but I’m pretty sure that in this case negative means positive.  It even indicated a  good direction I ought to take my revisions in, by clarifying the scenario and adding some detail to make the world of the story more convincing.

The magazine that rejected me pays actual money for the stories it accepts as well, which means that they probably get a lot of submissions and are very selective, as opposed to the kind of publication that only offers no payment or a token payment.  The fact that my story was taken seriously enough to be commented on is totally encouraging!  Especially since it’s only my third try at this publication stuff it’s more than I realistically expected to see this quickly.

I’m working on a new story, but I’m also motivated to go back to this one and rework it before sending it to somewhere else.  It may take a while, but I think this story has some real potential and maybe, if I keep at it, someone will agree to pay me money for it someday.

Cash money, bitches.  I won’t settle for anything less.  Suck on that, Ally Arkallian and all you other haters out there.