ah so i was on the wrong trail

[jana_denardo]

I got a rejection on my Heaven or Hell story. And I have to give it to the editors at circlet they took the time to give me a personalized letter. They were looking for stories with little human interaction. They were more interested in angel/demon interaction. I'm not sure that was entirely clear in the open call.

They also didn't like that Jon never finds out want Carduus was and I would argue he didn't need to but I agree that Jon needed to be a stronger character. Ah well I was fighting both deadline and lower word count.

Still, the rejection was very positive. This just wasn't a fit and it makes me want to work on Jon a little and submit elsewhere.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Well, cool! Even if you were rejected.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

yeah, it certianly beats the generic 'not what we're looking for at this time.' I know they read it through and thought enough of it to tell me the good and bad points

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That's even more cool.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

it is. this is the kind of thing that brings you back to a publishing house.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Definitely!

[hierath.livejournal.com]

It's always more uplifting to get a helpful rejection :) I hope the next place you send it will love it to bits.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

thanks. I might pull it back in for a little fine tuning first and it is very helpful to get a rejection like this

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

You can take some small comfort in knowing that a personal rejection leaves you head and shoulders above 90% of the other submissions out there ...