Twenty-five days since my last entry here. This is not as it should be, but I am busy at writing. I have sent out more than 60 submissions in the last 20 days. I labored extremely carefully over a 50 page submission of my scifi novel Ghoul World to a publisher of novels. Took more than 5 hours to get it sounding as professional as I'm able. Hopes were sky high as I sent it off. You know how it is? You think this sounds just right to get their attention. It'll titillate them, and they'll want to read the rest of it. To get the novel ready for their request to see the whole thing, I'm rewriting for the 8th, 10th, 11th time??? Nothing is finished until someone publishes it. Is that the way with you?
I felt the same positive way about three 8 line lushi I sent off to a magazine that reads for half a month and publishes acceptances the second half of the next month. I worked diligently on convincing them my three lushi fit their requirements to a T. The say if they don't get back within three weeks forget it. November 1 will be three weeks, and I've heard nothing. Damn, the markets are filled with good writing, mine among it.
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