I just learned that my short story, "The Calliope Man" has been accepted for publication in the "Sideshow 2: Tales of the Big Top and the Bizzare" anthology. Thanks to monstwer, Brant Danay, TaleSpinner, Nick T and various others that provided their thoughts on the story.
The anthology will be published in Jan or Feb of 2010, I'll provide more info as I have it.
Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
Congrats, Merloin. Nice work.
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
Congratulations!
Posted by monstewer (Member # 5883) on :
Nice! Quick reply on the rewrite too Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Congrats! Woohoo! Tally ho and loofaloo!
Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :
Thanks everybody.
Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :
Well, nevermind I guess. The editor in question sent me an edited version of the manuscript and asked me to be sure she hadn't changed my meaning or intent. I then responded and pointed out a couple of small typographical errors and mentioned a passage that had been changed. I said I would prefer it as it had been, but if that wasn't acceptable I'd defer to her editorial wisdom.
She then said please insert the changes and send the manuscript back. I did.
She then proceeded to decline the story (this after I'd already recieved an acceptance email.)
~shrug~
I don't think I'll be making anymore submissions to any Sam's Dot Publishing affiliates.
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
Well, that sucks.
Keep trying.
Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :
It's not like I have any choice :-)
I'll be looking for another place to sub Calliope Man, and tomorrow I will start a partial re-write on Isle of Storms...I have high hopes for that one.
Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
That is terrible. It's like receiving a gold metal then asked to give it back.
Try, try again. Encouraging to know that someone like your story enough to consider it (that is no small feat).
