[stylist] bewildering stories question for Shawn-

Tue Sep 5 19:35:56 UTC 2017

I most definitely will wish you buckets of luck.

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 

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Thanks Jackie.

I put in another story to the same place a couple of weeks ago; wish me
luck.

Shawn

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Shawn,
Thanks so much for your consideration in answering my question. You wear
many hats. 

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 

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Jackie

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you on this.

I didn't get any money out of getting the story publish.

I think they are more of an educational magazine than a top-flight magazine.
Useful for me at my stage of writing, but it's not where you publish if you
are a professional.

Shawn

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Shawn,
The site that published your story is truly unusual in that it gives a
critique to the worthy submissions with suggestions and encouragement to
re-submit.
I have submitted poetry books to contests at least 11 times, and there has
never been a response. While the numbers of manuscripts that they receive is
often astronomical and there is no way for them to critique them, it is very
discouraging, and also, becomes expensive. Still, the next year they send an
e-mail encouraging you to enter again. 
Did they give you a paid award for your work? Just curious because I have to
show a certain amount of income from my writing to have it considered a
business, and to claim my classes, remote tech, new software, entry fees,
etc. as tax write-offs.
Also, thank you very much for the check for the NFB Writers contest.
I will get my new membership fee off to you very soon.

					Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 

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Jackie

Thanks for your response.  I did post an earlier version of this story on
the list a couple of years ago.

Actually, this was the third time I sent it to the magazine.  The first
time, it was rejected, but the editor thought it a good concept (just needed
shortening and tightening up).  The second time, I got a rejection because
the ending was week and it needed serious punctuation work.  The third time
was the charm.

Bewildering Stories is a good place to submit science fiction because you
get an actual critique (not just a form letter) when your stuff gets
rejected and they will let you try again.

Shawn

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Shawn,
My most sincere congratulations for your feat of submitting to a general
publication, and taking your chances with that great world of writing out
there.
I copied and pasted it from the magazine for more serious reading in a few
days. I started it and somehow it rang a bell from some time ago. I remember
the bowling and some other details.
I am taking a general writing class now besides my poetry, and I really want
to study this.
The genre is not one of my serious interests, but it is a very popular
genre, and there are always many books in that category in the monthly
cartridge I get.
I have always admired the quality of your writing, and your occasional
forays into poetry.
More later about this.
Incidentally, I think I heard something about the awards for the 2017
writing contest could not be mailed until you retrieved the necessary
addresses.
For your information, mine  is:
Jacqueline Williams
1431 W. 7th Place
Mesa, AZ 85201
Phone: 1-480-834-1782
I hope this helps.
Keep writing and submitting.

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 

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Writer and Federation friends

I just got a story accepted by Bewildering stories, an online mag that does
mostly science fiction and fantasy work.  It is the first general
population, non-disability mag that I've been accepted in, so I'm feeling
really good about it.  Ain't no big deal in the world, but for me it's a
milestone.

Please let me know if there is an accessibility issue with getting to the
story.  If there is, I will let the magazine know.

Shawn

http://www.bewilderingstories.com/

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