[Writingworkshop] submission attempt

[Samantha F Weiss]

Adam--

Ralan.com has the (pretty much complete) list of genre markets.  (Also 
specifies
what they pay, whether or not they are SFWA approved, etc.)

It is a good place to start your research.

I wasn't sure if that was common knowledge or not, but I thought I'd let you
know.

-S


> Gutsy move, Adam. The editor sounds like he genuinely liked it, as did
> I. Thanks for letting us know about this.
> Neale
>
> Adam Holland wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> As you may know,  *Nature* opened up its "Futures" fiction feature to any
>> submission.
>>
>> I sent them my "Sing-song of John-Q. Post-human"
>> .
>> Joe had actually suggested I do that when I wrote it a few years ago, but
>> submissions were by invitation only at the time.
>>
>> It was rejected, sadly. (My guess is it wasn't "hard" enough, take a
>> look at
>> their guidelines if you want details)
>> but my correspondence with the editor was very friendly and real, and
>> encouraging.  anyone have any ideas for pieces under 1000 words?
>>
>> I include the relevant pieces of it below, mostly because I imagine that
>> anything surrounding submission for publication is the sort of thing
>> people
>> are curious about.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Adam
>> --
>> When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied.
>>
>> Dear Mr. Gee,
>>
>> Attached please find a submission for *Futures, * my story ""The Sing-Song
>> of John Q. Post-Human."
>>
>> I wrote this while taking a course entitled "Writing SF" with author Joe
>> Haldeman.  He enjoyed it, and given its length, encouraged me to submit it
>> to you for publication.
>>
>>  The story is a humorous bio-tech reimagining of Rudyard Kipling's "The
>> Singsong of Old Man Kangaroo <http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/kanga.htm>",
>> and I find that it has a narrative cadence that works best if it is read
>> aloud.  I hope that you enjoy it.
>>
>> I also have an accompanying poem, in the same way that Kipling's original
>> did, but have left it out based on the length constraints on your website.
>> If you'd like to see it, please let me know.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Adam Holland
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks very much for your interest in Futures, and for sending us your
>> story
>> 'The Sing-Song of John Q Posthuman'. Unfortunately it's not for us.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have attached our guidelines, for your future reference.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for reading it, Henry.
>> I know you are busy, but may I ask if you personally enjoyed it, even
>> if it
>> isn't right for Nature?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, I did, more for the quality of the writing than anything else. I
>> think
>> this might work in a magazine that does SF and nothing else, as a kind of
>> light-relief item. For a magazine that has one SF item a week, we must
>> steer
>> fairly close to a conventional story format. As this is very hard to
>> achieve
>> in a vigntette - and vigntettes do lend themselves to non-narrative
>> forms -
>> I do stretch a point, as you have seen.
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't be discouraged. You write well.  More, please.
>> --
>> When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied.
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