This is my 100th post on blogger. It's hard to believe that there have already been one hundred posts already. It seems like just yesterday that I decided to create this blog.
To add to the celebration, I received an award.
Aubrie of Flutey Words gave me this award I've been coveting ever since I saw it appear on the blogosphere.
The rules are as follows:
Five recipients that totally get who I am.
Make up something about the people you give the award to.
Link to the people you give it to.
Link back to the original award post here.
I think several of my fellow blogger followers have already received this reward, so I'm going to make up some things about a few that I've enjoyed following. If you haven't received the award before, and I mention you, then please claim it.
Aubrie is really a fairy princess from the land of Flutestown. No one plays the flute sweeter in that land than she.
Lisa Rusczyk secretly has hundreds of cats that no one knows about.
Christine Rains is expecting her first child, a beautiful werewolf baby.
Angie Lofthouse's writing chair doubles as a magical flying machine that takes her on adventures to worlds unknown.
Crysa hunts down zombies and puts them back in their place.
In writing news, I submitted "Soul Drinker" to The Way of the Wizard anthology. I have six submissions out there. I should be hearing back fairly soon (within the next month) for several of them. I plan to work on a whodunnit mystery short story for Pill Hill Press's Halloween Whodunnit. The story I'm planning takes place in Victorian England and will feature my detective Liam O'Hare from "The Case of the Tom Cat." The title so far is "The Harlequin's Last Laugh."
Well, I must be going. I have just a couple more minutes left at work.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, July 17, 2009
Rejection and Disappointment
I received another rejection email. This time, it was for my fantasy/dark fantasy short story "Eclipse". Here is what was said in the rejection letter:
Thanks for submitting this story, but I'm going to pass on it. It didn't quite work for me, I'm afraid. Best of luck to you placing this one elsewhere, and thanks again for sending it my way.
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John Joseph Adams
I must admit that I am more disappointed by this rejection than the one by The Pedestal Magazine for "Only One". I really liked my story "Eclipse". I will try to find somewhere else for it. It is one of those stories that I can expand upon, so I might make it longer, so I can find another place to submit it. I don't know.
On other disappointing news, I found out that my publisher Mystic Moon Press is having some problems. I don't know if they are going to go under or find a way to work this all out. I figure for now I'll wait and see what is going to happen. I still plan to finish up Moonlight Murders, but I will be holding onto it once it is finished for either MMP to fix their problems or for two years until my contract is up or until MMP breaks my contract and the rights to Liam O'Hare revert back to me. I'll just have to wait and see. I'll keep everyone updated on what is going on.
Right now, I only have one other story out there. It is "Hell Has No Fury" for the All About Eve anthology. They are holding the story for consideration, but I'll have to wait until September likely to find out if it is accepted.
*sighs* It's all very depressing with what is going on, and I'm considering having ice cream for lunch to make it better. *laughs glumly*
Thanks for submitting this story, but I'm going to pass on it. It didn't quite work for me, I'm afraid. Best of luck to you placing this one elsewhere, and thanks again for sending it my way.
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John Joseph Adams
Editor
The Way of the Wizard
www.johnjosephadams.com I must admit that I am more disappointed by this rejection than the one by The Pedestal Magazine for "Only One". I really liked my story "Eclipse". I will try to find somewhere else for it. It is one of those stories that I can expand upon, so I might make it longer, so I can find another place to submit it. I don't know.
On other disappointing news, I found out that my publisher Mystic Moon Press is having some problems. I don't know if they are going to go under or find a way to work this all out. I figure for now I'll wait and see what is going to happen. I still plan to finish up Moonlight Murders, but I will be holding onto it once it is finished for either MMP to fix their problems or for two years until my contract is up or until MMP breaks my contract and the rights to Liam O'Hare revert back to me. I'll just have to wait and see. I'll keep everyone updated on what is going on.
Right now, I only have one other story out there. It is "Hell Has No Fury" for the All About Eve anthology. They are holding the story for consideration, but I'll have to wait until September likely to find out if it is accepted.
*sighs* It's all very depressing with what is going on, and I'm considering having ice cream for lunch to make it better. *laughs glumly*
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