tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160273653933562281.post7699529766096896501..comments2023-08-07T08:01:55.081-06:00Comments on Science Fiction Mommy: Bad LuckEileen Rhoadarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05934680476041554606noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160273653933562281.post-84466434105449406522012-01-21T07:01:23.544-07:002012-01-21T07:01:23.544-07:00I have the same problem. In September, I wrote a r...I have the same problem. In September, I wrote a rash of surreal fiction. I consider it as "fantasy-ish," because I'm so used to "the fantastic," but it was obviously inappropriate for any of the markets I would normally submit to (the stories being variously about conscious houses and magic-wielding real estate agents, a woman who pulls a rocketship out of a house out of a canoe out of a suitcase, a boy who gets a scalp-slicing instead of a haircut, etc.). I can't say I really did "research:" I just found the most appropriate-looking markets on Duotrope and started submitting. I also started keeping a list of these markets, because, as you said, there are so many.<br /><br />I'm also not surprised at the non-responsiveness of some markets, insofar as I've had rejections that have said, "too genre for us," even though, for me, the works weren't genre at all. This feels like the same kind of pretension as when Beneath Ceaseless Skies tells me my work isn't medieval enough - the editors are sort of saying, "You have not produced the kind of work we have already produced, and since we are not innovative, we don't like this." But really, the editors have a vision, and they're going to produce the magazine they want. Whaddya gonna do?<br /><br />Don't get discouraged, and don't be afraid to submit heavily. I don't even read short fiction, and I have 37 short fiction submissions out right now. I don't give two hoots when a magazine says, "and if you only found us on Duotrope, you can **** off!" in their guidelines. I'm a writer, and writers submit where it seems most appropriate. My reading? That's my own business.<br /><br />Good luck!Ben Godbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450579203940093977noreply@blogger.com