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dragonjournal) wrote2023-05-10 08:10 am
dragonjournal) wrote2023-05-10 08:10 am
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Submitting...
So, I've been thinking a lot lately about submissions, and the guidelines therein. Everyone has their own guidelines, and thinks it's the bees knees about what way it should be done. I get that. Everyone has their preferences.
However. It would infinitely make my life easier if you just accepted the standard format of double spaced, Times New Roman size 12 font, with indented paragraphs. Is that too much to ask?
But no, there are other formats out there which means I have to go through and reformat everything! And it's frustrating, and I dun like it!
Anyway, I'm thinking of farming out a couple of things, they're shorter, but longer than I want to put on Patreon. They'd be a good thing to break into something, or somewhere. I'm kinda nervous about it, because I have sent out a novel that has not been read as of yet.
Or at least, I assume they haven't read it because I haven't gotten a rejection.
That's another thing. I'm okay with rejection, because I know, now, that they're rejecting the work, not me. They're not saying I'm a bad person or anything, just that the work doesn't fit what they're looking for. And that's okay. I'd rather rack up rejections, than just having my work doing nothing. Sure, I write for my own edification sometimes, but really, I'm writing for print, and have a need to get it out there and see if anyone else wants to read it.
Now, rejecting the work will still hurt, and I've no doubt that sometimes, I'll take it personally, but I gotta get the rejections to get anywhere else. To improve my craft, I need rejections. I need to know what works, and what doesn't. Oh, things still need edited, and yes, I actually sent something out that I didn't edit, but ya know, I'll take the rejection - form or personal - and see what is going on.
I'm wondering if this maturity as a writer has come from my "fuck its". Because recently, I've noticed that I don't have fucks to give, meaning, it may be that I'm just done pussyfooting around with some things. Oh, there are still things that I will namby pamby about, but my writing is beginning to not be one of them. I need some real honest feedback, and need to find it.
So, anyway... those are my thoughts on submission. I've been using Submittable to manage my submissions, and to find places to submit. Which is nice. I'm looking for more, and go back about once a week and see what new ones have been added. Might be shoving a story at a few places next week, depending.
Ugh. I had more to say, but things here went tits up and I just don't have it in me.
However. It would infinitely make my life easier if you just accepted the standard format of double spaced, Times New Roman size 12 font, with indented paragraphs. Is that too much to ask?
But no, there are other formats out there which means I have to go through and reformat everything! And it's frustrating, and I dun like it!
Anyway, I'm thinking of farming out a couple of things, they're shorter, but longer than I want to put on Patreon. They'd be a good thing to break into something, or somewhere. I'm kinda nervous about it, because I have sent out a novel that has not been read as of yet.
Or at least, I assume they haven't read it because I haven't gotten a rejection.
That's another thing. I'm okay with rejection, because I know, now, that they're rejecting the work, not me. They're not saying I'm a bad person or anything, just that the work doesn't fit what they're looking for. And that's okay. I'd rather rack up rejections, than just having my work doing nothing. Sure, I write for my own edification sometimes, but really, I'm writing for print, and have a need to get it out there and see if anyone else wants to read it.
Now, rejecting the work will still hurt, and I've no doubt that sometimes, I'll take it personally, but I gotta get the rejections to get anywhere else. To improve my craft, I need rejections. I need to know what works, and what doesn't. Oh, things still need edited, and yes, I actually sent something out that I didn't edit, but ya know, I'll take the rejection - form or personal - and see what is going on.
I'm wondering if this maturity as a writer has come from my "fuck its". Because recently, I've noticed that I don't have fucks to give, meaning, it may be that I'm just done pussyfooting around with some things. Oh, there are still things that I will namby pamby about, but my writing is beginning to not be one of them. I need some real honest feedback, and need to find it.
So, anyway... those are my thoughts on submission. I've been using Submittable to manage my submissions, and to find places to submit. Which is nice. I'm looking for more, and go back about once a week and see what new ones have been added. Might be shoving a story at a few places next week, depending.
Ugh. I had more to say, but things here went tits up and I just don't have it in me.