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     Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Does anyone know of a publication which accepts stories between 10,000 - 13,000 words. I have a story I can't place on account that it is 13,000 words long. I've editied down from 18,000, but as far as I'm concerened, that's it. I've scoured Ralan and other sites but to no avail. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
Haven't a clue, mate, but I do sympathise. I've just written a 14,000-word career-best novelette that's sitting gathering dust on my hard drive... | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Try PS, Frank, if it's science fiction or fantasy or horror. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.36.225 |
Cern Zoo (Nemonymous 9) | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Ramsey - cheers governor. Des - Will do, mate. Zed - I've still got 46,000 words of a fifth draft of Leaving The Room to shift. Started as a short story and turned into a novelette, now awaiting instructions to become a novel. It's a completely different 'thing' in terms of plot and style. It got so bogged down in detail (near sci-fi - from a technophobe), that I started swimming in the most minor of near furture possibilties that I ended up resembling Brady in Michael Chabon's wonderous Wonder Boys. Minus the herbs of course. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
PS are closed to unsolicited submissions, Fran - Pete told me last week. :-( Cern Zoo is certainly a great market... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Zed - thanks for the info, mate. I've never heard of Cern Zoo, but I'll give it a go. My story might not be the kind of thing they're looking for. Are they...speculative, straight out horror or a wonderful mixture of both? | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.167.124.223 |
Are short story markets really so scarce nowadays? Zed- is there really nowhere to place your novelette!!! I can't even imagine then the toughnesses out there for unpublished authors finding homes for novelettes say! | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.36.225 |
Cern Zoo is mine, Frank. I look forward to your submission: http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/cerne_zoo__guidelines.htm 1p per word up to a max of £100 | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
The only way one can guarantee the most opportunities for placing a story is to keep to the 2-3K range. Anything more and your options start to close in. If someone were to ask me, I'd tell a new writer to try and keep to that range as much as possible until he or she published enough work that the idea of writing something that won't get published for a while isn't a big deal. I've written stories that are long enough that I know they won't get published for a while, maybe a long while, but it doesn't bother me anymore. I'm happy to write it and set it aside until the right opportunity presents itself. After all, you're better off holding out for the right market than publishing for the sake of being published. Not all new writers get that, so desperate are they to see their name in print. (I mean the above in general, not specifically to Frank) | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Simon - I agree, mate. Wise words. But at 17 stories I thought it might be good to try getting one of the bulkier ones out. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Des - ah, great mate. No disrepect intended. Hope you don't gag on the unintentional hilarity of my offering. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
Oh, I know well one can't always control the muse, and saying "only write within 2-3K words" is like saying, "don't let your children grow more than an inch a day". Some things you can't control. By all means try and shop your story. You might as well! But, if the you can't find a place for it you like right away, don't feel bad about sitting on it. A novella makes a great start to a collection, after all. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Simon - I have always been guilty of overwriting though. It's taken years to keep the word count under the five thousand mark. Anyhow, I still love it, the writing, the act. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.189.139 |
Around 15,000 words is a tricky length because it's too short to be a novella but too long for most short story outlets. Watch out for anthologies, and some publishers bring out short chapbooks – Richard mentioned Burning Effigy Press recently. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Joel - cheers, pal. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Des - just submitted with accompanying email. Cheers. Thanks for the invitation. But please, no hate letters or threatening emails in response to my work  | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.36.225 |
Not received it yet, Frank, at either email address. Perhaps you should send it again and please don't assume I've got it unless I send back a specific acknowledgement. (I look forward to reading it in due course). des | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.36.225 |
Still not received your submission, Frank, unless you've submitted with another name. des | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Des - strange. I posted it Saturday evening. Can you give me the address again? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.36.225 |
dflewis48@hotmail.com AND bfitzworth@yahoo.co.uk I don't think I received it at either. des | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
he keeps rejecting my stuff, no matter how much i offer to bribe him. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
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| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Weber - difference is mate I know where he lives. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Des - those are the addresses I posted to. Will try again in a second. Cheers and many thanks. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Des - just posted them, mate. I checked the sent register and my last email to you was there. No idea what happened. In hindsight you might wish they'd stayed lost. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.145.36.225 |
Go it now, Frank, thanks. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 79.187.206.46 |
Cheers, Des. Let me know when the bleeding stops. Don't worry, tis natural when reading my stuff. |