Camden Crawl was a real blast and I had a really good time running around seeing bands, celeb spotting, drinking, dancing and laughing with a good crowd of friends.
Managed to get some writing done. The redrafting of Earworm is going very well and I should hopefully manage to finish it by next week.
I received two rejections from magazines this weekend. Here's the first:
Dear Mr Freeman,
Thank you for submitting "RWBW" but I'm afraid I'm going to pass on it. This tale didn't grab my interest, I'm afraid. Good luck to you with this one, and thanks for sending it our way.
Sincerely,
Fantasy and Science Fiction
A bit harshly worded I'm sure you would agree but this was word for word the same as their last rejection so it sounds like their standard message.
Here's the second one:
Dear Graeme,
Many thanks for submitting 'Of The Father' for consideration by The Future Fire. We enjoyed this story very much, but have regretfully decided not to take it for publication.
Although this is a very moving, convincing, and well-crafted horror story with an ominous and poignant twist developing gradually (rather than slapping the reader in the face at the end as many cheap and patronising stories do), ultimately it is not quite in the social/political vein that we are looking for in The Future Fire at the moment. This is not a criticism of the story, and we hope very much that you will consider sending us more of your work in the future, as I strongly suspect we will find something appropriate that we can use one day.
Many thanks again, and hope to hear from you again.
Regards,
The Future Fire
Much more encouraging. I read this one over a few times. So what now? Easy. RWBW will go to Future Fire (once I've double-checked their submission requirements) and Murky Depths have started asking for stories up to 10,000 words long so I'll send Of the Father to them. Brilliant.
Back to work.
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