Comments on: OOC: another rejection for /Wrath of Trees/ http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/ A World Tree Chronicle of Transaffection, Adventure, and Doom Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:30:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ysabetwordsmith http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12134 ysabetwordsmith Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:44:41 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12134 <p>Re: Alas!</p> <p>Yeah, but sometimes being right really sucks.</p> Re: Alas!

Yeah, but sometimes being right really sucks.

]]> By: sythyry http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12107 sythyry Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:43:32 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12107 <p>Thanks, but I don't think I'm going to podcast it. </p> Thanks, but I don’t think I’m going to podcast it.

]]> By: chipuni http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12106 chipuni Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:37:16 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12106 <p>Sentient vegetation is the new vampire!</p> Sentient vegetation is the new vampire!

]]> By: rowyn http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12105 rowyn Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:04:28 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12105 <p>You'll always have us! *hug*</p> You’ll always have us! *hug*

]]> By: deor http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12104 deor Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:31:47 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12104 <p>Also Asimov's, Weird Tales, Clarkesworld, Interzone, Strange Horizons ... even the ones that don't do serials might do a self-contained snippet as a short story if you can extract one.</p> Also Asimov’s, Weird Tales, Clarkesworld, Interzone, Strange Horizons … even the ones that don’t do serials might do a self-contained snippet as a short story if you can extract one.

]]> By: sythyry http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12103 sythyry Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:31:17 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12103 <p>Re: Alas!</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Not a surprise -- it's just what your report said to expect.</p> Re: Alas!

Thanks.

Not a surprise — it’s just what your report said to expect.

]]> By: ysabetwordsmith http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12102 ysabetwordsmith Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:54:17 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12102 <p>Alas!</p> <p>I hope you find a publisher soon, or failing that, I wish you the best of luck with self-publishing.</p> Alas!

I hope you find a publisher soon, or failing that, I wish you the best of luck with self-publishing.

]]> By: ysabetwordsmith http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12101 ysabetwordsmith Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:53:28 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12101 <p>Ooo...</p> <p>I would be interested in such supplements. World Tree is on the list of games I'd like to play someday.</p> Ooo…

I would be interested in such supplements. World Tree is on the list of games I’d like to play someday.

]]> By: zeemverse http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12100 zeemverse Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:18:17 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12100 <p>I'm curious where you've been boosting it.</p> I’m curious where you’ve been boosting it.

]]> By: kris_schnee http://sythyry.com/2009/10/03/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-12099 kris_schnee Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:02:34 +0000 http://sythyry.com/2009/10/ooc-another-rejection-for-wrath-of-trees/#comment-12099 <p>I can sympathize; I've got a bunch of rejection slips from agents for mine. Have you gotten any specific feedback on yours? The closest I've seen is one or two that say "we're not taking new clients, period." Others say "the industry is really tough right now" or "I just don't have the enthusiasm I'd need to push this", and they all look like form letters.</p> <p>I used my contact with a Real Writer to get permission to send straight to a publishing house editor with a "X suggested I send this" note, and took that chance to say "hey, if you've got any feedback please send it". I'm planning to try Analog and a couple of other publishers as well as some more agents. It'd be nice to hear specifically, "I didn't like the [setting/characters/style/whatever]" or "this is really good but I want a vampire novel" or some other specific reason.</p> I can sympathize; I’ve got a bunch of rejection slips from agents for mine. Have you gotten any specific feedback on yours? The closest I’ve seen is one or two that say “we’re not taking new clients, period.” Others say “the industry is really tough right now” or “I just don’t have the enthusiasm I’d need to push this”, and they all look like form letters.

I used my contact with a Real Writer to get permission to send straight to a publishing house editor with a “X suggested I send this” note, and took that chance to say “hey, if you’ve got any feedback please send it”. I’m planning to try Analog and a couple of other publishers as well as some more agents. It’d be nice to hear specifically, “I didn’t like the [setting/characters/style/whatever]” or “this is really good but I want a vampire novel” or some other specific reason.

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