tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post5929758750878633199..comments2023-10-08T03:29:16.941-05:00Comments on Aaron Polson: On Jealousy and Other Dirty ThingsAaron Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-56818246914995748072008-12-16T08:23:00.000-06:002008-12-16T08:23:00.000-06:00Thanks Bobbie--that's a nice bit o' knowledge.Thanks Bobbie--that's a nice bit o' knowledge.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-64273662888856868522008-12-16T07:26:00.000-06:002008-12-16T07:26:00.000-06:00A lot of editors have pages on Amazon and you can ...A lot of editors have pages on Amazon and you can sometimes tell what they like to read by reading their wishlist.Bobbie Metevierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287239069473082448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-75808200877538488462008-12-15T16:33:00.000-06:002008-12-15T16:33:00.000-06:00"Studying the market(s)" is where I find myself no..."Studying the market(s)" is where I find myself now. <BR/><BR/>...like Weird Tales...not the Weird Tales of yesteryear, folks. <BR/><BR/>There's really no excuse not to read a little of something if you sub to an online 'zine. <BR/><BR/>Very good point, Robert.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-74367108337029573142008-12-15T15:20:00.000-06:002008-12-15T15:20:00.000-06:00Actually let me amend what I said before -- it see...Actually let me amend what I said before -- it seems a majority of writers never actually read the markets to which they submit. I know I'm guilty of this; I have a story and I send it to such-and-such a place without really knowing what their tastes are besides which "genres" they publish ... I think if writers spent more time studying the market they want to get published in, they would have a much better chance getting published there. Which is kind of a duh thing, but it happens all the time.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958488745475196164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-969092112764921002008-12-15T10:35:00.000-06:002008-12-15T10:35:00.000-06:00Well said, Sir.Well said, Sir.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-54611171851839933592008-12-15T07:42:00.000-06:002008-12-15T07:42:00.000-06:00I hate having to almost completely rework some sto...I hate having to almost completely rework some stories just to get them to fit in the guideline parameters but I do it. They alwasy start off with the accepted norm and we go from there. As far as other writers getting accepted into pubs around me while leaving me in the dark. Heck that is part of the whole writing gig. I am with you Aaron. I would love to get into C.D. or F&SF but i am not there yet. Someday, after another million words or so, I hope to be.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-52225059289920734392008-12-15T06:22:00.000-06:002008-12-15T06:22:00.000-06:00Half? Ouch. I can't understand why you wouldn't ...Half? Ouch. I can't understand why you wouldn't follow guidelines.<BR/><BR/>Robert - I've always been weary of the you publish me...I'll publish you bit. Sorry to hear about your experience. Definately creepy.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-30177874535781060172008-12-14T22:08:00.000-06:002008-12-14T22:08:00.000-06:00I wouldn't say most writers follow guidelines....I wouldn't say most writers follow guidelines. I'd say maybe half of them do. At least that's the way it always seemed to me when I wore my editor's cap. <BR/><BR/>You're going to have snarkiness everywhere. It's unfortunate. And yes, it seems like most times writers spend all their energy starting flame wars and bashing other people on other blogs than they do their own writing ... which is why I've always thought the Internet is a blackhole that sucks writers' souls away. We as writers should worry about writing, not about what so-and-so said about so-and-so on so-and-so's blog. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, in my opinion it all comes down to professionalism. You don't have to write for a living to consider yourself a professional writer. <BR/><BR/>Now what I could never stand -- CAN never stand, as it happens all the time, and sorry if this comes out sounding snarky -- is the whole "I'll publish you if you publish me" mentality. It doesn't happen ALL the time, but it happens, and it makes it even harder for struggling writers to get published. <BR/><BR/>One example comes to mind is back when I helped edit Flesh & Blood (does anyone even remember that mag?), I sent a story to an editor and noted my position at F&B. Next day, he sends a story addressed to me. It wasn't right for the magazine and I should have rejected it immediately, but I sat on it a few days, debating whether to pass it off to the publisher to reject. The publisher even offered to do it. But no, I decided, I'd be professional and do it myself. And so I sent the rejection. And the next day I got a rejection for the story I'd sent to that guy. Kind of a creep, you ask me.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958488745475196164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-74109367181881778872008-12-14T21:43:00.000-06:002008-12-14T21:43:00.000-06:00I agree. The way I look at it, if someone got an a...I agree. The way I look at it, if someone got an acceptance to a market I would like to be accepted at, that just means my story wasn't good enough, or right for that market. I can't blame someone else for succeeding where I didn't.Rob Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801731504529816056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-38441895985726910342008-12-14T19:08:00.000-06:002008-12-14T19:08:00.000-06:00I'm with you. There are time when you write a good...I'm with you. There are time when you write a good story but get edged out by another writer, such is life. If the story is good, it will find a fantastic home.Fox Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487359877190292039noreply@blogger.com