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RHFay
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  		   Posted 6/22/2008 2:47 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Another of my speculative poems has been accepted for publication at the e-zine Bewildering Stories. "Ethereal Journey" will be appearing in a future issue.
 
I had the hardest time finding a home for this piece. It was rejected eight times before finally being accepted at Bewildering Stories. This one had me scratching my head for quite a while. I thought it was one of my better poems, so I started questioning my own judgement after having such difficulty placing it. Apparently, the ninth time was the charm!
 
At least it will now be published, and the roll goes on...roll
 
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  		   Posted 6/22/2008 6:12 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congrats!

 

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RHFay said...
Another of my speculative poems has been accepted for publication at the e-zine Bewildering Stories. "Ethereal Journey" will be appearing in a future issue.


:) Congratz, Richard.


RHFay said...

I had the hardest time finding a home for this piece. It was rejected eight times before finally being accepted at Bewildering Stories. This one had me scratching my head for quite a while. I thought it was one of my better poems, so I started questioning my own judgement after having such difficulty placing it. Apparently, the ninth time was the charm!


I think you were just offereing it to the wrong customers for a while.
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crystalwizard said...

:) Congratz, Richard.


I think you were just offereing it to the wrong customers for a while.
Thanks!
 
I think my biggest problem at this point is judging what markets are the right fit for each individual poem. I know what some people say about "send it out and let the editors decide", and it is a bit of a crap shoot anyway, but certain markets do seem more open to certain themes and styles than others.

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  		   Posted 6/22/2008 9:38 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congratulations, Richard!

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fiction featured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATH I, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press).  His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

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  		   Posted 6/23/2008 12:15 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congrats - and yes, it's often a case of offering things to the wrong markets. Happens to me all the time.

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  		   Posted 6/23/2008 1:37 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Thanks!

It's hard to avoid slipping into the habit of only sending to places that have already published my poetry, places that already seem to like my style. I try to send to different markets, to expand my horizons, but sometimes I think certain markets are more open to my style than others.

"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!" 
 
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  		   Posted 6/23/2008 2:55 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congrats!

 
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