Is there a time frame I can give myself in case that happens again? Say, if they don't respond by (1 month?), I can send it somewhere else? I have no idea how this works.

 

 

 

Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions 

 

I'm unfamiliar with some of these terms. What is a "Sim-sub"? I also have only a dim understanding of the kinds of reprint rights.

 

It's a complicated game, Mike.

The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP

Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock

"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, TBA

"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008

"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008

"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, March 30

"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" They Are Not What They Seem, Janrae Frank, ed., TBA

"The First Trial of Jermaish the King" Flashing Swords #10, May 2008

"The Stars by Law Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, Journey Books, 2007

"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007

 

And yeah, having twenty some subs out would be ideal. I guess I need to work harder to get that many stories finished. How do you all balance work with writing to find enough time to finish your yarns?

 

Part of the game

 

Gosh, I even feel a bit guilty right now because I only have about twenty poems currently in submission limbo instead of my usual thirty to fourty.

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Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions 

 

I normally manage to keep my accounts clean with relatively little fuss with the help of an Excel file, but sometimes get my wires crossed and multi-sub or sim-sub by mistake.  Fortunately, it hasn't come back to haunt me yet (I normally realize the error in time and cancel one of the subs).

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You guys got any games to overcome the terror of the white space?

 

You know what?  You're right (for the most part).

 

Lately I haven't been writing as much as I would like because I've been working hard on various illustrations.  I figure they have priority at the moment because they are definite assignments, rather than unsolicited submissions that may or may not be accepted.  Plus, much of my poetry is now being held for a special project.

 

I wrote several horrorku and a few other horror poems recently, but they're all being held for a collection.  Again, that gets priority over submissions to publications.

 

I think the moral of this particular story is that you have to have priorities as well as persistence and conviction.  Should you work on a multitude of poems, a bunch of flash pieces, a smaller number of longer stories, or a novel?  (I've heard some writers say that novels are the only worthwhile things to write these days.)  Obviously you can have more than one project going at once, but have too many and it may get overwhelming.

 

I wrote a fantasy novel but couldn't get an agent, probably because it wasn't a "new" enough twist on old genre tropes (crossing threads here).  So, I decided to start over and build a list of publications by composing and submitting a whole bunch of speculative poetry.  My plan worked better than I could have ever hoped, and the poetry publications have led to interest in my artwork as well as a couple article publications.  And now there are plans to publish a collection of my dark poetry, complete with my illustrations.  My priorities have changed depending upon the circumstances. 

 

Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions