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Posted By : gwthomas21 - 7/3/2008 8:30 PM

I sent a story on the morning of July 1 and I got a response saying since it wasn't July 1 my submission had been deleted. I re-sent it later in the day. Today I get an email saying since I submitted more than one my submission was deleted because I am evil and submitted two stories. I think they aren't interested in reading ms. Perhaps they should change their name to something else. 'APEX irritating emails' or 'Apex automated time wasters'. I won't be sending them anything else.

(Go to the bottom and read my later comment. Very important.)

GW

G. W. Thomas has appeared in over 400 different books, magazines, podcasts and ezines including Writer's Digest, The Armchair Detective and Black October Magazine. His website is www.gwthomas.org

Posted By : darkbow - 7/3/2008 9:32 PM

For curiosity's sake ... which Apex?

Digest? Or Abyss?

"Beneath a Persian Sun" upcoming in Carnivah House's "Infinity Swords" anthology
"Peter Piker the Pankin Man" upcoming at Big Pulp

"Deep in the Land of the Ice and Snow" in "The Return of the Sword" anthology

"The Note" at Every Day Fiction

"Walking Between the Rain" at Every Day Fiction

"Terror in the Flare Lights" at The Tiny Globule

"Killing Just for Fun" at Demonic Tome

"Zombie Tears" at Tales of the Zombie War

"Steven Spielberg and The Magic Box" at The Ranfurly Review

"The Death of Lester Williams" at Crimson Highway
"Hot Off the Press" at Ray Gun Revival

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http://radiodarkbow.blogspot.com

Posted By : Bill Ward - 7/3/2008 10:12 PM

Apex Digest I'm sure (A&A isn't open now).

That automated stuff can be annoying -- I think if you sent them a query you could straighten things out though.

billwardwriter.com

Posted By : kaolin fire - 7/4/2008 1:33 AM

I've found them pretty personable--I'm sure they'd love the chance to redeem themselves.

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Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/4/2008 4:54 AM

kaolin fire said...
I've found them pretty personable--I'm sure they'd love the chance to redeem themselves.

Perhaps someone should suggest to them to get rid of the autoresponders in that case.

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Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/6/2008 3:11 AM

Camille Alexa said...

Oooooo! I like the new icon, crystalwizard!

:) Thanks, Camille.

Posted By : gwthomas21 - 7/8/2008 10:59 PM

You were right, kaolin fire. Jason Sizemore sent me a personal email and explained what happened. I regret my hasty words now. I thought about just deleting this thread but that won't make up for those who have already read it. I really hope they read this section at the bottom. I will submit to APEX again and I hope Mr. Sizemore will consider the work and not my rude behavior in his decision. (I am sure he will.)

GW

G. W. Thomas has appeared in over 400 different books, magazines, podcasts and ezines including Writer's Digest, The Armchair Detective and Black October Magazine. His website is www.gwthomas.org

Posted By : erazmus - 7/9/2008 3:34 PM

Jason has always been pleasant and easy to deal with for me, I'm glad you managed to work through this. Auto responders are tricky enough, but much, much better than waiting three months to find they didn't recieve your Ms.
Mike

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"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
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"Dutchman Rescue"in Continuum SF #6
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"An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern" in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:

www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php
"Pink Plastic Flamingos" in Big Pulp
www.bigpulp.com/m.html
"Stains" in Tales of the Talisman 3-1 www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/index.html
"Morning Coffee" in Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/morning-coffee-by-michael-d-turner/
"The Jewel Below" in Flashing Swords
flashingswords.sfreader.com/issues/issue8/vol2-iss8-05.htm
"Happy Landings" in Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/happy-landings-by-michael-d-turner/
"Teller of Tales" in Every day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/teller-of-tales-by-michael-d-turner/
Read "Silver Shells" In Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/silver-shells-by-michael-d-turner/

Posted By : darkbow - 7/10/2008 12:10 AM

Yeah, I've met Jason a couple of times and talked to him several times online. He's always been a pretty nice guy as far as I can tell.
GW, glad you got things straightened out to some extent. It's always nice to know, at least.