Saturday, July 21, 2007

Crushed Again

My story "Trail of the Brujo" was just rejected by "Weird Tales." That's discouraging of course, it's a story I felt rather proud of and this is two rejections. I wonder how I'll go on.

I console myself however with the fact that I'm being turned down by such an impressive market.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't worry, Matthew--WEIRD TALES has been little more than a pretentious "We're moving the horror field to new heights" style rag instead of simply entertaining for a long time now. I can barely follow any of their stories. Mysterious Dave deserves better than them.

Greg Gick

July 28, 2007 at 5:06 PM
Stewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles) said...

I wouldn't feel too horrible. It's my understanding that Weird Tales is on shaky ground. They tend to miss their publishing deadlines. I wouldn't be surprised if the publisher scraps most of the titles, including Weird Tales.

Actually, the magazine market just sucks in general, doesn't it? Makes one wonder why a writer puts forward the effort. For me? I just like to write, and if I sell something or not, if my market is professional, or token, or amateur, then that's just the way it has to be.

August 3, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Matthew Baugh said...

thanks guys! It's a shame to hear all that about WT. Ah well.

I hear you Stewart. I write because the words seem to want to come out. It's great when someone else likes them or wants to publish them, but that's not the point.

August 15, 2007 at 5:30 PM

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