Tag Archives: Short story

To Novella or not to Novella

Posted on November 29, 2018 by crhodges

In the world of fiction, there are novels and there are short stories.  The money of course is in novel-length fiction, but short stories have made a comeback with the advent of ezines, and hey, you can read one on … Continue reading →

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Learning to live with rejection, 500 times over

Posted on July 30, 2017 by crhodges

Rejection is a part of life for everyone.  We get rejected by colleges, for jobs and very occasionally by runaway brides.  But us writers, we get rejected more.  A lot more. Me, I’ve been rejected by one college (___ me, … Continue reading →

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Good rejections

Posted on February 9, 2015 by crhodges

Writers are accustomed to rejection. Even superstar writers often earned many a rejection slip in their early days.  Stephen King’s first novel was rejected dozens of times; Ray Bradbury had 1000s of short stories rejected. While I am not in … Continue reading →

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Paying Short Story Markets, updated April 2014

Posted on February 22, 2014 by crhodges

I’ve updated my list of paying spec fiction short story markets.  I now show over 100 listings. Updates as of April 6, 2014: The following markets changed their pay rates: Bards and Sages Quarterly– increased to $20 The following markets … Continue reading →

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Rejection #196: Another contest

Posted on January 14, 2014 by crhodges

I entered “Wobble” into an extremely prestigious writing contest and guess what, it didn’t win.  Or place or show.  It happens, part of the whole shoot-for-the-moon aspects. Oh well, that counts as rejection number 196. Four more to my 200 rejection … Continue reading →

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Paying Short Story Markets Updated

Posted on January 14, 2014 by crhodges

I have updated my listing of paying science fiction and fantasy short story markets. Highlights include: Two semipro markets added: Aercastle Narratives Aghast Pay rates changed on three markets: Buzzy (up) Dark Magazine (down) Weird Tales (down) Three markets reopened: … Continue reading →

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Rejection #195: They’re coming fast now

Posted on January 10, 2014 by crhodges

Rejection number 195 came right on the heels of number 194.  Too fast for comfort. A nice long note for “Crazy,” another one of my valkyrie short stories, but a form letter for sure, because I’ve been rejected by this … Continue reading →

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Rejection #194: Short answer

Posted on January 9, 2014 by crhodges

Rejection #194 (of my countdown to 200 short story rejections) was from a very established, high quality dark fiction outlet that I had only recently run across. A very short answer: “Thank you for sending “Faro,” but I decided not … Continue reading →

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More sci fi and fantasy markets

Posted on December 20, 2013 by crhodges

I just updated my listings of paying science fiction and fantasy short story markets with a half dozen more listings, mostly in the Pro level.  I did however include a few highly recognized markets that do not pay pro rates … Continue reading →

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A beer and a reading

Posted on December 8, 2013 by crhodges

I’ll be reading, along with some other great local writers, at the Louisville Writer’s Workshop end-of-year reading at the Front Range Brewing Company on Monday, December 9th.  I only have a 7 minute slot but I should be able to … Continue reading →

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