July 22, 2003
Very interesting...
"Midsummer" came back again overnight, but with some startlingly thorough comments attached. She felt a linear structure would have been better than the flashback structure I used--and ironically, I started with a linear structure. Most interesting of all, however, was this comment: "I almost wonder if it isn't trying to do too much for a short story." As I'm leaning that way myself, I'm wondering if I really shouldn't just set it aside until I finish the current novel and then go from there. Nice to see that an editor sees the same issue with it that I do.
Posted by Lisa at July 22, 2003 08:43 AMOvernight! Where was this?
Posted by: Mer at July 22, 2003 09:02 AMActually, it took about 36 hours for them to reject it on the initial pass: www.nfg.ca. New print magazine out of Canada. Their contract is pretty stringent given what they're paying, but I figured it was worth a shot. And I really did get some excellent, useful comments.
Posted by: Lisa at July 22, 2003 10:01 AM