La Vie Boheme

*sigh*

Well, I just got my fifth rejection in a year on "Midsummer". The same old "liked the writing, not the story" type. A couple of times I've gotten the comment that it's too predictable. That one irks me a little, because I'm not sure how to fix it. It's the retelling of a myth. How can I make that unpredictable? :P

I think I love the story too much to see any of this objectively. A little discouraged, but not entirely so. I'm just not quite sure where to go from here. Strange Horizons said it was too long. I'm inclined to agree, but I'm not sure what to cut. So... kinda stuck. I'll take a look at everything in the morning.