La Vie Boheme

Rejection for "Midsummer"

Got a rejection slip from Realms of Fantasy on "Midsummer" today. It's affecting me more than rejection slips usually do. I think it's because I love this story so damn much, it irks me that these people can't see how awesome it is. I've got a couple places where I might send it next, but I've got two people reading it right now, and I think I'll wait to see what they say. I don't know. I adore the story, but it's not perfect yet. It doesn't quite match the vision of it I have in my head. I wonder if I'm almost too close to it to edit it at all.

I've had a lot of really positive comments about The Sword in the Mound so far (of course, I've asked people not to give me negative comments, which may explain the lack there). Oddly, as weird as I felt about writing for an "audience" as I went, it's exciting. I like hearing that people have been reading along, especially when they clamor for more. :)

So I guess I should go write more for them to read, huh?