Another acceptance!

[catherineldf]

Yay! Khimairal Ink Magazine which describes itself as "devoted to fiction that celebrates strong female ideals and the feminist spirit," just accepted my story "Spell, Book and Candle." It'll be in the January, 2008 edition. V. pleased and having a decently good year on the nonsmut writing if I do say so myself. SPC is another nonsmut fantasy story. You can check out the current edition of Khimairal at
http://www.bedazzledink.com/khimairal-ink/khicurrent.html.

Almost makes up for having to rebuild my website from scratch (it was on the stolen laptop and saving the code is not enough for iWeb to work with. Urgh.). :-)

Comments

Re: new acceptance

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Welcome the fabulous world of sf/f publishing! :-) At least as far as it applies to short fiction. Basically, there are a couple of big markets which focus on specific areas and/or usually only publish award winning writers. Then there's everyone else. Everyone else caters to different niche markets so the intrepid writer gets to go forth and decide whether it's about the bucks or the glory. Getting it here gives me a shot at the Spectrum Awards and the possibility of some publisher attention I'm thinking of cultivating. It's not impossible to sell lesbian stuff to the nonqueer markets but they're usually looking for a specific kind of story. It is alas, more weirdly complicated than the smut markets and a lot more competitive. This story is something that shot down elsewhere but which will probably get me more publicity than if it had sold in the original market for more money.

Publishing, it's kooky!

[elizabethth.livejournal.com]

And that in a nutshell is why, when someone comes in the store and ask "How do I get published?", I politely say, "I don't know, we just sell the stuff". (And then invite them to the next reading at the store, so they can quiz the pros.)

Also, hooray for you!

Re: Publishing, it's kooky!

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I always thought that selling my soul to the powers of pure evil had something to do with it, but then I think I'd be doing better. Or so one would hope. :-)