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Another Rejection (sigh)

Another rejection notice today.  This one was personal rather than a form rejection, at least.  The editor let me know my story made it into the final batch for consideration, but not into the anthology. 

It has been over a year now since I've had a story accepted.  (I did get one tentatively accepted, subject to a line edit, last May.  That line edit has still not taken place yet.)  My writing "career" is very odd, I think; the better my stories get, the more rejections I seem to gather.  My first sale ever back in 2003 was at a professional rate, and I haven't sold another at that rate since.  

All I can do is keep writing, I guess, and hope things turn around for me eventually.   

Comments

Keep writing, Frank, and keep submitting. You are a good writer and one of these days the targets will find the arrows. (That reversal of idiom is intentional.) :)
Like he said.

BTW, was this the story for the "She Nailed a Stake through his Head!" antho?
No, that one is still pending.

Thanks, Ahmed and Mike, for the encouraging comments.
Sorry to hear it, Frank. I agree, your writing is of a high enough caliber that your fortunes are bound to turn around soon. Keep on plugging away, my friend.
Thanks, Joel. Of course, I could never give up. And you're right...things will turn around, eventually.

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