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Well, the slush editor over at Baen apparently didn't love Homefront, so it's on to the next market.

Okay, not really. I mean, we're still about seven or eight weeks from April fifteenth, and she said she mailed the rejection way back in October, but "Sharing Quarters" has finally been rejected.

Of course, now I've got no idea what to do with it.

Eh. My brother is always after me to write a stand alone novel. I suppose I could turn it into a book.

For some reason, however, I am just profoundly not bothered by this.

"Dana Scully with Frickin' Laser Beams" is now "The Girl with the Killer Eyes"

Paula and Rick, two of the editors for Baen's Universe had pretty similar suggestions. They both said the story was funny, but thought the pop culture references detracted from it. I stripped out the Scully joke, made some tweaks and resubbed so we'll see how it goes.

The good news is, the title gave me a basic format for all four stories in "We're Here To Help You"

I'm feeling pretty good right now, all things considered.

Bleh...

Okay, it's just not my week.

'Dana Scully With Fricken Laser Beams' got rejected in about three hours. That was a little sobering.

Also, Eric Flint emailed me yesterday to ask for major rewrites on the Terraforming article.

Boy, I'm not doing well on the humor front. Really just not. Ouch.

Normally, I'd just dive right into the rewrites. The problem is, when I get home tonight, I've got a paper to write for my Chem Lab and a test to study for.

Ugh.