Rejections

It's been a while

B B Kristopher — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:05:16 -0700

So, it's been a while since I posted anything here. That's bad. On the other hand, I have been extremely busy.

First, I heard back from an agent a while back. She said she really liked Meredith, but that unfortunately, she didn't think it would sell in it's current form, and gave me a few suggestions on how to fix the problems. Then offered to reread it if I revised it.

They just keep coming

B B Kristopher — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:25:31 -0700

Three rejections in the last 24 hours.

I'm not liking this agent hunt thing so much anymore.

WAH!

Okay, done whining for now.

Trying to breathe...

B B Kristopher — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:38:34 -0700

Dear Brian,
Thanks for sending along Meredith MacKenzie and the Uruk Empire. I really appreciate your patience these past few weeks while waiting for a response.

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No Joy on Homefront

B B Kristopher — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:11:13 -0800

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

Well, that only took two years.

B B Kristopher — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:30:58 -0800

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.

New titles and better news than I thought.

B B Kristopher — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:31:51 -0800

"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.

Rewrite, rewrite and more rewrites

B B Kristopher — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:14:51 -0800

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.