tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5944732520323472417..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Doing the MathLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-81340324907088439832022-07-21T19:56:22.349-04:002022-07-21T19:56:22.349-04:00Depressing, Rob. Especially Alfred Hitchcock takin...Depressing, Rob. Especially Alfred Hitchcock taking 385 to decide. Most book publishers don't take anywhere near that long.Bruce W. Mosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720976687957019056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1025741864444998782022-07-20T21:14:24.444-04:002022-07-20T21:14:24.444-04:00Yikes! I'd think a person with 30+ accepted st...Yikes! I'd think a person with 30+ accepted stories would be promoted to the next level! Anyway, I look forward to reading your next story or stories.Elizabeth Dearbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22790400232963360162022-07-20T20:01:28.407-04:002022-07-20T20:01:28.407-04:00Eve, ecstasy unless I want to send both stories to...Eve, ecstasy unless I want to send both stories to the same magazine and have to space them out. Then it's frustration.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87898936881005223842022-07-20T20:00:26.164-04:002022-07-20T20:00:26.164-04:00Elizabeth, I don't pretend to know the exact p...Elizabeth, I don't pretend to know the exact procedures the editors of EQMM and AHMM use. I suspect that Certified Big Names like Joyce Carol Oates go to the front of the line, but I can tell you that, after 30+ stories in AHMM I still wait a year for a verdict, just like you.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-24006574817347020592022-07-20T18:39:53.403-04:002022-07-20T18:39:53.403-04:00I'm a slow writer, too, Rob, who also has mult...I'm a slow writer, too, Rob, who also has multiple stories going at the same time. The only good thing about that is that sometimes a whole bunch of stories get finished at about the same time. Ecstasy!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85485201946920747802022-07-20T15:48:11.118-04:002022-07-20T15:48:11.118-04:00Very helpful! James Patrick FocarileVery helpful! James Patrick FocarileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-49777384874335588512022-07-20T14:46:04.961-04:002022-07-20T14:46:04.961-04:00Rob, your math and my math pretty much show the sa...Rob, your math and my math pretty much show the same big picture, except that these days you are writing more stories per year than I am. I need to get back in gear.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8316351174196871942022-07-20T12:59:13.282-04:002022-07-20T12:59:13.282-04:00Congratulations Rob, I'm sure your story is gr...Congratulations Rob, I'm sure your story is great, as usual. I used to shoot for the highest-paying markets first, but now I tend to choose markets by how quickly they respond. I'm a slower writer than anyone here, & have less to show for it. That is probably one of the reasons AHMM rejected the one & only story I ever submitted there, because they never heard of me. I would imagine they read submissions first from writers they've published before, & then from names they know but haven't published, & then miscellaneous stuff that found its way into the slush pile. That's the way I'd do it if I were editing a magazine. Anyway it took them over a year to reject my story, & I do not have that many years left to try to impress AHMM, so I don't plan to submit anything else there. /rantElizabeth Dearbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-46766386263688881722022-07-20T10:09:16.422-04:002022-07-20T10:09:16.422-04:00Great post, Rob, and your figures match pretty clo...Great post, Rob, and your figures match pretty closely with mine, except that you sell exponentially more. <br />Mystery Magazine and Tough used to respond slightly more quickly than EQMM, but that's no longer the case. I suspect the pandemic has a lot to do with it. Steve Liskowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107703903536520140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-76993823667767299832022-07-20T10:06:23.978-04:002022-07-20T10:06:23.978-04:00By the way, I'm anonymous above. Guess I wasn&...By the way, I'm anonymous above. Guess I wasn't logged in. (Damn public computers...)William Burton McCormickhttps://www.williamburtonmccormick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40468807695007054272022-07-20T10:02:37.217-04:002022-07-20T10:02:37.217-04:00Like you, Rob. I am a very slow writer. Wish I cou...Like you, Rob. I am a very slow writer. Wish I could be faster. No mater the time is worth the money. Gotta only do it for the satisfaction and creativity. (And getting to chat with you all, my fellow short story authors!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29742767471315784812022-07-20T09:37:26.963-04:002022-07-20T09:37:26.963-04:00Rob, sounds like you have things planned out a lot...Rob, sounds like you have things planned out a lot better than I do.<br /><br />Good luck with the new story!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-18444761294908590262022-07-20T04:55:07.489-04:002022-07-20T04:55:07.489-04:00Interesting post, with a great final sentence, Rob...Interesting post, with a great final sentence, Robert. <br />Patience is a virtue for every one of us writers.Anne van Doornhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071252375294noreply@blogger.com