A short story featuring lost love, murder most foul, and robots. The story sprang almost full-blown into my mind while I was talking with my father about Artificial Intelligence and the singularity.<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t sent it anywhere yet but I will soon\u2026and I\u2019ll track my submissions and rejections here.<\/p>\n
Edit: Ok, since last I updated I\u2019ve sent this story to Analog <\/a>and Asimovs<\/a>. Both rejections. I cry a little and move on.<\/p>\n Current submission is to\u00a0Lightspeed<\/a>. Also rejected.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve since been through Clarkesworld <\/a>and Daily Science Fiction<\/a>. Two more rejections.<\/p>\n Today it went to IGMS<\/a>. Today it came back from IGMS, rejected, but with a note as to why. Thanks, Eric<\/a>, for taking the time to critique it. I just called Eric and he said that if I manage to fix the \u201cwhy\u201d he\u2019d like to see it again. I think I know how to do that, so I will be.<\/p>\n I made the corrections, which involved punching up the importance of one of the two arcs and solidifying the ending into something stronger. \u00a0Thus improved, I sent it back to Eric and anxiously await a reply.<\/p>\n Got a reply. He wasn’t looking for the kind of fix I implemented, which was a character ending. He was looking for a science ending. I deliberately left that question open though, so I’ll leave it open and send it off again.<\/p>\n Sent it to Redstone SF<\/a>. Waiting…<\/p>\n No reply from Redstone SF yet. According to their Facebook page<\/a> they’re finished with the first reading of their latest open submission period. \u00a0And since I haven’t heard from them I can only assume they’re still considering it. (Yes, I checked my spam folder.)<\/p>\n Apparently my story made it to the final round of reading and was then rejected. Sigh. This comes after a brutal session of critique at my writing group on another story I’m working on. Difficult to take.<\/p>\n However, I shall submit again and write on.<\/p>\n Bam! The Light Goes Out is off to Shimmer Magazine<\/a>\u00a0whose guidelines say they lean toward fantasy with a bit of sadness but will consider Science Fiction as well. \u00a0I think TLGO fits the bill. We’ll see if they agree.<\/p>\n Nope. Another rejection, though a very nice one.<\/p>\n And it’s off to Strange Horizons<\/a>. I’m kind of surprised I hadn’t already sent it there. I hope I really haven’t. I’d hate to be hitting them twice. That’s just embarrassing.<\/p>\n Nope, another rejection.<\/p>\n Haven’t sent it anywhere since. No plans to at this time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A short story featuring lost love, murder most foul, and robots. The story sprang almost full-blown into my mind while I was talking with my father about Artificial Intelligence and the singularity. I haven\u2019t sent it anywhere yet but I will soon\u2026and I\u2019ll track my submissions and rejections here. Edit: Ok, since last I updated … Continue reading 2011: The Light Goes Out<\/span>