Dragon Con Panel: How To Get Rejected
30th September, 2009 - No Comments
How to Get Rejected
John C. Snider, Ginjer Buchanan, Bill Fawcett, Toni Weisskopf, Stephen H. Segal, Stacy Hague-Hill, Lou Anders
Easy Rejections:
Long cover letters
Shaped manuscripts
Pitching in costume
Submit a marketing plan
Spam submission
Inappropriate topic
Assuming familiarity
Disrespect of genre
Getting the editor’s name wrong
Not understanding the genre
Filthy submission
Strange delivery method
Txt grammar
Superfluous language
Bad translation
Deus ex Machina
Soul baring
Multiple submissions without notification
Viruses
Glitter
Plagiarism
Wrong Genre
What To Do:
Find submission guidelines
Read submission guidelines
Respect the slush/junior editors
Get an agent
Be brilliant
Read published material
Accept rejections
Misc:
If there is any doubt, there is no doubt.
Junior Editors are building their own lists.
Weird Tales wants unique stories.
Read Locus Magazine.
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Posted on: September 30, 2009
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