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  • My Writing Journey,  Rejections

    The Rejections Popped Outta the Snow! Like Daisies! (26-30)

    April 9, 2019 /

    I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon when it comes to magazine submissions and rejections. You might remember me mentioning getting a lot of responses right before the holidays because they were all closing up shop and wanting to get through their queues. January remained pretty slow, as did February, but I started getting some responses in March and now that it’s April it feels like they’re pouring in. All of this gives me the impression that magazine editors are hibernating creatures that rise from the Spring thaw like the alpine marmot, the common poorwill, and the hedgehog. It also might be the fact that the new stories I’ve been sending out…

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  • My Writing Journey

    What I’m Working On: Spring 2019

    April 3, 2019 /

    The daffodils and crocuses in my yard are starting to poke their green antennae above ground. Sci-fi and fantasy magazine editors are sniffing out new batches of short stories. And I had the amazing opportunity to witness my best friend give birth to her third child (and third boy!) yesterday. Spring, indeed, has sprung. It’s been an auspicious beginning to 2019, albeit a challenging one. I have some really exciting projects coming up this year that I’ll blog about in the next few weeks, plus a few surprises I can’t talk about quite yet. But in the meantime, here’s the quarterly run-down of What I’m Working On: RELATED PROJECTS: NEW!…

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  • Blog Posts,  My Writing Journey

    Going Dark

    March 26, 2019 /

    Fact 1) Ten years ago, I set out to finish my historical fantasy series. Fact 2) Ten years ago, I also got a Facebook and Twitter account. At the time, it seemed like everyone was telling me how important social media was to my career. And in many ways, it’s actually helped a lot. Facebook has facilitated meaningful relationships, connected me to critique partners and beta readers, and introduced me to some incredible groups of readers, writers, and friends. Twitter has been less personal, but I have learned a lot by following and occasionally interacting with authors, advocates, and artists. It’s allowed me to be “in the know” on newly…

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  • My Writing Journey,  Rejections

    The Difference Between Stepping Stones and Gems

    February 25, 2019 /

    Writing has been full of ups and downs this last week, but it’s mostly been ups, thanks to a few epiphanies. I thought a lot about how I could reframe rejection (again), so I could regain my confidence. What I ended up doing was redefining it. I learned a lot about rejection when I was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Knocking on people’s doors and asking if they’d like to invite me and my companion in, so we could share our innermost beliefs with them, is a bit of a crash course in rejection. The thing is, I never really minded when people…

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  • My Writing Journey,  Rejections

    NOT A DRILL: One of My Stories is “Under Review!”

    February 21, 2019 /

    I just got this email: Dear Christine Tyler,  Thank you very much for letting us read “[story].” I enjoyed it and have passed it up to the editors for review.  Thanks again, and best of luck!  Kind regards, [slushpile reader]   Ahhhhhh!!! Let me explain what this means for those of you who could use a little background. When submissions come in without an agent representing them or special consideration, they go into what’s called “The Slushpile.” It means your story gets thrown into a big ol’ digital swamp with everyone else’s work — the good, the bad, and the ugly. For that reason, many magazines have their interns or non-leading editors…

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  • My Writing Journey,  Rejections

    Rejection, The Shire, and Farmer Maggot’s Field

    February 19, 2019 /

    I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for weeks now, and it’s time I finally do it. The truth is, my rejections are getting to me. They’re not just getting to me, they’ve gotten to me. And I haven’t even received thirty of them yet! (I’m currently at twenty-eight.) When I started this whole blog, I resolved to share the real experience behind my writing. I wanted to talk about what I was doing, and how it made me feel. I wanted to be able to bring my readers along for the journey, the real journey. Conversely, I think it’s really annoying when authors don’t talk about “the struggle”…

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  • My Writing Journey,  Rejections

    I Got a Rejection on Christmas Eve! (21-25)

    February 4, 2019 /

    Did you know that submitting your work to magazines in December is kind of a terrible idea? Well, turns out, it is! If you think that’s because editors are trying to get through the slushpile and go home to their families, you’re probably right! The majority of the stories I submitted during the 2018 holiday season were rejected within a week. Wow! So I guess, if you really want a quick turnaround time, send your stuff in right before Christmas, hahaha. #21 Dear Christine Tyler, Thank you for submitting [title] to [venue], but we’ve decided not to accept it for publication. We appreciate your interest in our magazine. Sincerely, [editor]…

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  • My Writing Journey

    New Year’s Proto-Resolutions 2019

    January 14, 2019 /

    I think I do New Year’s Resolutions differently than most people. First, I usually take the first few weeks, or even months, of the year trying my hand at what I’d like to do. I kind of make proto-resolutions. For instance, if I want to work out more, I’ll go to the gym every day for a week, or once a week for a month, and I’ll try to get a feel for what’s actually going to work for me. I don’t make the “resolution” until I already have a pretty good grip on what I want to do and what I can sustain over an entire year. Then I…

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    What I’m Working On: Winter 2019

    January 10, 2019 /

    It’s 2019 and time for a new update! Next week I’ll be talking about my goals and resolutions for the year, but I haven’t done a “What I’m Working On” post since September, and I wanted to make sure you’re all up-to-date on my plans to take over the world latest writing projects! IN DEVELOPMENT:“ NEW! Math 125: Quantitative Reasoning and Problem SolvingCollege class for my Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing/Screenwriting. Class ends: March 2019 “Space Circus”Sci-fi novella (20-40k words) about a girl who joins a futuristic circus. Draft due: May 2019 DRAFTING PROCESS: “The Island Book”Historical fantasy (100k words) about a dryad warrior who teams up with a too-brilliant-for-his-own-good scientist in order to save their…

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  • Blog Posts,  My Writing Journey,  Rejections

    I Got Five MORE Rejections! (16-20)

    December 22, 2018 /

    The holidays are here and the editor’s are all trying to clean out their submission boxes, so the rejections are rolling in! This is an especially fun batch, as I have a personalized rejection, an embarrassing goof on my part, and even one rejection that made me think I might die unpublished. If I sound a little sardonic today it’s because I am. #16 Dear Christine, Thank you for giving me a chance to read [story]. I thought there was an interesting premise here, but overall the story didn’t quite win me over — I thought the narrative needed to be tighter and the POV needed to feel more non-human,…

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