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Post by williemeikle on Apr 19, 2010 10:14:35 GMT
The Chronicles of Augustus Seton is my 3rd Kindle release of the weekend. Get it here: www.amazon.com/Chronicles-of-Augustus-Seton-ebook/dp/B003HS5PLGAugustus Seton is a 16th Century Scotsman, a seeker after truth, continually trying to find ways to explain the supernatural events that shaped him. This will lead him down many Fortean alleys, confronting demons and witches, but also getting involved in other manifestations of the weird, from the Grey Man of Ben MacDui, to the Kilbirnie Wyrm and even encounters with the Grim Reaper himself. This gives me a chance to mix history with fantasy, playing with the wide variety of tales in Scottish Folklore, and making up some of my own. The four stories in this collection are his first adventures in what I hope will become a long and wild career of monster smiting, demon slaying and general mayhem with a bit of history thrown in. I hope you have half as much fun reading them as I had writing them.
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Post by williemeikle on Apr 28, 2010 16:30:44 GMT
Here's a real blast from the past... an online store selling small press mags including many appearances of my short stories in the '90s alongside the likes of Mark Morris, Tim Lebbon, Mark Chadbourn, Simon Clark et al. Brings back many memories of big brown envelopes, International Reply Coupons and many trips to the post office. These small mags are sorely missed. And I do believe Shaun Jeffrey and I shared appearances in at least one of these www.bbr-online.com/catalogue/search.php?KEYWORDS=meikle&display_page=1
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Post by shaun on Apr 28, 2010 18:34:32 GMT
That brings back memories, Willie. We shared the pages of a few magazines back in the day ;D
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Post by williemeikle on Apr 30, 2010 14:04:32 GMT
Publishers and editors who don't answer queries or submissions or follow up queries will be first against the wall come the revolution if I have my way.
Back when I started in this business in the '90s politeness was the order of the day. Correspondence mostly took place by snail mail via self-addressed envelopes, but rarely if ever did a submission go unanswered, and queries were never ignored.
I don't know whether it's the advent of the internet that's done it, but rudeness and disdain seem to have replaced good manners. Submissions and queries disappear into black holes of suck and never get seen again. My stats for last year show a forty per cent non-response rate. And many of them purport to be "professional" story markets.
That's just rude.
I'm shooting myself in the foot if I take umbrage and don't send them anything else, but I pine for simpler times and gentler ways.
Oh f*ck...I've turned into an old fart
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Post by steppedonwolf on Apr 30, 2010 21:11:06 GMT
Publishers and editors who don't answer queries or submissions or follow up queries will be first against the wall come the revolution if I have my way. Back when I started in this business in the '90s politeness was the order of the day. Correspondence mostly took place by snail mail via self-addressed envelopes, but rarely if ever did a submission go unanswered, and queries were never ignored. I don't know whether it's the advent of the internet that's done it, but rudeness and disdain seem to have replaced good manners. Submissions and queries disappear into black holes of suck and never get seen again. My stats for last year show a forty per cent non-response rate. And many of them purport to be "professional" story markets. That's just rude. I'm shooting myself in the foot if I take umbrage and don't send them anything else, but I pine for simpler times and gentler ways. Oh f*ck...I've turned into an old fart Nothing wrong in expecting respect and a bit of professional courtesy. What annoys me are the novel markets that insist on 'no simultaneous submissions'. Fair enough with short stories, but a NOVEL? Wait eight months before being told to f*ck off and free to find another market? You can see why so many are tempted to go down the Dark Path to self-publishing... Willie, I know exactly what you mean. Which is why when you get a personalised rejection within a reasonable timeframe it inspires hope rather than sadness. Necrotic Tissue find the time to give these, and they're busy people. It begs the question: if the small press can find the time to do this, why can't the pro-markets?
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Post by williemeikle on May 1, 2010 1:17:22 GMT
Publishers and editors who don't answer queries or submissions or follow up queries will be first against the wall come the revolution if I have my way. Back when I started in this business in the '90s politeness was the order of the day. Correspondence mostly took place by snail mail via self-addressed envelopes, but rarely if ever did a submission go unanswered, and queries were never ignored. I don't know whether it's the advent of the internet that's done it, but rudeness and disdain seem to have replaced good manners. Submissions and queries disappear into black holes of suck and never get seen again. My stats for last year show a forty per cent non-response rate. And many of them purport to be "professional" story markets. That's just rude. I'm shooting myself in the foot if I take umbrage and don't send them anything else, but I pine for simpler times and gentler ways. Oh f*ck...I've turned into an old fart Nothing wrong in expecting respect and a bit of professional courtesy. What annoys me are the novel markets that insist on 'no simultaneous submissions'. Fair enough with short stories, but a NOVEL? Wait eight months before being told to f*ck off and free to find another market? Exactly... I've got one out with Leisure at the moment... it'll be a year next week!
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Post by williemeikle on May 5, 2010 12:30:48 GMT
Just agreed a contract for a story in the last Nemonymous anthology, Null Immortalis.
I'm especially happy to have it accepted by editor Des Lewis, as he was one of the reasons I got going in the first place in the small press, and my story is about the turning of cycles, and death and rebirth.
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 5, 2010 17:23:34 GMT
Just agreed a contract for a story in the last Nemonymous anthology, Null Immortalis. I'm especially happy to have it accepted by editor Des Lewis, as he was one of the reasons I got going in the first place in the small press, and my story is about the turning of cycles, and death and rebirth. Good news, sir. This was one you'd made the shortlist for, yes?
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Post by williemeikle on May 5, 2010 18:53:12 GMT
Just agreed a contract for a story in the last Nemonymous anthology, Null Immortalis. I'm especially happy to have it accepted by editor Des Lewis, as he was one of the reasons I got going in the first place in the small press, and my story is about the turning of cycles, and death and rebirth. Good news, sir. This was one you'd made the shortlist for, yes? Yep, that's the one... looks like a great line up too -- Reggie Oliver, Mark Valentine, Gary Fry, Steve Rasnic Tem among others...
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Post by williemeikle on May 8, 2010 11:42:23 GMT
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Post by ian on May 18, 2010 12:00:01 GMT
Hey willie! May I ask you a question? Just when did you submit your story to Leisure?
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Post by williemeikle on May 18, 2010 14:39:17 GMT
Hey willie! May I ask you a question? Just when did you submit your story to Leisure? One year ago yesterday...
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Post by ian on May 18, 2010 14:46:41 GMT
It says on their website that the review process takes sit to eight months.
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Post by williemeikle on May 18, 2010 19:05:59 GMT
It says on their website that the review process takes sit to eight months. Yep. I queried them after nine months and was told they were still considering it (publisher speak for "it's lying under a table and we haven't got around to it yet") Sent them another follow up last Friday. No answer as of yet.
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Post by williemeikle on May 18, 2010 21:49:03 GMT
Des Lewis announced the full order and lineup for Null Immortalis - I'm first up. I'm honoured.
TURN AGAIN by William Meikle A GIANT IN THE HOUSE by Daniel Pearlman APOTHEOSIS by D.P. Watt THE RETURN by S.D. Tullis LUCIEN’S MENAGERIE by David Fitzpatrick VIOLETTE DORANGES by David V. Griffin EVEN THE MIRROR by Ursula Pflug LOVE IS THE DRUG by Andrew Hook THE DROWNED MARKET by Joel Lane THE SCREAM by Tim Casson THE SHELL by Tony Lovell STRINGS ATTACHED by Gary Fry OBLIVION by Derek John TROOT by Margaret B. Simon A MATTER OF DEGREE by Mike Chinn ONLY ENUMA ELISH by Richard Gavin ICARUS ABOVE... by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR by Reggie Oliver HOLESALE by Rachel Kendall FIRE by Roy Gray BROOM PEOPLE by Cameron Pierce THE TOYMAKER OF BREMEN by Stephen Bacon THE MAN WHO MADE THE YELLOW GOD by Mark Valentine THE GREEN DOG by Steve Rasnic Tem HAVEN’T YOU EVER WONDERED? by Bob Lock SUPERMARINE by Tim Nickels
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