And a rejection...

[julesjones]

What with one thing and another, I forgot to mention that the story I submitted to Barbara Cardy's mini-anthologies has been rejected. Which is not exactly unexpected, but unfortunately it was rejected for failing to meet two criteria which were not in the original call for submissions. This is largely my fault for not checking the latest version before submitting.

Time to trawl the market listings for somewhere that will take 5000 words of slapstick (very mild) BDSM, and pays in sterling or by Paypal (because my co-author has no practical means of dealing with US$ cheques).

Comments

[carl-allery.livejournal.com]

I must admit it would never occur to me that a submissions call would change to the extent that a story that initially fit, would no longer. I think you can count that as a non-submission rather than a rejection as such. I hope you find a suitable home for it.

[julesjones]

It was pretty borderline as it was (not porny enough, basically). But it was also third person, and the new version of the guidelines specified first person.