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I just checked Duotrope's for markets for Won His Soul. I probably shouldn't have.
Turns out that markets for fantasy works over 15,000 words long are thin on the ground. I knew this, of course. I didn't realize how thin on the ground they were, though.
Three. Three pro-paying markets. Writers of the Future, which I'd planned on sending it to first anyway. F&SF, which I would love to break into and has actually read a few of my last subs to them all the way to the end, but is a snail mail sub. You know how many pages this is going to be, properly formatted? UGH. And Tor.com, which takes forever and a day to get back to you.
Well. I have hopes for this one. We'll see if it goes anywhere, I guess. I've had three betas look it over and incorporated (some of) their suggestions. It's as edited as I can get it for now, and I'm meeting my Writing Buddy this weekend. Once I incorporate the changes he suggests, I'm sending it to WotF.
...I should probably send him the updated file.
Turns out that markets for fantasy works over 15,000 words long are thin on the ground. I knew this, of course. I didn't realize how thin on the ground they were, though.
Three. Three pro-paying markets. Writers of the Future, which I'd planned on sending it to first anyway. F&SF, which I would love to break into and has actually read a few of my last subs to them all the way to the end, but is a snail mail sub. You know how many pages this is going to be, properly formatted? UGH. And Tor.com, which takes forever and a day to get back to you.
Well. I have hopes for this one. We'll see if it goes anywhere, I guess. I've had three betas look it over and incorporated (some of) their suggestions. It's as edited as I can get it for now, and I'm meeting my Writing Buddy this weekend. Once I incorporate the changes he suggests, I'm sending it to WotF.
...I should probably send him the updated file.