Tenacity Pays Off (Sometimes)
In the past few weeks, I've managed to sell three stories that have each been on the submission-cycle for over a year. It's always nice to make a sale, but it's especially nice when it's a story that's been out for such a long time.
The first of these stories is now out: "Toilet Gnomes at War," at Stupefying Stories. This story had some of the kindest rejections I've ever gotten (including an editor who loved it, said he read it multiple times, but that it was too funny for his magazine) so I'm really happy for my wandering gnomes to finally have a home.
"Toilet Gnomes" also features one of my all-time favorite lines:
The wailing within the walls worsened, like someone packed a hive of banshees inside and told them to sing Michael Bolton.
All the dozens of times I've read this story, and that still makes me giggle.
The first of these stories is now out: "Toilet Gnomes at War," at Stupefying Stories. This story had some of the kindest rejections I've ever gotten (including an editor who loved it, said he read it multiple times, but that it was too funny for his magazine) so I'm really happy for my wandering gnomes to finally have a home.
"Toilet Gnomes" also features one of my all-time favorite lines:
The wailing within the walls worsened, like someone packed a hive of banshees inside and told them to sing Michael Bolton.
All the dozens of times I've read this story, and that still makes me giggle.