Comments | jimhines: Realms Follow-up

jimhines

Realms Follow-up

Feb 22, 2011 09:30

Back in October, I wrote a rather snarky post (Realms Betting Pool) about the latest reincarnation of Realms of Fantasy, which had been purchased by Damnation Books. At the time, I was not hopeful. Damnation didn’t have the best reputation, and the owner’s defensive comments in Tobias Buckell’s blog made me want to weep for the fate of a magazine ( Read more... )

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margaret_y February 22 2011, 14:47:19 UTC

I'm reading the Feb issue right now. So far, so good.

jimhines February 22 2011, 15:13:15 UTC

Good! :-)

ext_438647 February 22 2011, 15:11:00 UTC

Shawna picked up two of my stories in the latest buying round for Realms (yay! go me!). And I've submitted another couple to them. I haven't heard anything back yet, but they've only been on submission for a few weeks. Doug at Realms is very good at keeping people in the loop regarding the status of submissions.

jimhines February 22 2011, 15:13:46 UTC

Congrats on the two sales, Euan! And good luck on the submission!

ext_438647 February 22 2011, 19:29:33 UTC

Thank'ee kindly. :)

scarlettina February 22 2011, 16:34:49 UTC

I've got one story on submission; no word yet. Fingers crossed!

firynze February 22 2011, 16:37:09 UTC

Now if only Damnation could do something about that ATROCIOUS website of theirs...

georgmi February 22 2011, 16:39:35 UTC

Snarky? You? Pshaw.

jimhines February 22 2011, 16:55:41 UTC

Hey, as far as online snark goes, I think most of mine is rather mild.

Also, pbbt!

georgmi February 22 2011, 17:30:50 UTC

Also, pbbt!

I had not considered that. Yes, I see your point. :b