Be a Hit-man and Target Your Market

[a_r_williams]

An old year is about to end and a new one about to began. Create a Market Hit List of the publications you would most like to get a story into for 2010

Comments

[peadarog]

perhaps even markets that you may believe to be out of your reach of getting published into

No perhaps about it! Rejections cost absolutely nothing.

[a_r_williams]

Except maybe a little bump in in the pride ;)

[peadarog]

The bumps are the scars that show you stood in the front line and didn't run like the rest ;p

[a_r_williams]

Lol. And they also make you a better writer. That's if you take them as a challenge to improve.

[jongibbs]

Gret post, Aaron! :)

[a_r_williams]

Thanks, Jon :)

[karen_w_newton]

Well, some rejections do cost a stamp and some paper, but what the hey.

Just about every "What editors want" panel I have ever sat through consisted of editors saying basically the same thing you did above: find out what's in the mag; only submit what fits their guidelines.

Makes a lot of sense!

[a_r_williams]

Yes, it does make a lot of sense.

clarkesworld has posted statistics of various submissions they have recieved in 2009.

Improperly formatted stories made up 10% of the slush.

[dendrophilous]

I just started doing this the other day. Substitute Beneath Ceaseless Skies for Clarkesworld and you have my list, in no particular order.

(Came over here from Jon Gibbs. Nice to meet you. I just got my first OWW bee in October.)

[a_r_williams]

Hi! Thanks for stopping by. Jon Gibbs' posts of the weeks is one of my favorite reads. He does a good job with it.

Those bees feel great don't they :D