Fiction Every Bit as Appealing as Protose
Early in my fictional career as a literary writer, I established milestones that would build my confidence on my way to publishing success.
The first milestone: profoundly impact at least one person with …
Tag: short story
Dear Unpublished Guy:
I usually don’t respond to the pathetic pleas of a person who has made the misplaced presumption that they are a writer. As I indicated in my initial communication, your submission exceeded our gazette’s word count by …
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12.23.11 , In
Fiction Across the Multiverse, My Short Fiction Rejection Letters , by
Unpublished Guy
Dear Unpublished Guy:
Do you actually think kittens are tasty? Judging by the short story you submitted to our journal, you must have dined exclusively on kittens for many years. To call your submission fiction would be inaccurate. In …
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10.12.11 , In
My Short Fiction Rejection Letters , by
Unpublished Guy
Dear Ms Unpublished Guy:
We were dismayed that your short story title, Happy People, had not intended to be ironic. The gratuitous acts of good will were truly appalling. We have never before read a story that contained so …
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09.14.11 , In
My Short Fiction Rejection Letters , by
Unpublished Guy
Dear Deranged Individual,
No absolutely not.
What are you smoking?
Sincerely,
Blue Oyster Cult, Editors…
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06.16.11 , In
My Short Fiction Rejection Letters , by
Unpublished Guy
Dear Individual,
Thank you for submitting your fiction to Screw You magazine.
We enjoy reading so many fine short stories, and selecting the fiction to publish can be a difficult decision. So difficult that we often need to read submissions …
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06.08.11 , In
My Short Fiction Rejection Letters , by
Unpublished Guy
Link #2. Progress on July Novel Writing Month 2009.
According to Google Analytics, about 70% of the visitors to the Unpublished Guy Blog are new. I like a Title with three 7s, however, so I am going to say that …
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08.08.10 , In
The Crap Bucket , by
Unpublished Guy
Three Sample Chapters. No more, no less. Three shall be the number,
and the number shall be three. Five is right out.
Being a submitter of unsolicited short story manuscripts that I could fold twice and fit in a #10 …
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10.26.09 , In
The Crap Bucket , by
Unpublished Guy
Snowflake-Like Fractal Cauliflower, Symbol of Fiction Publishing Methodology
The Snowflake Guy has a little quiz you can take to evaluate how far you are on your way to publishing fiction. (Is it just me …
