None the wiser

I am congratulating myself on managing to add a photo at the side etc. This is a simple task yet has baffled me since I started blogging. Eeh. Oh well, I hope you like the piccy of Mischa on the back seat.

On another subject, I emailed Fast Fiction magazine as they've had two stories of mine for a while now and I wasn't sure about whether to consider them rejected. I got an email back straight away (which is always nice) saying, a definate 'no' to story one, but that story 2 had not yet been written off, which of course was good news for me. However, it was also mentioned that six months should be considered the cut-off point. Well as story 2 has been there for seven months, this is obviously a rather loose cut off point. So yes, I'm really none the wiser!

I entered a flash fiction comp at Spikethecat, the winners were announced last week, Congratulations to them! Then, I just had a look at the artwork for the Flash Fiction stories and lo and behold, my story seems to have been selected for the anthology!
I know I've mentioned the writers website before, but really I think Spikethecat is great for giving new writers a chance at publication. It is generally detective stories, murder stories and sci fi, so if that's your cup of tea and you haven't already had a look, I'd recommend it.

another three rejections

Hi
Hi
I'm new to this blogging idea, but thought I'd have a go.
I read somewhere, Womag's blog in fact (A very helpful friendly place, by the way) that it is best to have a number of stories 'out there' with publishers at any one time. So I wrote more, lots more.
Yesterday sadly three rejections at once from The Weekly News, but it's okay, I take them less personally these days!
One magazine's requirements can be quite different from another, just as one persons idea of a great story might not be the same as mine. It's a matter of opinion, so why worry?