Got myself a bout of food poisoning on Saturday, and am still feeling the aftermath. What a waste of annual leave. Gotten back to writing short stories, not playing AION for over a week now (don't ask me why. I'm not even sure myself). So, anyway, I have 9 or 10 stories out there in the world, still waiting for an answer. Five venues have already rejected my stories, including QLRS (the batch I sent late December had good characterization and dialogues, but not much plot -- I'll give them plot, you'll see).
Before I prattle on, for any of you who haven't heard of Duotrope, well, here's the wonderful website. It's a database of publishers all around the world (QLRS is also listed, but the database is still empty). There's a comprehensive record of response time, expectations, payment scheme, lists by genre, and a lot more, for both prose and poetry. There's a deadline calendar for those of you who want to write a story based on those deadlines (to minimize response time). Open an account so you can keep track of your submissions, acceptances and rejections.
