You’re gonna be published! Wait—no you’re not!
Happy new year (a bit late, or a bit early, depending on whose calendar you go by)!
Well, my road to publication just got bumpier. Not an axle-breaking, New England size pothole, but a little bump that actually proves my assertion that there’s a Murphy’s Law written just for me. It goes something like this: “If someone wants to buy Janet’s story, the magazine will fold.”
And that’s the story. Arabella Romances Magazine, which wanted desperately to publish my sweet historical romance story, “Miss Danforth’s Big Adventure,” has folded. Arabella was a fabulous idea, a glossy romance magazine with features on sexy travel destinations and romantic menus and a whole slew of fiction for romance readers to gobble up. I subscribed as soon as I learned of the magazine, and was impressed/distressed by the stories they chose to publish. Some were excellent, well-written and funny, some were horrendous, poorly-written and funny unintentionally. But I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I sent a few of my sickeningly sweet romance stories, was rejected a few times, then got a call one day from their editor telling me they thought “Miss Danforth’s” was a “dahlin’ story” and they wanted to buy it. Months went by and I didn’t get my contract, which was supposedly “on the way soon.” Then, bits of info about the mag I found on the Internet indicated financial problems and I figured poor Arabella was doomed. They announced their demise officially on Sunday.
I’m not as broken up by my lost publishing opportunity as I thought I’d be; I guess the thought that someone LIKED my work and wanted to publish it buoys me. Maybe the next someone who likes my work will be a great agent…or maybe an editor at a big-time publishing house who’ll offer me a three-book deal and a book tour!
I just won’t tell them about those other Murphy’s Laws written just for me—“If an agent offers Janet representation, s/he will immediately be hit by a bus,” and “If Janet gets offered a book deal, reading will be nationally banned as a matter of Homeland Security.” I’ll keep those Laws hidden away.
Janet – No power in the ‘verse can stop me
Well, my road to publication just got bumpier. Not an axle-breaking, New England size pothole, but a little bump that actually proves my assertion that there’s a Murphy’s Law written just for me. It goes something like this: “If someone wants to buy Janet’s story, the magazine will fold.”
And that’s the story. Arabella Romances Magazine, which wanted desperately to publish my sweet historical romance story, “Miss Danforth’s Big Adventure,” has folded. Arabella was a fabulous idea, a glossy romance magazine with features on sexy travel destinations and romantic menus and a whole slew of fiction for romance readers to gobble up. I subscribed as soon as I learned of the magazine, and was impressed/distressed by the stories they chose to publish. Some were excellent, well-written and funny, some were horrendous, poorly-written and funny unintentionally. But I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I sent a few of my sickeningly sweet romance stories, was rejected a few times, then got a call one day from their editor telling me they thought “Miss Danforth’s” was a “dahlin’ story” and they wanted to buy it. Months went by and I didn’t get my contract, which was supposedly “on the way soon.” Then, bits of info about the mag I found on the Internet indicated financial problems and I figured poor Arabella was doomed. They announced their demise officially on Sunday.
I’m not as broken up by my lost publishing opportunity as I thought I’d be; I guess the thought that someone LIKED my work and wanted to publish it buoys me. Maybe the next someone who likes my work will be a great agent…or maybe an editor at a big-time publishing house who’ll offer me a three-book deal and a book tour!
I just won’t tell them about those other Murphy’s Laws written just for me—“If an agent offers Janet representation, s/he will immediately be hit by a bus,” and “If Janet gets offered a book deal, reading will be nationally banned as a matter of Homeland Security.” I’ll keep those Laws hidden away.
Janet – No power in the ‘verse can stop me
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