Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Story Sold to Nature and Poetry Sales to Imaginaire




One thing about making more subs (I've upped my sub count by 50%) is that I get a lot of responses.

I'm happy to report a new sale to Nature's Futures, 'Face in the Dark', quite a dark science fiction story. Guidelines for Nature here. 

And two poetry sales to Imaginaire: Mathematical Fiction. 'The Deborah Number' and 'On the Last Day Comes the Indefinable.' Guidelines for Imaginaire here.

I love the fact that there is such a thing as the Deborah Number. Hey. I don't make the stuff up, you know. It's nice to have a number.
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous8 April 2014 at 06:52

    That's so great! Congratulations on the sales and I look forward to reading them.

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  2. Elizabeth Twist8 April 2014 at 22:40

    I love the concept of the Deborah Number! Congrats.

    Out of curiosity, what is your sub count? WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY?

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    1. Deborah Walker9 April 2014 at 06:12

      Hi Elizabeth,

      I'm currently maintaining a sub count of 85. I don't count poetry subs or subs to non-English markets in that. This is a bit of a 'level-up' for me. Before that I was at 40-50, and have been for a few years.

      That breaks down to 45 originals and 40 reprint subs. (note one story out to 6 lit markets, counts as 6)
      To maintain that I need to make 10-15 subs a week, which is challenging, to say the least.

      I also need a big bag of stories.But I have that.

      To sell you need to get stories in front of editors (unless you get commissioned, but that's another story), so subbing is important. But I don't want to get to a point where I feel overwhelmed by subbing. There is a time cost involved.

      I think I can maintain at around 85. My method is to sub whenever, but also check in twice a week to make sure I haven't dropped below 80.

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  3. Rhonda Parrish9 April 2014 at 11:07

    I want a number!

    But also, congratulations :)

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    1. Deborah Walker10 April 2014 at 03:48

      You should have a number. What would the Rhonda Number do? There's a story in there.

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  4. Anonymous13 April 2014 at 07:18

    Another NATURE sale? Nicely done. My second will be going live soon, and I look forward to reading yours.

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    1. Deborah Walker19 April 2014 at 10:29

      Thanks, Milo. I look foward to reading yours!

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  5. Simon Kewin16 April 2014 at 01:23

    Ooh, I missed this announcement. Just fantastic. Two markets I must pursue...

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