Only a writer can know what it means to send out a story to a “market” (ie., magazine or anthology), to wait and wait and wait for months for an answer, to open their emails one day and see a reply from an editor, to hesitate before opening the reply because “it could be an acceptance, but what if it’s not, what if they hated it, but then again, it could be, OH JUST OPEN IT!” The emotional rollercoaster of letting other people prescribe value on your work is fearful and fun at the same time. But in the end, you just want someone to publish the stuff.
How happy I was to open an email last week and find that a story had been accepted by Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine! The story Illegal (cowritten with my buddy Kevin Ikenberry) will appear soon in ASIM’s hallowed pages and I’ll let you all know when it’s available.
And I’ll talk more about collaborations with other writers soon. But for now, I’m just basking in the warmth that is acceptance.
Yay, Pete! (And Kevin, though I don’t know him!)
Honored to write this one with you, Pete. I think we need to take a trip back into the little world we’ve built!
Thanks, folks.
Kev, very happy to do that, my friend. And do you have the number of Jackie Chan’s production company? I reckon Illegal would make a great film vehicle for him. 🙂