State of the Writer
As of March 13, 2002:
To Soothe The Savage Beast- Winner!- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention
- Rejected - favourably by Ellen Datlow
- Rejected - favourably by F&SF
- Submitted - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002
- Word Count: 9,800
- Response Expected By: June, 2002
Mirror, Mirror- Rejected - Isaac Asimov Award 2002
- Word Count: 7,217
Jory's Song- Cut from final 15 - Isaac Asimov Award 2002
- Rejected - favourably by F & SF
- Submitted - by request to DAW anthology, March 3, 2002
- Word Count: 7,353
The Mural- Rejected - F&SF
- In Revision
Several changes here - most notably the lightning rejections by F&SF and the equally lightning submission to the DAW anthology, which was actually none of my doing, but the result of having really good contacts and a good friend with the published author clout to get them to listen. I have absolutely
no idea when or if I'm going to hear back from that one.