Waiting begins

[danaeris]

I got this

Dear Author,

This message is to acknowledge the receipt of your fiction submission.

We have been receiving multiple submissions from some authors. To help us
minimize our response times, please do not submit further stories until we
accept or reject this one. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Our response time currently averages about one month. If you haven't heard
from us in two months, feel free to query.

By the way, if you have not read our submission guidelines (at the URL
given below), please take a moment to do so.

This is an automated response.

Thank you,

Susan Marie Groppi, Jed Hartman, and Chris Heinemann
Fiction Editors, Strange Horizons
fiction@strangehorizons.com
Submission guidelines:
http://www.strangehorizons.com/SubmissionGuide_Fiction.shtml

this morning from Strange Horizons. The waiting begins

Comments

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

thanks hon! *hugs*

[astrodan.livejournal.com]

Do they give any editorial help? (Your story is good but, it would be great if you changed it just a little) Or is it just a yes/no process?

I'm not very familiar with the writing process, only done a little bit of tech writing professionally, but having a good editor for that was amazingly helpful.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

I think it varies from publication to publication, and also with how good your writing is. If your writing is really really bad, they might just say that. If it is good, but not quite what they want for their magazine, they might tell you that and give you a clearer idea of what sort of writing they want, or suggest other magazines to submit the story to. They might say "This is neat but has the following issues. Fix them and then send it back to us and we MIGHT take it then."

They might just say no.

It depends on how many subs they've had lately, the mood of the editor who reads it, etc. Highly variable, basically.
But I'm hoping for feedback if it is rejected

Re:

[astrodan.livejournal.com]

Feedback is always good. Some sort of feeling about where you are, and where you need to be in order to get published would be (in my pretty worthless opinion) incredibly valuable if this is something you really want.

Personally, if I had written something and I got feedback that it was close, but not quite what they are looking for this month, or that it needed just a few changes, I would be incredibly encouraged. :-)

Now, the bad part: Sitting and waiting!

Luck!