This one came earlier than expected.  Someone, somewhere is bound to eventually like “Jenny Kissed Me” enough to buy her, right?  When I get to rejection letter # 100, I may consider changing my name legally to Rejection Queen.

Rejection Letter #6 – The Cincinnati Review

Dear Writer:

Thank you for the opportunity to consider your work. We’ve read it with care but have decided not to accept it for publication. Best of luck placing it elsewhere.

Our reading period is now August 15th through April 15th. If you want to know more about this change, please read our blog post on the subject: cincinnatireview.com/blog/uncategorized/rethinking-our-reading-period.

Sincerely,

The Editors of The Cincinnati Review

I haven’t received any rejection letters lately, which is good, but I haven’t received any acceptances either, which is a bummer.  However, I should be receiving a whole bunch of one or the other in the next week or two.

Since The New Yorker told me kindly that “Jenny of Lebanon” wasn’t what they were looking for, I’ve resubmitted it to two other publishers.  It’ll be another three months before I hear back from them, unless of course my manuscript falls on their desk and light from heaven illuminates it.  That would be cool, although highly unlikely.

I searched Duotrope and the internet for places to send her, but there aren’t many places that accept and pay for a story as long as she is, nearly 14,500 words.

I guess once I’ve tried every avenue for JOL, I’ll probably self-publish her.  I’m glad I live in a world where that is relatively easy, but I would much rather have someone else accept her first, then republish her later.  I’m looking forward to turning her into an audiobook, too.

And for those of you wondering, I have not become a millionaire with my first audiobook.  At least not yet.  🙂