As a writer, dealing with rejection is something you need to cope with if you want to get published. However, sometimes I found myself in the position where I had to reject an offer and withdraw my story. It didn't happen very often, because when you're new to publishing, you'll jump at every opportunity to …
Rejection, Rejection
According to The Grinder, my short fiction stats for this year are: 75 submissions3 acceptances67 rejections And that's pretty average for me. I tend to submit my stories to magazines whose acceptance rates are 1% - 3%. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of stories the editors of those magazines prefer, so there's …
Variations on Death and Love
I have two pieces published this month and they're both about death. Coincidence? I don't think so. The first piece is an article, Danse Macabre: Equality in Death in Medieval Istrian Frescoes published in The Deadlands. This wasn't the first time I connected my art history knowledge with my publications in speculative fiction magazines, but …
Jelena Dunato 