For anyone who submitted a proposal to Fandemonium or know someone, they recently sent out this e-mail to thier submitters. It was a form mail, sent to everyone
<snip>
Sorry also for the form letter, but we felt we should write to everyone
and
let you know what was happening with the submissions process so far.
Well, to begin with, we were overwhelmed by the response. During the
month
of November 2004, we received more than 200 submissions, about twice as
many
as expected. To put that into perspective, that's around 2000 pages of
synopsis and 6000 pages of sample writing.
Which brings me to our next problem... It's taking us a little longer
than
expected to work our way through them. I'm afraid we've completely
missed
the 28 February date that we had been aiming for. In fairness to
ourselves,
that was not a firm deadline, merely a request for writers to hold off
querying us until that date (but then everyone has their excuses, don't
they?).
So, where do we stand now? We have completed about 50% of the reading.
Some
of you will start to receive a response from us shortly regarding your
proposal. Others may have to wait for another 4-6 weeks.
Please don't be discouraged if the answer is no, because with over 200
submissions, we were never going to be able to publish more than about
1-2%
of them - that is, about 2-4 novels - at most.
Please also remember that, according to the submissions guidelines, we
won't
enter into discussions regarding our reasons for rejecting a proposal.
This
is partly due to logistics and partly because it's difficult enough for
us
to say no to some of these proposals (but we have to for the reason I
stated
above) without having to try and explain why your story, which you
think
would be brilliant, isn't one that we can publish at this time.
In a few weeks, once we have read some more proposals, we will post an
FAQ
with some of the more common reasons for rejecting proposals. Please
read
this, especially if you are planning to submit again.
Yes, we are going to have another round of submissions - most likely in
November again. We will announce it on the website and in the email
newsletter. If you're not signed up to the newsletter, you can do so
here:
http://www.stargatenovels.com/newsletter.php
Like I said, we will start emailing some people shortly to notify them
of
our decision regarding their proposal. If you don't hear from us,
please
bear with us - we will do so within the next month or so. If you
haven't
heard from us by the end of April, then definitely contact us.
Finally, thank-you everyone for your proposals. It has been interesting
reading them and seeing the many myriad takes on the Stargate universe.
We
have been, by turns, impressed, amused and occasionally taken aback by
what
we have read, but it's always been an adventure.
With very best regards,
Tom
Stargate Novels
www.stargatenovels.com
[email protected]
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so this is really good news in a way. over 200 submissions!!!
That's just fantastic. It speaks well for the novel line and for the various authors out there that so many people subbed. Of course, it also explains little things, such as their site not being updated lately and the such.
So folks just need to be patient and wait and see.
<snip>
Sorry also for the form letter, but we felt we should write to everyone
and
let you know what was happening with the submissions process so far.
Well, to begin with, we were overwhelmed by the response. During the
month
of November 2004, we received more than 200 submissions, about twice as
many
as expected. To put that into perspective, that's around 2000 pages of
synopsis and 6000 pages of sample writing.
Which brings me to our next problem... It's taking us a little longer
than
expected to work our way through them. I'm afraid we've completely
missed
the 28 February date that we had been aiming for. In fairness to
ourselves,
that was not a firm deadline, merely a request for writers to hold off
querying us until that date (but then everyone has their excuses, don't
they?).
So, where do we stand now? We have completed about 50% of the reading.
Some
of you will start to receive a response from us shortly regarding your
proposal. Others may have to wait for another 4-6 weeks.
Please don't be discouraged if the answer is no, because with over 200
submissions, we were never going to be able to publish more than about
1-2%
of them - that is, about 2-4 novels - at most.
Please also remember that, according to the submissions guidelines, we
won't
enter into discussions regarding our reasons for rejecting a proposal.
This
is partly due to logistics and partly because it's difficult enough for
us
to say no to some of these proposals (but we have to for the reason I
stated
above) without having to try and explain why your story, which you
think
would be brilliant, isn't one that we can publish at this time.
In a few weeks, once we have read some more proposals, we will post an
FAQ
with some of the more common reasons for rejecting proposals. Please
read
this, especially if you are planning to submit again.
Yes, we are going to have another round of submissions - most likely in
November again. We will announce it on the website and in the email
newsletter. If you're not signed up to the newsletter, you can do so
here:
http://www.stargatenovels.com/newsletter.php
Like I said, we will start emailing some people shortly to notify them
of
our decision regarding their proposal. If you don't hear from us,
please
bear with us - we will do so within the next month or so. If you
haven't
heard from us by the end of April, then definitely contact us.
Finally, thank-you everyone for your proposals. It has been interesting
reading them and seeing the many myriad takes on the Stargate universe.
We
have been, by turns, impressed, amused and occasionally taken aback by
what
we have read, but it's always been an adventure.
With very best regards,
Tom
Stargate Novels
www.stargatenovels.com
[email protected]
___
so this is really good news in a way. over 200 submissions!!!
That's just fantastic. It speaks well for the novel line and for the various authors out there that so many people subbed. Of course, it also explains little things, such as their site not being updated lately and the such.
So folks just need to be patient and wait and see.
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