#so i'd only do a simultaneous sub if the pay rates were similar or none of the mags paid

[thelostboys87]

see the thing is the one story i've got accepted this year i started drafting at the start of this month and went on a whirlwind editing it every single day over the course of a week and then it got accepted on the first (very impulsive) submission and now im like YAYY but im like what now i want to submit again :( but all i have are multiple flash pieces that i have been dragging through the mud trying to make work and will need to skin alive and then stitch back together before they can be read by other people again

#like i have ideas its just...UGHGHHHH #at least 3 are going to basically be new stories #which is FUN and exciting to me but im also like oughgh i gotta put in the work. you know. #it will hopefully not feel like work when i am doing it but you know. starting and all that #i dont like simultaneous subs anymore unless im strategic about them because last year #i got accepted quicker i think but also i just was submitting anywhere and it'd be like #oh if all these got rejected it would take 6 months potentially.... #and also i dont like submitting to different mags with different pay rates at once #like id rather submit to wherever feels best first and/or wherever pays more first #so i'd only do a simultaneous sub if the pay rates were similar or none of the mags paid #anyway my goal instead of having a story at lots of places is i want multiple stories out at the same time #like story A at litmag 1 story B at litmag 2 etc #then if they get rejected i can do story A at litmag 2 story B at litmag 1 if i want #actually the stories im editing atm i think i know where i want each one to go first which i love because #i felt so lost about litmags last year and now its nice to be like ooooh i think they might like this...