To Submit or Not to Submit

Spent today going through the Stone story, dustbusting places where it looked like work had gone on. I've had a market in mind for the story all along The only question left is when to submit. I feel almost the same drive to submit it as I did to write it.

When to submit? No one likes the "Oh-no-it-wasn't-ready-what-was-I-thinking" feeling. Yet, paraphrasing an earlier post, I don't feel a story has achieved its goal until it's published. I can show stories to friends or editors. Editors might reject it, but ultimately a story is closer to publication with an editor than with a friend. When an editor is a friend, the chances are about even.

Thanks to Jim Winter for the final push. Here I go.