After another slew of rejections, I think I might have to reevaluate my writing plans. Seeing once again that my stories are not quite right for the anthologies is feeding into my self doubts about not being good enough. I know it's a practical reason on the editor's part because they have a limited number of spaces and need a cohesive narrative, but it still stings.
So instead of wallowing, I'm reassembling my plan of attack. Up until now, I've been sending submissions to any and all anthologies marked steampunk, Lovecraftian, or paranormal. Apparently my writing doesn't quite meet these descriptions. While I don't quite agree, I have to move on instead of arguing or trying to mesh my writing into something it isn't. So I intend on trying to send these short stories to magazines instead. I also want to try and do one a month instead of two or three so I can divert time between the short stories and the novels. Writing three short stories at once and hitting all deadlines showed me it was possible to multitask very well. I also tend to write better with looming deadlines.
Now, I know I've tried to set limits before on where I submit to avoid unneeded stress. It very rarely lasts long. I am not going to deprive myself of writing something if a prompt really strikes the Muse's fancy. I just feel I need to change my approach on finding places to submit. And if this doesn't work either, we will find another plan and keep moving along.
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