Last weekend, I checked the authors.me website to see how the submission process was going at Pandamoon Publishing. I sent the first draft of my story to them at the end of May. I saw they declined to publish my story on July 25. I wasn’t distraught about this, but I do want to share my feelings.
Below is part of the email stating the decision to decline publishing my story. The publisher at Pandamoon Publishing wrote the email.
After lengthy consideration by myself and our team, we must pass on the opportunity to publish your story.
I read this as more than just a slush pile intern read my manuscript. Several people at Pandamoon read my story. They liked the premise of my story. Things that I believe contributed to the declination include:
- The mistakes that inevitably filled the first draft that I sent them
- The amount of adult language I use
- The sex scenes in my manuscript
There may be other reasons, but I’m comfortable with these reasons. The biggest joy for me was that several people read my story and considered publishing it. My plan for August is to finish the revisions and prepare the manuscript to be sent out again in September and October.
So, I may not get published this year, but 2017 has 365 days it. Surely I can hit one of those days.
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What I’m Reading – Many readers I know like to inquire what their favorite author is reading. At the end of each blog post, I’ll let you know what I’m reading. I may not be a published author yet, but I hope my choice of reading material inspires you to read. I finished Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life by Pope Paul VI. It’s only eleven pages but contains the building blocks that form the basis for St. Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. I also read K. K. Allen’s short story Soaring. My review is on Good Reads. I’m waiting for Karol Wojtyla’s Love and Responsibility to be delivered. I encourage you to read a variety of topics.