Womag Success

niddy

What a christmas present, just heard I've sold my first ever womag story to The Peoples Friend.

Hadn;t heard from them after submitting a story so sent a query letter. Received an email today, acceptance got lost in the post so they are sending me another one.

Today I'm walking on air.:)

dorothyd

wow! What news! What a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas!!! Many many congratulations, Niddy!

Mutley

Niddy that is brilliant - well done

Nefertari

well done! Great early Xmas pressie as you say.

Betsie

Congratulations Niddy - great news

Jenny

Glad to hear your good news, Niddy! You'll enjoy seeing your name and story in print.

heather

Well done , Niddy.
PF are very picky, so are especially hard to get into.

Carol

That's a wonderful Christmas present Niddy. Well done.

Wordy

Well done, Niddy. Look forward to seeing your story in print so let us know when it appears. Shows it is a good idea to follow up submissions once a reasonable time has elapsed,too.

caro

Well done! What's your story about?

flyingtart

Congratulations, Niddy! :)

niddy

Thanks everyone - its called The Rainbow Shed, I'll let you know when its going to be published

Rosalie

Congrats, Niddy - that's fantastic news!

dora

H U R R A Y F O R O U R N I D D Y

You is a star missus!

congrats.

Viv

Well done Niddy. Intriguing title! And you've reminded me to give them a chase about 2 of mine they've had for ages.

Wilts

Congratulations Niddy. Great news, great Christmas present!

Hush Puppy

Wonderful news Niddy. Congratulations.

SusieM

As someone who has just sold her first story, I know how you feel - wonderful. Congratulations, I'll look forward to reading it.

Stan2

Well done Niddy!

ceka

Congratulations! Welcome to the club, Niddy - may this be the first of many.

niddy

Thanks Stan

ceka - what a great club to be a member of, have already done a couple of rough drafts of rnew stories - keep me out of mischief over the christmas holidays:)

ceka

Good for you, keep going. And if they ever even hint at a change in a 'returned' story, make that change and send it right back, they very often pick them up second time around. And don't worry if they change titles/names and things - I'm afraid it's just something they do! They'll send you a free copy several weeks ahead of publication date (sneaky preview!) so you can tell everyone which issue it's in and they can go and buy a copy!

Baggy Books

Fantastic!

Celtic C

Congratulations Niddy! :)

LilyC

Does anyone know if Norah McGrath is still the Fiction Editor for TAB/Fiction Feast?

Thanks.

littlewanda

Yes. I recently had a story rejected by TAB and her name was on the letter.

LilyC

Thank you littlewanda. Sorry your story was rejected :(

littlewanda

That's okay. It was my first submission and first rejection! To a paying market, that is.

LilyC

Mine will be the same, to a Womag anyway.

My rejections are flying about with their own little wings this year so I quite expect to get rejected from TAB too. Ho hum. :)

Jay Mandal

Congratulations, Niddy!

Lou Treleaven

Could we try to avoid ressurecting old threads as it causes confusion!

Liz

Yep, a new thread would have been much more sensible in this case...

dorothyd

it would in a lot of instances, methinks. There can be a lot of confusion when old threads are revived, if dates aren't checked, and there's also the sad bit, the people on the old threads who are no longer with us.

dora

I am quite happy to congratulate Niddy again.

Hurray for Niddy. :)

Pete G

Well done, Niddy. Haven't actually bothered to query a no response from a mag myself. Maybe I should and it will explain what happened. I might have been published and not know it. A lesson for all those like me in your success, Niddy.