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Keith P. Graham is a Programmer, Harmonica player and Science Fiction Writer. This blog reflects these and many other areas of interest.
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30 January 2006

The Harrow

I received a rewrite request on a story that I sent to the Harrow. I am surprised at this. The story, Gremlins Over Normandy, is a light-weight piece. It is only 1900 words. The editors liked it, but thought that a few changes might make it a better story. I am faced with the dilemma of taking the time to rewrite a story that I'm not fond of, or forgo a possible sale on a story that I had considered trunked.
Here's a little of what editor Michael R. Colangelo said:
Thanks for submitting 'Gremlins Over Normandy' to The Harrow. We're going to pass, but I'd like to suggest a bit of a rewrite and (hopefully) see a resubmittal from you... I think the style actually lends itself to the story... Gives it a bit of a pulp flavor, which supports the theme quite well.
I love the pulp flavor comment because that is exactly what I was going for. Hey Arthur, would you like to do the rewrite?
They have a smeerp-ish slush management system at The Harrow. I submitted there mostly because I wanted to check out their system. Their response was 55 days - way too long. One would think that the automated system would speed things up.

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