Mar Vincent
@marofthebooks.bsky.social
SFFH stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. I stand for human creativity, coffee, petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/
🎵And I’m writing a novel, because it’s never been done before. 🎵
🎵And I’m writing a novel, because it’s never been done before. 🎵
Those look so good! Thanks!
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Those look so good! Thanks!
OMG, those sound amazing! 😱 Thanks!
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
OMG, those sound amazing! 😱 Thanks!
Thanks so much!!
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Thanks so much!!
Ah, good luck! I hope you make the deadline!
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ah, good luck! I hope you make the deadline!
That’s awesome, I hope you keep up the momentum!
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
That’s awesome, I hope you keep up the momentum!
My favorite excuse to have to stay in. 😆
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My favorite excuse to have to stay in. 😆
Thanks! So far so good. 😁
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thanks! So far so good. 😁
Eee, thanks so much!!
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Eee, thanks so much!!
That’s actually a really good acceptance rate! You’re doing amazing!
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
That’s actually a really good acceptance rate! You’re doing amazing!
I don’t recall getting specific feedback on why they like the story but if I had to guess, I’d say the subject matter and world building helped it get accepted. Doubtful the anthology got too many other stories with such a strange premise!
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I don’t recall getting specific feedback on why they like the story but if I had to guess, I’d say the subject matter and world building helped it get accepted. Doubtful the anthology got too many other stories with such a strange premise!
It was for an anthology with a theme of women after the fall of civilization. I didn’t write the story specially for that call (I have poor luck with that), but sent it anyway.
The story itself was about preserving memory through mummification.
The story itself was about preserving memory through mummification.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was for an anthology with a theme of women after the fall of civilization. I didn’t write the story specially for that call (I have poor luck with that), but sent it anyway.
The story itself was about preserving memory through mummification.
The story itself was about preserving memory through mummification.
I’m happy to answer any other questions you might have, too!
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’m happy to answer any other questions you might have, too!
I’d say the #1 way to increase your odds of a sale is to increase the number of stories you have ready to go, that way you increase the number of submissions you can make.
And don’t let rejections discourage you, either. I still get nearly 100 rejections for every 100 submissions I send out.
And don’t let rejections discourage you, either. I still get nearly 100 rejections for every 100 submissions I send out.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I’d say the #1 way to increase your odds of a sale is to increase the number of stories you have ready to go, that way you increase the number of submissions you can make.
And don’t let rejections discourage you, either. I still get nearly 100 rejections for every 100 submissions I send out.
And don’t let rejections discourage you, either. I still get nearly 100 rejections for every 100 submissions I send out.
All magazines work differently in terms of slush readers and editors—some don’t use readers at all, some have armies of readers. One reader might pass a story up to the editor where another wouldn’t. So there’s a lot of luck and other factors that go into it, too.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
All magazines work differently in terms of slush readers and editors—some don’t use readers at all, some have armies of readers. One reader might pass a story up to the editor where another wouldn’t. So there’s a lot of luck and other factors that go into it, too.
Oh gosh, good question! I’d say it took a couple years of trying before I made my first sale, which is the first time an editor/publisher noticed my work (as far as I know). Probably over 100 submissions in that time, and I wrote dozens of stories that’ll never see the light of day around then, too.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Oh gosh, good question! I’d say it took a couple years of trying before I made my first sale, which is the first time an editor/publisher noticed my work (as far as I know). Probably over 100 submissions in that time, and I wrote dozens of stories that’ll never see the light of day around then, too.
That sounds like a lovely plan, and like it would be a wonderful time! Ah, I hear you about the time and short it would take to arrange… but with all those opportunities in one place, it would be a retreat to remember.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
That sounds like a lovely plan, and like it would be a wonderful time! Ah, I hear you about the time and short it would take to arrange… but with all those opportunities in one place, it would be a retreat to remember.
Ah, thanks! Yeah, the pumpkin itself is an important factor in the making of the pancakes, I’ll bet. 😊
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Ah, thanks! Yeah, the pumpkin itself is an important factor in the making of the pancakes, I’ll bet. 😊
Thanks so much, happy (belated) Thanksgiving!!
OMG, if you get that retreat center set up, keep me posted! I’d love to take part of I could. 😄
OMG, if you get that retreat center set up, keep me posted! I’d love to take part of I could. 😄
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Thanks so much, happy (belated) Thanksgiving!!
OMG, if you get that retreat center set up, keep me posted! I’d love to take part of I could. 😄
OMG, if you get that retreat center set up, keep me posted! I’d love to take part of I could. 😄
Ooo, I was close!
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Ooo, I was close!
Uh oh, is there gonna be a murder in this novel? I have a bad feeling about these twists, LOL…
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Uh oh, is there gonna be a murder in this novel? I have a bad feeling about these twists, LOL…