Thank you authors for sending your stories!
Thank you editors for reading slush!
I believe we have finished the initial slush reads. This means if we received your story before the submission deadline you have, or will very soon, hear from us. Folks should have gotten a rejection (sorry!) or a hold-for-voting (yay!) email.
I read a lot of stories in the slush pile in which the author told me a story. When we're kids our parents read us bedtime stories. Once upon a time.... We often tell our friends anecdotes of our day. We tell stories around the campfire when we go camping. Blogs often involves a lot of telling.
All of these experiences have led us astray. A good story needs to have some showing. Act out the events of your story! Show us the dialogue. Show us the actions. Show us the physical sensations and sensory details.
There are some markets which let you get away with all telling, but Electric Spec is not really one of them.
Next time, I'll tell you about the production meeting. :)
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