Chris Dungey's Blog - Posts Tagged "duotrope"

Well, I guess there are certainly worse things one can be hooked on. I used to watch the stock-market, wondering how my 401K would do on a particular day and then checking my GM Benefits site the next day to see if I made a few bucks. Of course, with a new, first-time book out, I'm checking the Amazon Kindle dashboard and the CreateSpace dashboard a couple times each day to see if anyone wanted a taste. Wow! One apiece today! I'll be rich in no time! But the most frustrating pot I watch (remember your parents telling you that "a watched pot never boils?")on a daily basis is the Duotrope New and Updated Listings. I love to see those fresh, fledgling publications make their first call for submissions. Maybe they're just the market for my stuff. Maybe they won't be jaded. Maybe they'll be anxious to fill out that first issue. But....this time of year, it slows down. It can go three or four days without changing. OK,then. Let's see how Fidelity is doing.