Sad day.

Stay Of Extinction is probably not going to be published in a traditional agent-to-publisher way. Maybe not even in an untraditional self-publishing way.

I got rejected by Tor books. They accept unsolicited manuscripts, because they understand that a mere query isn't enough to show the mettle of a good book. They have also published many books about off-the-wall subjects. I considered them a slam-dunk, but alas they sent me the dreaded 'Dear Author' form letter. At the very least I was hoping for an explanation (no matter how small) about why it was not up to par. I have one more email query out there, and will probably not pursue querying other agents at this time.

So there it is. I do eventually hope to publish the story, but it looks unlikely at this point. I will continue to write with the goal of getting published, which might provide me an opportunity to have Stay Of Extinction published at a later date. But I'm not really expecting much in that way.

I continue to enjoy writing, and please do check in on my short story page for updates.