Two things I hate about Three Crow Press.
1. I don't have enough money to publish more authors.
2. Sending out rejections.
Three Crow is paid out of my pocket. It's not a bottomless pit. If it were, I'd own more cars. We may not pay a lot but it adds up. My day job goes to pay for it. Sadly, that's the happiest part of the Hates.
The worst part is sending out rejections. I try to be nice about it. This time around we were seriously loaded down with them and the reviewers all had stuff piling up. Whacking down the subs to an acceptable amount was hard and then sorting out the yes, maybe and no piles was a bitch.
There is always a few that are right on the edge. Some move on. Some don't. Today I sent out the letters. God, it kills me.
The love part? Sending out the Acceptance letters. Really. That's a win. Okay, so now I have to pay the author but that's okay.
Now that submissions are hacked back, we can take a breath and go for round two. Yes, more submission. Less of a flood but still, since each story should be weighed against what we can accept, how many i can pay for and most of all, how good it is... I'd rather be late in accepting than rush to rejection.






