quarter_to_five | Am I Artistically Principled or Just Lazy?

Well, thats a rejection (albeit a rather nice one) from Beneath Ceaseless Skies for the Story With The Communist Mermaids. Off it goes to Clockwork Phoenix in the nick of time. It's the second we-liked-it-but-not-quite rejection this story has racked up, with vaguely similar comments, but i'm kind of unwilling to tinker with it . I feel like addressing what they're bringing up would be a compromise - I don't want to spell out the ending. OTOH, maybe it's just thin writing. I did struggle with the ending and ended up cutting a scene i'd initially planned to put in because it suddenly seemed redundant, but it wasn't about the stuff they bring up either. Fortunately, there was no time to angst about it now since the CWP deadline is today. I'll angst about when they reject it.