tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post1862495655066876025..comments2024-01-10T04:32:03.578-05:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Your Work is "Gross or Disgusting in Nature"Writer, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-24011308875377451442009-07-07T06:55:38.718-04:002009-07-07T06:55:38.718-04:00I got this one from them too! It's not my bes...I got this one from them too! It's not my best one so far, but it's definitely a cut above "We read your work with interest."Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-423124482488068272009-07-01T17:09:12.367-04:002009-07-01T17:09:12.367-04:00nice actually to see the checklist. better than th...nice actually to see the checklist. better than the impersonal slip that leaves you guessing whether or not they'd actually read or glanced at any of your submission.<br /><br />you should blog about the much more common rejection now, the new de rigueur of 09 (for agents, trade editors, magazine editors, newspaper editors, even blurb requests to other writers): dead silence.<br /><br />i hate when you mail your requested pages with return postage and they can't even return the thing or acknowledge ever having seen it. it's just rude and super bad karma.happy writernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-19041332216946557082009-07-01T15:05:06.156-04:002009-07-01T15:05:06.156-04:00This magazine closed many, many months ago. They ...This magazine closed many, many months ago. They published good work, but couldn't get over the stigma of looking too much like One Story. Anyway, aside from a personal rejection, this is an ideal rejection letter, no? It gives you a bit of feedback. Sorry to hear about your novel not selling, W,R. I hope you write another one.The Nextnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-70552221209078445102009-07-01T14:38:37.747-04:002009-07-01T14:38:37.747-04:00That journal is actually out-of-print; they accept...That journal is actually out-of-print; they accepted one of my stories, but ceased publication a few months later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-66254492331476891592009-07-01T11:07:38.891-04:002009-07-01T11:07:38.891-04:00Goodness.
Their editor seems to have a blog too, ...Goodness.<br /><br />Their editor seems to have a blog too, and the current posting is regarding letters from disgruntled writers, rejected...<br /><br />http://lunchhourstories.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-84303626170892091262009-07-01T09:54:45.904-04:002009-07-01T09:54:45.904-04:00Hmm ... "gross or disgusting in nature" ...Hmm ... "gross or disgusting in nature" ... something tells me that many of my stories would have come back with that one circled, although given my usual subject matter I doubt I would have submitted to a market named "Lunch Hour Stories" anyway.The Oceanside Animalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894063884048051561noreply@blogger.com