tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post3568827766390347608..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Abracadabra, Story Be Gone!Writer, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-12063069384243250902008-03-05T16:27:00.000-05:002008-03-05T16:27:00.000-05:00No offense taken. I do think that the Galley Cat ...No offense taken. I do think that the Galley Cat article is way off base. It's like saying anyone can be a rock star because Mick Jagger is a rock star. Or something like that.Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-110209264480554412008-03-05T16:03:00.000-05:002008-03-05T16:03:00.000-05:00Sorry for any offense WR. Didn't intend to be mean...Sorry for any offense WR. Didn't intend to be mean to Hempel and the others in my deleted comment but only wanted to point out to the above that it's not even four. I won't make a post like that again if it offends you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-69723662863365910982008-03-05T14:09:00.000-05:002008-03-05T14:09:00.000-05:00Wow. I looked at Galley Cat. The writer mentions f...Wow. I looked at Galley Cat. The writer mentions four short story writers who make a living from their art. Four.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, sure there's more than four...but I'm not sure exactly how these few abberations change the facts: ya ain't gonna get paid for your stories. Not enough to live on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-30419394514402871912008-03-05T09:32:00.000-05:002008-03-05T09:32:00.000-05:00This is so wrong. You must be a miserable rejected...This is so wrong. You must be a miserable rejected would-be writer. Because the short story's not dead at all. In fact, it's doing great! Better than ever! More fantastic <I>art</I> is being written now than ever before in the history of the English language! More accredited writers have access to more venues than ever before, more books and magazines and being published for stories than ever before, and we are just <I>drowning</I> in opportunities for conferences and parties and teaching! I can't imagine a more fantastic lifestyle, and <I>I am living it!</I> But don't just take my anonymous word, o would-be one. You can <A HREF="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/mailbag/the_short_storys_doing_fine_deal_with_it_79044.asp" REL="nofollow">read about it on Galley Cat</A>. Feel stupid yet? Well I must be off -- got class in twenty minutes. Bye bye!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com