tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post3637877735000301939..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: I Have Rejected >1000 BooksWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-63551387309234786972008-12-17T11:51:00.000-05:002008-12-17T11:51:00.000-05:00i didn't find this piece hurtful or mean-spirited....i didn't find this piece hurtful or mean-spirited. of late, guardian articles have been picking up more of the flavor of tabloids and light reading material. to me, this article just sounded humorous. talks about space operas and jane austen fan fiction. the kind of stuff really clueless people send to to the wrong agents.<BR/><BR/>maybe i'm finally developing thick writerly skin? i give this post a C+ for effort. try to boil my blood more next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-81824801439119854472008-12-17T11:23:00.000-05:002008-12-17T11:23:00.000-05:00Writing a rejection is a delicate skill? WTF? I di...Writing a rejection is a delicate skill? WTF? I didn't know printing out a peice of paper and putting it in an envelope required that much thought.The Rejection Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288683065588449736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-60978979489107366592008-12-17T10:48:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:48:00.000-05:00Everything I read says that the vast majority of s...Everything I read says that the vast majority of slush pile submissions are semiliterate and hackneyed. It seems to me that the minor challenge ought to be to dispense with those as quickly as possible -- a neutral-sounding note should be sufficient; there's no way you'll stop them from contributing again. The major challenge ought to be to find the occasional good writing that turns up in the slush pile without becoming too jaded or self-important to recognize it. I would guess, though, that this isn't happening, and it's one reason the traditional publishing industry is going the way of Packard and Nash, Oldsmobile and Chrysler.John Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625895756906828468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-79074393149174414342008-12-17T10:31:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:31:00.000-05:00It suggests that they actually read submissions, w...It suggests that they actually read submissions, which is what I find most surprising. <BR/>I wonder if this editor's sole job is to write rejections, to be dispersed among requisitioning editors. JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com