tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post8616638840921903792..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Rejection Withering on The Orchid VineWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-18944250904796356472007-12-12T11:36:00.000-05:002007-12-12T11:36:00.000-05:00It sounds to me like this editor is too absorbed ...It sounds to me like this editor is too absorbed and in love with his or her own writing to even bother with anyone elses soul baring. Probably been working on that rejection letter for months and you were the first submission. Consider yourself lucky to evade dealing with this person on a personal level...:)Chonny Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800088042747645534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-47290623004708244512007-12-10T11:38:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:38:00.000-05:00Dear god. I found I couldn't bear to read all of B...Dear god. I found I couldn't bear to read all of Baxter's missive, even when chopped into digestible chunks with nice commentary. Dear god.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-50523983815418282812007-12-09T19:18:00.000-05:002007-12-09T19:18:00.000-05:00What they really want is for you to Quit Writing F...What they really want is for you to Quit Writing Fooorrreeevvveeerrrr. This rejection could honestly do that for me.<BR/><BR/>Reading Charles Baxter is like drinking a tall glass of cherry-flavored corn syrup. He used to be all right, I don't know what happened to him. Tenure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com