Friday, August 27, 2010

The Foundling Review Rejection

From a reader who got rejected from the Foundling: Some nice lines in there. "....Christ coming back on pancake, fake like the man on the moon." Overall, this one didn't seem right for Foundling Review. We have finally decided to pass. Please take some time and report our submission response times to Duotrope. We would really like that.
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11 comments:

  1. heynonnynonymousAugust 27, 2010 at 10:38 PM

    Looks more like Gerry Garcia on a pancake.

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  2. heynonnynonymousAugust 27, 2010 at 10:38 PM

    Looks more like Gerry Garcia on a pancake.

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  3. zineAugust 28, 2010 at 12:47 PM

    It's tacky to ask the submitter to report their response to Duotrope. Not every writer uses Duotrope anyway.

    I do get why they ask, Duotrope's stats are inaccurate. Most people who do use Duotrope are happy to report their acceptances and loath to report rejections. (They show our journal with an acceptance rate 10 times higher than our real acceptance rate.) But still, it seems indecent to ask the writer to report his rejection.

    Imagine a rude editor writing "Please report this insulting, self-indulgent tirade of a rejection to LROD." That would be f-ing hilarious.

    BTW, we've learned how not to reject writers by reading your blog. Thanks WR and anonymice!

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  4. TheLiteraryReviewReviewAugust 28, 2010 at 1:28 PM

    It's always odd when a rejection asks for a favor. Gee, report to Duotrope, what a deal.

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  5. The Oceanside AnimalsAugust 28, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    Hey I used to keep those stats too!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 28, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    I was thinking it looked from Frank Zappa than Jerry or Gee-zus.

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  7. luluSeptember 2, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    John Bruce has some egomaniacal things to say regarding his own writing and Foundling Review on his ridculous blog. (Scroll down: it's just a post or two below his tactless criticism of a suicide note.)

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  8. skelileksSeptember 3, 2010 at 1:41 AM

    john bruce is practically having an orgasm over the vqr tragedy. he's found a way to stay "neutral" on the topic by trashing both sides.

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  9. luluSeptember 3, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    Anyone who criticizes typos in a suicide note and then thinks that's somehow indicative of intellectual weakness must have fathomless insecurities himself. Look up "schadenfreude" in the dictionary, and you'll find a photo of John Bruce. I didn't think it was possible, but he's reached new lows this time, even as he's pumping himself up to greater heights (in his own head, that is). A sad, old man.

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  10. Mike Finley ~ Big VanillaSeptember 5, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    I'm wondering why Duotrope manages these statistics. I'm old school, when writers did not imagine they had the right to a speedy response. The net lets us tsunami magazines with submissions, then check to see how quickly they are mowed down. Get lives everyone!

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  11. Boondocks JournalistSeptember 5, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    Well, when a journal requests no simultaneous submissions, and you respect that, and they don't reply for six months to a year, or maybe never reply ... that's why we need Duotrope.

    But I consult their stats without reporting anything, so I'm part of the problem.

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