tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post7952553412106732397..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: I Have Much To Be Thankful For...So Ignore This PostWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-34533654776570457882009-11-27T03:15:04.212-05:002009-11-27T03:15:04.212-05:00Yes, there's no better time to start a new pro...Yes, there's no better time to start a new project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-69648720109548534112009-11-24T06:52:55.591-05:002009-11-24T06:52:55.591-05:00As an editor with a huge backlog of submissions on...As an editor with a huge backlog of submissions on my slushpile, I would find it incredibly annoying for anyone to contact me about the status of a manuscript unless it has been sitting on my desk longer than the maximum response time outlined on our submissions guidelines. (In my case, three months). Especially if simultaneous subs are allowed. <br /><br />Here's wishing you all success in 2010 and some Literary Bohemian Thick Skin Elixir. Free and liberal doses with each submission to an unknown market! Good luck, eh?Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944476623559422630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-69889365894094504292009-11-24T00:34:32.538-05:002009-11-24T00:34:32.538-05:00which agent is most likely to be urged on by a lit...which agent is most likely to be urged on by a little competition? drop that one a line that indicates you have some other suitors. maybe...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-9117939347397113212009-11-23T20:04:26.908-05:002009-11-23T20:04:26.908-05:00I say have a happy holiday season, then "publ...I say have a happy holiday season, then "publish the bitch" in 2010. I've had my Thanksgiving ruined by getting a form dis on my full, so I am definitely not nudging on the one hope -- a partial -- I've still got out there. My goal? Survive the rest of 2009 without any more excessive humiliation. This is the one time -- only -- that I would dare to give you, an actual published author, advice.Travenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160810997837674165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-15510777259137763242009-11-23T18:32:32.443-05:002009-11-23T18:32:32.443-05:00Write something else while you're waiting.Write something else while you're waiting.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12532623224069202379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-3597454600534660412009-11-23T18:12:33.771-05:002009-11-23T18:12:33.771-05:00I'd leave it till January. I also buy lotto ti...I'd leave it till January. I also buy lotto tickets and hold off on checking the numbers for a long time. As long as I haven't checked, I haven't not won!<br /><br />Stay cool. Keep writing.<br /><br />Just blogged on that. Might be helpful...or at least a laugh. You're invited. It's my post under the heading "Writer Envy." <br /><br />Good luck!Chazzhttp://www.authornation.com/razornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-2989656795497269412009-11-23T14:02:16.006-05:002009-11-23T14:02:16.006-05:00I'd shoot out a friendly email, asking for an ...I'd shoot out a friendly email, asking for an update.Johanna Morannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-39655612795657351252009-11-23T13:27:20.201-05:002009-11-23T13:27:20.201-05:00Come on. All you have to do is (1) prepare to sel...Come on. All you have to do is (1) prepare to self pub and (2) reveal your identity on the blog, maybe with an exerpt. You will sell your book. It will go viral. It may even be picked up by a "real" publisher. <br /><br />The only reason to be anon here is for fear of being blacklisted by the people who you've exposed on the blog. If you self pub and then twittr and blog your way to fame and fortune, those people can't touch you.<br /><br />It's a brave new world. We're looking for a leader. Go WR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-35254047157291725282009-11-23T13:18:42.615-05:002009-11-23T13:18:42.615-05:00I just wait 2 months after the initial contact, an...I just wait 2 months after the initial contact, and then - if I haven't heard from them - send a "just checking in" e-mail every month.<br /><br />This process stretches on for about 2 years, during which time I have, historically, produced another novel, so I'm then ready to start the whole thing over again.<br /><br />Not this time, though...gimmenoreply@blogger.com