tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post582755515641600276..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: Two RejectionsSeraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-38878360255874634682011-06-08T09:23:23.122+01:002011-06-08T09:23:23.122+01:00Can I be anonymous just for this? The solicited p...Can I be anonymous just for this? The solicited piece s*cks; but maybe there was some kind of internal politics and the editor got his or her butt chewed for soliciting it in the first place if that makes sense. If that's what happened, they should have had the courtesy to tell you before you finished it.<br /><br />My best rejection ever was a standard form with all the blanks filled in, but an editor had taken the time to HANDWRITE something along the lines of "sorry, we just did something similar but this is really good". Maybe something like that happened. It was more exciting than when I finally did get something published.<br /><br />Hope you keep at it.<br /><br />Shy writer of great american novelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-41312139115937295542011-06-08T04:25:16.558+01:002011-06-08T04:25:16.558+01:00So sorry to hear. Totally their loss (or at least...So sorry to hear. Totally their loss (or at least their loss is far greater than yours).Kate Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-13443958626759398482011-06-07T23:02:38.587+01:002011-06-07T23:02:38.587+01:00Ouch. Sowwy :( (goes off glad after all that her ...Ouch. Sowwy :( (goes off glad after all that her commissioning editor appears to be positively sloppy in checking what she does)berenikehttp://exlaodicea.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-73146708513126132712011-06-07T22:35:30.466+01:002011-06-07T22:35:30.466+01:00A solicited piece! These editors, they just don...A solicited piece! These editors, they just don't know how to commit these days! Poor Seraphic!Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-38432981929636678202011-06-07T22:04:56.474+01:002011-06-07T22:04:56.474+01:00*indignant huff* Well. They just don't know wh...*indignant huff* Well. They just don't know what it is that they turned down. <br /><br />If I were an editor, I'd publish you!!SoaringSopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881553908501628016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-3538617549421109592011-06-07T21:36:52.333+01:002011-06-07T21:36:52.333+01:00Boooo!Boooo!FrBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912928745096022342noreply@blogger.com