tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post4742172650985642969..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: How to say noUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-68366468372098694092010-03-29T15:27:03.837-05:002010-03-29T15:27:03.837-05:00Agreed, that is very frustrating...Agreed, that is very frustrating...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-69810386678478728292010-03-29T14:59:35.633-05:002010-03-29T14:59:35.633-05:00The only thing that really makes me insane is the ...The only thing that really makes me insane is the "mysterious rejection"...the kind of thing where you know that somewhere behind the scenes, there's a conversation going on, and it has different facets to it, but all you ever end up hearing is a (weirdly late) sorry, can't do it. I know there are reasons for not sharing the whole conversation with the author--probably good ones, yes--but it's amazing how the experience of getting rejected changes and becomes far more manageable when it doesn't feel like there's a locked, secret roomful of people laughing at you.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603474703656101763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-64312636180051939802010-03-29T14:00:29.177-05:002010-03-29T14:00:29.177-05:00Well, if you end up in my class, I'll look for...Well, if you end up in my class, I'll look forward to criticizing you some more... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-74006787072255159372010-03-29T09:07:10.456-05:002010-03-29T09:07:10.456-05:00Yeah, it was from David Godine, and it was that da...Yeah, it was from David Godine, and it was that darn novel I'll be working on this summer.Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-87139791544848189782010-03-29T08:23:02.243-05:002010-03-29T08:23:02.243-05:00That's a nice one, Hope!That's a nice one, Hope!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-21740393618470979382010-03-29T08:06:23.287-05:002010-03-29T08:06:23.287-05:00My last rejection letter said my writing wasn'...My last rejection letter said my writing wasn't up to their standards, and they were absolutely right. It wasn't even up to my standards (my bad) but they still loved my idea. That's the kind of rejection that makes you want to work harder.Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-67293362229413185762010-03-28T19:52:40.934-05:002010-03-28T19:52:40.934-05:00Have you noticed the flurry of people leaving edit...Have you noticed the flurry of people leaving editing to be writers? Thinking of the article in the Times Mag, but there are others. <br /><br /><i>Who's gonna publish 'em??</i>rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-6008177044410434982010-03-28T18:00:23.143-05:002010-03-28T18:00:23.143-05:00I recently wrote to another writer friend regardin...I recently wrote to another writer friend regarding the policy of the New York Times in one of their columns, where they tell you that if you don't hear back within a month, consider that to be a rejection:<br /><br /><i>Is there any other business where you can do that and get away with it? Can you imagine if Amazon said, "Sung, please send us your cash, and if you don't hear back from us, that means we never received your payment. Otherwise, you'll get what you bought. Thank you and come again!"</i><br /><br />I know the analogy isn't quite right, since I'm the customer in the Amazon scenario, but sometimes this business can be awfully frigid. I know, it's the economics, not enough readers, not enough reporters, etc. But still.<br /><br />- SungAltSunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091271275548692502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-3133769501560935882010-03-28T17:59:03.712-05:002010-03-28T17:59:03.712-05:00I had a rejection come to me once in the form of t...I had a rejection come to me once in the form of the first page of my manuscript torn in half, no note. I actually got a laugh out of that one (solitary Schadenfreude I guess).seanpbiznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204106062565176173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-21649538458115326432010-03-28T14:15:33.814-05:002010-03-28T14:15:33.814-05:00More rejection as a part of the writing life gener...More rejection as a part of the writing life generally. I've actually had a couple of very decent, helpful rejections from an agent and a publisher recently. <br /><br />Heartening because it isn't just new writers that have a hard road to travel.zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088954029274886102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-46841840969090840152010-03-28T14:02:16.007-05:002010-03-28T14:02:16.007-05:00Why timely? Did you get a mean rejection?Why timely? Did you get a mean rejection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-74682878432103457712010-03-28T13:59:03.999-05:002010-03-28T13:59:03.999-05:00Timely and heartening.Timely and heartening.zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088954029274886102noreply@blogger.com