[Writingworkshop] Rejection

[Daniel Peters]

I got this off of hacker news today. Definitely keep at it man.

http://jseliger.com/2009/08/23/philip-greenspuns-why-im-not-a-writer-and-hacker-news/

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Neale Morison <neale at nealemorison.com>wrote:

>  Keep trying. That appears to be the only advice that makes sense. Keep
> writing, keep trying. I think rejection is good. It means you're out there.
> I sent some stories out a little over a week ago. I get to test my own
> advice soon.
>
> Adam Holland wrote:
>
> And...
> Just got my own rejection letter from F&SF, for the "Mill of Heaven" story
> from last fall.
> It was an amazingly quick turnaround, almost exactly a week from me mailing
> it to getting the response in my mailbox.
> I'm not sure what that means, either about the story or the number of their
> submissions.
> I have to wonder if they even read it.
>
> Last time they rejected me I got a letter from Gordon.
> This time, it was from an editorial assistant.
>
> Text of letter:
> Thank you for submitting "But they Grind Exceedingly Fine", but I'm going
> to pass on it.  This tale didn't quite work for me, I'm afraid.  Good luck
> to you with this one, and thanks again for sending it our way.
>
> Stacey Friedberg, Editorial Assistant.
>
>
> Oh, well.
>
> Where should I try next?
>
> AH
> --
> refusing to join the narratives for which I'm being recruited
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Adam Holland <adam.holland at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm going to send something to F&SF soon, I think.
>> --
>> refusing to join the narratives for which I'm being recruited
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Neale Morison <neale at nealemorison.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I just received my first ever rejection slip from Asimov's magazine. It
>>> was for Specs. It's a form letter. Just so you can share the trauma:
>>>
>>> Dear Contributor:
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for letting us see your submission. We appreciate
>>> your taking the time to send it in for our consideration. Although it does
>>> not suit the needs of the magazine at this time, we wish you luck with
>>> placing it elsewhere.
>>> Please excuse this form letter. The volume of work has unfortunately made
>>> it impossible for us to respond to each submission individually, much as
>>> we'd like to do so.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Sheila Williams,
>>> Editor
>>>
>>> Note correct use of gerund. All the way from Park Avenue, New York. If
>>> you can get rejected there, you can get rejected anywhere!
>>>
>>> I sent it in about mid June so they only took six or seven weeks to get
>>> back to me.
>>>
>>> Who knows at what point they stopped reading? The form letter doesn't
>>> hint much. They didn't even perfume it. I got at least part of the protocol
>>> right if they managed to stuff the rejection form in the return envelope.
>>>
>>> Now that I have written a few things, I can just keep on sending them
>>> out. I can live life in an endless cycle of fevered anticipation and slumps
>>> of despondency.
>>>
>>> Next, Asimov's gets Last Person Singular, and someone else gets Specs.
>>> Who will it be?
>>>
>>> Analog is the same crowd, Dell Magazines, maybe with the same readers.
>>> http://www.analogsf.com/information/submissions.shtml
>>>
>>> Fantasy and Science Fiction, of Hoboken, Noo Joisey?
>>> http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Neale Morison
>>> neale at nealemorison.com
>>> http://www.nealemorison.com
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>>> +61 417 661 427
>>>
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>>
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