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No, I'm not a masochist, reveling in rejection. I'm an optimist, rejoicing in the knowledge that I finally screwed up the courage to submit a work to a real live publisher. Might not seem like a big deal to y'all, but it is to me. I finally did it, after much writing, re-writing, re-re-writing, and mulling it over. (I'm a champion-caliber muller).
Rejected? So what! I took the first step. Quick, somebody grab a camera before I fall back to Earth on my diaper-clad butt.
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Sometimes I wonder if it'd be scarier if they accept it. Then all sorts of doubt would go through my mind: Can I do it again?
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chris: sometimes! after the initial buzz wears off, I usually spend some time thinking "oh, crap, now everyone is going to be able to see what a fraud I am." and then I think I'll never write anything coherant again.
but then I realize that I'm being a neurotic moron and settle down.
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Who'd you send to? Did they give you a rejection letter with any pointers, or did they just give a firm "no"? What story was it? Um... and some other questions that aren't crossing my mind at the moment...
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I got my first rejection from a pro-market on Friday. Just a form letter saying, "Thanks for letting us look at this, but we cannot accept it at this time."
Oh well, I just sent the story off to it's next market.
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Was it a story that got attacked on here yet?
Someone help me out, I'm trying to remember the Mystery/Crime magazines that Dell Publishing has, but I can't thik of it... all I remember is that there's two of them (because Dell seems to have two of pretty much everything). If you can think of it, try to find the web site for it.
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Congrats, y'all! Your rejections are the first, but won't be the last! May you beat the 98%+ rejection rate soon (and me too).
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I've been told by one E-zine editor that anything posted for public critique (read: sites like Hatrack) was considered "published" (in his eyes, anyway).
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Three Minute Egg: OSC wrote something about that on the site somewhere (I can never find anything when I'm trying to look for it around here). For an E-zine editor, that concept is extremely understood, since the only difference between publishing with them and here would be the copyright... otherwise, it's the same in detail...
If you want anyone here to constructively-bash the full thing, then make a request and who ever accepts, e-mail it to them...
TME, you should try running your story through the Hatrack-wringer and then try sending to one of those (or if anybody has any other suggestions, I personally have an affinity for Dell)...
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