tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post6450471316983618059..comments2024-03-25T20:45:50.003-05:00Comments on CrimeFictionWriter: I miss rejection slipsMichael Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-33135569857618431292009-12-28T11:14:41.847-06:002009-12-28T11:14:41.847-06:00I've had a few over-the-top rejections, Kevin,...I've had a few over-the-top rejections, Kevin, but I think yours beats the worst I've ever received.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-39083168942277259852009-12-27T16:45:52.508-06:002009-12-27T16:45:52.508-06:00Early seventies saw me in elementary and middle sc...Early seventies saw me in elementary and middle school so I wasn't writing back then. though I did get quite a few rejection slips once I started writing in the 90s so I do agree with you on that.<br /><br />Though it does avoid what one "editor" did to me. He wrote on the top of one page "don't ever send us crap like this again" and then proceeded to draw a red X on each page after the first page. Considering I had to type everything in those days, what he did wasn't cool and I never sent anything else to him.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-57755531958365313122009-12-22T08:46:40.685-06:002009-12-22T08:46:40.685-06:00Occasionally an e-mailed rejection contains someth...Occasionally an e-mailed rejection contains something that indicates a person at the other end actually read the submission, but it just isn't the same. The tactile feel is missing. There's no need to decipher some scrawled note that may or may not be written in English. It's harder to wallpaper bathrooms with a pleasant crazy-quilt design when every rejection comes off my computer printer on 8.5"x11" white paper.<br /><br />Woman's World still requires hardcopy submissions and still sends back rejection slips. The members of a Yahoo group for contributors and would-be contributors to Woman's World have sussed out the hierarchy of rejections, even going so far as to examine postmarks (New Jersey: bad; Seattle: good).Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-55623221112852586382009-12-21T21:31:52.959-06:002009-12-21T21:31:52.959-06:00I actually have received a few e-mail rejection le...I actually have received a few e-mail rejection letters that weren't form letters, but, based on a line or two of comment, genuine notes from people who read them, so the old ways haven't died out entirely. Those are the best rejections of all.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-23041003420191284132009-12-21T19:18:28.648-06:002009-12-21T19:18:28.648-06:00To think by starting to write late in life, I miss...To think by starting to write late in life, I missed all that. Probably just as well, I am neurotic enough.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Christmas and thanks for all the great posts you've put up all year. <br /><br />TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.com