Definitely in good company!
They kind of broke my heart with this one. I'm mainly a beta, and this was the first piece of fiction I ever wrote so it was a huge downer when they said it wasn't up to par, and that there were lots of SPaG errors! Not only did they smash my writing skills, they also questioned my existence as a beta! :(
After receiving the letter, I shoved this story away from my sight for about a month. Then I got over myself and posted it at TQP and SU and was really, really surprised that people actually liked it!
Title: Insecurities
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Ron/Hermione
Warnings (if any): a bit of angst, a bit of fluff
Summary: He could not believe they were having this conversation. It was too alien to him. Hermione, his Hermione, thinking she wasn’t beautiful when she was the one that defined the word for him.
Reason given for rejection: They said so many things! They said both Ron and Hermione were terribly out of character, and that Hermione would never refer to herself as "the brightest witch of her generation" (even if people keep telling her she's that). They also kind of said that both are OOC for being that insecure. Huh. I also got the "not interested" bit.
How did your story fare when you posted it elsewhere? A lot of people actually loved the story, and even added it to their favorites. It came as a shock to me because the CM rejection really made its mark.
Where did you post? TQP, SU, ff.net and my LJ just days ago
Link us to some of your other work: They're all here at
gingeraled
Seriously, who makes their rejection letters? And do they have real, actual guidelines they follow? Because if they're screening for quality fics, I don't think they're actually succeeding.
/rant
I'm happy to be in real good company!
After receiving the letter, I shoved this story away from my sight for about a month. Then I got over myself and posted it at TQP and SU and was really, really surprised that people actually liked it!
Title: Insecurities
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Ron/Hermione
Warnings (if any): a bit of angst, a bit of fluff
Summary: He could not believe they were having this conversation. It was too alien to him. Hermione, his Hermione, thinking she wasn’t beautiful when she was the one that defined the word for him.
Reason given for rejection: They said so many things! They said both Ron and Hermione were terribly out of character, and that Hermione would never refer to herself as "the brightest witch of her generation" (even if people keep telling her she's that). They also kind of said that both are OOC for being that insecure. Huh. I also got the "not interested" bit.
How did your story fare when you posted it elsewhere? A lot of people actually loved the story, and even added it to their favorites. It came as a shock to me because the CM rejection really made its mark.
Where did you post? TQP, SU, ff.net and my LJ just days ago
Link us to some of your other work: They're all here at
gingeraled
Seriously, who makes their rejection letters? And do they have real, actual guidelines they follow? Because if they're screening for quality fics, I don't think they're actually succeeding.
/rant
I'm happy to be in real good company!