*facepalm*

[agilebrit]

Okay, fellow writers on my flist, when you get a rejection in which the editor actually takes the time to give you crit, do you

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[neo_prodigy]

Wow. Generally I usually do A,B, or C.

Sometimes when an editor takes the time and gives some sage feedback (and even if I don't always agree, I understand where they're coming from and it's clear that they know what they're talking about), I'll thank them and submit to them again because even if I'm being rejected, I'm still getting something out of it.

I have gotten some scathing rejection letters from some pissy editors and some bad markets but even then, I've never done E. I just scratch that market off of my list and move on.

Some people.........wow.

[agilebrit]

I'm coming across about one of these a month, seems like. And as far as I'm concerned, they can just keep on chlorinating themselves out of the Acceptance Pool.

[bojojoti]

The thing people have to understand is that it's that one editor's opinion on that specific day. If he/she had read the same piece a week earlier, the story might have gotten a different reaction. The reception of the piece also has to do with what other stories have been crossing the desk. If a writer submits a story about a time-traveling spastic porcupine and there has been a steady stream of time-traveling porcupine stories, no matter how fetching the story is, it is unlikely to be selected.

Have you heard back on your Rabbit story?

[agilebrit]

I'll hear back on the rabbit story sometime after the end of July, when the contest closes to subs.

It's really funny to see what editors are getting. One day one of them posted a picture of a bunch of little ballerinas and said "This is what my slush pile looks like right now. MAKE IT STOP." LOL