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has no member title Member  |
A Tor-Editor having a nice rant at oversensitive authors.
I think she makes sense. Doesn't stop me from being oversensitive, of course. http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004641.html __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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really is wicked Member  |
I'm quite proud of my rejection letters!
I've got about 6 or 7 of them from when I was sending out chapters of a book I partially finished (and still is partially finished) all from agencies (including the agency JK Rowling is with. Ooooooh!) Somehow it just means that I'm doing something and getting that little bit closer to acheiving! My favourate one is an e-mail rejection from Mcsweeneys, which was simply "No, sorry, this doesn't look like something we could publish!" However, I've yet to reach the heights that my friend has, with her rejection letter from the New Yorker. Damn her! However, I kinda felt that my book wasn't ready for publishing anyhow, which is why my feelings wern't hurt at all. Though, all the letters were very polite and 'British' and not particually nasty at all. I guess if it was something I'd put 100% of myself into, I'd be more upset. However, if I did put 100% of myself into it, I'd be more inclined to just keep finding the right agent/publisher. I might be a little discouraged for a bit, but I don't think I'd find offence with what the rejection letter said! I'd just think, "Well, not the right place for me! Let's move on." This is, however, if I've made sure that my submission is correct in every single way, that the spelling and grammar are impecable and I've made sure that it's the best writing I can possibly give at that point in time. This message has been edited. Last edited by: St.Barbarella, ----------------------------- St.Barbarella: Sexy Tart. Buys Ale, Reads Books, And Really Enjoys Leaving Lovers Aching - JP yes, University is all about incontinence - Mythos You are a Tradesman. Long before labor unions, your guilds were powerful enough to make a free-market capitalist run away screaming. Who controls the British Crown? Who keeps the metric system down? You do, you do. |
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Goofy Beast Member  |
I've got a rejection letter from Paramount somewhere, signed by Lolita Fatjo <sp?> who was in the credits for DS9 and/or Voyager. Is that worth anything?
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has no member title Member |
Try it on Ebay!
__ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Can't remember whether we've posted this here before, but this is Ursula LeGuin's rejection letter:
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Reject.html __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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really is wicked Member |
Well, it just goes to show. Although they mean you no harm, sometimes agents or publishers are just stupid.
The number of them who propably have sorry tales to tell of rejecting writers who turned out to hit the big time. ----------------------------- St.Barbarella: Sexy Tart. Buys Ale, Reads Books, And Really Enjoys Leaving Lovers Aching - JP yes, University is all about incontinence - Mythos You are a Tradesman. Long before labor unions, your guilds were powerful enough to make a free-market capitalist run away screaming. Who controls the British Crown? Who keeps the metric system down? You do, you do. |
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has no member title Member |
I don't know about stupid in this case.
I mean, publishers are in this for the money. And if you'd asked me whether there's money to be made with "The Left Hand of Darkness" I would have emphatically said "NO!" - and for much of the same reasons the editor mentioned. This despite the fact that TLHOD is one of my favourite books and reduces me to tears every time. Sometimes it's just extremely hard to tell whether a book will be a success or not. __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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really is wicked Member |
Yeah, this is true.
One man's cake is another mans poison I guess. It's all very hit and miss! ----------------------------- St.Barbarella: Sexy Tart. Buys Ale, Reads Books, And Really Enjoys Leaving Lovers Aching - JP yes, University is all about incontinence - Mythos You are a Tradesman. Long before labor unions, your guilds were powerful enough to make a free-market capitalist run away screaming. Who controls the British Crown? Who keeps the metric system down? You do, you do. |
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war, death, necro ducks Member  |
I`ve always been tempted to respond with something like this -
 How to Respond to a Rejection Letter
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ~ Oscar Wilde Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? ~ Thomas Jefferson |
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is in perfect karmic alignment Member  |
MrsO!
Evil evil! I can never stop reading 'making light' once i'm on the site! I shall hold you responsible for time lost while reading funny-insightful witty-intelligent articles! Bah!  ~You are a *Taverner*. Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication, you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~ -Royko |
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war, death, necro ducks Member |
This is the same publishing house Robert Jordan is signed up to right? Sounds like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted to me
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ~ Oscar Wilde Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? ~ Thomas Jefferson |
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is in perfect karmic alignment Member |
And 'horse', Miho is in that particaulr case exactly right. (i wonder if that was the writer TNH was referring to that had the minor stroke)
~You are a *Taverner*. Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication, you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~ -Royko |
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war, death, necro ducks Member |
Terry Goodkind is one of theirs as well apparently. Maybe getting a rejection letter from these guys ought to be looked on as a badge of honour?
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ~ Oscar Wilde Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? ~ Thomas Jefferson |
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working on his degree in brapping Member  |
i've got a drawer full of the damn things. even one from the New Yorker! i really just wanted to see what a rejection letter from the New Yorker looked like. heh.
_______________________________________ WARNING: the preceding message is not to be taken personally. Keep away from children. *** Inactivist of the Radical Status Quo |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member  |
My housemate a few years ago applied for a job in McDonald's. He didn't particularly want the job but just fancied earning a little cash, and expected McD's to pretty much take anyone on.
He received a rejection letter, stating something on the lines that he failed the interview because of his 'overbold manner' or something. He replied, asking what this meant. Their reply was 'we felt that you were too arrogant.' His immediate reply was (and I've seen the letter) Dear McDonald's, Fuck off! From Tom  "The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up. Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck." - Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980 |
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