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Writer

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:40 PM
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Oh wow... this is very cool!

I opened a packet today - a manuscript returned to me from a journal I mailed it to. I always receive little impersonal rejection notes with my manuscripts, but this particular manuscript today had a personal note scribbled on it: "Re: XXXXXX... Thank You." The editor took the time to use a pen to reject me - I thought that was rather neat!

~Writer~

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billyskank

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:41 PM
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1. .

:hug:

:hi:

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SallyMander

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:42 PM
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2. I have a friend who's a writer

and she wallpapered her bathroom with rejection letters! :rofl:

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Writer

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:44 PM
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3. I purchased a memo spindle and enjoy the sensation of stabbing...

the spike through the center of the rejection letter.

:P

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SallyMander

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:45 PM
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6. That sounds good too!

Maybe you should get a dart board... :D

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trof

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Sat Dec-01-07 05:26 PM
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9. I did the same thing with my rejected proposals of matrimony.

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Droopy

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:44 PM
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4. What kind of publications do you send your stories to?

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Writer

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:45 PM
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5. Literary journals mostly.

Why do you ask?

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Droopy

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Sat Dec-01-07 03:49 PM
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7. Just curious

I've got several stories together, but have never sent any of them to anyone. I need to brush up on my grammar first. ;)

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DarkTirade

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Sat Dec-01-07 05:24 PM
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8. Every time I've thought about submitting something...

I end up looking at it and saying to myself, "This part doesn't work very well... it needs to be fixed." And then I never fix it. :P

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Sat Dec-01-07 05:29 PM
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10. At least you sent them off.

It takes courage to do that.

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billyskank

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Sat Dec-01-07 05:34 PM
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11. ..

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nomorenomore08

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Sat Dec-01-07 05:47 PM
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12. I got a personalized rejection not too long ago,

after previously receiving the generic rejection twice from the same publication. That's progress, I suppose.

On a related note, I've sent stories to 8 different literary zines, mostly on-line but some print, in the past few days. Hopefully I'll be able to place something somewhere.

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