I’ve written about rejection before – here, here, and here. But tonight I’d like to mention an acceptance.
I opened up my inbox to filter out all the spam – because I have to do that on occasion – and while there I decided to read some of my very important e-mail. That’s when I discovered [...]
Got another rejection this evening. This is the most encouraging rejection I’ve ever received. I love getting personal notes from editors because if they say anything – ANYTHING – no matter how neutral it is then it’s a good sign that at least they respected your work enough to comment. This last rejection, however, was [...]
This is the kind of rejection that I like to get:
Thanks very much for the three poems submitted, which I found interesting and intense. Unfortunately, they do not match the needs of the xxredactedxx. I appreciate the well-written submissions and your support for the xxredactedxx.
I redacted the name of the journal for obvious reasons, [...]