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- From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Rejection Slips
- Message-ID: <75775@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 17:01:17 GMT
- References: <bjones-161292084227@130.13.26.216>
- Organization: Pooh Corner Country Club -- A Planned Community
- Lines: 27
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- bjones@denitqm.uswest.com (Brent Jones) writes:
-
- >> I can almost see why you would waste your time by writing
- >> this, but I cannot even comprehend why you would waste mine,
- >> by sending it to me.
-
- >I don't think you need to maintain the anonymity of someone who wrote a
- >rejection letter like this
-
- If I could make a guess, it's probably WEIRD TALES, and George Scithers.
- He's well known for his crotchetyness, and this seems like his style.
-
- >Given that the writer has sent a clean, properly formatted manuscript to an
- >appropriate journal or magazine, and that the writer has done the research
- >and *knows* the magazine publishes the style of writing he or she produces,
- >there is no excuse for a magazine that accepts unsolicited submissions
- >to insult a writer's efforts in this way.
-
- Which, by the way, excludes about 80% of the typical slush pile right off
- the bat.
-
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- Chuq "IMHO" Von Rospach, ESD Support & Training (DAL/AUX)
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