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- From: jl3j+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Robert Leavitt)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Rejection Slips
- Message-ID: <UfB_E5W00WB6A2DXo6@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 06:49:09 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.UfB_E5W00WB6A2DXo6
- Organization: Center for Machine Translation, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Lines: 21
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- chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
-
- >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.
- >
-
-
- I'm glad I'm not the only one to encounter Mr. Scithers in this manner. A
- few years back when he was editing Amazing, he sent me some rejection slips
- that were quite nasty indeed.
-
- -John.
-