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Notable Rejections |
"By the time you read this, your manuscript will have already been rejected. There's no sense in asking me why or what you could have done differently, because I've already moved on to other stories. It wasn't you. It was me. I -- awww, who'm I kidding...it was partly you. You didn't make me feel like you were really interested in making this relationship work. I didn't feel any sparks between us. You didn't make me laugh. This story wasn't a match made in heaven, but the next one may be. Submit again. If you don't, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon. And for the rest of your life." PS: I'm keeping the ring On the Brighter Side to Scott Baker "The ability to string words together into a comprehensible phrase or sentence is what distinguishes human beings from a dictionary and the lower animal forms. When you have reached that stage in your development, try us again." The Acorn to Richard Kostelanetz |