tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989462215449497614.post5093335317910142151..comments2024-03-28T00:47:47.162-07:00Comments on Better View of the Moon: More hubris and cruelty from editorsKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015043462448739504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989462215449497614.post-12048185950659078022017-04-30T10:10:22.088-07:002017-04-30T10:10:22.088-07:00love this post! thanks! love this post! thanks! Karen Paul Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438801590321008266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989462215449497614.post-63840998691146892022017-04-08T01:55:41.801-07:002017-04-08T01:55:41.801-07:00I had a personalized rejection which read (in part...I had a personalized rejection which read (in part): "You're so bad at this, you shouldn't even be allowed to write a classified ad at 3x the going rate." I was a teenager. It almost made me quit seeking out publication. Outside of a family member "jokingly" referring to me reading my poetry as her punishment, that's probably the worst comment I've received.<br /><br />I've also been told my work is nasty, lacking anything of worth, and so on. I seem to find an editor having a bad day every few years. Or, I'm just terrible and don't have enough sense to realize it, Either-or.<br />Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989462215449497614.post-82666387205933682972017-04-06T09:03:42.509-07:002017-04-06T09:03:42.509-07:00I got a rejection from a litmag a while ago and --...I got a rejection from a litmag a while ago and -- a few days later -- one of the editors wrote to me privately and said my piece had been the focus of a heated editorial meeting. She wanted to take it, but the other (male) members did not. Damn. Sometimes I think I should send my stories out with a man's name. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396953994202466088noreply@blogger.com