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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
It wasn't much better than what you quote from Making Light.
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Really? 10% good enough to just print and another 10% that can be printed after editing isn't much better than 1-5% that could be printed, but only a fraction will get bought by the publisher where they were submitted?
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The people submitting to Asimov's and Amazing were all targeting the same limited market, and had at least some idea of what the market was and what they should submit.
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And you don't think that that should be the norm?
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
No, they submit because they think they did a good job and an editor will buy it. Many of those same folks shriek loudly at editorial suggestions for changes. They can't handle the idea that their deathless prose might not be up to snuff as submitted.
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OK, I get your point.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
After various hemming and hawing, the other panelists admitted that yes, the occasional rejection slip still arrived. If Hal Clement, SFWA Grandmaster, could admit he got rejected...  |
And he got back on the horse and wrote another book.