Thread: Rejection - And why I still try
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Old 03-05-2011, 11:41 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by BrentKnowles View Post
Sorry to hear that William. I too seem to get all my rejections in chunks, as if editors synchronize them or something

I'm still submitting to magazines as well and I have one (and soon two) novels out in circulation. I love the Kindle and other digital devices and will be providing more content for those but I'm still old-school too and would love to land a traditional publishing deal. And get a few more pro sales to magazines that I respect!

And some editors do really help improve your stories as well... On Spec Magazine was great in helping me recognize some flaws in my writing and drastically improved the quality of the stories I've sold to them. So the acceptances, in terms of improving my writing, have been worth the rejections (well... mostly worth the rejections).


Good luck with your next round of submissions!

- Brent
Thanks Brent.

This year is my twentieth of sending out short stories. Thankfully I'm getting some pro sales these days, but I shudder to think what the total number of rejections must be. It must be well over a thousand by now. :-)
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