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03-15-2007, 02:09 PM
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You can't reall expect success on the first try
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im not daft - i know that. i was just trying to make sense of the regection.
thanks everyone for the advice. i think i need to get some kind of debit card sorted so i can start buying different lit mags over the net. havent got a clue which ones to buy though. i normally get my reading material from second hand shops and comic shops.
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03-15-2007, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Amber Leaf
i was just trying to make sense of the regection.
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It's just a rejection. As others have said, there'll be plenty more, it goes with being a writer.
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i think i need to get some kind of debit card sorted so i can start buying different lit mags over the net. havent got a clue which ones to buy though. i normally get my reading material from second hand shops and comic shops.
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Well, perhaps try GUD then. I bought the first issue (Issue 0) and thought it was good. Paper copy was worth the money. PDF would be good value.
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03-15-2007, 03:36 PM
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Are there any other magazines people could recommend? Australian ones would be useful also...
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03-15-2007, 03:52 PM
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Are there any other magazines people could recommend? Australian ones would be useful also...
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Australian? Try Skive Magazine:
http://www.skivemagazine.com/
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03-15-2007, 08:40 PM
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Banned
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Originally Posted by je33ie
Oh dear... we were all thinking it but none of us wanted to be rude...
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03-17-2007, 02:01 AM
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Rejection is part of the business. You write well or else they wouldn't have given you a personal note back. Next time you send something to a paper or a publisher, make sure it fits their normal criteria. Look at what they've published in the past and see where what you wrote could fit in.
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03-18-2007, 07:34 AM
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A letter of rejection simply means that a particular editor does not need your submission, at that particular time, and it can be for many reasons; it doesn’t mean that your work is unworthy, and you may well have inadvertently submitted to the wrong medium.
Of course any rejection is disheartening, and sometimes it takes a while to dust yourself down and start again, but our own writing voice doesn’t appeal to everyone, much as we would like it to. I tend to write harshly, don’t shirk from the reality as I see it, believe that sex does happen in life, and fairy tale endings are for the birds (most of the time).
It means that around 30% of editors will automatically reject my work, so I try not to submit to them.
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