I feel the need for repeated written rejection, so I have decided to submit some of my work to journals. I have poked all over the interwebs and found many pieces of good advice about how to do this:
Follow the submission guidelines for the journal in question. Actually read the journals you are submitting to so that you can send each piece to a journal well suited to it. Be succinct in cover letters. Don't be a jerk. Don't be shocked when you get rejected, and don't be a jerk.
I have started down the road on pretty much all of those pieces of the process, at least as best I can. Some of the more fancy-schmancy journals that I need to read on dead trees are temporarily not available to me, as our extremely good local library has been open in only reduced form or (more recently) closed entirely as they move into a drastically remodeled and expanded space to be even more extremely gooder. That is fine, as I am wanting to proceed diligently I am not in any need to hurry. Reading in August and submitting in September (and getting rejected in, like, March of next year, as I understand the process) won't really cause me any problems.
I know that many here have submitted to journals, and some have even gotten published in said journals. I searched for a thread devoted to this topic, but I didn't find one (which doesn't mean it isn't there). Does anyone have any thoughts, experiences, or suggestions on the journal submission process?
BTW, while getting paid vast sums of money by journals would be nice and all, I gather that is not a likely outcome here. My objective is to start slowly building a reputation and a body of work, so that when I am ready to shop or self-publish a novel or some such thing I can have a track record of greater than zero in writing.
Thanks!
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