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Comments (2) left to “Rejected: The Sprawl”

1. snesgirl wrote:

   [came here from LJ ]…

   Hi, I was just wondering what do you do with reejcted manuscripts?
   Do you just wait a while them resubmit them somewhere else as is?
   Do you re-edit then re-submit somewhere else?
   Do they end up in a ‘unsucessful’ pile?
   Does them being rejected illiminate them from being entered in any ‘previously unpublished’ competitions at a later date?
   Do the publishes give feedback when an item is rejected or do they normally just send out a form rejection letter.

   Still enjoying the blog and thankyou for continuing to write it

   Posted on 18-Apr-08 at 1:26 am | Permalink

2. Mortaine wrote:

   Rejected mss. get put back into the queue to go back out again as soon as possible. If I get feedback from the rejecting editor, I look at the manuscript again, but otherwise they go out again. Eventually, I look at them and decide if they need to be re-written before going back out or not.

   Being rejected means it’s still unpublished and doesn’t disqualify it from contests.

   Most of the time, editors just send a form letter. Sometimes, editors include a note. This is actually a good day when you get a note with a rejection, and there’s kind of a plateau that a lot of writers hit where they get a lot of encouraging notes, but no sales (a lot of my friends are there right now).

   Posted on 18-Apr-08 at 4:49 am | Permalink

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