A good R?

[rflong]

*sigh* an R on Puzzlebox.

But a good R, if there can be such a thing. Lots of helpful comments, compliments on voice and my fav "strong mechanics made this an easy read" which is nice. And encouragement to submit more.

But still an R.

*pout*

I know there has been some debate about whether to post on blogs about gettings R's but I figure its all steps along the way. If someone really thinks anyone gets published without any Rs at all, they must never have tried.

If someone has got published without any Rs at all...  grab your torch and pitchfork, lads!

*g*

Strangely, this time the rejection mourning doesn't seem as bad. And that is probably what defines a "good" rejection. This lovely editor took the time to point out where I went wrong, making points I can use to make it better and told me where I had got it right as well, which is very encouraging - something she need not have done.

So, *pout*, *sigh*, but on the whole a sense of getting there, perhaps?

What constitutes a "good" R for you?

Comments

[tchernabyelo.livejournal.com]

Well, if I'd stopped with my first submission, then yes, I'd be a pro writer with no rejections.


That's the trouble with hitting a great sale with your first sub. It all feels downhill after that...

[rflong.livejournal.com]

I warned you about the torches and pitchforks, didn't I? *lol*

[aliettedb.livejournal.com]

I got one rejection before my first acceptance. That should save me the pitchforks, right? :)

For me, a good R is an invite to sub again, and personal or semi-personal comments that make me feel not everyone is getting a copy of that.

[wolf-dude64.livejournal.com]

It definitely is spirit lifting when the editor asks for more. I feel like I have made a connection when that happens. Personal responses aren't always good. The worst I got was a "NO!" written in pencil across the top of my submission. No form letter, no return address. I had to use the process of elimination to figure out where it came from.

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

Oo, Wolf dude, that's a brutal one; silly of them, really.

I like Rs with comments, I think, as I usually see exactly what they mean, though I'd missed it before.

I think my worst one was, "learn the finer points of grammar." It also turned out to be very helpful, so, there you go *g*

[theladywolf.livejournal.com]

A good rejection , I suppose one where the editor says it was close and invites you to sub again.

A bad rejection. I hate those, "sorry but I'm going to pass" ones for some reason. I worry do they think I truly sucketh.
My most annoying rejection was and continues to be annoying. They rejected me and then keep sending me emails telling me I should subscribe in a kind of condescending, so you want to submit to us but you don't want to subscribe to us tone. I'm assuming they're all about twelve. ;)

[rflong.livejournal.com]

Ooh I hate them. Or the "Only x time left to enter our competition. The entry fee is ..."

[rcloenen-ruiz.livejournal.com]

I agree about the personal notes and the invites to submit again. I've gotten a couple of those lately, and that just makes me as happy as an acceptance, although of course, an acceptance would have thrilled me more.

One of my first rejections was a hateful note from a small press publication (very literary and high-brow and making it very clear that they were snotty and high brow). It was the first and last time I subbed to that one...uh-uh...we are not going there again.