the real world! of fic.

[cimorene]

i had a nightmare the other day that i would get a kind and feeling rejection for the piece of realworld! stuff i wrote--looking back through my journal now i can't find the day--and voila. it has appeared. although it seemed nice enough, can you count it as feeling if it comes from 'autonotify'? this is the singin in the rain piece which was read by nemoricultrix and mamahooch and guinevere33 and not read by certain other people. i don't think i'm actually surprised. i'm poking at the feeling cautiously. i'm sure, anyway, that i don't like it.

also, i now regret that when i edited a magazine my rejection notices said something about please not being discouraged and submitting in the future. 'we would like to see more' is worse than meaningless when it's part of a mass-generated reply. it's kind of condescending.

::muses::

Comments

thus far...

[sirndipiti.livejournal.com]

..i have been able to avoid all rejection slips by the simple ploy of never submitting--what a chicken-shit i am

[strangelette.livejournal.com]

*frowns* said magazine clearly knows nothing. It remains a wonderful story.