Comments on: The kind of rejection that makes you laugh http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2 For writers, readers, and independent thinkers--book talk for readers and writers, life chats when we need them, writers' motivational articles, secret behind-the-scenes stories from the publishing trenches, and more. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4290 robin Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:55:58 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4290 Katie, people who aren't writers probably can't understand why we get so excited over "good rejections" like the ones you got. But anything beyond a form letter is such progress! And it's especially great when they say something personal, like they did to you. That really is an accomplishment. Seriously. (Of course, a "yes" is even better, but we take what we can get!) Katie, people who aren’t writers probably can’t understand why we get so excited over “good rejections” like the ones you got. But anything beyond a form letter is such progress! And it’s especially great when they say something personal, like they did to you.

That really is an accomplishment. Seriously.

(Of course, a “yes” is even better, but we take what we can get!)

]]> By: Katie http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4289 Katie Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:35:35 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4289 Oh, how funny. My favorite rejections (they were all timely, thanks to my agent, but maybe I'll get one from the editor who swore he would read it 20 months ago) were "she obviously has a vivid imagination" and "thanks for sending me this snappy manuscript!" I'm snappy and have a vivid imagination. Go me! Oh, how funny.

My favorite rejections (they were all timely, thanks to my agent, but maybe I’ll get one from the editor who swore he would read it 20 months ago) were “she obviously has a vivid imagination” and “thanks for sending me this snappy manuscript!”

I’m snappy and have a vivid imagination. Go me!

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4258 robin Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:31:28 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4258 Thanks, Little Willow. I like your interpretation of that. I love <em>Inherit the Wind</em>! But there are some slow, quiet parts, so if you're already tired now, you'll probably pass out soon enough. But please try to see it some time when you're awake. It's quality. Thanks, Little Willow. I like your interpretation of that.

I love Inherit the Wind! But there are some slow, quiet parts, so if you’re already tired now, you’ll probably pass out soon enough.

But please try to see it some time when you’re awake. It’s quality.

]]> By: Little Willow http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4257 Little Willow Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:25:21 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4257 Maybe that is why it came to you now: so you could appreciate how far you've come since then, and have a good smile/laugh today. Go you. INHERIT THE WIND is starting on TCM now, a movie I have wanted to see for a long while, but I'm asleep... Maybe that is why it came to you now: so you could appreciate how far you’ve come since then, and have a good smile/laugh today. Go you.

INHERIT THE WIND is starting on TCM now, a movie I have wanted to see for a long while, but I’m asleep…

]]> By: Patrick, The Space Lord. http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4251 Patrick, The Space Lord. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:01:20 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4251 LOL! Lost it? :) Awesome! I'm just teasing. No worries. LOL! Lost it? :) Awesome! I’m just teasing. No worries.

]]> By: Diana http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4248 Diana Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:26:21 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4248 Yes. I am. Because I lost the book in question. Seriously, I have no idea where it is. But never fear. Spring cleaning is here this week! Yes. I am. Because I lost the book in question. Seriously, I have no idea where it is.

But never fear. Spring cleaning is here this week!

]]> By: Vc http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4247 Vc Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:01:05 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4247 Oh wow! That's my chuckle for the day.... and not AT you Robin, with you - and AT the lady who didn't "get" you.... Serves her right, too! Oh wow! That’s my chuckle for the day…. and not AT you Robin, with you - and AT the lady who didn’t “get” you….

Serves her right, too!

]]> By: Patrick, The Space Lord. http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4246 Patrick, The Space Lord. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:34:55 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4246 I don't know ANYONE who is slow about sending books or manuscripts. Do you Diana? I don’t know ANYONE who is slow about sending books or manuscripts. Do you Diana?

]]> By: Diana http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4245 Diana Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:20:58 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4245 Wow, Robin. Yours is the second story I've heard like that this week. Another friend recently got a rejection from a publisher she submitted to in early 2005. Since then, she got an agent, had that book go to the acquisitions committee of the SAME publisher and been passed, have the editor who took it to committee move to a different publisher, ask for the manuscript again, take it up to THAT publisher's committee and have it passed... She almost felt like writing back and saying, "Yeah, you passed like a year ago, too." Sometimes I hear editors and agents saying they auto-reject their slushes when they finally get around to them because they figure if the manuscript was any good, it would have been agented/bought by then. usually, when they say this, there's a massive outcry from the writers who are like... noooooo! But this is why stories of being "plucked from the slush pile" are famous and stories of an author getting an agent and a book deal are not. Because the former is really really rare. Wow, Robin. Yours is the second story I’ve heard like that this week. Another friend recently got a rejection from a publisher she submitted to in early 2005. Since then, she got an agent, had that book go to the acquisitions committee of the SAME publisher and been passed, have the editor who took it to committee move to a different publisher, ask for the manuscript again, take it up to THAT publisher’s committee and have it passed…

She almost felt like writing back and saying, “Yeah, you passed like a year ago, too.”

Sometimes I hear editors and agents saying they auto-reject their slushes when they finally get around to them because they figure if the manuscript was any good, it would have been agented/bought by then. usually, when they say this, there’s a massive outcry from the writers who are like… noooooo!

But this is why stories of being “plucked from the slush pile” are famous and stories of an author getting an agent and a book deal are not. Because the former is really really rare.

]]> By: Heather Harper http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4242 Heather Harper Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:44:53 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-kind-of-rejection-that-makes-you-laugh-2#comment-4242 Wow. And I thought I had issues with getting my packages in the mail on time. Wow. And I thought I had issues with getting my packages in the mail on time.

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