tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post5452486624568124206..comments2023-09-20T10:23:05.510+01:00Comments on With ink from the pink pen: Oh Woeful Week on the Learning CurveColette McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-10933583585006316262008-06-13T05:29:00.000+01:002008-06-13T05:29:00.000+01:00Re-marketing opportunities? Like it.Re-marketing opportunities? Like it.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-75197750798510184672008-06-12T22:38:00.000+01:002008-06-12T22:38:00.000+01:00Gonna Be - we all have days/weeks like that. I thi...Gonna Be - we all have days/weeks like that. I think some mags have been on a clear-out cycle as I have heard of several people who've had lots of rejections lately.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope next week they are on a buying cycle and we all get some hits.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy that cake, and then remember - they are not rejections, they are re-marketing opportunities. As my friend Rosie said at our writing class this evening.Kath McGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526923882402757423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-33268740757271755992008-06-12T19:27:00.000+01:002008-06-12T19:27:00.000+01:00I'm a great believer in working smarter not harder...I'm a great believer in working smarter not harder. Unfortunately I don't always practice what I preach. As for rejections, Jill Finlay and before her Billy Higgins at The Weekly News tell you why they are rejecting your story and I believe that is pretty standard for DC Thomson editors. As for the rest, I once had a personal message written on the back of the rejection from Marion Clarke at Yours but apart from that it has been a standard rejection slip. When I have submitted part of a novel there has been more comment. Three editors/agents said that the novel that I wrote that is currently tucked away in a drawer had good points/they liked it or something similar and then went on to tell me why they weren't going to commission it. At the time that made the rejection easier to take.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-39177186747093003592008-06-12T18:10:00.000+01:002008-06-12T18:10:00.000+01:00Try not to get too discouraged, Gonna B, though I ...Try not to get too discouraged, Gonna B, though I know it must be hard. According to your previous post, you seem to be a very prolific writer. I on the other hand, have hardly submitted anything, so you're further up the literary ladder than I am.<BR/><BR/>You talk about a learning curve but I often wonder about how much we can learn from a scatter-gun/rejection cycle. Do the rejection letters tell you how to improve your writing, or do they just say "no thanks"? I'd be very curious to know, as I'm keen to improve my writing but I don't see how I can do that without constructive feedback. I guess I'd have to pay for professional critique in the end.<BR/><BR/>Yours, trying-to-work-smarter but needing-to-work-harder,<BR/>Captain Black.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com