reverse psychology
ok guys. i have this groundbreaking idea: let's create a competition within the nhwc to see who among us can submit writing to the most places. we will keep score by the number of rejection letters each member racks up. we can post them here as beth has done. by doing so we will take the sting away and encourage each other to submit like crazy. and since the goal will be rejection instead of publication, we can feel a sense of accomplishment for the sheer volume of submissions we are completing. yes! and who knows, in the process somebody might get a non-rejection. thoughts?
posted by siri lakshmi at 6/10/2005
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hmmm...i like that idea....except.... wouldn't that actually involve writing something? i don't know if i'm down with that...
hahaha! no, you could just submit something old.
I think this is a great idea. Also because I've already done some work towards this end, but yet I have not submitted any stories ANYWHERE except the Puritans story to Bust. This is primarily because I am too lazy to be certain whether my quotational formatting is correct, particularly when it comes to conversation. I have been too scared of this, and uncertain about it, since the 90s. I need to figure out the answer and get on the rejection boat. That said, I highly suggest online submission because it is easy to cut and paste the rejection letters as they roll in, and man, have they been rollin' in for my poems. Here, I'll post another.
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