Comments on: The Rejection Slips http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-rejection-slips/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Waldo Jaquith http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-rejection-slips/comment-page-1/#comment-110773 Waldo Jaquith Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:24:37 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2688#comment-110773 Virginia Quarterly Review has rejected some of the best writers in the land, embarrassingly enough. As we research and catalog our own archives, we've found some pretty foolish rejections over time. To be fair, many now-famous writers started off writing some pretty bad stuff that was rightly declined. Virginia Quarterly Review has rejected some of the best writers in the land, embarrassingly enough. As we research and catalog our own archives, we’ve found some pretty foolish rejections over time. To be fair, many now-famous writers started off writing some pretty bad stuff that was rightly declined.

]]> By: Jeanne Leiby, Editor http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-rejection-slips/comment-page-1/#comment-110739 Jeanne Leiby, Editor Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:55:55 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2688#comment-110739 I actually am the editor of The Southern Review. Your blog showed up on a google alert. You've got a nice blog. Keep it up. All best, jml <strong>jb says</strong>: Thanks Jeanne. We do our best. I actually am the editor of The Southern Review. Your blog showed up on a google alert. You’ve got a nice blog. Keep it up.

All best,
jml

jb says: Thanks Jeanne. We do our best.

]]> By: Jeanne Leiby, Editor http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-rejection-slips/comment-page-1/#comment-110738 Jeanne Leiby, Editor Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:24:56 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2688#comment-110738 Dear Ms. McCullers My name is Jeanne Leiby; I'm the new editor of The Southern Review. I'm wondering if it would be possible for us to reconsider your work? Best regards, Jeanne M. Leiby Editor and Director The Southern Review <strong>jb says</strong>: Hey, you're a little late, Jeanne. But we'll find something for you. Dear Ms. McCullers

My name is Jeanne Leiby; I’m the new editor of The Southern Review. I’m wondering if it would be possible for us to reconsider your work?

Best regards,

Jeanne M. Leiby
Editor and Director
The Southern Review

jb says: Hey, you’re a little late, Jeanne. But we’ll find something for you.

]]> By: Lily http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-rejection-slips/comment-page-1/#comment-110737 Lily Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:07:08 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2688#comment-110737 I don't know if it's worse having an agent who bundles your rejections to you in one massive "no thanks" letter -- or to have them trickle into your mailbox and inbox, which is my fate. Either way, not so great. (And who knew she wrote a story called Sucker!) <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Lily. <em>Sucker </em>was not published until 1963 in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em>, and the magazine carried a note from the author saying . . ."I think it was my first short story; at least it was the first short story I was proud to read to my family . . . I wrote it when I was seventeen, and my daddy had just given me my first typewriter. I remember writing the story in longhand, and then painfully typing it out." I don’t know if it’s worse having an agent who bundles your rejections to you in one massive “no thanks” letter — or to have them trickle into your mailbox and inbox, which is my fate. Either way, not so great. (And who knew she wrote a story called Sucker!)

jb says: Hi Lily. Sucker was not published until 1963 in the Saturday Evening Post, and the magazine carried a note from the author saying . . .”I think it was my first short story; at least it was the first short story I was proud to read to my family . . . I wrote it when I was seventeen, and my daddy had just given me my first typewriter. I remember writing the story in longhand, and then painfully typing it out.”

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