tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post1414237364086442819..comments2023-04-07T03:32:41.046-04:00Comments on FOOBAR: Meanwhile, back in timeful warplandApril Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-13141050655014580882009-04-09T23:01:00.000-04:002009-04-09T23:01:00.000-04:00Usually the "your book sucks" rejections are the f...<I>Usually the "your book sucks" rejections are the form letters, while the "friendly rejections" have feedback and suggestions for improvements.</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly.<BR/><BR/><I>(and no, I'm not published...usually, I do some efforts, only to have real life interrupt.)</I><BR/><BR/>I am, but nothing on the level of a novel with a $25K advance--just academic articles. :)April Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-4286864441006918602009-04-09T22:55:00.000-04:002009-04-09T22:55:00.000-04:00She needs to read between the lines to get the rea...<I>She needs to read between the lines to get the real message of "your books sucks!" ;)</I><BR/><BR/>That is true. While I haven't been published, I have had some friendly rejections. Usually the "your book sucks" rejections are the form letters, while the "friendly rejections" have feedback and suggestions for improvements.<BR/><BR/>(and no, I'm not published...usually, I do some efforts, only to have real life interrupt.)godozohttp://godozo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-63057757126601086642009-04-09T06:26:00.000-04:002009-04-09T06:26:00.000-04:00Love the neutral-speak of the letter. She needs to...<I>Love the neutral-speak of the letter.</I> <BR/><BR/>She needs to read between the lines to get the real message of "your books sucks!" ;)<BR/><BR/><I>Also love the excuses that Elly throws out. Too early, indeed!</I><BR/><BR/>She figures that since Mike was able to get <I>Stone Season</I> published in the 2000s, it must be a timing issue.April Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-15333834643747217762009-04-08T22:42:00.000-04:002009-04-08T22:42:00.000-04:00Love the neutral-speak of the letter. Also love th...Love the neutral-speak of the letter. Also love the excuses that Elly throws out. Too early, indeed!godozohttp://godozo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-76006795739866523412009-04-08T20:20:00.000-04:002009-04-08T20:20:00.000-04:00They don't whine that it's "unfair", they try hard...<I>They don't whine that it's "unfair", they try harder.</I><BR/><BR/>You mean they exhibit maturity? ;)April Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-12753159236300778292009-04-08T18:41:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:41:00.000-04:00News for Elly: Even GOOD authors initially get loa...News for Elly: Even GOOD authors initially get loads of rejections. They don't whine that it's "unfair", they try harder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-40475760665138773492009-04-08T07:50:00.000-04:002009-04-08T07:50:00.000-04:00Too bad for her that she's too dim to see that she...<I>Too bad for her that she's too dim to see that she's the problem.</I><BR/><BR/>That's the crux of it, isn't it? It's like moving to a new city to try getting away from yourself.April Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-66241503427561769932009-04-08T06:51:00.000-04:002009-04-08T06:51:00.000-04:00Her what-ever age Mike son doesn't have the same a...Her what-ever age Mike son doesn't have the same ability to do damage, though. Since the mean publishers won't publish her Tome of Glurge and she can't Pattersnarf and stay thin, that tells me that she'll put extra emphasis on sterilizing John. Too bad for her that she's too dim to see that she's the problem.DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-49726645135035846312009-04-08T06:38:00.000-04:002009-04-08T06:38:00.000-04:00Yup. Fair = Elly gets what she wants. Unfair = s...Yup. Fair = Elly gets what she wants. Unfair = she doesn't. Not more mature than her retconned-to-pre-school son.April Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-72984297724735713822009-04-08T06:30:00.000-04:002009-04-08T06:30:00.000-04:00Ahhhhhhhh, yessssss. Everything is 'unfair' in her...Ahhhhhhhh, yessssss. Everything is 'unfair' in her eyes, isn't it? She comes across as a spoiled, nasty, shortsighted nine-year-old stamping her feet and screaming because Mommy and Daddy won't hand over a toy she waaants. It doesn't matter that she has more stuff and a better life than most people, the huffy loon wants even more and pouts if she doesn't get it.DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.com