Saturday, 07 March 2009

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  Rejections: 2

  Today I got a letter from a literary journal that I submitted some work to in the fall: "Due to the volume of submissions" they cannot print my materials. Same old story. "Oh well," Alisa said to me, "Dr. Seuss was rejected 28 times before he was published." I wasn't sure how to respond. The suprising thing about being rejected from this particular journal, is that my Creative Writing professor suggested it--wrote it in huge letters accross my project that I had submitted to him: "Submit this to _____. They need this kind of quality." The thought of being published in a journal had never crossed my mind, due to the rejection I had received a few years previous, from another journal. So I submitted on the assumption that I would be published, which now I see was a poor assumption. Not to make a mountain of a molehill, but I feel a tad led on. I have some conspiracy theories regarding why I was rejected, but perhaps I'll save them for another time. I think all writers have this vengeful streak in them that declares, "You'll see! I'll make an asshole of you all when I make it big!"

  With that I throw down my pen and rush out the door, about to be late for my minimum wage shift at the IGA deli, or the T.S. Rendall Library, whatever the case may be.

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