Sarah Kanning

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Rejectomancy: an editorial from Abyss & Apex

April 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Found this en route to other things; it’s an attempt to demystify for writers the several varieties of rejection letters they send out, interspersed with haiku to keep things light
such as
I love your story
Please send more soon. But only
ones without vampires.
and
liked your writing
but I didn’t get what was
with the big robot
Their levels of warm [...]

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Tags: sending out your work · submission

When more submissions equals less progress

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Just read an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education which was about librarianship and jobs in libraries, but it contained this paragraph:
I know of one job seeker who has a Ph.D. in English, publications including a scholarly monograph, many years of college teaching experience, a recent MLIS, and substantial preprofessional library experience. She sent [...]

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Tags: research · sending out your work · submission