tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post1766112006651587067..comments2023-07-03T07:26:04.780-04:00Comments on The Rejecter: Harcourt and SubmissionsThe Rejecterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-15847568934397183572008-12-11T12:59:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:59:00.000-05:00"Like getting a cat, for years I have resisted the..."Like getting a cat, for years I have resisted the urge to get a Mac and join the party. I have too many friends who were comp sci majors."<BR/><BR/>LOL, my husband was a comp sci major and still doesn't care for Macs. He said he'd gladly take one if given as a gift, but he'd never use his own money to buy one. I agree :)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, even with the economy being the way it is, it can't hurt us writers to keep trying. The only way us new authors won't be published is if we stop trying and I don't plan on doing that at all. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-68254021143830274022008-12-08T10:30:00.000-05:002008-12-08T10:30:00.000-05:00I have a few people in my writing critique group (...I have a few people in my writing critique group (including myself), that feel that our novels are polished and ready to go out, and we also agree that we are not going to hold out on submitting just because current problems in the publishing industry.About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011023963327391019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-30095204527805113592008-12-08T08:56:00.000-05:002008-12-08T08:56:00.000-05:00Well here's the thing. When your ms gets rejected...Well here's the thing. When your ms gets rejected by a lit agent, you can't resubmit it to her again. So what if it's getting rejected not because it isn't any good (has she even read what you sent?) but because she's afraid to take a submission from anyone whose name isn't John Grisham or JK Rowling. You could be screwing your ms's chances just because it's a bad economy with a publishing biz in hysterics, rather than for the quality of your work, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-41671201919629564812008-12-05T19:56:00.000-05:002008-12-05T19:56:00.000-05:00rejecter, thanks for this. i'm a little, um, not d...rejecter, thanks for this. i'm a little, um, not discouraged, but feeling wobbly with the economy. still, submitting my non-fiction.Etiquette Bitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656611315466903464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-2218031646101006812008-12-05T14:53:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:53:00.000-05:00A lot of people in publishing and other creative i...A lot of people in publishing and other creative industries are MacF-gs. I had to learn a bunch of Mac programs in various publishing courses, and you basically cannot be in the hypertext field if you don't use a Mac because all the hypertext programs are Mac programs. <BR/><BR/>Like getting a cat, for years I have resisted the urge to get a Mac and join the party. I have too many friends who were comp sci majors.The Rejecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-13402146393948755572008-12-05T13:25:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:25:00.000-05:00Here's a consoling thought: If fewer books by emer...Here's a consoling thought: If fewer books by emerging writers are published in the future, it's possible that they'll receive more attention. The "bigger frog in a small pond" theory.Tena Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630397939303203418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-13873655692312660272008-12-05T11:35:00.000-05:002008-12-05T11:35:00.000-05:00I hope they're not all using InDesign! (I work fo...I hope they're not all using InDesign! (I work for Quark.)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.com