Comments on: Rejectomancy http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/ I am Chikin, Hear Me Roar Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thunderchikin http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/comment-page-1/#comment-188 thunderchikin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:57:23 +0000 http://davidmacinnisgill.com/wordpress/?p=95#comment-188 Not the Christmas card, either. Not the Christmas card, either.

]]> By: thunderchikin http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/comment-page-1/#comment-187 thunderchikin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:56:59 +0000 http://davidmacinnisgill.com/wordpress/?p=95#comment-187 I think I got that same rejection letter! I think I got that same rejection letter!

]]> By: thunderchikin http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/comment-page-1/#comment-186 thunderchikin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:55:02 +0000 http://davidmacinnisgill.com/wordpress/?p=95#comment-186 True. But the larger sheets are more prone to leave paper cuts. True. But the larger sheets are more prone to leave paper cuts.

]]> By: davidlubar http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/comment-page-1/#comment-185 davidlubar Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:51:14 +0000 http://davidmacinnisgill.com/wordpress/?p=95#comment-185 The smaller the sheet, the harder it is to thoroughly wipe yourself. The smaller the sheet, the harder it is to thoroughly wipe yourself.

]]> By: alixwrites http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/comment-page-1/#comment-184 alixwrites Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:19:39 +0000 http://davidmacinnisgill.com/wordpress/?p=95#comment-184 I don't know about whole or half sheets, but I did once receive a rejection letter from a California agent, which was on a full sheet of paper, but which looked like it had been copied 500 times, possibly on an old-time mimeograph machine. It was gray and had spots and looked like the court documents my law firm (at the time) used in asbestos cases, which dated back to the 1930's and had been used in hundreds of cases. I mean, didn't the woman own a <i>printer?</i> Couldn't she print out a new copy and start fresh? Was it really important to her that aspiring authors feel especially bad about her rejection, because it wasn't even worth her secretary's time to make a new copy every month or so? Years later, someone (someone published and, therefore, desirable to an agent) was asking about this agent on a message board I'm on, and I did have to say that, while I didn't know her, I thought she wasn't incredibly careful about the impression she made. And I think agents should be. Mine certainly is. On the other side of the coin, I once got a rejection that looked like a printed Christmas card -- beautiful paper and embossed. And you know what? I don't even remember who it was from. But I sure remember the ugly one! I don’t know about whole or half sheets, but I did once receive a rejection letter from a California agent, which was on a full sheet of paper, but which looked like it had been copied 500 times, possibly on an old-time mimeograph machine. It was gray and had spots and looked like the court documents my law firm (at the time) used in asbestos cases, which dated back to the 1930’s and had been used in hundreds of cases.

I mean, didn’t the woman own a printer? Couldn’t she print out a new copy and start fresh? Was it really important to her that aspiring authors feel especially bad about her rejection, because it wasn’t even worth her secretary’s time to make a new copy every month or so?

Years later, someone (someone published and, therefore, desirable to an agent) was asking about this agent on a message board I’m on, and I did have to say that, while I didn’t know her, I thought she wasn’t incredibly careful about the impression she made. And I think agents should be. Mine certainly is.

On the other side of the coin, I once got a rejection that looked like a printed Christmas card — beautiful paper and embossed. And you know what? I don’t even remember who it was from. But I sure remember the ugly one!

]]> By: newport2newport http://davidmacinnisgill.com/2007/01/25/rejectomancy/comment-page-1/#comment-183 newport2newport Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:58:09 +0000 http://davidmacinnisgill.com/wordpress/?p=95#comment-183 It's diversionary, isn't it? Methinks it's all about the rejectee trying to take the sting out of the rejection by pointing out something "bad"/"in poor form" about the rejector. (Think: I'm like rubber, you're like glue...) My pop psychology, for what it's worth. It’s diversionary, isn’t it? Methinks it’s all about the rejectee trying to take the sting out of the rejection by pointing out something “bad”/“in poor form” about the rejector.

(Think: I’m like rubber, you’re like glue…)

My pop psychology, for what it’s worth.

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