Comments on: Rejection http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/ concept to publication Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: xensen http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-49324 xensen Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:41:22 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/#comment-49324 If you do <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.neurosybir.net/nkoan/images/I_Think_You_Suck_promo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.neurosybir.net/nkoan/images/&h=300&w=302&sz=12&hl=en&start=8&sig2=t4OIAalS4_TMmnAePU6WJg&um=1&tbnid=qgoKVbZrIhs1LM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=116&ei=aQmMSJ6NO4yipwT2rNGVDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Di%2Bthink%2Byou%2Bsuck%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN" rel="nofollow">this search</a> on google you find the image, and I can't find copyright info about it there. So it would be difficult to ask permission. I try to be respectful of copyright, even though this site is published under a creative commons license (I recommend it). I've replaced the image with a different one that I created. If you do this search on google you find the image, and I can’t find copyright info about it there. So it would be difficult to ask permission.

I try to be respectful of copyright, even though this site is published under a creative commons license (I recommend it). I’ve replaced the image with a different one that I created.

]]> By: almostgotit http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-49322 almostgotit Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:34:12 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/#comment-49322 The image you've used in this post is actually copyrighted. As a publisher ought to know: if you are going to use other people's copyrighted material, even in a blog, the least you can do is cite your source. Even better is to ask permission, of course. The image you’ve used in this post is actually copyrighted. As a publisher ought to know: if you are going to use other people’s copyrighted material, even in a blog, the least you can do is cite your source. Even better is to ask permission, of course.

]]> By: SGLanfer http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-40234 SGLanfer Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:33:03 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/#comment-40234 As a playwright, I used to collect my rejection letters in a file. Until it got too fat and depressing. I threw it out. The worst sorts were those that didn't even waste letterhead - a "no!" stamped on top of my own cover letter, returned to me, or economizing paper by cutting the form "no!" into thin strips, so they could get 4-5 of them out of an 81/2 by 11. One of my early careers was to be a reader of submissions at Seattle Repertory then Long Wharf Theatre. I relate to the combination of hope and annoyance you describe. In those roles, I did my part to work through the piles and piles, and personalize responses with at least a phrase or two to comment specifically on the writer's work. On a few occasions I was thanked for my kind rejections, and in one case asked if I minded my rejection letter being quoted in some promotional piece an enterprising writer was creating for a self-produced reading of his work. Just sitting now on a latest play of my own, trying to get back on the horse of circulating and collecting a new round of rejections. But it is so easy to put off. As a playwright, I used to collect my rejection letters in a file. Until it got too fat and depressing. I threw it out. The worst sorts were those that didn’t even waste letterhead – a “no!” stamped on top of my own cover letter, returned to me, or economizing paper by cutting the form “no!” into thin strips, so they could get 4-5 of them out of an 81/2 by 11.

One of my early careers was to be a reader of submissions at Seattle Repertory then Long Wharf Theatre. I relate to the combination of hope and annoyance you describe. In those roles, I did my part to work through the piles and piles, and personalize responses with at least a phrase or two to comment specifically on the writer’s work. On a few occasions I was thanked for my kind rejections, and in one case asked if I minded my rejection letter being quoted in some promotional piece an enterprising writer was creating for a self-produced reading of his work.

Just sitting now on a latest play of my own, trying to get back on the horse of circulating and collecting a new round of rejections. But it is so easy to put off.

]]> By: frozen coagulated culture » Sorry, dude http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-34625 frozen coagulated culture » Sorry, dude Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:11:59 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/#comment-34625 [...] The downside of proposing in the arena: rejection. [...] [...] The downside of proposing in the arena: rejection. [...]

]]> By: rick http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-23532 rick Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:45:07 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/04/12/rejection/#comment-23532 As a salesman, I totally relate to this great post! As a salesman, I totally relate to this great post!

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