#Rejections

Maria Haskins

MariaHaskins

Adding my own experience when it comes to solicited / slush pile stories as a writer who started sub'ing to SFF zines (in English) in 2015. I've written three solicited

Kurt Hectic

hectic_kurt

One of the dumbest employment patterns I've seen at companies is a bunch of bad folks hiring a person better than them who's very promising and excited. Little by little,

Helana Darwin, PhD

HelanaDarwin

How do you approach article writing? I do-MethodsResultsLit ReviewRevisit the Results IntroductionConclusionAbstractAnd then I print everything out, do hard copy edits and revise.What do you do? This discussion might help

Andrés Lucero 욱

andrikos

Thread: my academic rejections.Check @eegilbert's essay with tips on dealing with academic rejection:http://eegilbert.org/posts/rejection/And @pankisseskafka's advice on compassion as a cure to academic rejection:https://www.chronicle.com/art

Danushka Bollegala

Bollegala

A topic that we do not talk about much as a research community is what to do when papers get rejected. The reasons for rejections vary from obvious technical errors

Dr. Rachel Bernhard

RIBernhard

I am really excited that this article is finally out in the world--the outgrowth of my master's thesis finally published, six years after this project began! A brief thread on

nick glastonbury

nsglastonbury

WHY I AM ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING TRANSLATION (a thread):over the past year i’ve sent approximately 25 pitches to editors at over a dozen presses. three of the editors

Daniel Gonzales

dgonzales1990

GRAD SCHOOL SURVIVAL SKILLZ————————————————Daniel L. Gonzales, PhD(I spent 6 yr here so just trust me) 1. Your advisor is likely super dependent on their calendar. If you add “Pub evening”

E.Ngerchelei Titiml 🇵🇼

TitimlElei

if you're in, entering, or thinking about academia and need support in whatever, pls feel free to connect if u think it'd be of help to you. pls don't be

anna reynolds

torcheculs

so this week I'm starting in earnest on my first bit of writing that hasn't come directly out of my PhD and that isn't a 'proposal'. Needless to say I

Anna Read

AnnaMRead

Ok so let's talk about request rates. I've seen a lot of advice being thrown around about how this is a good measure of a book's quality and I have

Roopsha Samanta

roopshasamanta

[1/n] Dear PL Community,Would you please indulge me, a tenure-track prof., as I share some thoughts about rejections, quality standards, reviewing processes, and our ultimate scientific goals?I really want to

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Thrilled to announce the launch ofTHE NEW LEFTOVER REVIEW: a journal of rejected ideasLet a breath of semi-fresh air rustle the cobwebs of the Ivory Tower! Submissions are now being

Mirya R. Holman

prof_mirya

I’ve been getting a lot of rejections & (obvi) thinking about shitty reviews. What’s a shitty review? Common elements: broad statements abt the paper w/out details of why. No respect

Angelle James, Author

AngelleJamesLit

I’m going to start pairing my #query rejections with wine. Hey #WritingCommunity and #amquerying folks! Retweet for sympathy. @MSWLMA For the form rejection that’s sprinkled with helpful feedback and shows

Adia Benton

Ethnography911

I hate applying for things. For some, it’s fear of rejection; for me, it’s fear of putting deliberate, focused energy and effort into something that most likely will be judged