Rejection Letters
I'm generally a big fan of rejection letters. I usually do not like the ones that explain the reasons for denying me something I desire and that I feel I deserve. Yet reading my rejection letter from Harvard always will be one of the sweetest moments of my life. Most of all, however, I like those rejection letters that are generally full of good advice and that tell you how to improve. As a matter of fact, I received one tonight on Medea at Athens from a literary journal that will remain nameless. Some have suggested that I should start a journal of pieces rejected from this particular publication, but I generally respectful enough of this journal's new leadership not to act callous about it. On one hand, some of their suggestions are ones I would have made my myself. On the other hand, they completely missed the point of the work. On the other hand that is an orthogonal vector in three-space to the first two, if they missed the point, it's my fault. Hence, I am working on the easier part of revising Medea at Athens at the moment. Work is taking up my time. Procrastinating is taking up my time. Areopoesis theoretically should be taking up my time, but I have enough time to look back at Medea and see what she is doing. Maybe, I need to complicate her even further.
ESA (20030218.1)
I'm generally a big fan of rejection letters. I usually do not like the ones that explain the reasons for denying me something I desire and that I feel I deserve. Yet reading my rejection letter from Harvard always will be one of the sweetest moments of my life. Most of all, however, I like those rejection letters that are generally full of good advice and that tell you how to improve. As a matter of fact, I received one tonight on Medea at Athens from a literary journal that will remain nameless. Some have suggested that I should start a journal of pieces rejected from this particular publication, but I generally respectful enough of this journal's new leadership not to act callous about it. On one hand, some of their suggestions are ones I would have made my myself. On the other hand, they completely missed the point of the work. On the other hand that is an orthogonal vector in three-space to the first two, if they missed the point, it's my fault. Hence, I am working on the easier part of revising Medea at Athens at the moment. Work is taking up my time. Procrastinating is taking up my time. Areopoesis theoretically should be taking up my time, but I have enough time to look back at Medea and see what she is doing. Maybe, I need to complicate her even further.
ESA (20030218.1)
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