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Date Posted: 00:20:34 10/07/08 Tue GMT-5
Author: Roger
Author Host/IP: ppp1026.dsl.ontario.net / 209.159.184.10
Subject: Re: A month?
In reply to: Lori 's message, "A month?" on 21:59:01 10/05/08 Sun GMT-5

Well, actually, it was six weeks. Seven, now.

>Roger, puh-leeze! A month? They haven't even opened
>your file yet, probably.
>
>I once got a rejection (complete with coffee ring on
>the slip) over two years after I sent the piece out.
>From The Wascana Review, I think. The piece had long
>since been rejected elsewhere by then. I also had an
>acceptance from a certain magazine I like very much
>that took fourteen months. There was some rewriting
>involved there, but still.
>
>Then again, I've had a 24-hour acceptance. And a
>three-day rejection. What does it all mean?
>
>Who knows?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Lori
>
>>It's now over a month since I sent out stories to
>>Story and Espresso magazines. I was sure they'd reply
>>within a week saying "Yes! You're the writer we've
>>been waiting for, why didn't you send stuff sooner?"
>>
>>*sigh* guess I have to take my place in line...
>>
>>(just kidding, you realize...)
>>
>>Roger

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Replies:

Re: A month? Wascana Review addendum -- Lori, 23:04:54 10/10/08 Fri GMT-5

Re: A month? Wascana Review addendum -- Roger, 00:22:58 10/14/08 Tue GMT-5

Re: A month? Wascana Review addendum -- Lori, 09:50:52 10/14/08 Tue GMT-5