Two sides of the coin
Mar. 19th, 2025 06:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primeidealWhen the anthology editor sends a crowdfunding update to the backers: I kept the submissions window open a couple weeks longer for underrepresented minorities and then I invited a few more handpicked authors. "I think you're going to be happy with how this affected the book."
When the anthology editor sends out a form rejection to the people who submitted during the open call: I got a lot of great submissions and it was hard to narrow it down.
Like, I know my story might have been a stretch for the theme, and very possibly my sense of humor doesn't click at all. But, come on.
(To their credit, at least those emails were sent within seven hours of each other, some people can't even bother to reject you promptly.)
When the anthology editor sends out a form rejection to the people who submitted during the open call: I got a lot of great submissions and it was hard to narrow it down.
Like, I know my story might have been a stretch for the theme, and very possibly my sense of humor doesn't click at all. But, come on.
(To their credit, at least those emails were sent within seven hours of each other, some people can't even bother to reject you promptly.)
