tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post7020676572752077995..comments2023-10-12T11:37:47.156-04:00Comments on ABSURDIST PARADISE: How Quickly One Slides Back into HateEarnest Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-19090152023867185582007-05-20T12:31:00.000-04:002007-05-20T12:31:00.000-04:00mmmm blueberry pancakes. you make me hungry! i kn...mmmm blueberry pancakes. you make me hungry! i know. it sucks. and i'm sorry. i will no doubt be writing you soon with the same rejection news. we can be dorks together.gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-59999782827224173022007-05-20T00:21:00.000-04:002007-05-20T00:21:00.000-04:00Sis and Post-Doc: Caramel mocha. Gives on writin...Sis and Post-Doc: Caramel mocha. Gives on writing wings. Also makes butt big. Beware. You might get hooked.<BR/><BR/>AH: Of course you're right about the rejection. WSF will no doubt say the same thing tomorrow when he makes me a mountain of blueberry pancakes. Still, I think it wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't had to revise the beast and not be like the dork I wanted to be, pouting and licking my wounds.Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-45977143245939067382007-05-19T20:40:00.000-04:002007-05-19T20:40:00.000-04:00i have no words of wisdom but agree that your titl...i have no words of wisdom but agree that your title rocks. try not to get weighed down by feeling rejected though. i've always been told that one could cover their office (or bedroom, in my case!) with rejection notices for every one accepted piece.gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-87005961545460283272007-05-19T19:55:00.000-04:002007-05-19T19:55:00.000-04:00Rejections suck. Regardless of how helpful the su...Rejections suck. Regardless of how helpful the suggestions are - it's still a sucky experience. I'm sorry.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the chapter - I hope th caramel mocha gives you tremendous power! :)post-dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493309260165352484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-10706951579644992942007-05-19T19:04:00.000-04:002007-05-19T19:04:00.000-04:00Ahh, love this post title! Hmm, what are these mir...Ahh, love this post title! <BR/><BR/>Hmm, what are these miraculous-sounding things? A <I>caramel</I> mocha, you say? Fascinating. I have been missing out on the true meaning of life all this time. <BR/><BR/>Rejections suck. I never did rewrite that article that got rejected; after thinking about it a long time I tend to agree that other people pretty much covered my angle on that book, so ... onward and upward! I have other things to finish and send off as articles. If you want some useless advice, my advisor told me to immediately change the changes they suggest and slap it back in the mail for somewhere else before you can second-guess yourself, take a week at most. Cause I'm sure you have nothing <I>else</I> to get done this week! Heh.<BR/><BR/>With the revising, you can try getting out a fresh sheet of paper and recopying or outlining the essay from memory ---- trying to remember what you said and in what order helps expose what are the really important things you want to highlight, and what is less important but you got hung up on and explained too much. Of course, then you have _two_ sets of passages to interweave and revise into each other, yuk!!!<BR/><BR/>May your revising go better than mine!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com