So, for all you writer folks out there – you want to win friends and influence editors?<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t break every guideline for Apex (or whatever pub I\u2019m slushing and rejecting for), then tell me when, in my rejection letter, I respectfully (yes, I Jodi Lee of Apex Publications used the word respectfully in a rejection) ask that you read the guidelines. Oh, and with at least three grammar and spelling errors in the responses. Plural. Responses.<\/p>\n
For the record – I don\u2019t commend or compliment anyone without their deserving it. I don\u2019t kiss ass unless it\u2019s damn cute and watch it, because I do bite, and I tend to draw blood. No, I have not had my shots. You want to argue a rejection? Fine… but I have a blacklist and buddy – yer on it<\/em>.<\/p>\n PS – Damn it. Now I want to ask Jason permission to post and pick at the responses to the rejection. Tee hee.<\/p>\n Ok, Jason posted the first response to the Apex-Jason blog – http:\/\/apexdigest.livejournal.com\/99732.html<\/p>\n And I feel ok about the second, since it seems to have also involved Myspace…I\u2019m actually a couple of friends down this morning… awww…<\/p>\n From: XXXXXX I have been published all over this world I don\u2019t need you attitude so I deleted your ass and have a good trip.<\/p>\n On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jodi Lee wrote:<\/p>\n Greetings XXXXXX,<\/p>\n Thank you for your submissions to Apex Digest. I respectfully ask that you read the guidelines before submitting to Apex again. We do not accept poetry, poetic prose or submissions made in the body of the email.<\/p>\n We wish you the best of luck in your future writing endeavors. Please don\u2019t hesitate to submit to Apex in the future. Get the lead out – get subbed! – http:\/\/www.apexbookcompany.com<\/p>\n ~If you have received an impersonal rejection, please do not take offense. Now here\u2019s the thing. Apex doesn\u2019t do poetry, except the hawt-n-lurvely Brandy Schwan because, face it – she\u2019s got the dark-fu talent that makes everyone go ga-ga. Second, we don\u2019t do poetic prose. Third, we don\u2019t accept submissions in the body of the email (never have and although I\u2019ve bent to that previously if the fiction showed merit I don\u2019t anymore). FINALLY – we don\u2019t accept multiple submissions. Simultaneous is different than multiple, people, you need to understand that.<\/p>\n In conclusion – Mr. XXXXXX – you\u2019ve broken *five* cardinal guidelines and rules and thus… BLACKLISTED! Oh and have I mentioned I am also the editor in chief of LBF Books? Yeah… I don\u2019t think any of us will be looking at your work, anytime soon. Sir, at your age you should know better.<\/p>\n PS – how much does Lulu charge to print poetry chaps, anyway?<\/p>\n And we now return you to your regularly scheduled playtime….<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, for all you writer folks out there – you want to win friends and influence editors?
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\nDate: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:54 PM
\nSubject: Re: Apex Submission – XXXXXX & XXXXXX
\nTo: Jodi Lee<\/p>\n
\n Sincerely,
\n —
\n Jodi Lee
\n Submissions\/Copy Editor – Apex Publications<\/p>\n
\n Time generally does not permit me to critique, suggest a secondary market,
\n nor offer any further feedback. All rejections are final, but you always have
\n the opportunity to submit another story.~<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nDon\u2019t break every guideline for Apex (or whatever pub I\u2019m slushing and rejecting for), then tell me when, in my rejection letter, I respectfully (yes, I Jodi Lee of Apex Publications used the word respectfully in a rejection) ask that you read the guidelines. Oh, and with at least three grammar and spelling errors in the responses. Plural. Responses.
\nFor the record – I don\u2019t commend or compliment anyone without their deserving it. I don\u2019t …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-pondering-on-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}