Comments on: The Wisdom of Broadcasting My Rejection http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2006/08/19/the-wisdom-of-broadcasting-my-rejection/ Writing.Life Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thomas http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2006/08/19/the-wisdom-of-broadcasting-my-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Thomas Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:10:34 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2006/08/19/the-wisdom-of-broadcasting-my-rejection/#comment-10 Thanks for the input, Adam. I think you're right. I don't want to make the blog anonymous (the whole purpose of the thing is to have it as a promotional tool in the event I actually get published), so perhaps I'll hold off on the posts about submissions. Thanks for the input, Adam. I think you’re right. I don’t want to make the blog anonymous (the whole purpose of the thing is to have it as a promotional tool in the event I actually get published), so perhaps I’ll hold off on the posts about submissions.

]]> By: Adam http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2006/08/19/the-wisdom-of-broadcasting-my-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Adam Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:14:08 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2006/08/19/the-wisdom-of-broadcasting-my-rejection/#comment-9 As someone who's about a year away from starting to query a list of agents similar to yours I'm very interested in the details of your submission process. That said, if you don't snare an agent in the current round, I'd suggest that you either make the blog anonymous (which would of course require you to change both the title and domain name) or leave the rejection details out. I'm sure you're aware that even the best-intentioned agents are usually looking at their slush pile submissions with an eye toward rejection -- it seems wise not to give them an extra excuse on that front. Best of luck. As someone who’s about a year away from starting to query a list of agents similar to yours I’m very interested in the details of your submission process. That said, if you don’t snare an agent in the current round, I’d suggest that you either make the blog anonymous (which would of course require you to change both the title and domain name) or leave the rejection details out. I’m sure you’re aware that even the best-intentioned agents are usually looking at their slush pile submissions with an eye toward rejection — it seems wise not to give them an extra excuse on that front.

Best of luck.

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