Comments on: My article got killed http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/08/05/my-article-got-killed/ dawn friedman's blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tiny Coconut http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/08/05/my-article-got-killed/#comment-11554 Tiny Coconut Sat, 07 Aug 2004 00:28:04 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1221#comment-11554 Oh, Dawn. Stories that get killed are the hardest to take. Is this your first time? Learn from it, use the pain as it were, but realize also that this is not just about you. It's about the magazine, and what they needed, and what they communicated to you, and probabaly a million other things that you aren't even aware of. Trust me, I've been on the editorial side, and your editor is probably feeling just as bad as you are, because it was her job to guide you to a place where the piece was what they needed. In any case, time to pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and stop talking nonsense about being ashamed of your work. You're a wonderful writer who's having a bad day. Now move on. Big hugs. Oh, Dawn. Stories that get killed are the hardest to take. Is this your first time? Learn from it, use the pain as it were, but realize also that this is not just about you. It’s about the magazine, and what they needed, and what they communicated to you, and probabaly a million other things that you aren’t even aware of. Trust me, I’ve been on the editorial side, and your editor is probably feeling just as bad as you are, because it was her job to guide you to a place where the piece was what they needed.

In any case, time to pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and stop talking nonsense about being ashamed of your work. You’re a wonderful writer who’s having a bad day. Now move on.

Big hugs.

]]> By: cheryl b. http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/08/05/my-article-got-killed/#comment-11553 cheryl b. Fri, 06 Aug 2004 08:39:50 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1221#comment-11553 "...and said the Cookie Monster, blech!" “…and said the Cookie Monster, blech!”

]]> By: maria http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/08/05/my-article-got-killed/#comment-11552 maria Fri, 06 Aug 2004 02:07:05 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1221#comment-11552 That really stinks. I do hope you share it with us one day... in whatever form it winds up taking. Because you wrote it, I simply refuse to believe it's anything but stellar and I know it'll find a home. :) That really stinks. I do hope you share it with us one day… in whatever form it winds up taking. Because you wrote it, I simply refuse to believe it’s anything but stellar and I know it’ll find a home. :)

]]> By: Holly http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/08/05/my-article-got-killed/#comment-11551 Holly Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:42:35 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1221#comment-11551 Dawn, I'm so sorry the piece got killed. :-( I know you worked really hard on it, and the rejection is probably even harder because the subject matter is so personal for you. But please don't lose sight of the fact that you're a very talented writer, and you will find a way to place the article elsewhere in some form or another. I hear you about waiting on the check, too...ah, the life of a freelancer. Dawn, I’m so sorry the piece got killed. :-( I know you worked really hard on it, and the rejection is probably even harder because the subject matter is so personal for you. But please don’t lose sight of the fact that you’re a very talented writer, and you will find a way to place the article elsewhere in some form or another. I hear you about waiting on the check, too…ah, the life of a freelancer.

]]> By: ivy http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/08/05/my-article-got-killed/#comment-11550 ivy Thu, 05 Aug 2004 19:28:09 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1221#comment-11550 You are a wonderful writer! I'm sorry they didn't buy your article, and I hope you get your check soon. You are a wonderful writer! I’m sorry they didn’t buy your article, and I hope you get your check soon.

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