tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post6343453981472303361..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: Literary TriviaScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-60000118754761347172010-09-20T08:06:46.272+01:002010-09-20T08:06:46.272+01:00Love the second rejection letter, Carol!Love the second rejection letter, Carol!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-68410748191127082432010-09-19T19:20:08.826+01:002010-09-19T19:20:08.826+01:00Wonderful bits of trivia. I can certainly relate ...Wonderful bits of trivia. I can certainly relate to the quote from Samuel Johnson -- I've had a few rejection letters like that. Two I particularly cherish were:<br />1) "Your short story looks as if it exceeds the word limit." Not that it was over the limit, mind you, it just looked as if it was. (It wasn't, and was in fact 25 words under their posted limit.)<br />2) "Your article would have been vastly improved with more dialogue." (It was a non-fiction piece about two people, both of whom were deceased. How I was supposed to get them to quote things for me was unspecified.)<br />But really bad rejections are just part of the game of trying to get stuff into print and shouldn't be taken personally.<br />Canadian ChickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-16972787184131239342010-09-18T18:32:44.752+01:002010-09-18T18:32:44.752+01:00I understand you have never read William Burroughs...I understand you have never read William Burroughs and know him only through some vague celebrity reference? He was a remarkable writer, artist and thinker with tragic events in his life. Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote Tarzan and many other books of adventure. I like reading both authors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-29595225741272429402010-09-18T08:42:10.051+01:002010-09-18T08:42:10.051+01:00I was going to ask where do you GET all this stuff...I was going to ask where do you GET all this stuff? - but then you gave the answer to that at the end :)<br /><br />What Tiffany says about watch batteries is often also true about computer printers these days. Sometimes cheaper to buy a whole new machine than to replace cartridges in the old one.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-40058826588627931892010-09-18T08:36:18.858+01:002010-09-18T08:36:18.858+01:00Marvellous! You just made my morning with this pos...Marvellous! You just made my morning with this post.<br />Dorothy Parker and the typewriter reminds me of myself - I rather buy a new blouse before I sew on a button that has come off.<br />I wonder whether that Oscar Wilde one is true?<br />Here is one to add to your list: Ă–don von Horvath (Hungarian writer) was killed from a branch falling off a tree while he was walking in a park.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-62378923120460316392010-09-18T01:59:17.196+01:002010-09-18T01:59:17.196+01:00Absolutely Fabulous! :)
Much like the typewriter...Absolutely Fabulous! :)<br /><br />Much like the typewriter, I do buy a new cheap watch when the battery runs out. A replacement battery is more expensive than the super-cheap watch!Tiffany in Topekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054925709088165672noreply@blogger.com