tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post5457525354151445611..comments2024-03-23T06:50:28.304-05:00Comments on PERPETUAL FOLLY: "I can't enumerate all the ways in which this is horrible."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-539253765956344722008-05-01T08:56:00.000-05:002008-05-01T08:56:00.000-05:00Actually I would have thought the totally terrible...Actually I would have thought the totally terrible percentage would be higher; at least that's what writers tell themselves in order to feel better about the acceptance rate of under 1% that most journals have.<BR/><BR/>Having been a reader for a journal I know that the reader's opinion doesn't always carry the day. Good thing there are multiple sets of eyes.<BR/><BR/>The pet peeve point is a good one. As a reader (and also as a <I>reader</I>) there are things that bother me that probably no one else cares about . . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-76299860553650467042008-05-01T08:02:00.000-05:002008-05-01T08:02:00.000-05:00I think you can safely choose "A" here, Cliff. :) ...I think you can safely choose "A" here, Cliff. :) There's just that tiny percentage of submissions that are totally terrible. Or, in the case of some of these submissions, simply trigger a pet peeve of a reader.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, we have a fiction piece in our next issue that was rejected by the readers. Just because a reader dislikes something doesn't mean it's bad (I hope that's obvious :), and doesn't mean it won't get published by us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com