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AT LONG LAST! it is our promised GUEST-POST WEEK! HUZZAH! And LITERALLY as we type these words, the most ungodly boom of thunder ever sounds across the skies of Brooklyn, and Lola Pants, who has been quietly observing our typing from atop our monumental Pile of Stuff We Put In One Place to Remind Us of Things We Have to Do, has leapt to her feet and skittered madly across our desk, knocked over the rosemary, sent the preliminary sketches for our Top Secret Awesome Rejectionist Project flying, and is now cowering under the couch, from whence she refuses to budge. So how is THAT for an omen! the marginalized speak, and the heavens motherfucking open!! !!! !!!!!

So here is where we make a confession to you, beloved Author-friends! You know what the Rejectionist HATES? Rejecting people. Seriously. Kind of ironic, no? It's like rain on your wedding day, or some shit. A free ride when you've already paid, &c. We got SO MANY completely amazing submissions, and it was like a fistful of knives in our heart trying to narrow them down to five. SO, if you are someone who wrote something for our Topic, and were not arbitrarily (is that a word? possibly that is not a word, our text editor red-underlined it--oh wait, no, we have just had too much sake and spelt it wrong, it's fixed now) selected by some random New York blogger (i.e. us) to have that post put up on her random often tedious and invariably sententious blog, and you want to put that post up on YOUR blog, why don't you link to it here in the comments! on this little guest-post week introduction! and then everyone can read YOUR post, too!

So this week, sit back! relax! enjoy the magical tinterweb stylings of some mighty wondrous people! We hope you think hard! Learn lots! Nod your head! REPRESENT!

Oooooookay, time to put away the sake.

Bisous,

le r.

maine character said...

I will declare the deeds of Indra, the Thunder-wielder. He slew the Dragon, then freed the waters, and cleft the channels of the mountain torrents.

A fitting omen for this week indeed.

August 23, 2010 11:19 AM
CKHB said...

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that fans of this blog, the type who leap to submit guest posts to you, are REALLY QUITE MELLOW ABOUT REJECTION.

August 23, 2010 1:25 PM
notdeadyetstories said...

@CKHB: You're totally correct, at least about Yours Truly. Also, Le R wrote the most adorable rejection letter evar.

href="http://notdeadyetstories.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/reading-the-other/">My (modified) submission is here.

August 23, 2010 1:44 PM
Allison said...

As one of the rejectionist's rejected, I'll take her advice and post to my blog here.

I Hate Women Who Hate Women (or Henry Miller is Just Alright with Me).

Thanks again for the opportunity!

August 23, 2010 1:51 PM
triceratophat (Em) said...

Top Secret Awesome Project sketches?

I'm going to go sit over there and try to wait patiently, but it might not work.

August 23, 2010 2:19 PM
J. A. Platt said...

I also received a very nice rejection letter. It sits proudly in the publishing folder
with all the manuscript rejections.

Here is my short take on reading Dumas.

August 23, 2010 10:24 PM
H said...

this is way too long and also a painfully similar take to the actual guest post but because I'm me I'm putting it here anyway Also contains my excited reaction to best rejection EVAR.

August 23, 2010 11:32 PM
cow said...

My thoughts on reading while trans and feminist are over here.

August 24, 2010 11:48 AM
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