22 April 2019
We've all been there. We send a piece of ourselves out into the world and then wait to see what happens. And we try not to take it personally. But unless you've written a manual about the proper application of an electronic device, there's a part of you in your work and you want to see it do well. It's the literary equivalent of writing a note that says, "Do you like me? Circle Y or N," and then getting it back with "N" circled, assuming you get it back at all. Ghosting is alive and well in the submissions process, and sometimes it's even preferable. When you receive an extremely late rejection-so late that it falls into the Rip Van Winkle category-it feels like a slap in the face.
