tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3930702627940671041..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: The Happy Writer / Dealing with RejectionJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-60838272777614012812011-08-04T22:42:43.288-05:002011-08-04T22:42:43.288-05:00'One came with a rejection letter, no explanat...'One came with a rejection letter, no explanation, in two weeks (I guess they were not interested in the topic)."<br /><br />-I think I submitted to that British journal too in the past. Got the same kind of response.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-60063889666406420482011-08-02T12:01:31.029-05:002011-08-02T12:01:31.029-05:00There is a different tone in some British reviewer...There is a different tone in some British reviewers. Most American editors would redact something like that rather than give it straight to the author. I haven't had much experience with them. I published in Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies and the referees were good but not pushovers.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-25685529163195160202011-08-02T10:46:28.176-05:002011-08-02T10:46:28.176-05:00@profacero: I know somebody who has a long publica...@profacero: I know somebody who has a long publication record (s/he is Full Professor at a research university) who fought for 3 years to have a book manuscript accepted by a publishing house, because s/he is Spaniard and it was about Chicano topics, so in publishing houses they felt uncomfortable publishing it.<br /><br />@Jonathan: I agree with your second post. If you are good, you'll get Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-40511007589466567182011-08-02T01:30:07.706-05:002011-08-02T01:30:07.706-05:00My best piece evah cannot be published and I have ...My best piece evah cannot be published and I have a supposedly blind peer review that says it cannot be published because of my Anglo name! In Xican@ lit you can only do honorific readings with an Anglo name!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85047559218189292292011-08-01T20:54:03.559-05:002011-08-01T20:54:03.559-05:00I agree that it's not a meritocracy in pure st...I agree that it's not a meritocracy in pure state if at all. What I said was that good work will get published eventually. Among my junior colleagues coming up over the last 15 years, for example, most of them could get their work published in decent journals. <br /><br />In my own case, I might be own of those people in the snobbish club by now, but I wasn't always. I'd have to sayJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-44306936683491765192011-08-01T19:59:20.646-05:002011-08-01T19:59:20.646-05:00I mostly agree with your post. However, I don'...I mostly agree with your post. However, I don't think it's 100% meritocracy. Some top journals seem to publish the same people over and over. They are usually (though not always) very good essays, but it looks like a snobbish club where members only get published. In those journals, I've felt that you have to make a name for yourself before they will consider publishing you.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-51865536363978931832011-08-01T11:00:47.970-05:002011-08-01T11:00:47.970-05:00"nobody sees on your cv a list of rejected ar..."nobody sees on your cv a list of rejected articles": This is so true. <br /><br />On the fairness of journals: I was once rejected from a top journal. They send me two reports by the presumable peer-reviewers that rejected it. I later found out from a friend that s/he was one of the reviewers and that s/he had enthusiastically advised acceptance. I never received her report. The Nazcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144612933341142467noreply@blogger.com