tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post6170773903181592343..comments2024-03-02T00:39:14.574-08:00Comments on Proof of Blog: Back Like Cooked Crack (Maybe Not Quite THAT Back, but Close)Luke Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-18053787997569605652010-03-29T15:41:09.431-07:002010-03-29T15:41:09.431-07:00Thanks for the input, Matt and Traci. My gut tells...Thanks for the input, Matt and Traci. My gut tells me to send again right away, but my head knows that the poems that garnered this kind note (she called my poems "smart, thoughtful, and well crafted. please send more work."!!) were the best I have in the hopper. So I suppose I'll wait a few months and see if I churn out anything, keeping TSR at the top of my list (though, they've been there since I started submitting in fall of 2007). Onward.Luke Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-51764555401395248002010-03-26T04:42:26.045-07:002010-03-26T04:42:26.045-07:00I usually send during the next reading period for ...I usually send during the next reading period for a couple of reasons. One, I've read it several times on submission guidelines to only send once per reading period, and I'm afraid of annoying editors. Two, because you might be super stoked about the poems you're sending, but in between your encouraging note and sending new poems, they've seen perhaps hundred of others and probably accepted a few, thereby lowering your chances. But I also know of someone who turned around the next day after an encouraging note from a journal, sent more work and got one taken, so do whatever feels right to you.Traci Brimhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567944930052659070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-27221225482322482542010-03-22T20:10:57.043-07:002010-03-22T20:10:57.043-07:00Re: the rebound send. I'm no expert here (i.e...Re: the rebound send. I'm no expert here (i.e. not the editor giving the encouragement), but I'd base it on whether you really think you have great new stuff to send them. I've been a bit quick in the past, amped on the bit of sweet possibility that is the near-miss, but as long as you haven't been bombarding them with submissions and you feel your shit is the shit they need, why not send now? It always takes a bit to get to work after it arrives, so the break will be built in. Best of luck.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420439951183484197noreply@blogger.com