As a beginner, I love to have the opportunity to revise and resubmit. I've been lucky enough to submit to two different editors who have given me feedback to strengthen my story. The first was a novella and I got a rejection after I resubmitted but it came along with a very nice encouragement from the editor and an invitation to submit future stories directly to her. That's wonderful! And then I sent it out again to New Concepts. They'll be publishing it.
On my first full length story, I sent it to a larger publisher and got back a form letter rejection. This and another similar incident have made me think less of the editor. Form letters are easy, right? I'm sure with the stack of submissions that must come in that it's difficult to give a rejection anything extra, but a single, pointed sentence would have made a difference. So I sent that story to another publisher and got an invitation to revise and resubmit. Feedback helps. Positive feedback mentioning the things that she liked? Priceless.
I threw in the towel and sent off the resubmit after adding 12,000 words. I don't think I'm hoping for acceptance but anything that keeps me growing along this path is appreciated.
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