According to 2010 United States Census, New York City is the most populous city in the country with over eight million people. Furthermore, according to NYC’s official guide, over 40 million people visit this city annually. You might begin reading this thinking “It’s a small world” but by the end, I wonder if you would think that is the most appropriate phrase. I am by no means a math major, but I feel like my most recent trip to NYC over President’s Day weekend has to be a statistical anomaly. In fact, I think I may have flown in and out of a vortex.
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Like Cups of Coffee: The Art of Rejection
Rejecting w/ Style (or Something)
If you followed my twitter the other day, you would know that I had back-to-back (practically!) rejection letters from two publications (technically it was three rejections – two poems, 1 prose piece). For the most part, they were good rejection letters (yes, there is such a thing as a good rejection). But having received a double dose of it today in the great game of “getting published”, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about the art of rejection.



