Why Did Your Work Get Rejected? (joke)

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My work got rejected because everyone in Noo Yawk is afraid to step out of their safe little world and take a chance on something so very uber-edgy. (kiddin')

Why did yours get rejected?
 
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Mine was rejected because the Illuminati control the publishing industry along with the Freemasons, and they're afraid I'll become too powerful if they publish my work. In hindsight, perhaps including "...in accordance with the prophecy, I look forward to your timely acceptance" in the query may have been...unwise.
 

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Mine was rejected because editors and publishers are too stupid to recognize the genius of every golden word I write.

Maryn, who's read similar thoughts from people who were serious
 

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Mine also got rejected because they only publish their friends' books.
 

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Mine got rejected because they checked my Permanent Record and found that I stayed after school in 4th grade for spitting on another kid.

Damn that Permanent Record!
 

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Mine should never have been rejected. I sent everything paste/copy in the guts of the email. I wired flowers to the agent at her office. I only called their office four times trying to chat with the agent. The toy gun I sent with a hard copy of the MS, (required sign. required.) must not have impressed her at all. I was just trying to cover all the bases. I bet I needed to do more to draw attention to myself. With the next agent I plan on bigger things. :D
 

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Rejection is such an ugly word.

Stolen, now there's a word.

that's right. my opus about a code written by DaVinci (he was a painter long, long ago - he lived in Greece) was stolen. and then the one i wroteabout a bear born in a railway stn, then another one about a boy who is really a magician and likes to pot up plants.
Oh the irony, the irony of it all, i tells ye!!!
 

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Mine's in witness protection.

Can't find it, can't reject it.
 

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I'm too proud to submit my work. I'm waiting for an agent to come to me and ask for it.
 

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I'm pretty sure mine was too erudite for the common man to get. Let me tell you something, I won't dumb down my art for anyone. It is a part of me. Life is pain.
 

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Mine was rejected probably because it was just a picture of my cat with a funny quote under it.

In hindsight, a 75,000 word quote on a single image might not have been long enough for most markets...
 

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I'm sure it was because I'm Black. Doctor Who is so popular, they could make so much money off my fanfic.
 

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I think they probably made a copy of it to steal.
 

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Obviously, they're not ready for a shot at the big time.
 
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It seems perfectly obvious to me that the publisher was all kinds of mad jelly about my l33t writing skillz. Yo.