Hey everyone,
So I've been going through a dry period so far as publications go. I got a last-minute surprising rejection from a journal I'd been working with for months on a reprint. I've been getting no bites for months. Finally, today I got an acceptance for a piece I really felt strongly about, so it was like a double feel-good moment.
Just curious, how much do you need to propel you through the dry periods? I don't need positive feedback, in fact rejections only make me submit more aggressively, but it isn't a 'good' feeling, just a "well fuck you then, I'll publish this somewhere else and get famous while your journal peters away into insignificance" --you know, typical irrational megalomaniac reaction.
Sometimes rejection comes at the worst moment, and sometimes acceptance comes at the most needed moment.
I think one acceptance will fuel my delusions of grandeur for quite a while. What about you?
So I've been going through a dry period so far as publications go. I got a last-minute surprising rejection from a journal I'd been working with for months on a reprint. I've been getting no bites for months. Finally, today I got an acceptance for a piece I really felt strongly about, so it was like a double feel-good moment.
Just curious, how much do you need to propel you through the dry periods? I don't need positive feedback, in fact rejections only make me submit more aggressively, but it isn't a 'good' feeling, just a "well fuck you then, I'll publish this somewhere else and get famous while your journal peters away into insignificance" --you know, typical irrational megalomaniac reaction.
Sometimes rejection comes at the worst moment, and sometimes acceptance comes at the most needed moment.
I think one acceptance will fuel my delusions of grandeur for quite a while. What about you?